Dr. George Merriwether’s Tempest Prognosticator-

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. [more inside]
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