[Transcriber's Note: I leave these to the reader's imagination. See the
following original image.]
Dollars ($)
Decimal Point (.)
Cents (c)
Paragraph ()
Pence (d.)
Fractional Mark (--)
Capitalized Letter
Italics or Underline
Colon followed by Quotation :"
Parenthesis ( )
Brackets [ ]
Quotation Marks " "
Quotation within a Quotation " ' ' "
[Image of page 22: THE AMERICAN ALPHABET.]
The principal differences in the two codes are the use of spaces in the
American code, such being excluded from the International code. This
affects the letters C, R, Y, & Z.
The following diagram, due to Commandant Perian, enables the letter
corresponding to an International code sign to be rapidly found with the
exception of R.
<- dot start dash ->
/ \
E T
/ \ / \
I A N M
/ \ / \ / \ / \
S U R W D K G O
/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \
H V F U L A P J B X C Y Z Q Ô CH
Fig. 10. Diagram for translating the Morse Alphabet.
In order to find what letter corresponds to a given sign, starting from
the top of the diagram, each line is traced down to a bifurcation,
taking the right hand line of each bifurcation for a dash, and the left
hand line for a dot, and stopping when the dots and dashes are used up.
Thus, for example,
the signal -.- - leads us to the letter d,
the signal - - - - to the letter j and so on.