Morse alphabet

Example Sentences

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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)

There was a local instrument in the office, and one of the operators wrote the Morse alphabet for him, and ever after that he kept pegging away at the key.

From Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers by Hill, John A.

A motion of this long massless index to the left was regarded as a dot, a motion to the right as a dash, and the Morse alphabet could therefore be employed.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew

They were written in the dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet.

From The White Lie by Le Queux, William

All this, of course, was clicked out in the dot and dash code of the Morse alphabet, but to Joe 21 Dawson it was as plain as words spoken by the human voice.

From The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)