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(MORSE CODE.) Vail, Alfred. Description of the American Electro Magnetic Telegraph:Now in Operation between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Illustrated. 8vo, original wrappers; marginal vermin damage affecting about 3/4 inches of lower outside corner. Washington, 1845
first edition. "One of the earliest printings of the 1844 revision of Morse's telegraphic code, which, under the name 'American Morse,' became the standard code for use within the United States and Canada"--Hook, Origins of Cyberspace 208. Howes V5; Sabin 98292. with--A Reply to Mr. Cooke's Pamphlet, 'The Electric Telegraph'. 8vo, later 1/4 calf. London, 1855.
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