American inventor Samuel Morse transmitted the first long-distance telegraph from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore: “What hath God wrought?” Besides ushering in the age of instant long-distance ...

The Samuel F.B. Morse and Gov. George Clinton elementary schools, along with the Christopher Columbus administrative offices have been renamed. Learn who the new namesakes are, why they were ...

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 ...

We talk about Morse code, named after its inventor, 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 ...

With over 160 years of history under its belt, Morse code is by far the oldest digital signaling system known to man. Originally developed for telegraph systems, [Samuel Morse’s] code has been ...

They are all pioneers in the world of language and code: 1. Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse Code 2. Louis Braille, who invented Braille. 3. Ludwik Lejzer (L.L.) Zamenhof, the creator of ...

Morse code is a communication system developed by Samuel Morse, an American inventor, in the late 1830s. The code uses a combination of short and long pulses – dots and dashes, respectively ...

We talk about Morse code, named after its inventor, 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 ...