Samuel Morse. However, maybe we should call it Vail code after Alfred Vail, who may be its real inventor. Haven’t heard of him? You aren’t alone. Yet he was behind the first telegraph key and ...

It was “What hath God wrought,” the very same quote that Samuel Morse had used for the world’s first long-distance telegraph transmission back in 1844. Here’s the story of how Morse chose ...

Samuel Morse. However, maybe we should call it Vail code after Alfred Vail, who may be its real inventor. Haven’t heard of him? You aren’t alone. Yet he was behind the first telegraph key and ...

From the telegraph to the smartphone, this tech has changed the world On May 24, 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse sent the first telegraph: "What hath God wrought?" The phrase, taken from the bible ...

From Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in 1450 to Samuel Morse’s telegraph in 1837, each technological leap has redefined how information is produced, distributed ...

Inventor Samuel Morse places a wire across New York harbor ... leading Congress to appropriate $30,000 towards construction of a telegraph line. Portuguese engineer Jose d'Almeida describes ...

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Samuel Morse. He developed Morse code as a rival to Cook and Wheatstone’s telegraph. It was simple and ...

Morse Code Day, observed on April 27, honors Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse ... revolutionized communication in 1836 with the electric telegraph. Initially, Morse code only represented ...

Morse code is a communication system developed by Samuel Morse, an American inventor ... transmitted as electrical pulses sent along a telegraph wire, and later via radio waves, but it’s ...