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In the many tests cars were sent over the road at rates ranging from ten miles an hour to seventy - eight ; that speed burst being made by a car driven by Ralph de Palma , while another driver made seventy - one .
In the many tests cars were sent over the road at rates ranging from ten miles an hour to seventy - eight ; that speed burst being made by a car driven by Ralph de Palma , while another driver made seventy - one .
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The average speed attained on the two laps , 42.583 miles per hour , carrying a passenger , showed that the Wrights had a decided " method in the madness " which dictated changing the machine from last year . Those two milesover forty ...
The average speed attained on the two laps , 42.583 miles per hour , carrying a passenger , showed that the Wrights had a decided " method in the madness " which dictated changing the machine from last year . Those two milesover forty ...
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Thus , if the aeroplane moves through the air at a constant speed of forty miles an hour , a ten mile wind behind it will make its speed with relation to the earth fifty miles an hour - a ten mile wind in its face will reduce the speed ...
Thus , if the aeroplane moves through the air at a constant speed of forty miles an hour , a ten mile wind behind it will make its speed with relation to the earth fifty miles an hour - a ten mile wind in its face will reduce the speed ...
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