IMass Rosa Britz, the champ ien typist of the "world, gave a demonstration, before, more than a thousand typewriting students at the Bolborn Town Hall recently, when she created a new record by typing for sevea minutes at the rate of over 117 words a minute. 'In. shorter tests of two miniutea 3he reached a speed of 250 words, a minute,, typing from unknown/ matter.
Dr. Rien© Quinton, of France, haa offered a prize of 10,000 francs for ir< aeroplane that will float for fire minutee in the. air unpropelled and with its motor stopped, and Professor Deprez is trying to win the'prize. Pro-, fessor Depress whose rotedel led Dr. Quinton to* offer this prize, ie a- member of the French Institute 'and professor of applied .electricity in the Conservatory of A|rts and Trades in Parii. . .
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Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10631, 3 February 1909, Page 1
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