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One of the great technical achievements that revolutionized the idea of time and space, opening a new era in the history of communication, is telegraphy. It is based on the transmission of electrical signals through a cable over long distances, allowing people to communicate instantly. The telegraph spread very quickly and a network of wires stretched around the world.

In 1837, the American painter and physicist Samuel Morse invented the first electromagnetic device for telegraphy, patented in 1840. To send messages by wire, Morse developed in 1838 a simple code of dots and dashes, which represented the letters of the alphabet, known as "Morse code ".

Both Morse code and the telegraph machine were improved over time, with the telegraph becoming the most widespread system of communication and information transmission for more than a century, until the advent of the Internet. The telegraph system consisted of a series of stations repeaters along the transmission line route. Each station had an operator who received and transmitted messages by telegraph. The Morse machine transmitted about 25 words per minute, which were recorded in code on a paper tape. The operator in charge of transmitting the message would decode it and write it on paper using a special typewriter.

In Bessarabia, the telegraph entered in 1860: on April 8, the Bender telegraph station began its activity, and on April 24, the one in Chisinau, following the construction of the first Odesa-Chisinau-Leova telegraph line. Currently, telegraph services have been discontinued. The only ones who still use coded communication are radio amateurs.

The Morse telegraph machine shown comes from the Osinoostrovsky electrotechnical plant, Soviet Union, and dates back to 1934. The exhibit was restored by Mihail Culașco.

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Book Release: Sava Eugen, „Settlements from Late Bronze Age in the space between Prut and Dniester Rivers” Chișinău, „Bons Offices”, 2014, 492 p.

September 24, 2015

On September 24th, 2015 at the National Museum of History of Moldova was released the book "Așezări din perioada târzie a epocii bronzului în spațiul pruto-nistrean (Noua-Sabatinovka)" (Settlements from Late Bronze Age in the space between Prut and Dniester Rivers), signed by dr. hab. Eugen Sava, general director of the museum, with the contribution of researchers Mariana Sîrbu and Eugen Mistreanu.

Book Release: Sava Eugen, „Settlements from Late Bronze Age in the space between Prut and Dniester Rivers” Chișinău, „Bons Offices”, 2014, 492 p.

The book has four chapters, divided into sub-chapters, which present: Research history of Noua-Sabatinovka-Coslogeni cultural complex settlements, Catalogue of settlements from the space between Prut and Dniester Rivers, Habitat and material culture, the last chapter focusing on periodization and absolute chronology. The book is remarked by graphical quality and well structured content which addresses all aspects of Noua-Sabatinovka cultural communities' habitat. The volume contains an impressive number of maps and illustrations which perfectly complete the information about the settlements, complexes and archaeological objects approached in the book. This monograph is the result of research conducted by dr. hab. Eugen Sava over more than a decade to elucidate a number of aspects referring to the settlements and lifestyle of Noua-Sabatinovka communities. The volume is certainly part of long-awaited publications in the filed and will surely become a "beside book" for many young scholars working on the Late Bronze Age and beyond. The work was published in an edition of 300 copies and is on sale at the kiosk of the National Museum of History of Moldova.

Monograph release took place in the Blue Room of the National Museum of History of Moldova and was moderated by dr. hab. Elena Ploșnița, scientific secretary of the institution. Dr. hab Elena Ploșnița noted the importance of this work and expressed the respect for Mr. Eugen Sava's work, who „manages to combine perfectly administration of the National Museum of History of Moldova with scientific research".

Further spoke dr. hab. Eugen Sava, who made a brief history of the stages of development of the book, the experience gained in working with young researchers Mariana Sîrbu and Eugen Mistreanu. Credit was given to all those who have contributed to the elaboration of the book.

Official referees of the monograph, dr. hab. Ion Niculiță (Chișinău) and dr. Tudor Soroceanu (Berlin) said the book is well structured and documented, urging other researchers to take it as a good example.

Dr. hab. Oleg Levițki, director of Archaeological Center of the Institute of Cultural Heritage of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, underlined Mr. Sava's personal role in researching the infrastructure of Noua-Sabatinovka settlements, the enormous bibliographical list used in writing the monograph and expressed opinions on the absolute chronology of Noua-Sabatinovka-Coslogeni complex.

The book release event ended with the opening of the exhibition „Settlements from Late Bronze Age in the space between Prut and Dniester Rivers. Achievements and perspectives" organized in collaboration with the National Archaeological Agency.