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… for an assembly of witnesses who could freely assent to the truth of what they saw. An audience of male aristocrats and gentlemen certified what they witnessed without involving themselves in controversial matters of metaphysics and … and astronomy. He partnered with the instrument-maker Francis Hauksbee to show apparatus to ‘Curious and Inquisitive Gentlemen’ who paid two guineas for the opportunity. 2 Other lecturers soon followed in the metropolitan market, … Newtonianism for the Ladies (1737), and The Newtonian System of Philosophy Adapted to the Capacities of Young Gentlemen and Ladies (1762), ascribed to ‘Tom Telescope’ (the publisher John Newbery). 7 Works by Harris, Martin, and …
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