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[humorous visions of the future from Punch, ed.]

EDISON'S ANTI-GRAVITATION UNDER-CLOTHING.

EDISON'S TELEPHONOSCOPE (TRANSMITS LIGHT AS WELL AS SOUND)

(Every evening, before going to bed, Pater- and Materfamilias set up an electric camera-obscura over their bedroom mantel-piece, and gladden their eyes with the sight of their Children, at the Antipodes, and converse gaily with them through the wire.)

Punch, Almanack, 1879

THE POLICE (OF THE FUTURE).
(Vide Letter to "Daily Chronicle," Feb. 15, 1886)

EXPLANATION.- A. Light Basket-work Shield (old Hamper-top, for instance); B. Quarter-Staff; C. Electric Rattle; D. Water-Tank and Hose-Pipe; E. Money-Bag to pay for 'Bus rides (Special Tax in Police Rates); F. Neck Guard; G. Electric Battery; H. Fireworks, Squibs, &c. ; J. Mob-persuaders; K. Electric Wires up Sleeve to shock Opponent.

Punch, February 27, 1886