Eastern Utah Advocate | 1903-09-10 | Page 7 | What Happens in One Second

WHAT HAPPENS IN 0 OMI SECOND the following hat of speeds haa has been carefully compiled by an authority who has devoted much time koltho subject in order to ensure accuracy in one second 4 A snail travels A in inca cb N N 4 A man walk ng 4 feet A fast runner 23 toot feet A fly 24 fed feet A fast skater Z Z feet A carrier pigeon 87 feet A locomotive loco motile go 60 bilica tilica an hour 88 89 teet feet A swallow feet the oret cyclone known feet the surface of the globe on aqil level at the equator 1600 feet the moon feet the sun 5 miles the earth 18 miles t 11 an electric current on telegraph wires miles an electric current in copier copper wire armatures 4 light nilles the discharge of a leyden jar through copper wire 1 16 in in diameter miles which la is bald said to have been the highest velocity measured