12.00pm: Saturday 22 September
Newton's Instruments
Dr Jonathan Hare
The Creative Science Centre
Sussex University
Venue: The George Centre
Tickets: £0.00
Tickets: Please reserve free tickets in advance of attendance
Duration: One hour
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About this Event |
Beautiful recreations of seventeenth century scientific apparatus are demonstrated by Dr Jonathan Hare. The original equipment was used by leading science lecturers of the day, such as Desaguliers, to help explain Newton’s revolutionary ideas to the general public.
10+
Wheelchair Accessible
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Reflections |
Even when it was first written Newton’s best known work, The Principia, was only understood by a few people. In the years after it was published, wonderful equipment and apparatus was designed to demonstrate his experiments to the public. |
