Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-15
800 MLES N IN HOUR
Fresh Claims of a Revolution
in Railway Travel.
A Ten.Hopee Instinct Of an Hundred
HORSEPOWER Engine-A Wonder
by Means Of observation-disclosures
tlonal Patents Already Secured.
Three hundred miles an hour!
A train Without WhooIs.

such Is the attractive claim maze
for an invention OF Or. Albert c. Al
ber5con, a distinguished electrical en-
gineer Of the Royal University OF Den
mark. At present MI Albertson is
a citizen of the United States. 1t IS
purpOscd to accomplish this wonder
by means of magnetism. Already he
has perfected his system and obtained
international patents.
Or. Albcrtson's invention aims sim
ply to overcome the weight Of the
present railway train by means of
powerful magnets. These are attach.
ed to the bottom Of the cars in such a
way as to lift the wheels and render
a one thousand pound car as light as
one pound. The attraction of gravity
being thus overcome. the heaviest
train becomes as light as air ana can
be rushed along the tracks with only
atmospheric. resistance to contend with
The magnets clamp the rail above and
below, so that it is impossible for the
train to leave the track.
At present sixty miles an hour--a
mile a minutes practically .he
maximum speed. and to accomplish
this the weight and drawing power Of
the locomotive have been increased
until three thousand horse power
engine must be attached to the front
OF a flyer. AS the weight Of the on
CINE increases the weight Of the
rails carrying the engine increases,
as does the general wear and tear on
the road bed. The limit Of weight
power and speed has been reached,
and the railroads acknowledge ,hem
selves unable to 90 much better Two
things defeated the attainment %
greater specific dead weight Of
train and aerial resistance.
Now comes the announcement that
there has been discovered a method
Of abolishing the dead weight Of the
train, leaving only aerial resistance TO
be contended with. n this can he
done. as Mr.. Albertson asserts, half OF
the battle is won, and the world may
yet be able to travel on tine carta's
surface with the much dreamed Of
speed OF hundreds Of niles an hour
Tor many years the great principle O,
magnetism has been known to c,9o.ri
clans and used in proc zeal WORK by
laymen. Steel companies have found
the magnet useful in lifting huge
metal Orders. At ono end Of tlei,
lifting apparatuses they have placed
magnet, which when charged grips the
steel bars and lifts them, no mater
how great their weight. It has hse0
noticed that q magnet would move 90
come in contact with he STEEL bar as
soon as it arrived within the drawine
radius, carrying any amount CT weight
with it which happened TO be attached
at the time.
It is this principls which Or. Albert
son sought to make use oi-the lifting
power Of a magnet when attached 10
the bottom Of the car so that they
came under the rail and about an incl
below It. Then he turned on enough
electricity to make the magnets active
They rose upward toward the rail- LIT
ing the car bodily in he air. The
weight of the train was thus simply
overcome.
The inventor next loaded heavy
metal into his miniature car until II
weighed several tons. The magnets
clamped tightly against the rail and
refused to slide easily. But as he
loaded on the weights he found that
the car moved easier the more weight
he applied up to the point where d
balance was determined between the
weight above and She attractive force
OF the magnets below. The entire
weight of the car and its load was
held up by magnetic force. Practical
ly the attraction of grayltatiOn was
abolished. The car no longer weighed
anything. Instead of bearing heavily
down upon the track it pulled up
ward; and to make it run easily all
one had to do was to add more weight
more load-in the car. completely
reversing the existing order Of things
where it is a case Of the greater the
load the heavier the train and the
slower.
The invention is simple. The train
readily slides upon its magnets, the
under side of the track being kept
we'll oiled. The wheels are left above
the magnets. running on the top or
the rail, without carrying any weight,
but simply left there to act as a guide
for the train and to prevent it from
leaving the track. High speed Is
therefore perfectly safe.
ut is all matter Of plus and min
US" says DR.. AlbertsOn. III you have
a number of magnets attached to your
car under The rail, adhering with a
force equal to eleven tons and you
add a weight Of ten tons to your car
you leave one ton of pressure remain |
.9g. This pressure is distributed |
through a number of magnets, ana the |
power required to slide them along |
the rail will be very small. / have |
great hopes for the future Of the cleo
tro magnetic railway. 1t will be bet |
ter than any present system, in that |
It can generate five times the speed,
even to three hundred miles an hour
There will be onesixth Of the ex- |
pcnse in iron structure and running
power because the rails can be made |
lighter and the horse power OF the |
engine reduced from three thousand
to ten; there Will be no noise or vibra-
lion, for the train will not roll, but |
slide.