Miniature Magnet -Propeled Ships 



The mysteries of window attractions explained 



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Above: Although there is no 

 machinery in the ships they 

 sail steadily along through 

 the miniature waterways 



At right: The magnet-trucks 

 are run on toy-railroad sys- 

 tems, with switches, stops 

 and signals under the water 



\' MODKL representations 

 of t lie Panama Canal, Xew 

 York harl)(jr and minia- 

 ture naval enjiagements, \-es- 

 sels of ditlerent sizes arc made 

 to sail ihroujih little water- 

 wa>s in a manner truly mys- 

 terious, due to an in\entioii 

 by Louis K. Myers, of Chi- 

 cago. 



The ships move at a steady 

 rate through the water. But as nou 

 watch them closely, you notice that the 

 propellers are not moving. What, then, 

 drives the ships? .-\soft, iron strip which 

 hangs several inches below the hull has a 



ELecrRO 



MAGNET 



downward con,''iUiation at each end. ter- 

 minating in pole-pieces which have con- 

 nection with an electro-magnet run- 

 ning on tracks below the tar-paper-and- 

 concrete "river bed." 





