The telegraph has become the epitome of an obsolete technology. The last telegram was sent two years ago, and Morse code blinked out a few years before that. But in terms of influence, Samuel ...

Samuel Morse, born on April 27 ... inaugurating the age of the telegraph, which led to the age of the telephone, then to the Internet, then to the smartphone. Before all that, people wrote ...

You're probably already familiar with Samuel Morse's work, thanks to a bunch ... He also improved upon telegraph technology, sending the first telegraph message on May 24, 1844.

A neglected anniversary of sorts came and went May 24; it was the first public demonstration of Samuel F.B. Morse’s telegraph 178 years ago at B&O Mount Clare Station, today the home of the ...

“This is indeed the annihilation of space.” In 1867, Samuel Morse, internationally renowned as the inventor of the telegraph, returned to Paris once more, to witness the wonders displayed at ...

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 ...

The book is a biography of nineteenth-century inventor Samuel F.B. Morse, who is best known for inventing the telegraph. Mr. Silverman talked about Morse’s life, family, and accomplishments.

Samuel Morse is to the telegraph what Thomas Edison is to the light bulb—he didn’t necessarily invent the technology, but he did perfect it. Arguably, American inventor Joseph Henry should ...

The Milwaukee-Madison chapter of the Morse Telegraph Club celebrated the 227birthday of Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, on April 27, at Spring Brook Golf Club in the Dells.

The 100th anniversary of the death of Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, was observed quietly Sunday by his granddaughter, Ms. Clara Morse, by the placing of a bouquet in his memory on the ...