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

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

He had barely enough mastery of the Morse alphabet to communicate the routine messages relating to the railroad's business aided by the intelligence of the conductors and engineers as to what was expected of them.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John

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

This mode of correspondence is based upon the use of the Morse alphabet.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various