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While most textbooks credit Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872) with inventing the telegraph in the late 1830s, there were actually several other inventors working on it at the same time. Some historians credit Alfred Vail with important work on the telegraph, while others also credit Joseph Henry. There is scholarly consensus that while Morse took much of the credit for himself and certainly had the ultimate success with transmitting messages by telegraph, the contributions of Vail, Henry, and several others made that success possible.
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Who is the inventor of the telegraph?
While most textbooks credit Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872) with inventing the telegraph, there were actually several other inventors working on it at the same time. Some historians credit Alfred Vail with important work on the telegraph, while others also credit Joseph Henry. There is scholarly consensus that while Morse took much of the credit for himself and certainly had the ultimate success with transmitting messages by telegraph, the contributions of Vail, Henry, and several others made that success possible.
What did the first telegraph look like?
what did the first telegraph look like?
What did Samuel Morse do?
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 - April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits and historic scenes, the creator of a single wire telegraph system, and Morse Code. (For more information on Samuel Morse, see the website listed below) SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_F._B._Morse
What came after the telegraph?
Welll.... the telegraph replaced the pony express then the telephone replaced the telegraph. and now a days texting has replaced the telephone.
Name 5 inventions of Thomas Edison?
devices for telegraph he made inprovments in tecnology he invented cuplox telegraph electric pen for telegraph inprovments in telephone tec
What was Samuel Morse famous for?
inventor of Telegraph
Inventor who constructed first practical telegraph?
trhyt
Is the inventor of the telegraph Samuel FB Morse?
Yes, it was not Thomas Edison he invented the light bulb and not the telegraph.
Italian inventor of wireless telegraph system 1895?
marconi
Italian inventor of a wireless telegraph system in 1895?
Marconi
Who invented the telegraph system?
granvill t woods was the original inventor
Who in the victorian times invented the telegraph?
The practical electric telegraph system was invented by Samuel Morse, also the inventor of the Morse code.
US inventor who constructed the first practical telegraph in 1844?
Samuel Morse
Is Samuel Morse married?
Not any more. The inventor of the telegraph died in 1872.
Which inventor received a patent for a railway telegraph system?
Granville T. Woods
WHY was the electric telegraph invented?
well the guy that made this thingy wanted to build something so he did and that is why there was an electric telegraph invented.
Which inventor famously quoted the biblical phrase What hath God wrought?
Samuel Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, famously quoted the biblical phrase "What hath God wrought" when he sent the first telegraph message in 1844.
