Deseret Evening News | 1891-08-20 | Page 6 | Utilizing Air

Clllliln Air. An Italian engineer has devised a system sys-tem for utilizing the power of ura ity In descending grades by making tho engine compress air that Is afterward nsvd lu propilliiig the train up grade. Tho apparatus ap-paratus consists of threo cylinders or ao-cumnhtors, ao-cumnhtors, constructed to stand a 1 ret-sure ret-sure of 100 jiouud. Theso cylinders aru connected with onocf tho axles cf tho iar or eugiue by means cf a tston. When the train dcKends a grade tho air is com 1 rossid Into the cylinder, and In ascending a grade tho action tare-versed, tare-versed, the c)linders acting as a motor. It Is sjtid that this system Is admirably adapted to mountain railwo)i or to thono which hare lou tunnels, where It Is necessary to hare no smoke from the eutfuo. ,nr York Journal