We were treated to a hugely entertaining talk by Tony Sizer on Tuesday evening at the latest Flamsteed History of Astronomy Group meeting. I have to say, these evenings are such great fun, and I really look forward to attending them.
Mike Dryland has now written an equally entertaining short report of the evening's events, which you can read here: http://flamsteed.info/2014/11/ghosts-poltergeists-and-the-law-of-gravity-history-of-astronomy-group-meeting/
How Mike managed to summarise a 90-minute talk so well, I'll never know... but he has managed it brilliantly.
The next History of Astronomy group meeting is on Tuesday 27 January 2015, when Eddie Yeadon will talk about “John Dolland and the achromatic lens”.