The Heartbreak That May Have Inspired the Telegraph. Samuel Morse’s life was full of disappointments, and one might’ve inspired his world-changing invention.

A NEW TELEGRAPH INVENTION. Share full article. Feb. 3, 1880. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from February 3, 1880, Page 5 Buy Reprints.

THE TELEGRAPH INVENTION; A Claim that It Was Due to Alfred Vail Rather Than to Morse. TERMS OF AN OLD AGREEMENT A Quotation from Prof. Pope in Which Credit for the System in Use Is Given to Mr. Vail.

This article was originally published with the title “ Bain, the Inventor of the Chemical Telegraph ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 33 (April 1853), p. 258 doi:10.1038 ...

The inventor and artist met with Daguerre twice in March 1839. On viewing one of Daguerre's images, the level of detail moved him to declare that the work was "Rembrandt perfected," writes Lindsay.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Invention of the Magnetic Telegraph ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 13 No. 43 (July 1858), p. 337 doi:10.1038 ...

A NEW invention of a real practical character, not a mere “paulo post futurum” invention like many we have heard of lately, has just been made by Mr. E. A. Cowper, the well-known mechanical ...

Insect-inspired microdrone will compete with RoboBee and Black Hornet and has range of military and civilian uses ...

In the 1880s, Thomas Edison sued Woods twice, claiming he'd first invented a telegraph for trains. Woods' inventions revolutionized transportation, but he faced many challenges as a Black inventor.

III. WHENEVER the finger of scientific research points the way to mechanical applications, the creative powers of the human brain originate a multitude of inventions. Too often, however, like the ...

DE FOREST RADIO TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY MODERN invention rivals ancient miracle in its startling and world-transforming effects. The things which in our youth we were taught to be ...

Of course, it wasn’t just the transcontinental railroad that made settling in the West possible, as other inventions played a significant role during this historic era of US history. 11. Sharps ...