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How the Telegraph Went From Semaphore to Communication Game Changer

Samuel Morse was an artist by trade, but to the world he’s best known for connecting the dots —and dashes— that forever changed the way we communicate

by Jimmy Stamp (from the archives)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-the-telegraph-went-from-semaphore-to-communication-game-changer-1403433/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550

Morse at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3797

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1900 illustration of Professor Morse sending the first long-distance message – "WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT" – on 24 May 1844.

Seated at the center of the composition is Professor Samuel F.B. Morse himself, operating the telegraph key.

On the desk before Morse is the telegraph equipment—a wooden box-like device that houses the telegraph key and receiving mechanism.

Standing close beside Morse, leaning in to observe the process, is a young woman in a light-colored dress typical of 1840s fashion.

Surrounding the central figures is a group of distinguished gentlemen.

https://archive.org/details/storyofnineteent01broo/page/n5/mode/1up