Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1914 — Fastest Speed Made by Man. [ARTICLE]

Fastest Speed Made by Man.

Undoubtedly the fastest speed on the earth was made by Burman in an automobile at Daytonia, Fla., April 23, 1911, when he went a mile in 26.4 seconds. Ninety miles an hour has been approached by several In both automo. biles motorcycles. Aviators have exceeded 100 miles an hour. But such speed Is insignificant when we consider that we are all traveling at the rate of 1,000 miles and moire an hqur by the daily revolution of the earth, and that, too, is insignificant when we consider that the earth is traveling through space at the rate of 376,000.000 miles a year, or nearly 48,000 ah hour.