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    One day a long time ago the world was changed. It was changed by the name of Samuel Morse. Samuel Morse had invented the telegraph. A piece of equipment that not only would change the world but it would help win wars and help people communicate with loved ones. Samuel Morse had paved the road for future inventors like the inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell. Samuel Morse should have credit for helping invent the phone. He changed the world. Before the telegraph was invented communication was very slow and grueling. Most people would send letter that could take weeks to arrive. One famous service was the pony express(King 19). War communication was slow as well as shown in the war of 1812. They had come to an agreement but the message didn't arrive until it was too late and a battle had already broken out(Garcia et al). Samuel morse changed that as his invention was able to send a message within 10 minutes. Morse had changed the world. He spent all of his time creating and fixing the code and improving the wires(Alter 25).…

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    Samuel Morse Someone once stated that “people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do”. In order to be successful, one must believe they can do anything they put their mind to. Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an inventor in the I800’s (“Science and Its Times,” 2000). Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Morse had turned into an inventor in the 1800’s. Samuel Finley Breese Morse’s invention of the telegraph impacted the world by providing a way to communicate…

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    thanks to Samuel F.B. Morse. He simplified the telegraph machine and invented the Morse Code.(pbs.org). Samuel Morse was an influential person who helped the world communicate easier and become more innovative. When Samuel Morse first went to Yale University his interest was in painting, but while he was there he gained an interest in electricity. In 1832 through 1835 he improved upon the telegraph machine by making it electric.(britannica.com).…

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    to communication inventions. The war between the Union and the Confederacy was one of the most influential battles fought in the history of the United States. This war determined the future of America. New technology inventions were responsible for the American Civil War being as intense as it was. Both the North and the South took advantage of the newly invented electric telegraph. Development of the mail system and journalism expanded throughout the nation, which was also a great asset to both…

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    your iPhone and thought “wow, this is so innovative!”? Well, before there were emojis we used a thing called Morse Code and it was used on a machine called the telegraph. The telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse in the 1800s and the machine revolutionized long distance communication. In case you don’t know who he is I’ll tell you. “Samuel Morse was the first child of clergymen Jedidiah and Elizabeth Finley Morse”, according to Biography.com, and they would later have five other children.…

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    warships with this technology, and the postal service used steamboats to deliver across bodies of water that would have otherwise been unavoidable. Steamboats have disappeared, though. Today, boats are motorized. They lost their steam power, but they gained electricity. They have lost their paddlewheels, and they gained motors. Steamboats are nothing but a relic of the past, now. Another very important invention from the 1800s was the telegraph which was invented by Samuel Morse in 1835. This…

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    The Morse Code was invented by Samuel Morse in 1836. It was developed and worked on between 1830s and 1840s. The Morse code is a method of sending messages, that consist of sounds by telegraphs and radio operators. These messages are send through a wire or radio. This system is made up of a series of dashes, dots, short signals, long signals and spaces. These different signs all represent letters, numbers, punctuation marks and other types of symbols. This code was used by the military and…

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    communication was never much felt until the beginning and use of the telegraphy. It was much easier to transmit and receive messages over long distances that no longer needed physical transport of letters. Telegraph created a new way of communication and invented the Morse Code that was used during the Civil War for the soldiers and troops to stay connected. The invention of the telegraph modernized communication, added the US victory of the Civil War, and improved the economy in the aftermath. …

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    Dah-Dah Dah-Dah-Dah Dit-Dah-Dit Dit-Dit-Dit Dit (Morse) Code can sure take up a lot of time. However, it still does not compare to how people used to communicate before Morse Code was even invented. Morse Code was actually a huge time time saver because instead of people having to wait weeks for a messenger, in just a few minutes they could un-code an important message. Morse code was actually a great leap towards the invention of telephones and cellphones to follow. Just like Morse Code,…

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    Around the mid 1800s, that's that's when these source of communication was invented. Morse code was used for military service and strictly advised the way of translating abbreviations for words and started at around 1700s and worked its way up to the late 1800s. The military use morse code for indicating the dashes and dots symbol. This has changed the military society, but had very little communication. Morse code became a huge Influence of a way to communicate because it's one of the very…

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