Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… Audience Coffeehouses Conversation Public sphere Science Scientific experiments played a significant role in the spaces of sociability that characterized British society in the eighteenth century. They were shown in learned societies, … body. As the charge passed from body to body, participants experienced peculiar sensations. They felt shocks or saw sparks fly as they approached or touched one another. Electricity was a force of nature generated from matter; it also … few years on the road, he visited Bath, Birmingham, Chester, and Shrewsbury, announcing his arrival in advance in newspaper advertisements and having subscriptions collected by a bookseller or publican. If customers appeared, he would …
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