Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) Italian physiologist, c1762. Galvani discovered anmial electricity, voltaic or galvanic electricity, when investigating contraction of muscles in legs of dead frogs as shown in this illustration. From 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse', (Paris, 1880). Engraving.

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Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) Italian physiologist, c1762. Galvani discovered anmial electricity, voltaic or galvanic electricity, when investigating contraction of muscles in legs of dead frogs as shown in this illustration. From 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse', (Paris, 1880). Engraving.

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