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| Tele-Screen | ||
| A display screen for live events. |
| It was on the tele-screen that I viewed the mobs coursing through the streets; via the news-dispenser I listened to the latest tidings from all over the country. |
| Technovelgy from After Armageddon,
by Francis Flagg. Published by Wonder Stories in 1932 Additional resources -
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Compare to the telescreen from George Orwell's 1948 novel 1984, not to mention 'Doc' Smith's cool visiplate.
Constantin Perskyi had coined the word "television" in a paper read to the International Electricity Congress at the International World Fair in Paris on 24 August 1900.
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