title: Early societies popularize scientific research.
abstract: Private scientific societies, popular in the eighteenth century, supported and encouraged research on such devices as the electrostatic generator and the Leyden jar, paving the way for later electrophysiological research.
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D009426:Netherlands; D012106:Research / Q000266:history*; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000266:history*