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&#8… ...

Written as dots, dashes and spaces, the first Morse code message was sent in 1844 over a newly constructed telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington D.C. In World War II, Morse code was sent ...

This photo of Samuel F.B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, was made when he was 59 years old shortly after he had sent his first successful telegram between Washington and Baltimore May 24,1844.

On this day in 1844, Samuel Morse first successfully transmitted word of a House vote to a newspaper via telegraph.

Samuel F.B. Morse patented an electric telegraph machine on June 20th 1840. In 1844, he gave a public demonstration of the telegraph by sending four words (“What hath God wrought?”) from the U ...

The telegraph served generations as a communications device this century, but now it's nearly extinct. NPR's Jonathan Kern recalls how the device and its Morse Code were an important part of his ...

Vail helped Morse develop a practical system for sending and receiving coded electrical signals over a wire, which was successfully demonstrated in 1844. Morse's telegraph marked the arrival of ...

Did Morse himself claim to be the inventor of the telegraph? When introduced at the Austrian Court the Emperor asked: "Are you the man that invented the telegraph?" ...

The Commissioner of Patents has renewed the Morse Telegraph Patent, of June 1840, for the term of seven years--Professor MORSE having disclaimed so much of his eighth specification as brings it ...

When Samuel F. B. Morse wasn't creating Morse code, inventing the telegraph, or painting portraits, he was relaxing on the grounds of his Locust Grove Estate in upstate New York. Located about 80 ...

Date made 1844 used date 1844 Description Alfred Vail made this key, believed to be from the first Baltimore-Washington telegraph line, as an improvement on Samuel Morse's original transmitter. Vail ...