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Luigi Galvani's experiments with electricity, 1791. Artist: Unknown

Luigi Galvani's experiments with electricity, 1791. An electrostatic machine, a Leyden jar and various experiments conducted by Italian physiologist Galvani (1737-1798) to investigate behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity. Whilst investigating the effects of electrostatic stimuli applied to the muscles of frogs, Galvani discovered he could make a muscle twitch by touching the nerve with metal (a pair of scissors for example) without a source of electrostatic charge. He called this phenomenon 'animal electricity'. The term 'galvanise' - to shock or excite into action, takes its name from him. From De Viribus Electricitatis by Luigi Galvani. (Bologna, 1791).

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Titre: Luigi Galvani's experiments with electricity, 1791. Artist: Unknown

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Luigi Galvani's experiments with electricity, 1791. An electrostatic machine, a Leyden jar and various experiments conducted by Italian physiologist Galvani (1737-1798) to investigate behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity. Whilst investigating the effects of electrostatic stimuli applied to the muscles of frogs, Galvani discovered he could make a muscle twitch by touching the nerve with metal (a pair of scissors for example) without a source of electrostatic charge. He called this phenomenon 'animal electricity'. The term 'galvanise' - to shock or excite into action, takes its name from him. From De Viribus Electricitatis by Luigi Galvani. (Bologna, 1791).

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Taille d'impression: 24.5 × 18.4 cm | 1138.2 × 855.1 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: 18 18E 18EME XVIII XVIIIE XVIIIEME SIECLE • 18E SIECLE • 18EME S • BIOLOGIE • DIX-HUITIÈME SIÈCLE • ELECTRICITE • EXPERIENCE • EXPERIENCES • EXPERIMENTATION • ITALIE • MACHINE ELECTRIQUE DE WIMHURST • MONOCHROME • NOIR ET BLANC • PHYSIOLOGIE • PHYSIQUE ELECTRICITE • PREPARATION D'EXPERIENCE • SCIENCE: EXPERIENCES • XVIIIE SIECLE