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“The Violence of Impediments” Francis Bacon and the Origins of Experimentation By Carolyn Merchant* ABSTRACT Francis Bacon’s use of metaphors to characterize his nascent concept of experimentation must be interpreted within the historical context of his time. His approach to experimen-

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