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What is Morse code?

What is Morse code?

History for Kids / History's Not Boring: The Kids History Podcast vor 2 Monaten

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Imagine you have huge news to share with your best friend, but
instead of sending a quick text, you have to wait four whole days
for a horse messenger to deliver it! That's exactly how life was in
the 1830s before a painter named Samuel Morse changed the world
forever. After missing a terribly important message about his sick
wife because the mail was too slow, Samuel decided there had to be
a faster way to communicate. Teaming up with brilliant inventor
Alfred Vail, they created the amazing electric telegraph! Instead
of sending letters on slow horses, they sent pulses of electricity
zooming down miles of copper wire in a fraction of a second! But
how do you read electrical zaps? You invent a brilliant language of
short dots and long dashes! Join Mira and Finn as they uncover the
electrifying history of Morse code. We'll find out what the very
first instant message said in 1844, how this invention shrank the
world, and why the famous emergency signal S.O.S. doesn't actually
stand for "Save Our Ship" at all! Get ready to tap into an awesome
adventure from the past!