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In Joseph Wright of Derby's An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump from 1768, a small audience of genteel men, women and children observe a scientific demonstration with a mixture of interest and revulsion. In the 18th century, science was primarily the realm of amateur gentlemen and such demonstrations were a popular social activity.

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