Morse alphabet

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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 Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

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

All this, of course, was clicked out in the dot and dash code of the Morse alphabet, but to Joe 21 Dawson it was as plain as words spoken by the human voice.

From The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

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

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)