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.
A new settlement of the Gumelnița culture from Chioselia Mare village, Cahul District
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. VII [XXII], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
The article presents a set of objects, which came from a new settlement of the Gumelnița culture. The archaeological collection consists of working tools, ceramic fragments and an anthropomorphic figurine fragment. Settlement from Chioselia Mare was identified at 3.5 km north-west from the church of Chioselia Mare village and 1,9 km west of the road between Chioselia Mare village, Cahul District and Cîietu village, Cantemir District. According to preliminary investigations, this settlement is the northernmost site of the Gumelnița culture on the territory of the Republic of Moldova.
List of illustrations:
Fig. 1. a - The map of Gumelnița culture settlements in the Republic of Moldova: 1 - Chioselia Mare; 2, 3 - Cucoara I, II (by Маркевич 1973, 157; Бейлекчи 1978, рис. 1); 4 - Cealîc (by Agulnicov 1993, nr. 108); 5 - Lopățica; 6 - Taraclia; 7 - Cairaclia; 8 - Vulcănești: 9 - Colibaș; 10-12 - Etulia I, V, VI; 13 - Giurgiulești (by Маркевич 1973, 157; Бейлекчи 1978, рис. 1); b - the location of the archaeological site of Chioselia Mare.
Fig. 2. Chioselia Mare. Stone tools: 1-4 - adze; 5-10 - axes.
Fig. 3. Chioselia Mare. Stone tools: 1, 2, 4, 7 - hammer; 3, 6 - scarper; 5 - adze; 8-10 - chisels; 12 - fragment of an- thropomorphic figurine.
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 National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
