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Application OF a principle as cid as
elertlicitS itself Dr. Albertson's in
Nentien aims simply TO overcome the
weight OF the plesent railway train
by means of powerful magnets. These
are attached TO the bottom of the cars
in such a way as to }ift the wheels
and render 100 compound car as light
IS one pound. The attrac elton Of gray
ity thus being overcome, the heay-
lest train becomes as light as air
and can be rushed along the tracks
with only atmospheric resistance to
contend with The magnets clamp
the rail above and below, SO that 1t
is impossible for the train to leave
the track.
Maximum Speed Not Reached.
At present sixty miles an hour-a
mile minute-is practically the max
imum speed. and to accomplish this
the weight and drawing power Of the
locomotive have been Increased until
a 5000 horse power engine must be
attached to the front Of a flyer. AS
the weight of the engine increases
the weight of the rails carrying the
engine increases, as does the general
wear and tear on the road bed. Eigh-
teen hours to Chicago has been the
maximum result. The limit Of weight,
power and speed has been reached
and the railroads acknowledge them
selves unable to do much better. Two
things defeated the attainment o.
greater speed-the dead weight of
the train and the aerial resistance
Now comes the announcement that
t.3ere has been discovered method
f abolishing the dead weight of the
train, leaving only aerial resistance
% be contended with. If this can be
done as Mr.. Albertson asserts, half of
the battle is won and the world may
vet be able to travel on the earn S
surafce with the much dreamed OF
speed of hundreds of miles an hour.
For many years the great principle
of magnetism has been known to elec-
tricians and used in practical work
by laymen Steel companies have
found the magnet useful in lifting
huge steel girders. At one end of
their lifting appartus they have placed
a magnet which when charged yips
the steel bars and lifts them, no mat
ter how great their weight. 1t has
been noticed that a magnet would
move to come in contact with the
steel oar as soon as it arrived with
in the drawing radius, carrying any
amount of weight which happened to
be attached at the time.
1t is this principle which DR.. AL
bertscn sought to make use of-the
lifting power of magnet when at
tracted to q fixed rail of steel. He
arranged a series Of magnets under
a miniature car runAil..s>Ia a st8el
railway track. The magnets were
insulated and attached to the bottom
of the car so that they came under
the rail and about an inch beloW
it. Then he turned on enough cleo
rricity to make the magnets active.
They rose upward toward the rail,
lifting the car bodily in the air. The