Morse created the famous known Morse Code which lead to his invention of the telegraph. He was an involved man, as an artist, politician, invented and much more. However, he was not a successful man up until his invention. His invention greatly shaped the evolution of the tech era. The times has a great article about his influence into modern society which I highly recommend reading. A quote from the article says, “The brainchild of one of the world’s last great polymath thinkers, telegraphy helped inaugurate the instantaneous, intensively-networked world we inhabit today.”
Read more here!
https://time.com/4307892/samuel-morse-telegraph-history/
How does it work?
- Telegraphs sent a series of electrical signals via a telegraph wire. The signals could be heard by the operator on the opposite end of the wire as a series of long and short clicks. Morse Code represented letters of the alphabet with click patterns, which had to be memorized by the operator.
What are the Cons?
Telegraphs required a knowledge of Morse Code
The Morse code is easy to intercept
Not a reliable option compared to the recent technological inventions
SLOW speed
It is interesting to consider how revolutionary this method was at the time, but how tedious and slow it seems to us now in the age of technology. Each letter had to be converted by the operator. This reminds me of my first flip phone, where you had to keep clicking the button until the letter appeared, even that was exhausting.
Along with a slow speed, the messages therefore had to be short and concise. While it was an advancement at the time, now it would be very impractical to communicate complex information through this machine. Telegraphs were really only used by the government and large institutions.
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