The United States was built by immigrants, and this statement holds true even in its scientific and technological sectors.

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 ...

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 ...

January 6 is etched in history for the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Here are some other notable events that previously ...

Use the morse code guide below to help! Morse code, invented by Samuel Morse, takes the letters of the alphabet and replaces them with a combination of dashes and dots. You can create these dashes ...

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 ...

Inventor Samuel Morse places a wire across New York harbor and sends an electric current through it. In December he sends messages by wire between two committee rooms in the U.S. Capitol ...

Wood poles have been a staple for utility connections since Samuel Morse first discovered their potential in the early 1840s. Over the years, concrete, steel, and fiberglass have become ...

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 ...

1838 --The unofficial birth of Morse Code. Samuel Morse’s telegraph system was demonstrated for the first time in New Jersey, using electric impulses to transmit encoded messages over a wire.

A character code invented by Samuel Morse that is represented by the duration of a single tone. Written as dots, dashes and spaces, the first Morse code message was sent in 1844 over a newly ...