We talk about Morse code, named after its inventor, Samuel Morse. However, maybe we should call it Vail code after Alfred Vail, who may be its real inventor. Haven’t heard of him? You aren’t ...

We talk about Morse code, named after its inventor, Samuel Morse. However, maybe we should call it Vail code after Alfred Vail, who may be its real inventor. Haven’t heard of him? You aren’t ...

In the fall of 1850, Mr. Alfred Vail, of Morristown, N. J., gave the writer an account oi the receipts of the telegraph at the Washington oflace during the first four days of its operation ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1838, in Morristown, N.J., Samuel F.B. Morse and his partner, Alfred Vail, publicly demonstrated their new invention, the ...