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First telegraph and Morse Code Test
Samuel Morse had an idea to invent a fast moving and elctronic mail and code so it wasn't that hard. He created morse code because communication was slow. Morse received a letter from his father–delivered via the standard, slow-moving horse messengers of the day–that his wife was gravely ill. Samuel Morse immediately left the capital and raced to his Connecticut home. By the time he arrived, however, his wife was not only dead—she had already been buried! -
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History of Morse code and Telegraph
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Samuel's first test
Samuel Morse made a demonstration in 1837 around his classroom with 10 miles of wire. The code that he invented was an alphabet of dot and dashes that represent letters- secret code. -
It's in the paper!
He announced his invention of the telegraph to the new york paper, people didn’t think it worked and did not invest in his company. -
Congress Approved
congress approved telegraph and made him build a telegraph from baltimore to washington DC. -
First Formal Message of Morse code
Morse, situated in the U.S. Capitol, tapped out Annie’s words (Annie was the daughter of Samuel's friend she sent the first message.) to his longtime assistant Alfred Vail. Seconds later, Vail, sitting in a Baltimore, Maryland, railroad depot less than 50 miles away, received the brief message that would usher in a new world of communication. It worked! -
Some troubles
Morse probably expected to kick back, relax and reap the benefits of years of hard labor. That’s not quite how it worked out, though. Many governments (including for a time the United States) often ignored his claim to be the sole inventor of the telegraph, refusing to pay the correct royalties due. Eventually, Morse took his case all the way to the Supreme Court, who found that while others had indeed created earlier telegraphs somewhat similar to Morse, he was the first to make use of a single -
Some troubles
he was the first to make use of a single-circuit, battery-powered machine. Eventually, several governments came around, giving Morse a cash payment worth more than $2 million in today’s money and insisting that he be paid future royalties on time after that finally making Morse a very wealthy man. -
How Many People Used the Telegraph
about a decade later there was over 20,000 miles long of telegraph wire in the United States alone. Everyone was using this new way to communicate. The wires got longer so they could notify people farther away. -
From the U.S. to Europe
a transatlantic line had been laid from the U.S. to Europe. Now people can communicate to people in Europe. I bet they used a lot of wire to get across the Atlantic. -
What's happening now?
we now have phone's, ipod's and ipad's those are instant messaging like apps such as texting, social networking, calling those all started from morse code -
In the Future
We think that the message will pop up in front of your eye and then you can read it and reply in the palm of your hand. This is very different from when Samuel Morse first invented the telegraph. This is what someone thinks telegraph and morse code in the future.
