. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . equivalent of apolished surface, but rather a rough onewith innumerable facets upon which thefragments fell, and as each facet present-ed a differently placed surface, each frag-ment while securing a rebound angleequal to its incident path would neces-sarily be thrown outward over a more orless fan-shaped area and so diffused. Danger of Air Navigation. A few flights made successfully withflying machines set the prophets of prog-ress predicting that in a few years all thetransportation of the
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . equivalent of apolished surface, but rather a rough onewith innumerable facets upon which thefragments fell, and as each facet present-ed a differently placed surface, each frag-ment while securing a rebound angleequal to its incident path would neces-sarily be thrown outward over a more orless fan-shaped area and so diffused. Danger of Air Navigation. A few flights made successfully withflying machines set the prophets of prog-ress predicting that in a few years all thetransportation of the world would soonbe made in the air. The Wright air shipwas the most successful flying apparatusever tried, but it came suddenly to griefin a flight attempted on September the breaking of the propeller shaftthe machine suddenly became helplesswhen at a height of 75 feet and dashedto the ground, killing one of the enter-prising occupants. Railroad trainmen who have been look-ing forward to changing their occupationto enter upon the flying machine operat-ing, will learn from the accident to the. HOSPITAL TRAIN USED IN WAR TIME. Wright flying machine that they mightleave the dangers of locomotive operatingfor one that would have dangers moreserious than collisions and track a valve stem or main rod breaksthe results are frequently very annoying,but the engine stops on terra Anna with-out any jumping. The failure of anypart of a flying machine would lead thewhole thing to fall to the ground like arocket stick, then woe to all on board. A darkey describing the perils of vari-ous occupations, said: If yous get intoa railroad train smash, dar you are; butif you get into a steamship smash, yourenowhere. It might be added, if you arein an air-ship accident, you go somewherein too great a hurry. October, [908. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING Air Brake Department Handling Geo. W. all railroads aid and encour-age their employees, especially engi
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