USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Samuel F.B. Morse was both an accomplished inventor and a painter. He developed an electric telegraph (1832–35) and then codeveloped the Morse Code (1838). During this time he also painted some of the finest portraits ever done by an American artist.

Detailed explanation-2: -That year, Morse was traveling to the United States from Europe on a ship when he overheard a conversation about electromagnetism that inspired his idea for an electric telegraph. Though he had little training in electricity, he realized that pulses of electrical current could convey information over wires.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Development of the Telegraph New York University professor Samuel Morse (pictured at left) began working on his version of the telegraph in 1832; he developed Morse Code (a set of sounds that corresponded to particular letters of the alphabet), in 1835; and by 1838 he had presented his concept to the U.S. Congress.