Happy Birthday Morse Code!

Today is the birthday of Samuel Finley Breeze Morse (1791-1872), inventor of the single-wire telegraph, and Morse code.

Morse was an American painter who lived in England briefly and then returned to the United States to become Professor of Painting and Sculpture at the University of the City of New York.

On the sea-voyage from England to New York, Morse met Charles Jackson who was an expert on electromagnets. From Jackson’s research in electromagnets, Morse got the idea for a single-wire telegraph. Prior to Morse’s invention, telegraphs had to go over railway lines, which limited where messages could be sent. With Morse’s idea, telegraph wires could be put up anywhere, and radically improve comminication.

Morse quit painting in 1837 and worked exclusively on developing the telegraph. And on May 24, 1844, the first telegraph message was sent: “What hath God wrought.”

Now go write your buddies a message in Morse Code.

Morse Codes
American	International
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B _ . . .	_ . . .
C . .    .	_ . _ .
D _ . .	_ . .
E .	.
F . _ .	. . _ .
G _ _ .	_ _ .
H . . . .	. . . .
I . .	. .
J _ . _ .	. _ _ _
K _ . _	_ . _
L _____	. _ . .
M _ _	_ _
N _ .	_ .
O .   .	_ _ _
P . . . . .	. _ _ .
Q . . _ .	_ _ . _
R .    . .	. _ .
S . . .	. . .
T _	_
U . . _	. . _
V . . . _	. . . _
W . _ _	. _ _
X . _ . .	_ . . _
Y . .   . .	_ . _ _
Z . . . .	_ _ . .
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8 _ . . . .	_ _ _ . .
9 _ . . _	_ _ _ _ .
0 ______	_ _ _ _ _