Punch Cartoons - Victoria 1841-1901 Straight through from London to Paris - a suggestion to Mr John Fowler Why should not a train be made to run so fast that by mere virtue of its acquired impetus acting on the squares of the distance, multiplied by the hypotenuse of the inclined planec.c.c.c.? ( We don't profess to be practical engineers , but have no doubt that a glance at these designs will suggest valuable notions to those who are now dealing with the very difficult question of the passage across the channel. Cartoon by George du Maurier - 5 March 1870