. Electric railway review . tin. New York. New Francisco, Salt Lake City and Galveston. General Electric Company,—The General Electric Reviewfor September, 1907, which is Volume IX, No. 4, of this pub-lication, contains a number of interesting articles, notably■Fundamental Principles of Centrifugal Fans. Part I, W. Day; Gyroscopic Forces. Part II, by W. ; Railway Signals, Part III. by F. B. Corey; andPotential Control of Alternating-Current Systems by Syn-chronous Motors with Tirrill Regulators. by Enist J. Berg. Octol)er lli. 1907. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW :;
. Electric railway review . tin. New York. New Francisco, Salt Lake City and Galveston. General Electric Company,—The General Electric Reviewfor September, 1907, which is Volume IX, No. 4, of this pub-lication, contains a number of interesting articles, notably■Fundamental Principles of Centrifugal Fans. Part I, W. Day; Gyroscopic Forces. Part II, by W. ; Railway Signals, Part III. by F. B. Corey; andPotential Control of Alternating-Current Systems by Syn-chronous Motors with Tirrill Regulators. by Enist J. Berg. Octol)er lli. 1907. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW :; THE MEYERS CAR FENDER. Thf ear fender shown in the accompanying illustrationis designed to serve economically as a life saver under themost severe conditions. The fender is entirely automatic,but may be thrown into the emergency position by the motor-man without his leaving his position at the controller. The fender is manufactured by the Fred .1. Meyers Manu-facturing Company. Hamilton. and is of a substantial de-. Details of the Meyers Fender. sign. The parts are so well made and fitted that they do noteasily get out of order and as a result the maintenance ex-pense of this fender is found to be very small. In the illustration presented the component parts andtheir substantial design are shown. It will be noted thatthe tender has its buffer and scoop separately hung. Thebuffer is suspended from the dash of the car and extends the scoop, and the fender, having no support, is dropped tothe rail. While the fender is in this position, and after thel)ressure has been removed from the trip arm. a notch nearthe rear end of the main lever engages with the back side ofthe tender arm and locks the scoo]) in the down makes it impossible for any object to get between thelower end of the fender and the rails. The release is madeonly by a trip in the motormans cab. The buffer manufactured by this company is made ofspring steel and it is claimed that it will not bend
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