A telephonoscope was an early concept of videophone 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. 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 (magazine), Punch'' and a Gothic fiction, Gothic novel ''Trilby (novel), Trilby'', featuring the char ...

as a fictional invention by

Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February11, 1847October18, 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 inventions, ...

including one made on December 9, 1878 in '' Punch'' 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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