Morse alphabet
Example Sentences
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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
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)
Incidentally, he is of a scientific turn of mind and can rattle off the Morse alphabet as deftly as any operator in the business.
From The Confessions of Artemas Quibble by Train, Arthur Cheney
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
They were written in the dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet.
From The White Lie by Le Queux, William
