Cover of Alfred Vail's Experiment Notebook
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Creator: Vail, Alfred
Form/Genre: Document
Date: c. 1844
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7055, Box 5
This cover of Alfred Vail's experiment notebook has Vail's alpha code on it, better known as Morse Code. The code on the bottom of the cover reads "Alfred Vail's Book."
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese 1791-1872
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7055, Box 5
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1844
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SIA2011-0825
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 4w x 6.5h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper