Morse alphabet
Example Sentences
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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 Stevenson, Burton Egbert
The perforations being so arranged as to regulate the length of the contact, the result would be the transmission of long and short impulses corresponding with the dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis
They were written in the dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet.
From The White Lie by Le Queux, William
The flashes were watched, and were found to be in accordance with the Morse alphabet; and the joyful news was spread that their friends were telegraphing to them.
From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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
