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.
Medieval belt and bag fitting finds from Echimauti site of ancient settlement
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. II [XVII], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
An impressive set of belt and bag fitting objects was discovered during excavations at the Echimauti circular site of ancient settlement. All belt plaques are heart-shaped decorated with volyutoobrazny (swirl) or krinovdny (in the shape of four lily flowers) patterns. The buckles refer to shield and lyre-shaped types. In addition to the belt fitting fragments, a geometric rosette-shaped plaque part of a sabretache has been found. Excavations of a semi-earth- house used as a blacksmith’s and jewelry shop led to discovery of a belt set that stands out for its complexity. The belt had been subject to mending, quite possibly in this shop. The belt plaques are presented in two varieties and refer to types XXVIII Б1 and 2 according to classification by V.V. Murasheva (Murasheva 2000). The belt plaques discovered at Echimauti are most similar to those found in Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary.
On the territory of Eastern Europe similar plaques are known from excavations at Gnezdovo, Timerevo and Vladimirskiy tumuli, Liadinskiy and Tomnikovskiy burial grounds and also “Cheremisskoe cemetery”. Belt plaques of this period according to certain features had been made in the tradition of the Danube area. Jewelry and arms have also been discovered at Echimauti. Bags with rosette-shaped plaques, long waistbands decorated with plaques are similar to those found at Echimauti and at the end of 9th – beginning of 11th centuries had become quite popular under the influence of Hasar and Hungarian traditions with armed forces estate of Eastern, South-Eastern and Central Europe.
Екатерина Абызова, Светлана Рябцева
Buckles from the collection of the National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. I [XVI], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie Chișinău, 2007
Светлана Рябцева
On some ornaments and clothing accessories of the populations from the Carpathian-Danubian space in the 14th-17th centuries
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. IV [XIX], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
Светлана Рябцева
The findings of belts in the complexes of XIII-XVI centuries in the Carpathian-Balkan region
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. VI [XXI], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
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
