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.
The Getae burial with cremation at the medieval settlement of Poiana I
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. VII [XXII], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
During the excavations in the Moldavian medieval settlement of Poiana I in the Middle Dniester area there was also found a burial with cremation attributed by P. Birnea to the Scythian time. Materials from this complex found in the collections of NMHM allowed us to refer it to the Getae culture and date it the first half of the 5th century BC. Clarification of the location of the burial suggests that perhaps it is a peripheral complex of a small burial ground. The settlement, whose inhabitants have made this burial, most likely is located nearby, on the second terrace of the Dniester bank, in the same conditions of relief like the Getae settlement of Tarasova lying in vicinity. List of illustrations:
Fig. 1. Location of the site of Poiana I.
Fig. 2. Plan of the medieval settlement of Poiana I (after Birnea 1969) with indication of the territory explored in 1956 and the place of discovery of Getae burial (M. 1).
Fig. 3. Inventory of the Getae burial.
Alexandru Levinschi
Considerations regarding the Getian necropolis from Danceni
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. II [XVII], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
Alexandru Levinschi
Preliminary data about initial period of getian settlement in fortified Saharna Mare
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. I [XVI], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică Chișinău, 2007
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.