Km Collection (page 3)

French Monocycle 1950
At Saint-Etienne, a French inventor drives his monocycle, sitting inside the wheel, at speeds up to 140 km/h

Horse Drawn Excursion
Excursionists prepare to set off from Bournemouth on a ten- mile (16 km) excursion to the Stour valley in a horse-drawn carriage

Purvess Dynasphere
The Dynasphere designed by Dr J A Purves of Taunton, England, makes a successful test run, achieving 48 km/h

Eyston Thunderbolt 1938
Dunlop tyres pay tribute to George Eyston who this year drives his Thunderbolt on Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, at a speed of 536 km/h

Seagraves Golden Arrow
Henry Seagrave drives his Golden Arrow; at Daytona Beach, Florida, achieving a speed of 372 km/h

Tour De France - Motor
The start of the Course du Tour de France at Champigny. It will take 8 days (including a rest-day) and cover 2291 km

Judges Kutchery
JUDGEs KUTCHERY, MEERUT A British magistrate administers justice, British- style, to the natives of Meerut, a city 60 km from Delhi

Surat, 17th Century
Surat, some 250 km north of Bombay, is an important English trading factory and administrative centre from 1608 to 1687

Wupper Elevated Rly
The Langen elevated railway which carries travellers over the Wupper at Wuppertal. The line is 13 km in length

Lindbergh Silk Souvenir
Commemorative souvenir, woven on silk, of Lindberghs flight from New York to Paris, the first non-stop transatlantic flight (3625 miles - 5834 km)

7 Wonders / Pahros / Picart
Constructed by Sostratus of Cnidus, for Ptolemy Philadelphus: iIts light could be seen 50 km out to sea

Edisons Electric Rail
Edisons experimental electrical railway, at Menlo Park : the locomotive picks up power from the track and can reach some 50 km/h - but the ride is bumpy !

Entertainment / Radio
An English family listens in - to an orchestral concert from the Hague, in Holland, 300 km away !

Halleys Comet / Cig Card
This comet is part of our solar system and comes close to the Earth every 76 years, the first known date being 240 BCE. It is about 15 km from side to side

View of Ein Kerem, near Jerusalem
View of Ein Kerem, a village 5 km from Jerusalem. On the right the ancient ruins of the Church of the Visitation can be seen. According to tradition, it is there that John the Baptist was born

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