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Re:Early electric fans by rrauenza on Thursday June 11, 2020 @01:18AM (#23485421)
If you're a fan of fans and of Technology Connections, there is an episode where he talks about older fans and why high is the first setting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ3GW7lVBWY

Re:Early electric fans by Animats on Thursday June 11, 2020 @03:16AM (#23486040)
Yes, a long discussion of the starting problems of electric motors. That was Tesla's real contribution to motor design - he came up with effective ways to get AC motors started under load.