Morse's Telegraph, 19th Century

Morse's telegraph. Historical artwork of the receiver of a telegraph machine used to communicate in Morse code. The messages arrived at the receiver in wires as a series of long and short electrical pulses . Electromagnets attached to a printing head then converted these into dashes and dots respectively. In Morse code, each letter and number is represented by a combination of dots and dashes. The code was printed on a stream of ticker tape, which was collected at far left. Morse sent the first telegraph message in 1844. For an image of the transmitter, see image V400/068. This image has been colour-enhanced.

1791 • 1872 • AMERICA • AMERICANO • ARTE • CIENCIA • CIENTIFICO • COLOR • COLOREADA • COMUNICACION • DIBUJO • ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA • FAMOSO • FIGURA • GRABADO • HISTORIA • HISTORICO • HOMBRE • HOMBRES • ILUSTRACION • IMPORTANTE • INGENIERO • INVENCION • MASCULINO • MAYOR • MEJORA • MORSE • OBRA DE ARTE • PERSONALIDAD • PERSONALIDADES • PINTOR • PORTRAIT • RETRATO DE HOMBRE • RETRATO • S. XVIII • SAM • SAMUEL • SIGLO XIX • SIGLO XVIII • SIGLO • SISTEMA • TRANSMISION