Morse alphabet
Example Sentences
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I was much struck with the simplicity of the Morse alphabet, and with the fact that it could be read by sound.
From Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery by George Iles
At the receiving end of the line the messages are produced on a tape in dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet, and hence a further process of translation is necessary.
From Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty by Walter Kellogg Towers
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 Elmer Ellsworth Burns
This mode of correspondence is based upon the use of the Morse alphabet.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various
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 Andrew Gray
