. Electric railway gazette . tion purposes. No attempt is made to take up the advantages or dis-advantages (as shown by mathematical calculation) result-ing from such a system, but it is merely desired to mentionsome of the many practical points which would be met,eliminated or improved upon by the substitution of elec-tricity in general railroad working. Nor is it that its in-troduction is anticipated within a year or two ; but we can-not but acknowledge that the application of electricity isbecoming more gfneral, and, from the rapidity of its de-velopment, its use for such purposes is hardly
. Electric railway gazette . tion purposes. No attempt is made to take up the advantages or dis-advantages (as shown by mathematical calculation) result-ing from such a system, but it is merely desired to mentionsome of the many practical points which would be met,eliminated or improved upon by the substitution of elec-tricity in general railroad working. Nor is it that its in-troduction is anticipated within a year or two ; but we can-not but acknowledge that the application of electricity isbecoming more gfneral, and, from the rapidity of its de-velopment, its use for such purposes is hardly more distantthan the most sanguine of its advocates would predict. The combination of electrical with mechanical engineer-ing will bring about as much of a revolution in the futureas it has done in the past ; but in all its applications wemust expect to see it creep before we may see it walk. Amore thorough intermingling of the mechanical, however,would hardly be a detriment to much of the so-called elec-trical ing—at a central station would raise this part of the work-ing of the line to the highest grade of efficiency. In experiments recently made it was found that an elec-tric motor could climb a grade of over 50 per cent., whichis far beyond the point of adhesion of locomotives; so thatin this direction we could look for a marked analysis of the conditions in the two cases will disclosethe reason for this, and no doubt all who have had anyexperience with engines which were overloaded or whichslipped their drivers easily will appreciate its importance. The question of attainable speed enters as a factor, forIhe speed to which an engine can safely be driven is knownto have its limits—and which, to all appearances, we arenow closely approaching. The piston speed of an enginewith 24 in, stroke and 68 in. diameter of driving wheels,traveling at 60 miles per hour, would be about 1,400 minute. An increase in the diameter of driving wheels,wi
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