Morse alphabet
Example Sentences
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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
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
This mode of correspondence is based upon the use of the Morse alphabet.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various
The young engineer had learned his Morse alphabet early in his railroad career, and knew something of the system in vogue along the line.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
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
