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Line 1: − The '''Lunar Society''' was a private club of [[scientists]], [[Industrialism|industrialists]], [[philosopher]]s and [[free thinker]]s that met in [[Birmingham]], [[England]], between 1765 and 1813. They met once a month on the full moon, hence their name, and they jokingly called themselves 'lunatics'. Membership included among others:+ − + − * [[Matthew Boulton]], inventor of the modern factory system of production − * [[James Watt]], inventor of the steam engine − * [[Erasmus Darwin]], physician, poet and natural philosopher − * [[Joseph Priestly]], scientist, discoverer of oxygen − * [[Josiah Wedgwood]], pottery manufacturer − * [[Benjamin Franklin]], scientist and politician − − The society also dabbled in politics, and as upholders of the rights of man put their support behind those other two great revolutions of the late 18th century, the [[American Revolution]] and the [[French Revolution]]. − − [[category:philosophers]] − [[category:International Political Organizations]] − [[category:industry]]
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