Samuel F. B. Morse, while a professor of arts and design at New York University in 1835, proved that signals could be transmitted by wire. He used pulses of current to deflect an electromagnet, which moved a marker to produce written codes on a strip of paper - the invention of Morse Code.
Letter | Morse Code |
---|---|
A | . - |
B | - . . . |
C | - . - . |
D | - . . |
E | . |
F | . . - . |
G | - - . |
H | . . . . |
I | . . |
J | . - - - |
K | - . - |
L | . - . . |
M | - - |
N | - . |
O | - - - |
P | . - - . |
Q | - - . - |
R | . - . |
S | . . . |
T | - |
U | . . - |
V | . . . - |
W | . - - |
X | - . . - |
Y | - . - - |
Z | - - . . |
0 | - - - - - |
1 | . - - - - |
2 | . . - - - |
3 | . . . - - |
4 | . . . . - |
5 | . . . . . |
6 | - . . . . |
7 | - - . . . |
8 | - - - . . |
9 | - - - - . |
Fullstop | . - . - . - |
Comma | - - . . - - |
Query | . . - - . . |
Apostrophe | . - - - - . |
Brackets | - · - - · - |
Colon | - - - · · · |
Equals sign | - · · · - |
Hyphen | - · · · · - |
Quotation Mark | · - · · - · |
@ (newly added 2004) | · - - · - · |
Last updated 7th July 2004 after a tip from a Pub Quiz Help user about the newly added @ sign