[SFDX] "New" book by the guy who invented(?) "Morse" code 175 years ago

[Bill]

        "New" book by the guy who invented "Morse" code 175 years ago

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aug 13  #74361 // <https://cwops.groups.io/g/main/message/74361>
// Chris NW6V <https://cwops.groups.io/g/main/topic/120739224#>

Greeting All.
My translation of Friedrich Clemens Gerke's 1851 book, "The Practical 
Telegraphist," is now available in paperback on Amazon. 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HC3LR82G
As a reminder, Gerke, a German, invented what most call "Morse" code in 
1848. His code was the basis of "International" Morse - which was used 
everywhere except on America's telegraph lines. It's what we still use 
on the ham bands today.
Gerke wrote a book about it, in 1851,"The Practical Telegraphist." 
However, it was all but unknown in the English-speaking world. Then last 
summer, Dr. Stephen Phillips of Morse Code World 
(https://morsecode.world) gave me a link to the German version he found 
on Google Books EU. Its very existence made it historically important, 
but I soon realized it was far more.

Along with how to build and troubleshoot a Morse Telegraph system (like 
a Radio Amateur's Handbook, circa 1851) Gerke explains why he made his 
own alphabet - our Morse code - then sets out the theory and practice of 
the straight key used to "write" it at the 20+ WPM (expected even then). 
We learn how and why "uniform motion" in musical half- and quarter-note 
timing generates a perfectly proportioned 3:1 code, which set the model 
for today's ITU standard.
The rhythms came before the standards.

This is: "How to make perfect code," - from the guy who invented the 
code :-)

There is nothing else like this in the historic record.

Oh, and Gerke's explanations about code rhythm apply to ALL key types. 
Bugs. Sideswipers. Even paddles. So It's relevant to us all.
73 Chris NW6V
Author: "The CW Way of Life."


        /There was an interesting discussion on another list about the
        date and sources so the author added this./

_Here's the source I used:_
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Der_praktische_Telegraphist_oder_die_ele/pqlAAAAAcAAJ?hl=en 
<https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Der_praktische_Telegraphist_oder_die_ele/pqlAAAAAcAAJ?hl=en>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/sfdxa/attachments/20260815/0790268e/attachment.html>