Our Miscellany
To Tell the Speed of Railroad Trains
Arthur Gr. Lenord, private secretary to 11. Walter Webb, third vice-president of the New York Central railroad, has invented a watch which is said to enable the holder to measure the rate of speed at which he or she may be travelling fon a railroad train, a steamboat, or any other conveyance. It is thus described : —ln the hands of a person on a swiftly moving train the watch may, by pressing a tiny lever, be started at a given point, say a mile-post, and when the next mile-post is reached a quick pressure on the lever will stop the hands of the watch on a figure which accurately indicates the rate of speed per hour at which the train is moving.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 9, 27 May 1893, Page 7
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131Our Miscellany Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 9, 27 May 1893, Page 7
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