萨慕尔．摩斯 (Samuel F.B. Morse) 发送出第一个电报消息
1844年5月24日

摩斯的人物画像作品也受到人们的喜爱，在前一页的自画像，还有这里的大卫．佛瑞斯特夫人 (Mrs. David C. De Forest) 画像。摩斯诚实并直接的将他看到的东西画出来。就在他从欧洲回到美国担任纽约大学的艺术系教授时，摩斯想到藉由电报基地台形成的网络，可以透过电磁作用以及一系列的分程传递方式进行通讯。为了要在这个系统里传输消息，他发明了摩斯口令 (Morse Code) ，这是以电子符号的「点」 (dot) 与「长划」 (dash) 来代表字母的传递方式。这个系统使全国的通讯比以往更快速。

Morse was also well respected for his paintings of people, like the self-portrait on the previous screen and this one of Mrs. David C. De Forest. He painted his subjects with honesty and insight. It was while returning from Europe to take his position as an arts professor at New York University that Morse came up with the idea of a communications system using the electro-magnet and a series of relays through a network of telegraph stations. In order to transmit messages in this system, he invented Morse Code, an alphabet of electronic dots and dashes.. The system made communication across the country faster than ever before.

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