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Printed pamphlet, undated, titled "The Universal Challenge to Unnatural Science! Twenty Reasons against Newtonianism with Geographical Proofs that the earth is an extended plane. By Ebenezer Breach, natural astronomer and poet . . ." 16 pages. The cover includes review quotes including one by "S.L.H." which is annotated with an asterisk and a note in A. R. Wallace's? hand "This was written as a joke". Notes: Dated on the basis that the wager of the curvature of the earth occurred in 1870. Other possibilities include 1885 or 1886, when John Hampden was acting against A. R. Wallace. RECORD MODIFIED 24/7/03 CLASS TITLE |