WHOSE CODE Invention of the “electro magnetic telegraph” says a good deal about how new technologies are born. First, almost nothing of the first American telegraph was new. The idea had been worked on for almost a century. Several working models had been built, but none was a practical, reliable way for electricity to move information. Second, the binary code that would fundamentally change communication was a late development. That code was essential to the invention and would be its greatest legacy, but the man given credit for it did not understand its importance.
Good info to know. Read a book about Morse and other mostly unsuccessful artists living and working in France. Wish I could recall the name of the book. Also told about the return trip on the Sully.
Good info to know. Read a book about Morse and other mostly unsuccessful artists living and working in France. Wish I could recall the name of the book. Also told about the return trip on the Sully.
David T