Samuel Morse was born 219 years ago. But of course credit for devising the code that bears Morse’s name goes to his assistant (machinist & inventor) Alfred Vail. His birthday is 25th September 1807.
Day: 27 April 2010
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Samuel Morse’s 219th birthday
A replica of the key built by Alfred Vail as an improvement on Samuel Morse’s original ‘transmitter’.