Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… experiments were adapted to more common modes of sociability. The audience was widened to include women and even children, who attended public lectures and viewed experiments conducted in the home. Scientific instruments became … domestic setting. The audience closely surrounds the apparatus and consists of two men, one woman, a boy, and two young children. It is possible the scene is set in the household of Washington Shirley, Fifth Earl Ferrers, at Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. 6 The image illustrates how domestic experiments enrolled women and children as spectators and even participants. These audiences were also addressed by printed books, including Francesco …
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