Samuel Morse was famous for creating the Morse code. He was born on April 27th, 1791. He passed on April 2nd, 1872. For those who do not know what the Morse code is, it is a method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones, clicks and lights. They had a switch board in which they would use to get this information across. The code was popular among amateur radio operators. The Morse code is not used now as it was back then. Here are some basic rules or key to follow with the Morse code.
1. One dash is equal to three dots.
2. The space between parts of the same letter is equal to one dot.
3. The space between two letters is equal to three dots.
4. The space between two words is equal to seven dots.
One popular thing from the Morse code was an SOS emergency signal. This was equal to three dots.
A fun fact: An E is the shortest code which is a single dot.
Morse code can be used in English and other languages.
There are versions of the Morse Code for the Greek, Cyrillic Arabic and Hebrew alphabets and for a Japanese version known as Wabun Code.
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