Marc Jacobs, age 10, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, for his question:

Who invented Continental Morse Code?

In 1791, Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born in Charleston, Mass., and his long life was as interesting as his long name. As a talented artist he studied in Europe and long trips abroad made him lonesome for his family. Letters took four weeks and once he wrote that he wished he could send news of his safe arrival in an instant  ¬across 3,000 miles. At the time, this must have sounded fanciful. But this S. F. B. Morse was a most remarkable man. He invented an electromagnetic telegraph system and made his wish come true.

He also invented the dot and dash code system to telegraph long distance messages in moments. America adopted his Morse Code but some foreign countries made changes in his system. For example, the dash dot dash dot signal for his letter J was changed to dot dash dash dash. This slightly remodeled system is the Continental Morse Code, used in continental Europe. The International Morse code is a system of dots used by ships at sea. The slight changes do not alter the fact that Morse invented the basic code system    and also the telegraph to transmit it.