You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Samuel F.B. Morse patented an electric telegraph machine on June 20th 1840.

The world’s first telegraph message relayed the biblical phrase “What hath God wrought?” and was brought about by Samuel Morse in 1844. This historic moment may not be the right one to be recognized, ...

The great portrait painter and inventor who will forever be memorialized in a series of dots and dashes. Frank Jewett Mather Jr. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to ...

In the 4th century BC, the Greek engineer Aeneas of Stymphalus devised a groundbreaking communication system known as the hydraulic telegraph. This ancient invention utilized synchronized water clocks ...

If you are a ham radio operator of a certain age, you probably remember ads for “The Instructograph,” a mechanical device for learning Morse code. [Our Own Devices] has an ancient specimen of the ...

A neglected anniversary of sorts came and went May 24; it was the first public demonstration of Samuel F.B. Morse’s telegraph 178 years ago at B&O Mount Clare Station, today the home of the Baltimore ...

A 16-room home designed for one of the biggest names in Morristown history now comes with a reduced price tag. Listed for nearly $2.7 million in June 2022, the home now on the market for $2.15 million ...