| 单词 | Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (1791–1872) |
| 释义 | Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (1791–1872) Generally recognized as the inventor of the electric tele- graph and the Morse code cipher. Although not actually the inventor of the original electric telegraph, Morse partnered with Leonard Gale and Alfred Vail, who improved on Morse’s early telegraph models, and in 1837 filed for a patent that was finally granted in 1840. Perhaps just as importantly, Morse is credited with developing the binary telegraphic cipher known as Morse code, although many claimed at the time that Vail actually invented the code. In 1844, Morse secured funding for the first intercity telegraph line in the United States, which ran from the railway depot in Baltimore, Maryland, to the Supreme Court Room in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The first message sent over that line was the biblical phrase “What hath God wrought!,” which was chosen by Annie Elllsworth, the daughter of a classmate at Yale University. See also Morse code and telegraph. |
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