ventilating: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	ventilation

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Large zinc-coated galvanized metal ventilation ducts with a vent and joints are mounted near a ceiling inside an industrial or commercial building.

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face ventilation air duct return intake fan centrifugal fan axial-flow fan air-conditioning air Louver heating elevator plumbing cooling system chimney building-integrated photovoltaics escalator lighting life-safety system garden and landscape design

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King, Franklin Hiram

Franklin Hiram King

American inventor