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… 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 … pioneers around the turn of the century. In 1705, James Hodgson, fellow of the Royal Society and mathematics teacher at Christ’s Hospital, offered a course on natural philosophy and astronomy. He partnered with the … refugee John Theophilus Desaguliers assumed a similar profile, having studied at Oxford University before he arrived to teach in London in 1713. Collectively, these individuals mapped out the syllabus for lectures on mechanics, optics, and …
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