An antique dress hid coded messages that have finally been unlocked (WAPO)
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An antique dress hid coded messages that have finally been unlocked
http://web.archive.org/web/20240107155627/https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/01/07/antique-dress-coded-weather-message/
A 19th-century book helped crack the code in cryptic notes found in a dress bought at a Maine antique mall.
TLDR The messages were shorthand meteorological readings for multiple locations at specific times. It was a unique form of code used to transmit weather data via telegram back in the 1800s that is the predecessor of the shorthand used today.