A GREAT INNOVATION
TO SIMPLIFY TELEGRAPHY. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Received 12, 9.55 p.m. London, December 12. The Westminster Gazette states that Mr. A. T. Johnson, ex-professor of the Royal Academy of Music, an Australian, is collaborating with Mr. F. Varley, who assisted to lay the first successful Atlantic cable, After nine years' experimenting he has perfected a system of tuned metal rods, connected with similarly tuned receivers, which can 'be applied to either cable or wireless telegraphy. The invention prevents tapping. and enables an unlimited number of keyboards, resembling typewriters, to send messages simultaneously, and, with a current of three volts, conveys a message from London to New York, now requiring forty volts. The British Government has opened negotiations to purchase the invention.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 143, 13 December 1911, Page 5
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124A GREAT INNOVATION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 143, 13 December 1911, Page 5
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