Morse alphabet

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By this method it is possible to learn the Morse alphabet in less than an hour.

From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

He had barely enough mastery of the Morse alphabet to communicate the routine messages relating to the railroad's business aided by the intelligence of the conductors and engineers as to what was expected of them.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John

Incidentally, he is of a scientific turn of mind and can rattle off the Morse alphabet as deftly as any operator in the business.

From The Confessions of Artemas Quibble by Train, Arthur Cheney

This mode of correspondence is based upon the use of the Morse alphabet.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various

There was a local instrument in the office, and one of the operators wrote the Morse alphabet for him, and ever after that he kept pegging away at the key.

From Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers by Hill, John A.