Scientific experiments [ Politics & Society / Science ]
… Image Joseph Wright of Derby, 'Untitled, known as A Philosopher Giving that Lecture on the Orrery, in which a Lamp is put in … of mechanics in coffeehouses. Later, Benjamin Martin commercialized experiments with static electricity, and Joseph Priestley and his associates introduced new gases in public lectures. Experiments were both commodities supplying … 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 …
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