Morse Code
Morse code was invented by Samuel Morse in 1843. The line ran from Washington D.C. to Baltimore, Maryland. The purpose of the telegraph was to provide rapid communication of long distances. The method of communication used in the telegraph was Morse Code, which was a series of dots and dashes made up of electric currents being alternated. The dots and dashes made up letters which combined to form words, then sentences, and complete messages, etc.
Morse code was used by many government officials, such as Lincoln. Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee used Morse Code to aid in their communication options as well. Five million Morse Code messages were sent anually starting aroun 1860.
Numbers all have a sequence of five dots and/or dashes, but letters have a different number of symbols. All together, there are thirty-six main combinations to remember to make meessages. Telegraph operaters were offered a clean and stable working environment so they may focus on their task.
Morse code was very important to history because it was one of the first uses of encripted messages by the U.S. Lincoln used Morse Code to win the Civil War, which affected the course of the world's history in a large magnitude.
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Morse code was used by many government officials, such as Lincoln. Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee used Morse Code to aid in their communication options as well. Five million Morse Code messages were sent anually starting aroun 1860.
Numbers all have a sequence of five dots and/or dashes, but letters have a different number of symbols. All together, there are thirty-six main combinations to remember to make meessages. Telegraph operaters were offered a clean and stable working environment so they may focus on their task.
Morse code was very important to history because it was one of the first uses of encripted messages by the U.S. Lincoln used Morse Code to win the Civil War, which affected the course of the world's history in a large magnitude.
(above picture from: http://cybersharpshooterz.blogspot.com/2012/10/military-monday3-morse-code.html)