Schribner’s Monthly

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Short Story

The Tachypomp: A Mathematical Demonstration


This was Mitchell’s first of many anonymous stories for the New York Sun, and although it contained a clever method of achieving unlimited speed, it had no time travel. But not to worry! Two of [Error: Missing ':]' tag for wikilink] —Michael Main
Just whisper to him that when he has an infinite number of cars with an infinitesimal difference in their lengths, he will have obtained that infinite speed for which he seems to yearn.
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  • Science Fiction
  • No Time Phenomena