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The title says the word STEEMIT morse symbols : "s" ... / "t" - / "e" . /"m" -- / "i" .. / "t" -
A very long time ago, when there was no keyboard and "mouse", text was typed with this device.

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It's called the Morse Key.
If you press the lever, then the contacts close the circuit and a signal goes through the wires.
quick click - "point"
long press - "dash"

Wikipedia photo

I have a straight ship key. it was used by the radio operator of the ship "Liberty"-type/ It was during the IIWW years (1943)

Many marine signals are encrypted in a special Book

Such signals have only one letter, but convey a lot of meaning.
For example, the signal “L” means “Stop your boat immediately”. This signal is sent as a "point / dash / point / point"
Signal "O"means "Man Overboard" . This signal is sent as a "dash / dash / dash "

All sailors know these signals. Although Morse code has not been used for a long time. Now the connection between the ships through the space satellite and the Internet.

But I keep this key for the day when the Internet will probably be de-energized.
This is my "private key".

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