the Great Gold Medal of Arts and Sciences from the King of Württemberg (1852); and the Great Golden Medal of Science and Arts from Emperor of Austria (1855); a cross of Chevalier in the Légion d'honneur from the Emperor of France; the Cross of a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog from the King of Denmark (1856); the Cross of Knight Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, from the Queen of Spain, besides being elected member of innumerable scientific and art societies in this [United States] and other countries. Other awards include Order of the Tower and Sword from the kingdom of Portugal (1860), and Italy conferred on him the insignia of chevalier of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus in 1864. Morse's telegraph was recognized as an IEEE Milestone in 1988. In 1975, Morse was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. On April 1, 2012, Google announced the release of "Gmail Tap", an April Fools' Day joke that allowed users to use Morse Code to send text from their mobile phones. Morse's great-great-grandnephew Reed Morse—a Google engineer—was instrumental in the prank, which became a real product. Patents US Patent 1,647, Improvement in the mode of communicating information by signals by the application of electro-magnetism, June 20, 1840 US Patent 1,647 (Reissue #79), Improvement in the mode of communicating information by signals by the application of electro-magnetism, January 15, 1846 US Patent 1,647 (Reissue #117), Improvement in electro-magnetic telegraphs, June 13, 1848 US Patent 3,316, Method of introducing wire into metallic pipes, October 5, 1843 US Patent 4,453, Improvement in Electro-magnetic telegraphs, April 11, 1846 US Patent 4,453 (Reissue #118), Improvement in Electro-magnetic telegraphs, June 13, 1848 US Patent 6,420, Improvement in electric telegraphs, May 1, 1849 See also Daniel Davis Jr. Seconds pendulum Notes Citations References — Produced by Carlo Traverso, Richard Prairie, and PG Distributed Proofreaders. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) Attribution Further reading Reinhardt, Joachim, Samuel F. B. Morse (1791–1872), Congo, 1988. Mabee, Carleton, The American Leonardo: A Life of Samuel F. B. Morse, (1943, reissued 1969); William Kloss, Samuel F. B. Morse (1988); Paul J. Staiti, Samuel F. B. Morse (1989) (Knopf, 1944) (Pulitzer Prize winner for biography for 1944). Samuel F. B. Morse, Foreign Conspiracy Against the Liberties of the United States: The Numbers Under the Signature (Harvard