Lunchtime Talk: Mr Parallax, The Flat Earth and the Eddystone Light

Lunchtime Talk: Mr Parallax, The Flat Earth and the Eddystone Light - The Box, Plymouth

04 February 2014 04 February 2014

When: 04 February 2014
Where: Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AJ
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Cost: £2. Tickets available from the Museum Welcome Desk.
Suitable for: Not suitable for children

In 1864 Samuel Birley Rowbotham, calling himself Parallax, gave a series of lectures at the Devonport Mechanics' Institute to try and convince people that the earth was flat. He was challenged to prove it and staged an experiment on Plymouth Hoe. The Flat Earth Society exists to this day and Michael Corry from the University of the Third Age will trace its history on both sides of the Atlantic. Warning: contains maths!

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