India in the summer months of May and June are exceptionally hot, monthly temperatures in the region hover around 35 °C (95 °F), with a daily maximum occasionally topping 50 °C (122 °F). Without cooler, AC, or fans to resist the heat wave is almost impossible in some parts of India. At least a fan is a basic need during summer here, not many people can effort AC. Much appreciated the invention of the fan
Although, the first noted ceiling fan was found in India in the 17th century. Called “the Punkah”, this fan-like device was made from palm leaves or cloth and hung from the ceiling. They moved manually, when a servant pulled a cord, turned the palms, or cloth, and moved the air.
Then comes the kerosene fan, when the idea traces to Robert Stirling, a 26-year-old Scottish Presbyterian minister. He had a radical idea. In 1816 he took out a patent on a hot-air engine. The Scottish clergyman and engineer invented the Stirling engine and was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame in 2014. Robert Stirling is considered one of the fathers of hot air engines.
The first electric fan was created by Dr. Schuyler Skaats Wheeler in 1886. It was a small, two-blade personal desk fan DC-powered. Made of brass and loved by all who worked inside in the summer, the fan was modern, effective, and dangerous as there was no cage surrounding the blades.
