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Morse Code
m in Morse Code o in Morse Code r in Morse Code s in Morse Code e in Morse Code

c in Morse Code o in Morse Code d in Morse Code e in Morse Code

Morse Code:
Morse Code is a system in which letters are represented by dots and dashes. Morse Code was used over telegraph lines to send messages.

Morse Code Letters and Numbers:
a in Morse Code

A
b in Morse Code

B
c in Morse Code

C
d in Morse Code

D
e in Morse Code

E
f in Morse Code

F
g in Morse Code

G
h in Morse Code

H
i in Morse Code

I
j in Morse Code

J
k in Morse Code

K
l in Morse Code

L
m in Morse Code

M
n in Morse Code

N
o in Morse Code

O
p in Morse Code

P
q in Morse Code

Q
r in Morse Code

R
s in Morse Code

S
t in Morse Code

T
u in Morse Code

U
v in Morse Code

V
w in Morse Code

W
x in Morse Code

X
y in Morse Code

Y
z in Morse Code

Z
zero in Morse Code

0 (zero)
1 in Morse Code

1 (one)
2 in Morse Code

2
3 in Morse Code

3
4 in Morse Code

4
5 in Morse Code

5
6 in Morse Code

6
7 in Morse Code

7
8 in Morse Code

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9 in Morse Code

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Samuel Morse:
radioSamuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) was an American inventor and painter. After a successful career painting in oils (first painting historical scenes and then portraits), Morse built the first American telegraph around 1835 (the telegraph was also being developed independently in Europe).

A telegraph sends electrical signals over a long distance, through wires. In 1830, Joseph Henry (1797-1878) made the first long-distance telegraphic device - he sent an electric current for over a mile on wire that activated an electromagnet, causing a bell to ring.

Morse patented a working telegraph machine in 1837, with help from his business partners Leonard Gale and Alfred Vail. Morse used a dots-and-spaces code for the letters of the alphabet and the numbers (Morse Code was later improved to use dots, dashes and spaces: for example E is dot, T is dash, A is dot-dash, N is dash-dot, O is dash-dash-dash, I is dot-dot, S is dot-dot-dot, etc.). By 1838, Morse could send 10 words per minute. Congress provided funds for building a telegraph line between Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland, in 1843. Morse sent the first telegraphic message (from Washington D.C. to Baltimore) on May 24, 1844; the message was: "What hath God wrought?" The telegraph revolutionized long-distance communications.



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