In Reply to: Looking back in Time posted by Royal on September 23, 2005 at 12:22:06:

pprenticed to a civil engineer in melbourne,wherethe futuretorpedoe of englands powerful navy was first concieved in the fertile brain of the inventor when he was but 22 yrs old ,,,,,,thirteen yrs later in 1879 the govt on the advice of the admiralty bought mr brennans invention for ten thousand pounds ,,,,,,,,,,,,mr brennans latest triumph is an adaption of the gyroscopeto the mono rail,,,a device whichhe demonstrated before the royal society in1909,,,,,,mr brennan lives near woolwich,and is married to miss quinn of castlebar,,e&oe