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THE MONO-RAIL

LONDON, November 11. Mr Brennan Very successfully ran a gyroscopic car 40ft long and 10ft wide, on which he carried 40 passengers, on a mono-rail. He used two gyroscopes oi 3£ft diameter, going at 3000 revolutions per minute. The passengers changed sides while the car was in motion. Mr Brennan contemplates introducing the mono- rail system in Australia, with carriages 150 ft long, 20ft broad, and having two storeys. BERLIN, November 12. Augustus Scherl has exhibited in this city a mono-rail gyroscopic car for carrying six passengers. Mr^ Brennan has been at work on hifi mono-railway for the past few yeara; and on May 8. 1907,** he exhibited it before the Royal Society at Burlington fiouse, London. By means of an ingenious application' of the principle of" the gyroscope, a railway vehicle w ijiade ,to run on a. single rail apparently without the slightest ' .danger of falling over, and with euoh et ability ac to take snaro curves or remain upright when not propelled. The car ha* \fcwo wheelf placed fore and aft, one at each end. Two years ago it was announced that the Indian Government had voted the inventor £6000, and it was understood that it was prepared to construct 200" miles of line wheq he was in a position to go ota with tht work-.

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Otago Witness, Issue 2905, 17 November 1909, Page 23

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THE MONO-RAIL Otago Witness, Issue 2905, 17 November 1909, Page 23

THE MONO-RAIL Otago Witness, Issue 2905, 17 November 1909, Page 23

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