. The railroad and engineering journal . Mr. Fer-ranti, the Engineer of the power company organized to erectworks on the Canadian side at Niagara Falls, and who is oneof the most eminent engineers of our time, has detected the pe-culiar claims and advantages of the tangential water wheels fordriving his dynamos, and we are well satisfied tliat his prefer-ence for these wheels will be strengthened by further investiga-tions on his part It is a strange circumstance, but one not without precedent,that we should, after some centuries of experiment, find in thesimple tangential jet water wheel not
. The railroad and engineering journal . Mr. Fer-ranti, the Engineer of the power company organized to erectworks on the Canadian side at Niagara Falls, and who is oneof the most eminent engineers of our time, has detected the pe-culiar claims and advantages of the tangential water wheels fordriving his dynamos, and we are well satisfied tliat his prefer-ence for these wheels will be strengthened by further investiga-tions on his part It is a strange circumstance, but one not without precedent,that we should, after some centuries of experiment, find in thesimple tangential jet water wheel not only the most simple onein form, but that which most nearly conforms to hydrauliclaws. During allnhis time we have been either dividing highfalls into sections or utilizing only so much of them as wouldsuit the kind of wheels in common use. A Convenient Invention. Those who use typewriters—and that includes almost everyone nowadays—have felt the want of some method of cleaningthe type. This is met by a very neat device made by Ford,. FORDS TYPEWRITER BRUSH. Howard & Company, of Chicago, which illustrates well thevalue of small inventions. The engraving herewith shows the device so well that hardlyany description is needed. It consists only of a revolving brush,carried on a light frame. The brush is rapidly rotated by means of gears (a specialfeature of this brush), the proportion of revolutions being threeof the brush to one of the hand. This speed not only cleansand dries the type, but really pol shes it. The bristles are threerows deep, \ in. in length, and of the best quality. The brushoperates parallel with the type bars, thus preventing all liabilityof straining them. All that need be added is that by simple changes in the frameit can be fitted to any machine, and that on our own Reming-ton it works like a charm. Some New Wood-Working Machines.
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