Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… enlightened rationality. Experimentation elicited such feelings by bringing natural philosophy (in 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 experimental demonstrations were initiated by a …
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