University of Bristol Web Project 2004

Sheer Lunacy? The Lunar Society of Birmingham

Alisdair Wallis

Come back to the collieries, potteries, and blast furnaces,

of the 18th Century West-Midlands and meet the scientist's,

engineers, and industrialist's, who drove the industrial

revolution and in so doing shaped the modern world.

Before we travel back 200 years remeber two things,

1. Your going to get some funny looks this is 1790 not 1990,
you're the one wearing silly clothes.
2. Be polite.
But what about the grandmother paradox?
Follow the two points, if you travel 200 years back in time just
to be rude to people it serves you right if you get
stuck in a paradox!