Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… conversation. Choosing to meet at the Chapter coffeehouse, and for a while at the Baptist’s Head, the society located itself in the commercial heart of the city. It adopted a series of regulations to keep the talk flowing freely, stipulating … along with such prominent men of science as Joseph Banks and Count Rumford. 14 In the climate of political reaction, self-organizing scientific clubs faced restrictions while a new venue for public experimentation was created in the heart … effects of galvanic electricity, a force that seemed to be organic in origin and closely connected with vitality itself. These innovations opened up a new world of natural wonders and restructured the social relations surrounding public …
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