THE MONORAIL.
LECTURE BY PROFESSOR LA BY. The Drennan monorail car was ox« plained iukl illustrated by l'rofcMor 1. 11. Laby in a jmblic lecture at Victoria College last night, 'l'lio lecture, had been arranged by Iho Wellington l'lnlftsophicnl Society, whose president, Mr. O. V; H.udKin, occupied the chair. In spite oi Iho rough weather, the lecture theatre was well filled, Professor Laby showoil a number of lantern pictures of the monorail, nnil clearly explained its raoohanical construction, and Ilie principles of Iho gyroscope by means of n number of worlciii',' models. Ho showed how prostatic action is used in n child b hoop and top, in a bicycle, a torpedo, and other apparatus, lie thought the monorail car would bo cmefly used m th« near future for the conveyance of. Roods over roui'li country in mining districts, and for very, high-speed passenger traine between great cities. The lecturer was warmly (hanked for his verv interesting and lucid exposition of a mechanical invention of great possibilities.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1131, 19 May 1911, Page 2
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166THE MONORAIL. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1131, 19 May 1911, Page 2
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