Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… & Society People > Science Keywords 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 … c. 1766. The scene depicted in Wright’s painting is not one of theatrical exhibition but rather of experimental display in a domestic setting. The audience closely surrounds the apparatus and consists of two men, one woman, a boy, and … at the Royal Institution, he was spectacularly successful. Davy demonstrated the effects of breathing gases and displayed a large voltaic battery, the same device with which he discovered previously unknown elements, including sodium …
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