Morse alphabet
Example Sentences
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The Morse alphabet now in use was devised by a Mr. Vail, who assisted Morse in developing the telegraph.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth
The sending upon the sounder instrument, which is that chiefly used, is done by a small key with handle being depressed and released according to the dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet.
From The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone by Tombs, Robert Charles
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)
The result is symbolism, the Morse alphabet of art and "types," the epigrams of human nature, crowding us all into ten or twelve people.
From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley
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
