Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 4
Steno-Telegraphy.—
Steno-Telegraphy.—
July exchanges report that an apparatus invented by M. Cassagnes, a civil engineer, had just been successfully tried in the French Chamber of Deputies. By the new system, which is named « Sténo-telégraphie, » reports of speeches, just as they come from the desk, of the reporter, may be transmitted to any distance, at a rate hitherto unattainable. In one hour 25,000 stenographed words were transmitted by the instrument to Brussels, 18,000 to Lyons, and 15,000 to Marseilles. The apparatus is equally available for longhand, transmitting at the rate of 100 to 120 words per minute, while for stenographic despatches its capacity is from 180 to 200.