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Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
born Apr. 27, 1791, in Charlestown, Mass.; died Apr. 2, 1872, in New York. American painter and inventor in the field of telegraphy. Morse painted historical scenes and formal portraits. He was one of the founders and the first president (1826–45) of the National Academy of Design in New York. In 1837 he invented an electromagnetic telegraph apparatus. In 1838 he developed a telegraph code, called the Morse code, which is still in use. Telegraph apparatus developed by Morse was used in the first commercial telegraph line in America, between Washington and Baltimore (1844). REFERENCESKamenskii, A. V. Edison i Morze. St. Petersburg, 1900.Wilson, M. Amerikanskie uchenye i izobretateli. Moscow, 1964. (Translated from English.) “Centennial of Morse Telegraph.” Railway Age, 1944, vol. 116, no. 23, pp. 1070–74. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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