Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1899 — May Revolutionize Telegraphy. [ARTICLE]

May Revolutionize Telegraphy.

Anton Follak and Josef Virag, inventors of the rapid-sending and receiving automatic devices which promise a revolution in telegraphy, arrived in Chicago Tuesday evening from Bnda Pesth, Hungary, to make demonstrations of their invention. This series of experiments will be an attempt to send 600 words a minute oyer a distance of some 600 miles. The electrical experts of Chicago and of the colleges and universities of the vicinity will be invited to be present when the tests are made.