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Alfred Lewis Vail (September 25, 1807 – January 18, 1859) was an American machinist and inventor. Along with Samuel Morse, Vail was central in developing and commercializing American telegraphy between 1837 and 1844.
Alfred Vail, Morse’s colleague, received Morse’s message in Baltimore and then successfully returned the same message back to Morse in the national Capitol Building’s Rotunda. For Vail, this event was the culmination of years of his own labor and financial investment, yet his influence has largely been lost in the historical record.
- Courtney Bellizzi
- 2011
A collection of diaries, essays, correspondence, and genealogy of Alfred Vail, a co-inventor of the telegraph with Samuel F.B. Morse. The papers also include a patent for the electric telegraph and transcriptions of Vail's manuscripts in the Smithsonian Institution.
- Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859
- 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
- 1829-1918
- Alfred Vail (1807-1859), Inventor, Papers
May 25, 2020 · Alfred Vail was a partner and collaborator of Samuel Morse in developing the telegraph system. He claimed to have devised the dot-and-dash code, but Morse got the patent and the credit.
Alfred Lewis Vail (born Sept. 25, 1807, Morristown, N.J., U.S.—died Jan. 18, 1859, Morristown) was an American telegraph pioneer and an associate and financial backer of Samuel F.B. Morse in the experimentation that made the telegraph a commercial reality.
Nov 9, 2009 · Learn how Alfred Vail and other inventors helped Samuel Morse develop the electric telegraph and the Morse code in the 1830s and 1840s. The telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication by transmitting electrical signals over wires.
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Oct 11, 2013 · Learn how Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant and son-in-law, developed the coded system of dots and dashes that bears his name. Discover the history of the telegraph and its impact on communication and culture.
