A New or Improved Code for Indicating Telegraphic Messages.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 21st July, 1893-Accepted, 26th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Code for Indicating Telegraphic Messages.
I, JOSEPH LEVI, of No. 19 East 73rd. Street, in the City and State of New
York, United States of America, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
In transmitting telegraphic messages, keys or explanatory tables have in some
instances been made use of, the receiver and sender having a copy of such key and
using numbers or names in the transmission of the message, which the receiver
understands by referring to the key. The sending of letters or numbers as a signal
code is in some instances prohibited, except upon payments based upon the counting
of each signal as a word, and even then errors frequently arise, because the signals
being arbitrary are liable to be wrongly transmitted or inaccurately read or
understood by the receiver.
In the present improvement I make use of a key or system of notation based
upon the use of consonants as the indicating letters of such signal, and in making
up the message to be transmitted, vowels are added to the consonants to form words,
and the words being transmitted as usual telegraphically are understood by the
receiver, and upon turning to the key and following the consonants in succession as
they appear in the words transmitted, the message is fully understood.
As an illustration of the present invention, I have shewn below the representation
of a part of the key or signal code in which the indicating letters of the code are
consonants, and these consonants may be single or double or even triple and
arranged in any desired order, and the articles or names accompanying each signal
may vary according to the business of the parties, or as may be desired or arranged
between the sender and the receiver.

page_text: It will be apparent that this mode of arranging a telegraphic code of signals
allows for the insertion of vowels to make up words, so that the words transmitted
do not of themselves convey any meaning, and that interpreting the words the
consonants only are followed in understanding the designations in the key and the
letters and words upon the accompanying sample key only indicate the manner in
which the consonants may be used according to the different businesses in which the
keys may be employed in the interpretation of the word messages transmitted.
In cases where it is desired to use vowels in the key, they may have a special
signification, such for instance as a = buy, e = sell, o =
order, etc., but these will
not change the manner before described of using the consonants.
Dated ah: 10th
1000
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Code for Indicating Telegraphic Messages.
I, JOSEPH LEVI, of No. 19 East 73rd Street, in the City and State of New
York, United States of America, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In transmitting telegraphic messages, keys or explanatory tables have in some
instances been made use of, the receiver and sender having a copy of such key and
using numbers or names in the transmission of the message, which the receiver
understands by referring to the key. The sending of letters or numbers as a signal
code is in some instances prohibited except upon payments based upon the counting
of each signal as a word, and even then errors frequently arise because the signals
being arbitrary are liable to be wrongly transmitted or inaccurately read and
understood by the receiver.
In the present improvement I make use of a key or system of notation based
upon the use of consonants as the indicating letters of such signal, and in making
up the message to be transmitted vowels are added to the consonants to form words,
and the words being transmitted as usual telegraphically are understood by the
receiver, and upon turning to the key and following the consonants in succession as
they appear in the words transmitted, the message is fully understood.
As an illustration of the present invention I have shown below the representation
of a part of the key or signal code in which the indicating letters of the code are
consonants, and these consonants may be single or double or even triple and
arranged in any desired order, and the articles or names accompanying each signal
may vary according to the business of the parties, or as may be desired or arranged
between the sender and the receiver.

page_text: I have illustrated that in the code of signals s might stand for shoes, c for boots,
d for hooks and eyes, for blue cloth, etc., and also numerals may be set in a
column adjacent to the signal letter, and for example the letter p where it occurs
means that the consonants following refer to numbers, and m indicates that words
are to follow, and the letter may be used to indicate that the message is to be
repeated, and rr that the repeated message has been received.
"
As an illustration of the manner in which this improvement in indicating
telegraphic messages is to be used, the words "pased" and "hamoc might be
transmitted, the p meaning numbers, sdh meaning "136," the m would indicate
words, and the c "boots."
"
If the word "kisped was transmitted according to this code, it would mean
"dozen shoes No. 3."
It will be apparent that this mode of arranging a telegraphic code of signals
allows for the insertion of vowels to make up words, so that the words transmitted
do not of themselves convey any meaning, and that in interpreting the words the
consonants only are followed in understanding the designations in the key and the
letters and words upon the accompanying sample key only indicate the manner in
which the consonants may be used according to the different businesses in which
the keys may be employed in the interpretation of the word messages transmitted.
In cases where it is desired to use vowels in the key, they may have a special
signification, such for instance as a = buy, e= sell, o = order, etc., but these will
not change the manner before described of using the consonants.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The method herein specified of indicating telegraphic messages, consisting in
the transmission of words and the use of the consonants of those words in
connection with a key or prearranged meaning to be given to each consonant, so
that the receiver by eliminating the vowels of the words understands the message
by the key, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 21st day of July 1893
BREWER & SON,
Agents.