Galvani
[gæl'va:ni]
Definition
(noun.) Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798).
Typist: Ursula--From WordNet
Examples
- Volta of Pavia, took decided issue with Galvani and maintained that the pretended animal electricity was nothing but electricity developed by the contact of two different metals. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The discovery of galvanic electricity by Galvani--1786-1790. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The discoveries of Galvani and Volta at once set leading scientists at work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The focus of his scientific interest, however, rested on the furtherance of the application of the electrical studies of Galvani and Volta in chemical analysis. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The development of the battery began with Galvani in 1790, and Volta in 1800. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Thaddeus