The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-16 00:00:00

TRAVELLING ON RAILROADS

The attention of the public being now PO mach
drawn to the extension of the lard ths obtained by
m-ans of travelling on railroad., and the to,ny corn-
patties now in embryo to tender more pert< ct and
expeditious the communication bet v+ ern the metro.
oohs and distant pars of the coantry, the devt
memo of any new fact or inveiniont having this üb-
j ,ct in view is at present deservii.g remark.
_

A numerous parry of scientific men and others
~aving had their attention drawn to an invention by
Mr. Saxton of the locomotive d,fferential pally,
ind its applicabili.y to tiavellitl at the rate of thirty
niles an hour, by mea s of horses wig-king at the
rate of their most effective speed of two or rt ree
miles an hour, sobscricnions have been ward to
form an experimen al railway near Glottee•ter-ga•e,
w,ere tin invention, will be rri.-d ott at: extended .eale.

M. J. J. Hawkins, on Wednesday evening, de-
livered a le..ture to a very nom- r.-us body of the
members and their friends of the Sotith,.ark Lite-
rary Society, in which the principle of applying the
locomo'ive differential pully to railroad tray.lling
.ta.::_fully explained.

Mr. hawkers commenced by observing that the
,tivention of Mr. Saxton had created a strong inte-
rest in the scientific world, as by the use of the lo-
coinotive differential pully it was practicable for a
horse walking two or three miles an hour to draw or
drive a catriage thirty miles an hour on a level rail-
way, or in ascending steep hills ten miles an hour,
with so little fatigue to the animal that he could
rornittue the work the whole day. By this inven-
tion, it is calculated thirty horses wilt be enabled to
take three hundred persons in a day, each thirty
mites, in an hour and a half, taking the fills as they
exist; or that on a level railway five !moulted per-
-oils may be conveyed thirty miles an hour by thirty
horses. This extraordinary result the Lecturer
stated he would d,monstrate as pi acticable, althoi.gh
cons derable (11Eculty was exrpaeicr)yiteisononcesd by
loofw
thaepne:10:1:1:1:1,1yes
inn obtainingcmcomprehending
suchdriggtriel the
t velocityet. uli
power as existed in the present invention, which
was the application in a new mode of the lever,
acting in a vertical position. By means of diagrams
of wheels and a miniature omit;bus the Lecturer
then proceeded to apply the invention to practical
purposes. In the ordinary mode of travelling the
moving power is applied to the lever or centre of
,he wheels, and the speed of the wheel being equal
to the power that moves it ; but by the loccmottve
differential pully the leverage is so placed as to
concentrate i.s power an the lower part of the
wheel next the ground or fulcrum, and a mctive
force here applied will cause a much more rapid le-
volution of the wheels. To render the principle
easier understood the Lecturer showed by mean• of
a suck Ihe action of leverage. Supposing the stick
is the spoke of a wheel, and a string is fafeened one-
twelith down in, near the ground, by moving the
[ring forward an inch the top of the sp ke ‘voitid
move twelve inches, and thus the axis of the whole
would obt.iii an accelerated force twelve times that
employed to move it. lii apply ng the pully to the
conveyance of passengers and goods on a railway, it
is proposed to be ou axle, and fixed to a four-
wheeled out I:, drawn by means of an endless rope
stretched 011 riggers along the road, the truck carry.
log on the omnibus. A. ropes cart be worked six
nines long it was proposed to work ropes two miles
bow, one tr.ile fur atod and on.- :title backward; and
by mean. oh the pithy the horse in vertik lig 150
yattls would propel he carriage a mile in two
inturnes : by a htitTeSSloll of -uch endless ropes,
truck-, and horses. each bor-e could convey tour
hundied person. a day one nine, each at the rats of
.trinityeTile L t
ilep,,act-e t. user,
yby cot itaictgr.,e,: nit
leverage, shu.•ed su,g
the speed and inereastitg the lachi,tes of coinurrori-
e tom bout over hills aril on ih, level ra I.va). By
means ut a small omnibus Enticed on the model of a.
tail wa), he Leciu er proved the action of the
puny. By a slow motwo of the hand in pulling
the rope the truck ..gas made to convey the `chide
:situ such remarkable speed that it appeared aS if
discharged from a gull. The lecture gave great
sati-faci

The Society be•ore whom the lecture was *lei.
veled is increasing in number. rapidly. It IA as
formed last year, and has now above 300 member.,
and a library of about 2,000 volume•. By the
liberality of the Resident, J. P. Thoma,, E q.. the
itieri.bei s have he priv►lege of access to his liorary,
oisu consisimg of above 2,000 volumes.

The laws of Russia already form a pandect of
from 50 t 60 volumes folio.

PAROCHIAL VISITATION.-LAUGHABLE
CATASTROPHE.—A worthy clerpman in the west of
Scotland, with one of his elders, was lately visiting toe
members of his congregation. Opening the dour of a
cowleeder's house without ceremony (being official per-
iiils
tetiley..hda,ire
relieved
sons), they asked for Dugald, the gudeman. Toe gude-
wife had been engaged in choriiini4 butter, and bad emp-
tied the contents of her large churn into a tub, prepaeratdoir!
kilted than
‘,...l3,kg'her het Is unconscious
souse
t h e y svillelt:genthabelesodurt:
to washing it. Being thus busily etnplo[ne(iil.anshwering
covered that her petticoats had been higher
aduhiisei
Ipkrieaaycik:.itnibie:dtAt
theer. seemly
.od bietforweasthenoult
obliged to make an brupt retreat
backwards, dropping a fold at every reef
no in, Sir, put
stwhhieet,iliiinitiphnii,isseit:eLrb.si'yisi:aruifishutetas.rt.itooyn,
ilieedMiister was so astonished at tillB
'l' a swuhgi:bh,:t backwards
that
on the tub, and twutari,alb,
trheseurlini e the business of the tuorning.