(APIC) Samuel Morse (1791-1872) was an American physicist who invented electromagnetic telegraphy.
Telegraph Turns 150 Years Old
OCTOBER 24, 2011John Rogers, Associated Press
Monday marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental telegraph. From sea to sea, it electronically knitted together a nation that was simultaneously tearing itself apart in the Civil War.
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