Quick Facts:
What: Morse Code
Who: Invented
by Samuel Morse
When: 1838
Where:
Information on how it works:
In
1844, Samuel Morse sent the first important message through a
Telegraph, using Morse Code. The Morse code is a series of dots
and dashes that represent letters numbers, numbers and punctuation.
By varying the timing and spacing of the on-and-off pulses, telegraph
operators can send messages. Morse Code defines the timing and
spacing of each character in terms of long and short "on"
states called dashes and dots. For example the letter M would
be dash-dash; the letter D would be dash-dot-dot.
Morse code was a very useful device. It saved countless lives
at sea. It also communicated by radio international events the
same day, kept shipping in contact with the shore, and brought
many escaping murderers to justice.
Resources:
Jeffries, Michael, Inventors and Inventions, pg. 50.
Defler J., Frank & Freed, Les, How Networks Work,
pgs 5-7
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