Room XI
The Spectacle of Science
The Spectacle of Science
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The Spectacle of Light
Numerous devices were used in darkened rooms to enchant the guests by generating curious phenomena of light - Isaac Newton's (1642-1727) famous prism experiment ...
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Large machines
The spectacular impact of experimental demonstrations was also due to the physical quality of the instruments, as illustrated by these large machines. ...
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Science in the salon
Eighteenth-century salons were often the theater of glittering "electrical evenings" in which ladies and gentlemen amused themselves by experimenting—even ...
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Attractions
In the 18th century the ambiguous term "attraction," taken from the vocabulary of alchemy, was employed in various fields, such as astronomy, electricity ...