Since then, the way we communicate has evolved in leaps and bounds to the point where the device we (sometimes) use for phone ...

American inventor Samuel Morse transmitted the first long-distance telegraph from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore: “What hath ...

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 alone. Yet he was behind the first telegraph key and ...

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 alone. Yet he was behind the first telegraph key and ...

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 ...