Sunday, May 25, 2008
Telectroscope, a visual amplifier was an insane telecom idea

Alexander seemed to be suggesting that this invention, which he called a Telectroscope, would act as a visual amplifier, allowing people to see through a tunnel of immense length… a tunnel, the drawings implied, stretching from one side of the world to the other.
By 1890, had accumulated enough to set off with a workforce and tools to begin digging.
The device was designed soundless.