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Samuel Morse

What does the orginator of the Morse Code, the Telegraph have to do with Painting??

chia: Nothing!!
(This is chia my often interfering assistant! HE is a bug!)
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Little Miss Hone - Samuel Morse

Hrrmph well this not so.... Samuel Morse was actually an artist!

Born in 1791 in USA he earned money during and after his graduation (from Yale) by painting.
In fact pursuing this art he sailed to England where he was a part of the Royal Academy along with the likes of Raphael and Michelangelo!
This is where he produced his masterpiece the Dying Hercules.

This was the time when Britain and America were at war with each other! Soon he left England and became a full fledged American Painter. He painted many important paintings like that of president James Monroe, Hall of Congress etc..
In 1830 he went to England to improve his painting skills, this is where he befriended Charles Jackson. This friendship led to Morse discovering a single wire being used to send electromagnetic impulses used as a communication device!
After a lot of rigmarole and ridicule, in 1842 Washington passed a bill commissioning one experimental line. This line was constructed between Washington and Baltimore! It was a success.
In 1847 Morse patented the Telegraph.
Morse died in 1872!
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