Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… Gallery, c. 1766. Abstract In eighteenth-century Britain, scientific experiments were shown in locations as varied as coffeehouses, learned societies, and public lectures. They conveyed natural knowledge through shared aesthetic experiences; … new forms of sociability. At the 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 …
Audience | Coffeehouses | Conversation | Public sphere | Science
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