THE MONO-RAILWAY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 239, 2 July 1908, Page 7

THE MONO-RAILWAY.

OFFER TO AUSTRALIA. MR. BRENNAN SEEKS CO-OPERATION. (BY TELEGIIAPII—PRESS ASSOCIATION'— COPntIGHT.) , London, Juna. 30. At the insthnco of Jlr. Deakin, Federal Primo Minister, Mr. Brennau, tho inventor, has forwarded official descriptions of his monorailway, and lias asked tho Commonwealth's assistance towards the expense of ' development. Ho has offered it to tho Commonwealth on the same torms/as he offered to the Indian Government, or he will be willing to leave the..question.'of final remuneration' to tho Commonwealth Parliament. 'PRINCIPLE OF THE INVENTION. | ■?,-,:Mr.,' Louis Brenuani' C.B.; A .iiiVeHtor of itlio 'torpedo: that, bears his .namfy .was born at Castlebar, Ireland, in v 1852, and resided in Melbourne from 1801' to; 18S0.- By means of an ingenious, application of -the well-known gyroscope a railway vehicle' is mado to run on a single rail apparently without the slightest danger of- toppling over, and with such stability as to "take" sharp curves or remain upright when not propelled. An engineering correspondent of ''The* Times," in the course of a description of the mono-rail vohicle, said: "Tho gyroscopic action of heavy rotating masses is the principle employed. A single gyroscope with freedom of motion of the axle in a plane at right 'angles.'.to that of the rotating disc would not suffice,' but by the coupling of two gyroscopes: together by means of geanug, so that any angular dcflcetion of one is 'communicated to tho other in the re'-, verso direction, tho sustaining for'co is developed for inclinations on both sides of . the vertical. Each gyroscope is separately driven by an electric motor, an' l the "irr.""' replied to the. motors by the cells, which also -furnish the propelling energy, jii iu* i.i.'.sized vehicle which the inventor contemplates, the cells of tho model will, of course, be superseded by current supplied from a trolly or oth'er means in tho ordinary way." Mi\ Brennau, who had long been engaged in completing his experiments in , his own grounds at Chatham, was able there to exhibit the stability and usefulness of the model to advantage—across a singlo cable bridge and round the short curves, of a wiro rope, for oxample. • The "car" has two wheels, placed "fore and aft," of course, at each end.. It was announced in October that the Indian Government had voted the - inventor .£6OOO, and it was understood that they were prepared to construct 200 miles of lines when lie was in a position to £o on with the work. It was reported previously that a grant had been made by the AYar Office, who further allowed the use' of tho Brennnn torpedo factory and stores for the experiments. . ' r~ ■ ■-