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Image number: RS.9193
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Experiments on galvanism with frogs
Date
1804
Object type
Library reference
R68357
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 195mm
width (print): 125mm
width (print): 125mm
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Content object
Description
Illustration from chapter on "The influence of two dissimilar metals on the muscular fibres of a frog", from Elements of galvanism, in theory and practice, by Charles Henry Wilkinson (London, 1804) the 'Lecturer on Galvanism in Soho-square'.
Elements of was an early history of galvanism and Galvani's experiments in the 1780s and 1790s, and a practical manual showing how to perform experiments in 'animal electricity'.
Elements of was an early history of galvanism and Galvani's experiments in the 1780s and 1790s, and a practical manual showing how to perform experiments in 'animal electricity'.
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