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## [Fan Performance and Selection Article](https://blog.nyblower.com/fan-performance-and-selection-article)

 Posted by [Margaret Wood, Marketing Manager](https://blog.nyblower.com/author/margaret-wood-marketing-manager) on Aug 27, 2019 9:07:22 AM

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New York Blower continues to be the experts in the air-moving industry, going back to the founders of the company. Henry Mathis, Vice-President of nyb at the time, wrote an article about Fan Performance and Selection that was originally published in October, 1932 in the publication *The Aerologist.* 

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