The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
THIS eYRoscoPE A SUCCESS.
A Berlin Inventor Carried Six Men In
His Machine

His Machine.
New York Jan l4.-By balancing
perfectly on one rail "A gyrUscope car
demonstrated the mouorail system at
special exhibition to the press in
the Claremont Avenue rink, Brooklyn.
The car, a smaller reproduction of the
gyroscope cars that are to be run in
Germany, circled the rink with five
passengers and motorman, and al.
though the passengers punched to-
gether on one side of the car, in.
stead of tipping over that way, rose
higher on that side to meet their
weight
The car was brought over by Rich
ard SCherl of Berlin, one of its invent
ors. He was accompanied by Emil
Falcke, his chief engineer, and eight
assistants. Hart o. Berg is managing
the affair. Wednesday and Thursday
the car will exhibit for an admission
fee to go to charity, after which it will
be open to the public two weeks.
A monorail track was laid around
the rink and the power furnished by
the electric light wire. The voltage
was only high enough to give a speed
of fifteen miles an hour, although the
inventors assert that under proper con.
ditions the regular size car on the
outdoor track can make 125 miles an
hour. The car exhibited was sixteen
| by three and one-half feet with con.
| trn of oil
balance is maintained by two gyro.
scopes set in vacuum on perpendicu
lar axes and run in opposite directions
making 1873 revolutions second, OF
5000 a minute, Richard Scherl said
| that Berlin professor of mathematics
worked a year to figure the exact mum
| Der of revolutions necessary to in
sure perfect balance and finally madt
it 1000. To leave a COOL margin OF
safety they made it 5000. The pas
sengers got on one at a time, the cal
rising on the side stepped on eacf
| time.
1t was explained that the two re
volving tops would keep right on re
| volving for a long time after the cur
rent gave out because they were spin
ming in a vacuum, where there wa!
little friction. In case of an accident
it was explained, t@ere would be plent!
of time for the DasACngers to get on
before the car TOPPED over. In the
meantime it would he possible, accord
ing to the demonstrators, to lower sup
ports on either side oE the car, ant
this would prevent its falling. Th'
car used was equipped with this safe
ty dew e, which Could be operated b.
the motorman. 1t was seen that tn
supports could be so constructed tina
they would fall to the ground automat
ically ia case the power gave out.
Among those at the trial was S. l
f. Deyo Chief engine CT of the Inter
borough Rapid Transit company.
. do not believe the munurail car ha
; passed out of the e&pCr:n entail stage,
commented Mr.. Deyo, "but that is no
) saying that do NOT believe that son.
4. day it will come into use for certai
sion, 81 instance, and monorail "a
!. were Gelailed, it probably would trr
!, turtle. in such a case would prete
to be on board of two rail car.
>. "But for use in he subway or IN ~
:. derground tunnels, the E,onorail miG!
:. probab'E have some advantages oye
0 the present type. There, you SCI
\ there would be no street traffic, alt
\ nothing t. interfere With the car. !
e a tube it would be tvah lore -5efu
). because it could % bru't so close
t the walls that there would be II
e room for it to fall over. But I dar
i say that if you took this car thu
: | saw today and ran it in the cit
$ streets as it is, it would come to grit
e before long"