Sometimes in our life there may be meetings, conversations, events, after which we inevitably begin to think differently and rise to a whole new level of development. Something similar survived Samuel Morse - an American sophisticated inventor and a gifted artist. Years after such acute experiences, an electromagnetic writing telegraph and Morse code appeared.
- He was born on April 27, 1791 in the city of Charlestown (USA) in the family of a priest. From a young age he became very interested in drawing. Much later, another love will be added to the love of art - a love of invention.
- Parents made attempts to give Samuel another education, but they did not lead to the desired result. But still, the lectures on electricity that were being given at Yale University, he listened with attention - as if he foresaw that someday they could do him a good service.
- Father and mother were strict in education and did not approve of the passion for painting. Despite this, they sent their son to comprehend their favorite art across the ocean - at the Royal Academy of Arts, which was located in London. There he received a gold medal for good exemplary studies. And he returned to his native USA. But it turned out that Americans care very little.
- This situation made Samuel change his strategy: instead of large historical canvases, he was forced to paint portraits of people for money. And the work sometimes brought positive results and definite success. The portrait, for example, of President Monroe today is famous and is located in the White House.
- Morse was quite sociable and active nature, which allowed the creation of the American Academy of Design. He was the first to lead it.
- Then the novice artist again goes to Europe in order to learn how to organize drawing schools. It was there that his fateful meeting awaited: Morse met Louis Daguerre and began to be interested in the latest achievements in the field of electricity.
- Returning home across the ocean on a ship, he accidentally started a conversation with one of his fellow travelers about an electromagnet, which was invented recently. The fellow traveler was surprised why, if the current turns out to be noticeable at the two ends of the wire, it is impossible to transmit messages using it. The artist also deeply thought about this problem. And found an original solution.
- The first device was made from a simple easel, old paint brushes and watch wheels. It will take many years of hard study and work before it begins to function properly. To the Morse mechanism, he invented a special code (Morse code), which will later be further developed by other inventors.
- At the beginning of 1838, Morse delivered an experiment on an artificial line at the University of New York. People who watched this experiment saw with their own eyes that the new invention and special code really work.
- The first message sent by telegraph line between Washington and Baltimore was the short phrase "That's what the Lord did." A significant event happened in 1844.
- After the first successful successful experiments, as often happens in such cases, legal proceedings immediately began: between Morse and partners, as well as between Morse and its competitors. But the inventor won all the courts in which he had to get involved.
- To use Morse’s extremely useful invention, ten countries paid him 400 thousand francs in 1858. This amount allowed Samuel to spend the remaining years in warmth and comfort: not far from New York, he acquired a good estate. Now this house is considered a historical monument.
- In old age, Samuel Morse, and he lived for almost 81 years, became interested in good deeds: he began to help various schools and universities, allocated funds for Bible societies and artists in need.
