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Telephonoscope
A '''telephonoscope''' was an early concept of videophone and television, conceptualized in the late 1870's through the 1890's. It was mentioned in various early science fiction works such as Le Vingtième siècle. La vie électrique (''The Twentieth Century: The Electrical Life'') and other works written by Albert Robida. It was also sketched in various cartoons by George du Maurier as a fictional invention by Thomas Edison including one made on December 9th, 1878 in Punch (magazine)|Punch magazine.[Telephonoscope, A Cartoon of a Television/Videophone Terramedia website;][George du Maurier (1878) ''Punch'' magazine, December 9th, 1878;][R.W. Burns: "Television: An International History", ''Distant vision (c 1880-1920)'', p. 78-84;]
Robida also forecast the era of television broadcasts, with concept art drawn of a televised opera performance, and of a live battlefield report.
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See also
- Telectroscope
- Videophone
Category:Television technology
Category:Early telecommunications
Category:Video
Category:Videotelephony
Category:Fictional televisual devices
Related Images- Early '''videophone-television''' concept by George du Maurier
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