Which came first-Eagle or Merc.?
Sir, With reference to your article " Which Came First, the Eagle or the Merc.?" wherein you query the feasibility of producing the R.-R. Eagle engine in the short space…
NEW RECORDS BY MR. BARCLAY.
Driving a 2,996 c.c. Vauxhall Car at Brooklands, Mr. J. B. Barclay lowered World’s records in international Class D for the following distances :—Kilometre (standing start), 69.75 m.p.h.; 1 mile (standing), 78.69
m.p.h.; kilometre (flying), 111.85 m.p.h.; 1 mile (flying), 110.77 m.p.h. ; 5 kilometres (flying), 110.62 m.p.h.; 5 miles (flying), 110.58 m.p.h. ; 10 kilometres (standing), 110.56 m.p.h.; 10 miles (standing), 110.50 m.p.h.