The Boy Who Made Steam Work for Us
A short selection about James Watt, taken from the reading book “Doorways to Adventure”, and written in Series 90. Attachment: the-boy-who-made-steam-work-for-us.pdf
A Tale of Two Secretaries
Taken from Today’s Secretary, June 1968, and written in DJS. Attachment: a-tale-of-two-secretaries.pdf
A Typewriter Mechanic Talks Back
From Today’s Secretary, November 1951, in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: a-typewriter-mechanic-talks-back.pdf
Do You Speak “Headlinese”?
From The Gregg Writer, April 1944, in Anniversary Gregg. Attachment: do-you-speak-headlinese.pdf
What is a Cyclone — and What Isn't?
A selection taken from The Gregg Writer, June 1927, written in Pre-Anniversary. Attachment: cyclone.pdf
Gurney Shorthand
I noticed that Charles Dickens was a shorthand reporter before becoming the famous author we all know. It normally took a student of Gurney three years of study and practice to meet reporting standards of those days, 140 wpm. The article on Dickens said he met that requirement in three months! The Gurney method predated…
Polish Gregg shorthand – anybody could help?
Hello everyone!I’d written to you somewhere on this group a comment, several months ago asking if anybody knows something about Polish version of Gregg. Now I finished my search, there is one, made in 1926 by Jozef Widzowski, the Polish stenographer. Apparently however it is still under author’s law, renewed at 1954, held by McGraw&Hill….