Morse alphabet
Example Sentences
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“We can learn the Morse alphabet, just the same, can’t we?” demanded her chum.
From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Penrose, Margaret
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
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 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)
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)