What's Up Now?
Anon
Genre: | Reportage, Spoof |
Subjects: | Astronomy, Transport, Accidents |
Publications cited: | Court Circular |
Reports on discussions between the Astronomer Royal, George B Airy, and the statesman Edward Strutt on the 'atmospheric railway to the moon'. Insists that the great advantage of the railway is 'its superior facilities in promoting accidents'. | |
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