薩慕爾‧摩斯 (Samuel F.B. Morse) 發送出第一個電報訊息
1844年5月24日

摩斯的人物畫像作品也受到人們的喜愛，在前一頁的自畫像，還有這裡的大衛‧佛瑞斯特夫人 (Mrs. David C. De Forest) 畫像。摩斯誠實並直接的將他看到的東西畫出來。就在他從歐洲回到美國擔任紐約大學的藝術系教授時，摩斯想到藉由電報基地台形成的網路，可以透過電磁作用以及一系列的分程傳遞方式進行通訊。為了要在這個系統裡傳輸訊息，他發明了摩斯密碼 (Morse Code) ，這是以電子符號的「點」 (dot) 與「長劃」 (dash) 來代表字母的傳遞方式。這個系統使全國的通訊比以往更快速。

Morse was also well respected for his paintings of people, like the self-portrait on the previous screen and this one of Mrs. David C. De Forest. He painted his subjects with honesty and insight. It was while returning from Europe to take his position as an arts professor at New York University that Morse came up with the idea of a communications system using the electro-magnet and a series of relays through a network of telegraph stations. In order to transmit messages in this system, he invented Morse Code, an alphabet of electronic dots and dashes.. The system made communication across the country faster than ever before.

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