Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1917 — Speed of Electricity. [ARTICLE]

Speed of Electricity.

It would take several seconds for a current of electricity on fi wire to flow around the earth. Electric waves oye. faAltaiwn. with the speed of light, l§6,3oomiles per second. There is no Knewn motion faster than this. It la. the. swiftest known J a the universe. Electricity cannot flow in an instant to any considerable distance qver a