Stephen Herbert wrote: 
"I was amused by The Times' journalist's idea that the Telectroscope would perhaps use the 'modern version of the telegraph, broadband internet cable'. Despite such popular books as The Victorian Internet (Tom Standage 1998), there is still a conception of the internet as 'new'. Somewhere around here I have a picture of an experimental broadband webcam setup, c.1890 - I'll see if I can find it........."
I'm delighted to say that Stephen was as good as his word, and has sent an engraving (see right). Interesting to see that the Victorians had much the same idea as us about what webcams might be for...
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