We talk about Morse code, named after its inventor, Samuel Morse. However, maybe we should call it Vail code after Alfred Vail, who may be its real inventor. Haven’t heard of him? You aren’t ...

If you are a ham radio operator of a certain age, you probably remember ads for “The Instructograph,” a mechanical device for learning Morse code. [Our Own Devices] has an ancient specimen of ...

Now Morse code is used largely in airplane navigational systems for identification purposes, says Paul F. Johnston, curator of maritime history at the National Museum of American History.

Can you decipher their meaning – and work out the link between them? Use the morse code guide below to help! What information do we collect from this quiz? Morse code, invented by Samuel Morse ...

He developed Morse code as a rival to Cook and Wheatstone’s telegraph. It was simple and cheap and became popular quickly. In the 1850s Morse’s single wire cable system was working all over ...

Morse code is a communication system developed by Samuel Morse, an American inventor, in the late 1830s. The code uses a combination of short and long pulses – dots and dashes, respectively ...