Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… Image Joseph Wright of Derby, 'Untitled, known as A Philosopher Giving that Lecture on the Orrery, in which a Lamp is put in … of mechanics in coffeehouses. Later, Benjamin Martin commercialized experiments with static electricity, and Joseph Priestley and his associates introduced new gases in public lectures. Experiments were both commodities supplying … 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 …
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