Lunar Society of Birmingham

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:learned_society
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved 1813
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:industry
gptkb:medicine
gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:science
chemistry
engineering
natural philosophy
gptkbp:founded 1765
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lunar Society of Birmingham
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
scientific advancement in Britain
gptkbp:location gptkb:Birmingham
gptkbp:meetingFrequency monthly
gptkbp:meetingPlace gptkb:Soho_House
gptkb:Moon
members' homes
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Lunaticks
gptkbp:notableAchievement contributions to astronomy
contributions to geology
contributions to education
contributions to medicine
contributions to engineering
contributions to botany
contributions to chemistry
advancement of steam engine technology
contributions to abolitionism
contributions to manufacturing
contributions to meteorology
contributions to political reform
contributions to social reform
promotion of scientific ideas
collaboration between scientists and industrialists
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:James_Keir
gptkb:John_Whitehurst
gptkb:James_Watt
gptkb:Joseph_Priestley
gptkb:Josiah_Wedgwood
gptkb:Matthew_Boulton
gptkb:Richard_Lovell_Edgeworth
gptkb:Erasmus_Darwin
gptkb:William_Withering
gptkb:Samuel_Galton
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Matthew_Boulton
gptkb:William_Small
gptkb:Lunar_Society
gptkb:The_Lunar_Men
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6