Morse alphabet
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The young engineer had learned his Morse alphabet early in his railroad career, and knew something of the system in vogue along the line.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Allen Chapman
The International Morse alphabet and numeral code, punctuation marks, and a few important abbreviations used in wireless telegraphy.
From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins
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
He soon learned the Morse alphabet and practised making the signals early in the morning before the operators arrived.
From American Men of Mind by Burton Egbert Stevenson
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
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