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06/01/1838 The forerunner of Morse code is first demonstrated

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Samuel Morse The Telegraph

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The History of Morse Code

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Samuel Morse's Flash of Genius Born of Grief | How We Got Here

Samuel Morse’s telegraph system was used for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown in New Jersey. Morse code is a system that uses dots and slashes which present numbers and letters.
    • Essentials 

    • Other Russian inventions 

    • History 

    • Commercial telegraphy 

    • Telegraphy in war 

    • End of the telegraph era