Quiz: Air Movers
Quiz: Air Movers
In 1882 Schuyler Skaats Wheeler invented the electric fan. Today, we use that technology in everything from data centers to electric cars. How much do you know about air moving technology?
There are air-moving machines everywhere. Ever since a 22-year-old attached two blades to a motor and invented a fan, technology has built on the capability that circulates air, cools people off in warm weather, helps hot motors throw off their heat, and exhausts fumes and small particles.
In 1882 Schuyler Skaats Wheeler invented the electric fan. And now we use that technology in everything from data centers to electric cars. How much do you know about air moving technology?
In 1882 Schuyler Skaats Wheeler invented the electric fan. And now we use that technology in everything from data centers to electric cars. How much do you know about air moving technology?
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