Two Hundred Miles an Hour.
A railway on which a speed of 200 miles an hour can be attained with safety (ssya the London Daily Mail of September 23) seems even in this age of wonderful inventions to savour somewhat strongly of Jules Verne's imagination. Yet, if any reliance can be placed in working models, Mr Halford has, with his aerial railway, solved the problem of Buch rapid travelling. In this invention the rail, or rails, are placed upon supports at fixed intervals, and by hydraulic power the section? between these supports are automatically raised and lowered by the weight of the carriage, which runs underneath, the centre ef gravity being therefore under the rail ; and thu3 a tremendous speed can be attained, the vehicle gaining momon-
turn with each successive incline,
practically being a kind of The model, which was exhibited at the Holborn Restaurant yesterday, and which is worked out to fcale in every detail, runs at a speed equal to 180 miles an hour, and the inventor is of the opinion that this is far below the rate which could be attained by a full-sized railway of this description.
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Manawatu Herald, 22 February 1898, Page 3
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192Two Hundred Miles an Hour. Manawatu Herald, 22 February 1898, Page 3
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