Samuel Morse is an American and inventor and artist. The paintings of the painter are stored in many museums around the world. His most famous creations were the alphabet (code) and the Morse apparatus (writing electromagnetic telegraph).
Gifted people are found at all times. Usually, the talent leads its owner along a special path, not a single step away from the intended path. The most unique personalities are equally successful in various fields. In each of them they create something unknown, perfect. These representatives of humanity include Samuel Finley Breeze Morse.
The talent of the painter
His biography began in Charles Town in 1872. The boy was born in the family of a preacher on April 27. From an early age, the father raised his son inquisitive, developed his abilities. A talented young man successfully entered Yale University in 1805. A student who was particularly interested in a developmental student was particularly interested in electricity and painting, he even painted miniatures.
After receiving his education, the young man went to England to study with the famous artist Washington Alston. The student demonstrated abilities outstanding. His work "The Dying Hercules" exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. For her, the author was awarded a gold medal. He returned to the homeland of Samuel in 1815.
Within a few years, he became an idol for beginner painters. His creations were acquired by museums, they were highly appreciated by the most demanding audience. Brush Morse belongs to the famous portrait of one of the country's presidents, James Monroe. The famous inventor founded the National Academy of Drawing, becoming its first president.
In late September 1818, Samuel established a personal life. He became the husband of Lucretia Pickering Walker. Three children appeared in the family. In 1829 he again went to Europe. The active organizer decided to study the structure and work of art schools. He intended to apply the acquired knowledge in America to improve his Academy. Three years later, Morse traveled by sea to New York.
Among the passengers on the Sally sailboat was Charles Charles Jackson, the discoverer of modern anesthesia techniques. He entertained those present with an unusual trick. To the compass, the doctor used a piece of wire connected to a galvanic cell. The arrow of the device began to rotate.
The birth of an inventor
Seeing scientific experience, Samuel fired up on the idea that later changed the world. He knew about the experiments of Faraday, Schilling, he heard about the extraction of sparks from a magnet. These data prompted a practical person to create a system for transmitting signals using combinations of sparks. An unexpected idea for the painter completely captured him.
During the month of sailing, Morse completed the drawings of the apparatus for transmitting signals. For several years, work was underway to create a device, but it was not possible to achieve the desired results. Samuel's wife passed away, the inventor was left alone with the children. He soon became a professor of painting at the University of New York, but did not leave the experiments.
The device was shown to the public. The development transmitted a signal over a distance of over one and a half thousand feet. Especially the device impressed the American entrepreneur Steve Vale. He allocated a considerable amount of experience, provided a room suitable for research. In response, the demonstrator made the sponsor's son his assistant.
The results suited both sides. In 1844, a telegram was first transmitted by telegraph apparatus. As a result of further experiments, the famous Morse code appeared. The coding system used short and long packages, dots and dashes. True, in the original version there were elongated dashes. The combinations turned out to be very intricate and not too convenient.
Together with Alfred Vale, the inventor finalized the system, simplified it, bringing it closer to the modern version. In scientific circles, the invention made a splash. Experiments were carried out with an underwater cable. A practical assistant proposed the idea of a compact telegraph printing apparatus. A gifted person was able to show his abilities in various fields of activity.
For a long time, the successfully used telegraph was supplanted by radio and telephone, but the idea of an information transmission system remains relevant to this day. In the century before last, Morse's creation was patented. For a long time, the new development did not find practical application.
