telectroscope
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- Instance of
- conceptual model
- Image
- Telectroscope Fig 1.png
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- Commons category
- Telectroscope
- facet of
- television
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Moigno and Figuier's imaginary telectroscope
- Further developments
- The Telectroscope art installation
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|200px|right|Telectroscope technical illustration in Scientific American Supplement No. 275, April 9, 1881
The telectroscope or electroscope was the first conceptual model of a television or videophone system. The term was used in the 19th century to describe science-based systems of distant seeing.
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