Morse alphabet

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

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

I was much struck with the simplicity of the Morse alphabet, and with the fact that it could be read by sound.

From Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery by Iles, George

He soon learned the Morse alphabet and practised making the signals early in the morning before the operators arrived.

From American Men of Mind by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

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)

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