, 1874-03-01

Wo Will nor discard Ordinary locomotives and
| adopt as our motive poTsr2 scr1es OF
| COMPACT ..Al,1ET1c ENGINES,
distributed underneath tho platform car, aa
along its length"
'I don't understand those magnetic engines"
swell, each Of them consists Of q great iron
horseshoe rendered alternately magnet and
! no: ua3nat by m intermittent current Of cleo
tricity from d battery, this current in its turn
regulated By coa'-wc.k. When the horseshoe
is in circuit, 1t is magnet, and it pulls it's Clap
per toward it with enormous power. When it is
out Of tho circuit, the next second, it is tot
magnet and it iata tho clapper 50. Tht
rota:ory molten to ) dyTkeel, waich transmita
it to tEe drivers tta rails S'lch arc motors.
They are no novelty, for tslcl has proved them
practicable.
"With magnetic engine for cTe1y tsuck OF
whools, we can reasonably expect to move Cur
immense CIR, and to drive it along at speed,
cay, OF C. milo minute.
:'Tho forward end. having but a qrarter OF s
mile to 70, will reach u in fifteen seconds We siu
csll this platform car No. l. On top Of No. gro
laid rails on which another platform car, No. z,
quarter OF 4 mile shorter than No. l, is moved
in precisely the sane way. No. 2 IN its tufsl. ie
surmountcd by No. 8. moving Independently Of
the tiers beneath. and quarter OF a mile short
er than No. 2. No. 2 ls milo sad 4 hall long;
No. 5 mile and quarter. Above,
on SUCCESSIVE LEVELS,
arc No. 4. mile long 10. 5, throe-quarters OF
milo ; No. s, half I mile Nc. 7, qra1tor OF .
mile, and No. 3, shor. passenger-car, on top OF
NIL
Each car moves upon tue car beneath it, in
dcpendently Of all tho others, at tho ratio or a
mile minute Each car has ita own magnetic
engines. Well. the train being drawn NJ with
the latter end OF each car resting against lotsy
humping post at 4, Ton Furnace. tho gsntle
manly conductor, aud jean Marie Mvaro cngi-
necr, mount By long laldar to the exalted
No. s: The complicated mechanism is set in
motion
WHAT uArcESs?
"No. 8 runs quarter Of s mi1e in fftaeu
seconds and reaches the end OF No, I. Aican-
while NOT has run quarter ofa milo in tue sa1ne
time and reached tho ond Of No. 6 No, c. quar-
end Of No. S; No. 5. the cad OF No. 4; No. l..
Of No. 8; No. 3, OF No. 2; No. 2, of No. l. .And
No. l. in fifteen seconds, has gone its quarte: of
mile along tho ground track, and has reached
seconds. Wherefore, Nos. !, q 3. 4, s, G, 7, and
8 come to rest against tho b1mping-pozt at 2.
ut precisely tho saras second No, in No. 8,
reach 3 Just Ehon No. l reaches it. In otaer
words, wa accomplish two miles in fifteen Sec
onds. Each Of the eight cars, nosn1g at the rate
Of milo minute, las contributed d quarter Of
milo to our Journey. aud has done it's work
| in fifteen seconds. AL tho eight did their
| work at cnce, during the fifteen seconds,
! Consequently TO havo been Uhiz-el through tho
| air at tho somewhat startling speed OF
SEVEN AND a HALE SECONDS TO THE 4f1lE-
| This is the Tachyponp. Does it Justify tho
namo?"
Although little he,7ildored by tho camplexity
| Of cars, Unprecedented the general principle Of
the maciue. made diagram and understood
| it much better. - You haye merely improved
| en- the idea Of my moving fshter than the train
was gong '9 the han fan within til,
bounds Of the practicable. To satisfy tie FRO
| fesaor you can thoorlze in something after this
fashion II we double the number of ca.s, t.,ua
decreasing by one-half the distance which oac,
has to 20, we shall attain twice the sreed- E2ch
OF the sixteen cars will hayo but one-eighth OF q
milo to 60. At tho uniform ratio We h.ve adcpt-
! cd, tho two miles eau bo done in 6oTen
md half instead Of fifteen eeconds.
milo or twenty rods direronco in their 1eagtb,
NC arrive at tho speed Of milo in less than Two
seconds; with sixty-four cars each travelling but
ten rods mile under the second.
NoRE THAI SIXTY NILES A MINUTE
II this isn't rapid enough for tao Professor.
tell him TO 70 on, increasing tho number oi his
cars and diminishing the distance each oae las
| to run. Ii e!1t3-four cars yield speed Of
milo iusIds tho second let him fancy Tachy-
calculating the ratio Of c.- No: 6{0-
Just whisper TO him tint when he has an
infinite number Ct cars, with IN lniin:tesi1nh
difference iu their lengths, ho viii have
obtained that infinite speed for wl;ch be Geeraa
THEW DE>1Asp AnsczssA-"
Il wiring my friend'a hand in slsn. and CRATES
full admiration. Icou!d say nothing.
lyon have listened to the man OF theory" hs
said proudly. s.you shall now behold tho prac-
tical engineer. We will 70 to the ,Te5t OF the
Mississippi and fnd some suitably lev
81 locality. We will erect there
on modal -, Ih6h:pomp 6ha!. Il. we Se,nt,a1 VIZ
1nl why not lis fair sisto. Jocasls. as we}l2 W.
will take them {. Journey wl.icn shatt much es-
toniah the venerable surd. He shall place
| AbEcissa's digits in yoNE3 and ble6s you ooet
template With wnnt1er tho geaius OF Rivaeoi
I But no h.ya much to do. We must ship to St
Joseph the vast amount Of materials to be EN-.
p1oyed in tho construction Of the T1cilypoclp
| We must engage = email army OF worklnen ta
effect that CONSTRUCTION, for NO aro to AZ
nlililate time and space. Porhapa you had BET
ter see your bankers"
I F1ahed itnpetaausly to tho door. Thore
should be no delay.
"Stop! stop! I'm Goncs 1'I'*n. .stop" :"
shricked Rirarol. II launched mJ iItcuar tl;a
morning and haven't bolted tho
But it was too late.
TWAS UPON THE TrA7.
It swung open with crash. and VAS plunged
down, down, down! I felt na il weru iAlling
through illiuisablo space. remember wa'idcr-
ing, as rushed through tho Gark'.ass. whether
should reach Ke1euelon's Land, or stop It tho
centre I. seemed a. stef1tig. ,rro5 Iao3 my
| I opened my c;ee. around mo we're the walls
Of Prot. su1d's study. Under aao WAS hard.
uuyielding plano which knew too well :sns
Prot. Surds study tloor Behind mo wa me
black, alippery llair-cloth chair which lid
belchod me forth, much as tho Wha1o serted
JONAH In front OF me stood
| PROF. sUnD H1stsELF,
looking down with E not unpleasant emile.
+ :"Good evening. Nr. Furnace. Let me help
you up. You look tired, cir. No wnnis: you
fell asleep when I kept you 90 long Ealslag.
Shall get you glass OF wiue2 No. No, ~ ny tho
way, since recoi;ing your letter, tina thas Soq
arc son Of my old friond, Judge Furna;o.
have made inquirios and sea no reason Why you
should not mako Abscis2a good husband
Still I can zee no reason wnY tile Ilchypom1
should not hayo succoeded. Gan youf