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Show Speed of 750 Miles an Hour Foreseen Following the meeting of scientists In Paris recently to discuss the feasibility feasi-bility of shooting to th(! r.-oon, or Mars or Venus, learned men of Europe lire discussing Hie limits "f speed that tnay be attained by man. They cite the Increase of speed since lD'-M, when Ilalv won the Schneider cup with 107 mlles an hour, to the nearly 21.r, miles un hour made at liaylona bench this year. Some scientists predict that in l!i;t() the race will attain at least !i'X) miles In fit) minutes and constantly Increase In-crease the speed until 7"'0 miles an hour ls reached. This Is considered to he the rate of air waves and whether wheth-er man will be able to go faster than this Is doubled by some, while others declare that bombs will be able to ! carry passengers even faster. A bomb recently perfected In En-land will ravel n"arly four miles. |