Samuel F. B. Morse and the Dawn of the Age of Electricity


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The Morse telegraph launched the electronic telecommunications industry and reduced the travel time of information from days, weeks and months to seconds and minutes. It was one of the most important breakthrough inventions of all time. George F. Botjer's examination of the creator of the telegraph is based on previously unpublished archival sources. It considers Samuel F. B. Morse, the creator of the first telegraph, and the ways in which place and time had an effect on the launch of his invention and his resulting fame, and how the invention affected the inventor himself.







Samuel F.B. Morse


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Samuel F.B. Morse


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A biography of the artist and inventor who devised the world's first practical telegraph system.




Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals Part 2


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Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals Part 2 Volume 2By Samuel F. B. Morse--Returns to America.--Death of his brother Richard.--Banquet in New York.--Addresses of Chief Justice Chase, Morse, and Daniel Huntington.--Report as Commissioner finished.--Professor W.P. Blake's letter urging recognition of Professor Henry.--Morse complies.--Henry refuses to be reconciled.-- Reading by sound.--Morse breaks his leg.--Deaths of Amos Kendall and George Wood.--Statue in Central Park.--Addresses of Governor Hoffman and William Cullen Bryant.--Ceremonies at Academy of Music.--Morse bids farewell to his children of the telegraph







Samuel F.B. Morse


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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (* 27. April 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts; 2. April 1872 in New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Erfinder und Professor für Malerei, Plastik und Zeichenkunst. Morse entwickelte ab 1837 den ersten brauchbaren Schreibtelegrafen (Morseapparat) und gemeinsam mit einem Mitarbeiter außerdem den Morsecode in der später als Land Line Code oder American Morse Code bezeichneten Form. Damit schuf Morse die praktischen Voraussetzungen für eine zuverlässige elektrische Telegrafie, wie sie wenig später auch zum Einsatz kam.




Samuel F. B. Morse to Edward P. Fry Complaining about Mail He Has Sent that Has Failed to Reach Its Destination, 14 March 1870


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Complains about mail he has sent that has failed to reach its destination, including a recent letter to Fry. Includes a transcript of the earlier note that was never received in which he thanks Fry for information sent to him proving that Morse was interested in having the government purchase the telegraph invention back in 1844 (see GLC04503.06 for original letter).