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… discourse on philosophical experiments and observations; to read, to hear, and discourse upon letters, reports and other papers containing philosophical matters.’ 4 As Curator of Experiment, Robert Hooke was expected to prepare three to four … despite assertions that it was practised less and less. For each decade between the 1720s and 1770s, around 10% of papers in the Philosophical Transactions were on subject related to experimental natural philosophy, which is consistent with broader figures suggesting that 10% of papers, from a sample between 1665 and1800, all concern experiments (Sorrenson 39). 18 . David P. Miller, ‘“Into the …
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