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Galvani
[ gahl-vah-nee ]
noun
- Lu·i·gi [loo-, ee, -jee], 1737–98, Italian physiologist whose experiments led to the discovery that electricity can result from chemical action.
Galvani
/ ɡalˈvaːni /
noun
- GalvaniLuigi17371798MItalianSCIENCE: physiologist Luigi (luˈiːdʒi). 1737–98, Italian physiologist: observed that muscles contracted on contact with dissimilar metals. This led to the galvanic cell and the electrical theory of muscle control by nerves
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Volta actually made this battery, then known as the Voltaic Pile, but he made it because of Galvani's discovery.
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The wife of Galvani, who was present, was surprised to observe that every time he did so the limbs of the frogs moved as if alive.
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Galvani, a professor of anatomy in the university of Bologna, was one day making experiments on electricity.
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As in the case of Galvani's frog, the laughable occurrences that you refuse to believe reveal the existence of new unknown forces.
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Galvani did not know that he had discovered a new source of electricity.
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