Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel F. B. Morse

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Biography

Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American inventor and painter. After establishing his reputation as a portrait painter, Morse, in his middle age, contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs.

Books by Samuel F. B. Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals (Complete)Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals (Complete)
Samuel F. B. Morse His Letters and JournalsSamuel F. B. Morse His Letters and Journals
American Jupiter: Letters and Journals of Samuel F.B. Morse (Vol. I & II)American Jupiter: Letters and Journals of Samuel F.B. Morse (Vol. I & II)
Foreign conspiracy against the liberties of the United StatesForeign conspiracy against the liberties of the United States
Examination of the Telegraphic Apparatus and the Processes in TelegraphyExamination of the Telegraphic Apparatus and the Processes in Telegraphy
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Quotes by Samuel F. B. Morse

"What hath God wrought?"

Samuel F. B. Morse

"The birth and inauguration of the generic telegraph has not only opened a new field for the labors, and given direction to the ingenuity of the mechanician, suggesting numerous varieties of form and distribution of parts, but it has also give a fresh impulse to the researches of the philosopher into the mysteries of the most efficient agent, electricity. It has been the servant of the astronomer; it has assisted in the determination of longitudes; ... it has promoted the science of meteorology, and been tributary in many ways to the advancement of our knowledge of terrestrial phenomena. ..."

Samuel F. B. Morse