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186 CHAPTER 9. DIGRAPHIC CIPHERS<br />

26 March,<br />

1854<br />

Specimen <strong>of</strong> a Rectangular Cipher<br />

m b p y a<br />

d q z g f<br />

r n h s e<br />

u t k v i<br />

l w c o x<br />

A despatch in the above cipher preserving the separation<br />

<strong>of</strong> the words.<br />

We have received the<br />

xn epis erxhgfrf knr<br />

following telegraphic despatch<br />

gxaabytet inxrdscxekp frhybipk<br />

A dispatch in the same cipher with no external<br />

indication <strong>of</strong> the separation <strong>of</strong> the words.<br />

We have received the<br />

xnznyinferxhgfrfvgeh<br />

following telegraphic despatch<br />

itmyymxtsqgvrxsfemhpkxutsexckwh<br />

The same cipher arranged in a different rectangle.<br />

m b p y a d q z g<br />

f r n h s e j u t<br />

k v i l w c o x −<br />

We have received the following telegraphic despatch<br />

cs sycr ugswbpas feh jkddapqjk fhchbtiwnly hynasgle<br />

Key to the permutated alphabet employed<br />

in the preceding ciphers<br />

mbpyadqzgfrnhsejutkvilwcox<br />

m a g n e t i c<br />

b d f h j k l o<br />

p q r s u v w x<br />

y z<br />

[signed] C. Wheatstone

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