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behind, and sometimes had to keep entire messages in his head He might remember Stranded in Peoria Stop Please send $50,” while listening to 1000 buggy whips arriving fast freight Stop Please remit promptly.”
Fastest Key in the U.S. Almost from the beginning of telegraphy annual speed contests were held The fastest operators traveled hundreds of miles to compete At the last competition in 1939 the champion sent 74 words a minute.
Morse was a language with many variations and dialects. One veteran telegrapher recalled. 'Operators often expressed surprise, grief, laughter, or pain merely by the way they manipulated the key on a certain letter or word ”
Thomas A Edison taught Morse code to "the lady of my heart," he confided to his diary. They exchanged messages by tapping on each other's hands. Edison tapped out a proposal of marriage.
"The word 'yes' is an easy one to send by telegraphic signals,” the inventor recalled.
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