Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… Giving that Lecture on the Orrery, in which a Lamp is put in place of the Sun or The Orrery', Derby Museum and Art Gallery, c. 1766. Abstract In eighteenth-century Britain, scientific experiments were shown in locations as varied as … beginning of the era, William Whiston and others showed demonstrations of mechanics in coffeehouses. Later, Benjamin Martin commercialized experiments with static electricity, and Joseph Priestley and his associates introduced new gases in … and taverns. Experiments occurred in settings of social interaction and conversation; they were performed as part of educational curricula and in public lectures offered to paying audiences. As epistemic practices, they were shaped …
Audience | Coffeehouses | Conversation | Public sphere | Science
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