Additional Amusement
Anon
Genre: | Announcement, Spoof |
Subjects: | Representation, Heroism, Astronomy, Mechanics, Physics |
Announces a proposal to 'add a room full of astronomical celebrities' (implicitly to Madame Tussaud's Waxworks), including Nicholas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, and William Herschel. Insists this will be 'a Chamber of Horrery' rather than a 'Chamber of Horrors'. | |
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