
The Influencing Machine
James Tilly Matthews and The Air Loom
Mike Jay(Author)
Strange Attractor Press
Published on 1. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-907222-13-9 (ISBN)
Description
A revised and updated edition of this weird science classic.Confined in Bedlam in 1797 as an incurable lunatic, James Tilly Matthews' case is one of the most bizarre in the annals of psychiatry. He was the first person to insist that his mind was being controlled by a machine: the Air Loom, a terrifying secret weapon whose mesmeric rays and mysterious gases were brainwashing politicians and plunging Europe into revolution, terror and war.But Matthews' case was even stranger than his doctors realised: many of the incredible conspiracies in which he claimed to be involved were entirely real. Caught up in high-level diplomatic intrigues in the chaos of the French revolution, he found himself betrayed by both sides, and in possession of a secret that no-one would believe.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
18 s/w Abbildungen
18 b&w illus.; 36 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-907222-13-9 (9781907222139)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification