A telephonoscope was an early concept of

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and

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, conceptualized in the late 1870s through the 1890s. 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 Albert Robida (14 May 1848 – 11 October 1926) was a French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist. He edited and published '' La Caricature'' magazine for 12 years. Through the 1880s, he wrote an acclaimed trilogy of fut ...

. It was also sketched in various cartoons by

George du Maurier George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and writer known for work in ''Punch'' and a Gothic novel ''Trilby'', featuring the character Svengali. His son was the actor Sir Gerald d ...

as a fictional invention by

Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventio ...

including one made on December 9, 1878 in ''

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'' magazine.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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