The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-05
RECORD MILE
TOO MUCH FOR
+. THIS HIGH BROW
-ilAT Capt Elijah Price, Of Long
Branch covered a mile IN %

-iIAT Capt. Elijah Price, 0, Lon'
Branch, covered mile In :
i seconds IN an ice boa Is serious
~ doubted b. the writer u the APPENDED
letter. Not only does Prof. "ieoen
s.rummer doubt, out waves wroth an
indignant that Cart. Prtce, or an,
ono else, should declare such a Tea
possible. without hacking up thel
claims with the most elaborate an
convincing data. tearhen 10 the Pro
fessor:
n.sr SIT rssd With interest your
d! report Of sn ice boats fest OF travelling
mis In ~ 'tcond'. DO re- believe
that the lc.bnst made eny suoh scord
tins. any more ,han would hellsve It
possible for luck 10 swim twenty-five
=. miles al. hour
challenge the timers TO produce an;
davis let them swear t.lat hey unet
the progress Of that tee boat along
Alpngth.
.xtGordInsrJ meas. but phenomenon
oi unusual value to science. tor he
past hundred years physicists have been
roleciing data on aarcstatlcs, invest.
y rtting wind conditions and desperately
snd.avoring to e-:ahli-.s q liked formula
~ vh,c'i 10 ESTABLISH ~ rHls'loH o.
wind pressure ard atmospheric r''''
this tverr, five second mile 'u-ni,r u,
with tho. data We are. ewing ;"r' Flrsi
the weight Of the Ice boa tn" eN'ot con-
formation " It's structure. TIE a. area,
the shape ~ sail, the weight %, siars
r'rr'hr and scar, the W=l KIT OF the n"r.
IONS vlo were nj ne o'if. No" taeF
ia, To- 9th rF = -
r,Ts the exact direction ~ 'Ne cours.
end tine direction ara "s'ocltT ~ the
wind. Wits also tn M -,orHt-i" r-aing
Tor the time during winch his socllled
record was made.
80 You N not even lo' Nc know whether
J. + the leo boat was irafsitius Tree b'.nt"
the wind or reochInr.. II YOU In! stated
I and then had given the exact angle ~
= which the sail raught III" alleged sixty
mile g.Ile could nay" mn'dhlc.y sat
down aud constructed an equation that
would have clinchsd vour 'lIinl - ia.se
could have thrown figures ~ Your
teeth that would have bra'"n back your
iyins words and driven them In cGlnEing
flight dOwn your throat.
Rut here | Am, with this sp,endd
problem before mo and not clean. up-
Standing. honest feet 10 adopt as step
daughter t. premise.
However | have figured 6ut ore huT-
I drd and six different phases ~ Ice boat
progress under separate gri dlstiUn' cor.
a,,teos mai naEs ,nr The sreoarr g..
NOR v, the highest g,s7iu.s speed. and
in r,sh me 81 these various phases
{ fa-s proyad vour report 20 per cent.
p m.ndacious 1, is possible FOR an Ice
brai - make better than a Nlt a
1 minute: -e, II Is thAoretlcallv po.s ole
for an Ice boat TO maintain for ,raS-
<on =! 0nute T. sped ~! ~ MY
z,iiss ar haIr but ~ El!es ar hcg-9
80, Ter houssri dimes. 70, TIE
| as'rticn IS ridiculous, scandalou, ae'
1 aud
I, Ia. t.nr estimated by som. reck-
tess chemists thai Wild geese can r.
! s,1e hul'rci miles an hour on the Vlnss
Of a sixty. mil--Au-hour gale. and w
thsE,asa ., IL, Wild goose, a. In M.
case of an ,c- boat, N. resistance
should BE- - -, square o. the velocity
n. %sleaty x vour Nurchau,snian ls.
boat Is ". The pressure In nr"1is
| ayrrdupnis ~ a -'Irface ~ on IRE
I foot Ia squ4i n .tS4s2 multip BY
th- sauarr iLs Nelocity In miles per
hour. Nov go me your sail area and
\ your surface area exposed to rssl,,ancs
1 and ! viii prove = y3t. tSa' your alleged
' III. IN T. seconds is myth Of III. most
ssinAas ausliii
Nov, sly, m. rar,s FACTS. FACTS.
and lee DE DO NJ, sluauons - prove that
thai k> Tat no, ~ attained sny such ter
rife v.ie 'i,v. fgr q could not outside n.
fsrtsi y Cyelone. Rsspsetfully yo,rs.
" ~ A. n. " 4. A. d, r. IL,
Ii = 40 D. .. D.