Morse alphabet
Example Sentences
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The Morse alphabet now in use was devised by a Mr. Vail, who assisted Morse in developing the telegraph.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth
He could give Jessie and Amy a deal of information about the Morse alphabet as used in the commercial wireless service.
From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Penrose, Margaret
Calmly he seated himself at the instrument and ticked off the inspired words in the dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet.
From Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II by Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Breese)
A motion of this long massless index to the left was regarded as a dot, a motion to the right as a dash, and the Morse alphabet could therefore be employed.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew
This mode of correspondence is based upon the use of the Morse alphabet.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various
