Abstract
SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL set up a new motor speed record on Daytona Beach on March 7, by obtaining a speed of 276-816 miles an hour. The previous record, also set up by Sir Malcolm, on February 22, 1933, was 272-108 miles an hour. The figures for the time to cover the measured mile work out as follows: first run, 272-727 miles an hour (13-20 seconds); second run, 281-030 miles an hour (12-81 seconds); average speed, 276-816 miles an hour. Sir Malcolm's car, Bluebird, was designed by Mr. R. Railton, and contains a 2,500 horse-power Rolls-Royce Schneider Trophy engine.
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New Land Speed Record. Nature 135, 428 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135428a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135428a0