BRENNAN MONO-RAIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 696, 22 December 1909, Page 7

BRENNAN MONO-RAIL.

'• ■«'f GIVEN !TO ':' THE •■' AEMTAND^AYX,,;.- : ((By-Telegraph.—Pre«s : AjsoclaUon.-Oopyright.) fKVv'c-' .'«;•/■/ : . ■',■.:• V-'V _"-*i",'.London," 'December ,"20.'V".-' "i'Mx. -Louis. .Brennan, C.8.,. has-;'transferred: ';the''.; British' rights!' in : Wβ.- gyroscope railway: ■to! the:.British Army .and -Navy .in tion -of -tho' !assistance v givenVhim during.'.his experiments.•"'.■Hβ has sold.the! German' rights.. ' ELECTBIC POWEE'GENERATED .WITH ■MP^-''-. : -- .•■;: ':■■■■:. petbol., ;>:■ ••: ;: -'■■;: -.--7/1 v !v s lrt.' the development'. of: his invention : Mr. Brennan. has' beon ; encouraged and assisted by. the India' Office,, the, l .War.J,Offico > :and the Kashmir Government. An-application of the mysterious; ,Eyrosoopic" force .which .keeps 'a spinning- top from., falling .over, is tho: e*plana-. : tiqri: of .'the ■ apparently ■■ miraculous : moilo-rail-.way;. -Two,rapidly revolving.,gyroscopic discs .fixed-within -the body-of'the car /maintain ■the! equilibrium.'..; ''.- ■■";'.■ ;, !,-:> . ■">;'>;<;:..■ Control of Gyroscopes, ; : ; i ; W r - On November 10 .at -Gillingham, by Chat-* haru, the gyrbscopio principle was.seen'under practical- conditions'.applied.:.to a '"fall-sized f; railway-car; which'; carried a number, of'-people! 1 up and down.a straight, single-rail track and round andground,'a circular. , traok measuring a -furlong -with', perfect and: undeniable snccess./v ■■:/ : ;*j.;.:is Tγ -■■".- ; !-!< : ■■'■■ .'■:■'■'' .:,?-,: -• ;.The railway car shown on November 10 was 40ft.' in -length',;lOf t., wide, 13ft. in height ;to the :top;of ! the'cab in : which the machinery ■isLiibntainecly .weighed;'; 2 ■■• empty;; and '.would','carry a, : load ■ of.,upwards of 10 ■: tons- . two! gyroscopes which -balanced it rupori. thO/ single!;'rail , wefe of !.3ft. Gin. 'diameter, weighing'together one and- a half ;tons,\and spinning!at "' theu rate .of. 3000 'rovolutjoris a minute. ;The precession of, the gyroscopes, is accelerated:: or retarded ■ by'.:means of' : a very clever pnuematicdevice. It is the' automatic control; bf:.'vthe:.precession 'of - the gyroscopes which keeps'.the car in equilibrium. .',-: i-. i'.£-: petrol•'engine on .the :car itself;generated the electric power -by 'which.the gyroecopea were: rotated, -and ;.the running! wheels.-driven. Over Forty People Carried.; . i• , > .<' ■••■. The .car, :, carrying.- over forty people, ran backwards'and forwards "and negotiated with perfect ease, the.' sharp curve of the ,pno-oighth of a;•'■ mile.' circle which .would be impossiblo' to;a raUway',carriage .Tunnifag: upon .double rails.":.lt,was a ,most successful.demonstration of the-practical 'possibilities'' of the invention. ■; That;■ tho,'mono-rail, which tho gyroscopic principle -' for;-■ the . first time makes a. practical possibility, will revolutionise , the railway system of the" world,' .Mr. Brennan does not !hcsitate to declare.: :■,-,-" ■■•■ ;..-. •.. "" "A , train running on a eingle rail can attain with ease, and,safety, he! declares, speeds which are impossible to:double-rail vehicles.! TJnder the existing system the safety limit -of speed has already been reaohed. To the mono-rail a speed of 100 or more miles an hour is safely poasible..! :!i.:- V . ; * - ;■...-'.