Experiments and Observations Relative to the Influence Lately Discovered by M. Galvani, and Commonly Called Animal Electricity (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Richard Fowler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0267503121 ISBN 13: 9780267503124

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how early investigators linked metal contacts to living contractions and new ideas about electricity.

This edition presents the original account of Galvani’s surprise discoveries and the subsequent debates, showing how two different metals touching a nerve or muscle could trigger movements in living animals. It also follows the author’s careful efforts to test what conditions are truly necessary for these effects, including how moisture, contact, and the amount of metal influence results. The material ranges from frog experiments to observations about taste sensations, eye effects, and the limits of transmission through living tissue.

• See how the choice of metals and their arrangement affect contractions in nerves and muscles.
• Learn about unusual observations, such as metallic tastes and faint eye sensations produced by metal interactions.
• Understand the careful, step-by-step reasoning that scholars used to test a controversial idea.
• Get a window into historical methods for exploring electricity in living systems and how these ideas evolved.

Ideal for readers curious about the origins of electrical science, the biology of muscles and nerves, and the history of experimental philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0267503121
• ISBN 13: 9780267503124
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184