Claim: John Clark started to work on the Eureka in 1930 as a way to automate Latin verse creation; he exhibited his machine in 1845 in the Egyptian Hall, an exhibition hall in London which eventually became a venue for exhibiting major works of art.
Evidence: The Eureka is a machine for generating Latin verses, created and exhibited in the mid nineteenth century by the Quaker inventor John Clark of Bridgwater. In 1830 he started work on the Eureka and was able to exhibit it in 1845 in the Egyptian Hall in Picadilly.