Samuel Morse
塞缪尔·莫尔斯
Samuel Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1791.
塞缪尔·莫尔斯于1791年出生在马萨诸塞州的查尔斯顿。
He started off his career as an inventor after being a painter and sculptor（雕塑家）.
在成为发明家之前，他是一名画家和雕塑家。
He even earned a gold medal from the famous Adelphi Society of Arts for his first effort（作品） in sculpture, the "Dying Hercules".
因为他的第一个雕塑作品《赫拉克勒斯之死》，他甚至获得了著名的阿德尔菲艺术协会颁发的金牌。
He became the first president of the National Academy of Design, and was made Professor of the Arts of Design in the University of the City of New York.
他还成为了美国国家设计学院首任院长，并被任命为纽约市立大学设计艺术教授。
Yet, this painter turned to inventing to make his fortune during a sea voyage.
然而，这位画家却在一次海上航行中靠发明创造了自己的财富。
On this journey, Samuel Morse heard about many attempts to create usable telegraphs.
在这次旅行中，塞缪尔·莫尔斯听说有许多人试图制造出可用的电报机。
He was fascinated（着迷） by this problem and began to study books on physics for two years to gain more scientific knowledge.
他对这个问题很感兴趣，开始了为期两年的关于物理书籍的研究，并获得了更多的科学知识。
He realized that pulses（脉冲） of electrical current could carry information over wires.
他意识到电流脉冲可以通过电线传递信息。
Thus the world's first working model of a telegraph was born.
于是，世界上第一个电报机的可操作模型诞生了。
His signaling（发信号） device was quite simple. It consisted of a transmitter（发射机） (containing a battery and a key), a small buzzer（蜂鸣器） as a receiver and a pair of wires connecting the two.
他的信号装置很简单，只有一个发射机（包括一个电池和一把钥匙）、一个作为接收器的小型蜂鸣器和两根连接两者的电线。
Samuel Morse improved it by adding a switch and a second buzzer to allow transmission in the opposite direction as well.
塞缪尔·莫尔斯通过增加一个开关和额外一个蜂鸣器来改进了它，从而实现了反方向的传输。
On May 24, 1844 Samuel Morse sent the first electronic message between Baltimore and Washington, "Look what God has enabled us to build, and benefit by."
1844年5月24日，塞缪尔·莫尔斯在巴尔的摩和华盛顿之间发送了第一条电报：“看看上帝让我们创造并受益的东西吧。”
Seventeen years later, the two coasts of the United States were linked by telegraph.
17年后，美国的两个海岸通过电报相连结。
The telegraph continued to enjoy the position of being the fastest and most reliable means of communication for almost 140 years since its invention.
电报在自发明以来的近140年里，一直是最快速、最可靠的通信手段。
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