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Image number: RS.9196
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Galvani's electrical experiments on frogs legs
Date
1792
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Library reference
24754
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height (print): 205mm
width (print): 280mm
width (print): 280mm
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Description
Galvani's experiments on the effect of electricity on dissected animals in the 1780s and 1790s.The effect was first noticed in frog’s legs. Illustration from De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentaries, by Luigi Aloisio Galvani (Modena, 1792).
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