Big Bertha Thing retrenchment

Big Bertha Thing monorail
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Drawing of model of track on the bottom monorail.

Caption;-
Model exhibited before the Royal Society, May 8, 1907.

Extract from Chapter V;-
72. The gyroscope has been employed by Mr. Louis Brennan
with striking ingenuity and success, to ensure the
stability of a heavy car travelling on a single line
of rail, with its centre of gravity above the level
of the rail, as is seen in the accompanying illustrations....

A full description of the mechanism, with a mathematical
discussion on the subject, is given by Mr. H. Cousins
in the issue of Engineering for Nov. 21st, 1913,
and following numbers.

From the book
An Elementary Treatment of the Theory of
Spinning Tops and Gyroscopic Motion.
By Harold Crabtree M.A.
Formerly Scholar of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Assistant Master at Charterhouse
Longmans, Green and Co. 1923
First Edition 1909
Second Edition 1914
New Impression 1923
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Big Bertha Thing francis

To my brother-in-law Francis (RIP),
who I once called "as daft as a brush."
To his everlasting credit,
he replied "I know."

The greatest compliment,
my wife ever paid me,
was to say, that I did not hold a grudge.
Net surfers do not hold grudges,
but they are a bit short on victim support,
whichever side the victim comes from.

Tony Lance



Sunday, November 16, 1997 05:19:05 PM
Message
From: Tony Lance
Subject: Re(2): Fwd: Big Bertha Thing 5
To: FC Mods Discussion
First Big Bertha posting was to first aid tent in CP Conf. to provide aid and comfort to
victims who had been set upon by unnamed thugs. There was no way to make direct contact,
with shell shocked victims. The trick worked and first victim is well again.
Since then she has developed a life of her own and actually caught some thugs in the act.
Children will be children. The full set of Big Bertha can be found on CP Conf.
Thank you,
Tony Lance