By Nick Heath, 28 May 2008 12:02
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After almost 100 years a Victorian dream of building a telescope to look from London to New York has been realised.
Hundreds of people from opposite ends of the world have been waving to each other, pulling funny faces and scribbling messages thanks to the Telectroscope.
Two Telectroscopes, one near Tower Bridge in London and the other in the shadow of Brooklyn Bridge, beam images of people and the cityscapes across the Atlantic via video link.
The elaborate gold telescope, pictured, houses an oval screen to give the illusion of peering into a intercontinental kaleidoscope.
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1. Peter Baron
"it was revived after his ancestor, artist Paul St George, unearthed dusty papers containing his plans."
-So it's a time machine as well?
2. adrienne
wow that sounds amazing...how can I join in . I am in London?
3. Ceb Paten
I presume you mean 'descendant'...in the following para...
"After four years of digging and the loss of 15 lives Alexander Stanhope was forced to abandon his dream but it was revived after his ancestor, artist Paul St George, unearthed dusty papers containing his plans."