Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… enlightened rationality. Experimentation elicited such feelings by bringing natural philosophy (in the words of Joseph Addison ) ‘out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables, and in Coffee-Houses .' 1 1 . [Joseph Addison], The Spectator, no. 10 (12 March 1711). Public lectures with experimental demonstrations were initiated by a …
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