Morse alphabet

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Hence, the transmitted message was received on the tape in visible dots and dashes representing characters of the Morse alphabet.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis

Very soon after this, however, as will appear from what follows, the dictionary was discarded forever, and the Morse alphabet came into practical use.

From Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II by Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Breese)

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)

You may think of it as a type of Morse alphabet.

From The Online World by De Presno, Odd

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 Towers, Walter Kellogg