Show PALACE OF PROGRESS great revolving Tolvine nc tower for the anria exposition in 1000 1900 after much casting about for tin nn idea prance has decided to astonish visitors to the paris exposition i of A D with nn an immense revolving tower feet high tin the inventor Is SI 31 devie and he be calls ills his tower the ra palace isice of r progress Pi ogress this extraordinary sort of a structure Is shown in the architects acts perspective spec tive drawing the outer nuter room of the building will ill move fit at the rate of motors meters or about 3 feet 8 inches per second which Is as nearly as possible two and one half miles an hour A complete revolution will thus occupy about two minutes and the vl views eNs of paris and of the hills bills plains of the seine and marne country will change as rapidly a as the scenery changes when one Is stroll rg slowly along it a road the rotary building will be only ill halt lit the height of the ciffo eiffel tower but as it Is to be erected near the summit of montmartre the highest point within tile the f fortifications ions it will command a broad view cut ut only by the tower of tile the new church on the apex the bearings are bald by the mechanical engineers who have prepared the specifications to lie br so designed as to absolutely assure the absence of all sense of motion when you are not looking out at the view you will be as tranquil as in tiny any other building but when you so swing ing your chair so that you face the window you enjoy a serene motion and contemplate a constantly changing spectacle the motive po boiver v which will supply the force necessary to turn the structure will be hydraulic and its cost has been calculated to be only francs per hour although each inie that the movement Is checked the hydra hydraulic ulle pressure needed to give it a new impulse will represent an expenditure of 2 80 francs the upper tipper part of the building will be occupied by a public ball room to be open from 11 in the evening until 2 in the morning and the it iov if 41 iaz I 1 aku ea 64 agn r I 1 2 UP R 41 44 gt il 1 en e N i 1 1 F 2 t it L lilt ii or W 1 I i PARIS REVOLVING TOW towlie R space immediately below ills for an all skatie skating so that thai the al IT lure ments of the de glace on oil the role pole N nord will lie in added to those of tile the moulin rouge anil the casino de paris |