The Invention of Morse Code

Morning Morse!

Morse code was pretty clever for its time.

I mean, all you do is…

And then zip!

You’ve got yourself a message:

But who came up with this clever idea?

Well, his name is Samuel Morse — an art Professor at New York University who has a soft spot for science.

So one day, he’s chilling in Washington D.C, until he suddenly receives urgent news… 

He opens it up…

And finds out his wife’s health is failing…

But it’s too late—the message arrived after she had already passed away…

Morse is PISSED!

So he decides to put his passion for science to work.

He tries coming up with some sort of messaging device that was faster than the current fastest system… (just a guy on a horse)

And he creates this:

The Telegraph!

But how does it work?

Simple! 

Morse and his friend Alfred Vail created this code consisting of dots and dashes to represent different letters of the alphabet.

Then you just tap the device…

And it transfers that message as little electrical signals across a wire at the speed of light!

Only to be relayed at the other end.

Where you simply… decode the message!

Stay Cute,
Reece, Henry & Dylan 🌈

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