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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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The event „Discover Children’s dream planet with Spiridon Vangheli”

June 1st, 2015

For the celebration of the International Children's Day on June 1st, the National Museum of History of Moldova organized in collaboration with Culture Department of Chișinău municipality an event with the generic „Discover Children's dream planet with Spiridon Vangheli". The event was attended by children with parents, grandparents and educators from Chișinău and different rural areas of the republic.

During the event, composer Constantin Rusnac performed at the piano a few songs for children and Nicoleta Arhiriuc, pupil in the 4th grade at the Theoretical lyceum „Ion Creangă", recited poetry.

The key moment of the action was the presence among the children of the famous writer Spiridon Vangheli who told stories about his collaboration with Grigore Vieru in developing the ABC and writing the book „The reign of Ciuboțel", read stories about Guguță and fragments from the ABC, spoke with the children and gave autographs. The writer expressed his satisfaction that the event offered him once again the opportunity to be in the world of childhood, together with his readers.

A contest was organized as part of the event - „Letter to Guguță" - with money awards and books offered by Culture Department. This contest was aimed at nurturing children's interest and knowledge of cultural identity values of Republic of Moldova, for the artistic creation of the writer Spiridon Vangheli, for the knowledge of Romanian language. Children wrote letters to Guguță, the most interesting ones being read loud by moderator Lucia Culev, the head of Culture Department.

Incentive awards for participation at the contest were offered to children aged 6 to 13 years, including: Ștefan Bîrlădeanu, Alina Staver, Cristian Suhodaru, Grigore Ciobanu, Iulian Ciobanu, Serghei and Dumitraș Frunză, Andreea and Teodor Durnea, Daniel Cuciuc, Adrian Popescu, Igor Ciubuc, Valeria Tabac etc. For the most beautiful letters Gheorghe Zavtoni, from Ratuș village, Criuleni district, was awarded the 3rd award (100 lei) and to Cătălina Cazacu, from Tîrnova village, Dondușeni district, the 2nd award (200 lei). Spiridon Vangheli congratulated, in his turn, all the participants at the contest, bestowing books with his autographs, hugs and words of praise.

The event „Discover Children’s dream planet with Spiridon Vangheli”