Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1914 — Fastest Travel on Record. [ARTICLE]

Fastest Travel on Record.

The researches made by physicists of all centuries have proved that the hertzian waves move with the same speed as light, that Is to say, at about 186,000 miles a seconds 1 Three French scholars, Mr. Abraham, professor at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers; Major Ferrie and Mr. Dufour, have, under the auspices of the bureau of longitudes, just determined the speed of propagation of the hertzian waves between Paris and Toulon. Part of the result has been calculated, and the speed found Is 295,900 kilometers to the second, with a difference of less than one per cent for each determination, in comparison to the average. They Intend to measure this speed between the Eiffel tower and the station of wireless telegraphy at Washington, while Hie longitude of, the capital of the Ignited States is being determined. Messrs. Abraham, Dufour and Ferrie propose to continue their experiment! and to ztudy the speed of the propagation of hertzian waves between two points separated by tho sea.