May 01, 2008
Dr. George Merriwether's Tempest Prognosticator-
After having arranged this mouse trap contrivance, into each bottle was poured rain water, to the height of an inch and a half; and a leech placed in every bottle, which was to be its future residence; and when influenced by the electromagnetic state of the atmosphere a number of leeches ascended into the tubes; in doing which they dislodged the whalebone and caused the bell to ring.
A British monkey could perhaps confirm the veracity of said Prognosticator by visiting the museum at Barometer World in Devon, where it is claimed that there exists a working model.
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Leechpunk.
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If ever there was a reason for inventing a time machine, it would be to go back and meet that Merriwether fellow. He sounds like my kind of guy.