Morse's Telegraph

Morse's telegraph did not just appear in a vacuum, there are also numerous other inventors who were working on similar concept concepts at the time. After making some quick initial sketches for a machine and then spending several years studying the electric relay work of Joseph Henry, Morse started building a telegraph prototype. From 1838 to 1842, Morse and a partner named Alfred Vale worked on getting funding to finish the development of the telegraph machine. The communication system that would eventually be known as Morse code.