Formed under the patronage of Comte de Clermont, the Société focused on applying natural philosophy to practical arts.

Nollet assisted them with experiments in a wide variety of topics (e.g., anatomy of insects, fertilization of frogs, thermometry, pneumatics, phosphorescence, magnetism, and electricity) from about 1731 to 1735.

[6] From at least 1743, the Royal Academy of Sciences identified Nollet as the person who was particularly in charge of research about electricity.

These lectures, collected together and published as Leçons de physique expérimentale and L’Art des expériences, continued to inspire self-taught scientists through the 19th century.

[11] In 1746 Nollet gathered about two hundred monks into a circle about a mile (1.6 km) in circumference, with pieces of iron wire connecting them.

After 5 or 6 hours, the pig bladder became convex, and when he pricked it, liquid shot out rising more than 1 foot in height.