Morse alphabet

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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

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

At the receiving end of the line the messages are produced on a tape in dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet, and hence a further process of translation is necessary.

From Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty by Towers, Walter Kellogg

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

Cyn, who was of course immediately informed about the projected private wire, was delighted with the idea, and began studying the Morse alphabet at once.

From Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes by Thayer, Ella Cheever