The Necromantic Cave

John joseph merlin, merlan, presumably a stage name, moves from hoy in belgium to the united kingdom. He's a kind of a flamboyant, eccentric figure. By by day, he's a maker of mathematical instruments. Every time he invents some new clock or scales or a a system, and all london's finest come an uana over this fantastic new clock. But they didn't catch on until a few decades later. A monsieur petit blad in paris in 18 19 invents the first inline skates. In 18 63, a new york city inventor named James plimpton perfects quad sk