Royal Society [ Institutions / Clubs & Societies ]
… Places > Institutions Places > Clubs & Societies Mots-clés Civility Cosmopolitanism Fellowship France Gentleman Science On 28 November 1660, the first Royal Society meeting took place at Gresham College following an astronomy lecture … mathematical, and mechanical’ and that their work, through ‘the authority of experiment’, sought to advance both the ‘science of natural things’ as well as ‘useful arts.’ 1 The Royal Society was a voluntary organization described by John … Despite its royal charter, financial assistance from the crown was minimal, especially in contrast to the Académie des Sciences in Paris where a smaller group of men applied themselves to the sciences and arts on state salaries. Historians …
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