TGV experiment .... 359 mph !!!

Stephen_Leak

peterbaker wrote: »

Nope the ol' vitesse-ometer clocked up to around 570kph in one spurt! It didn't half go!

Do tell, why would Dionysius be turning in his grave?? WikiP says "Lardner showed himself to be a successful popularizer of science" and he knew a bit about steam engines.

Sure this wasn't steam, but wasn't it successful popularizing either then?

I always thought he was the one behind the myth in the very early days of the railways that human beings wouldn't be able to survive speeds of over 30 mph, etc.

Further to the French attitude to high speed railways, don't forget that the mayor of Lille actually used all his political connections to get the Eurostar to go through and stop at the town. I can't see that happening in the UK!

moonrakerz

From Brunel University's website article on I K Brunel:

"Brunel himself suggested that the opinions of other engineers should be sought and he was unlucky enough to be saddled with a Dr Dionysius Lardner who displayed a remarkable talent for drawing incorrect conclusions from observed data."

Say no more !!