abstract:A ceiling fan is a mechanical fan, usually electrically powered, suspended from the ceiling of a room, that uses hub-mounted rotating paddles to [air.
Often the only cooling source in a manufacturing plant or warehouse was a ceilingfan, with a yellow ribbon tied to the blade so that people could see that it was really going around.
Yesterday I attended a glitzy kickoff party for the Superfan, a stylish new ceilingfan that uses less than half the electricity of a standard model and might reduce the energy demand in power-starved India — that is, if the buyers can withstand its hefty price tag.
As long as Cuba was not free, she would go on sitting at her computer with her little dog stretched out on the tiles beside her, alert for the telephone, with her front door open and Santa Rita at the ready, and the ceilingfan turning slowly in the smothering air.