Morse CodeHeinemann Library, 2003 - 48 pages From Native American smoke signals to the computerized systems that propel the Information Age, this series covers the ingenious ways that people have communicated throughout history. The importance of effective communication in everyday life is emphasized. |
Contents
Early Signaling Systems | 4 |
Morse Code | 10 |
The News Spreads | 16 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
American Morse code Atlantic Ocean backscratchers Bagley Baltimore battery began bison California called Canada City Civil communicate Congress distress signal dots and dashes electric current electricity flowed electromagnet Europe flashlights flow of electric Guglielmo Marconi Harold Bride International Morse code invented Jack Phillips kind letters Lowell magnet Marconi messages by telegraph messages in Morse messages over wires messages through wires miles 3,219 kilometers Morse code signal numbers person Phillips and Bride Phillips code putting up telegraph quickly radio operators radio waves radiotelegraph railroad receive messages Samuel Morse semaphore send messages sent ships shutter Siberia Signal Corps Sir Charles Wheatstone someone started stood stopped tap out Morse telegram Telegraph Company telegraph device telegraph lines telegraph office telegraph operators telegraph poles telegraph station telegraph system telephone Thomas Edison Titanic Today tower train U.S. Army U.S. government Union army United Washington Western Union wireless telegraphy women words York