Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Standard Name: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese

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June 1837: Sir William Cooke and Sir Charles Wheatstone...

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June 1837

Sir William Cooke and Sir Charles Wheatstone patented their version of the electromagnetic telegraph.
Hellemans, Alexander, and Bryan Bunch. The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science. Simon and Shuster, 1988.
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Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
28: 583; 18: 874
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
4: 658; 5: 218
Rosen, Michael. Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story. John Murray, 2013.
301-2

11 January 1838: Samuel Morse, developer of the Morse Code,...

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11 January 1838

Samuel Morse , developer of the Morse Code, gave the first public demonstration of a telegraphed message from a steelworks in Morristown, New Jersey.
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Rosen, Michael. Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story. John Murray, 2013.
301

1844: The first telegraph line in the US was built,...

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1844

The first telegraph line in the US was built, connecting Washington and Baltimore.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/.
“Timeline: Biography of Samuel Morse 1791 - 1872”. About Inventors: Find A-Z Inventors.

November 1851: The first long-term undersea telegraph cable...

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November 1851

The first long-term undersea telegraph cable between Calais and Dover was opened to the public, although the first direct message from London to Paris was sent in 1852.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
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Standage, Tom. The Victorian Internet. Walker and Company, 1998.
66-73, 79-81

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