Fans
[fæns]
Examples
- The motors which drive our electric fans, our mills, and our trolley cars owe their existence entirely to the magnetic action of current electricity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The use of many of these domestic machines is familiar to all: vacuum cleaners, washing machines, fans, and the more usual electric cooking devices. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Electric power was introduced, timidly, by way of a few fans in 1884 and following this, in 1888, motor drive for printing presses was undertaken. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Meanwhile he looks at Mr. Smallweed with grave attention and now and then fans the cloud of smoke away in order that he may see him the more clearly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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