Predictions About The Future That Failed
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2020, 1:27 pm
By:
Tony Williams
#10 Rail Travel At High Speeds Impossible
Dr. Dionysys Larder, professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at the University College London, made the statement, in the 1800's, that, "rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia." In 1939 the first high speed train went into service taking passengers from Milan to Florence at 102.5 mph.
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