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Galvani, Luigi
Born: 1737 AD
Died: 1798 AD, at 61 years of age.
Nationality: Italian
Categories: Physicians, Physicists
Died: 1798 AD, at 61 years of age.
Nationality: Italian
Categories: Physicians, Physicists
1737 - Born on the 9th of September.
1764 - He married the only daughter of a professor at the University of Bologna.
1772 - Galvani became president of the university.
1766 - Galvani began investigating the action of electricity upon the muscles of frogs.
1783 - According to popular version of the story, Galvani dissected a frog at a table where he had been conducting experiments with static electricity, Galvani's assistant touched an exposed sciatic nerve of the frog with a metal scalpel, which had picked up a charge.
1798 - Died on the 4th of December in Bologna.
1764 - He married the only daughter of a professor at the University of Bologna.
1772 - Galvani became president of the university.
1766 - Galvani began investigating the action of electricity upon the muscles of frogs.
1783 - According to popular version of the story, Galvani dissected a frog at a table where he had been conducting experiments with static electricity, Galvani's assistant touched an exposed sciatic nerve of the frog with a metal scalpel, which had picked up a charge.
1798 - Died on the 4th of December in Bologna.
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Commentary on the Effects of Electricity on Muscular Motion by Luigi Galvani (Hardcover - Sep 6, 2008) |
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Commentary on the effects of electricity on muscular motion. Translated into English by Margaret Glover Foley. With notes and a critical introduction by I. Bernard Cohen. Together with a facsimile of by Luigi Galvani (Hardcover - Sep 6, 2008) |
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Luigi Galvani, (1737-1798). by Luigi]. [GALVANI (Paperback - Sep 6, 2008) |
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Lezioni inedite di ostetricia di Luigi Galvani. Testo con introduzione a cura di Leonardo Giardina. by Luigi (1737-1798). GALVANI (Hardcover - Sep 6, 1965) |
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Galvani and the pre-galvanian electrophysiologists by H. E Hoff (Unknown Binding - Sep 6, 2008) |
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LÂ’Opera Medica di Luigi Galvani (con Riassunti di Manoscritti Inediti di Ostetricia). by Luigi] GALLASSI, Augusto&Baldassarre GIARDINA. [GALVANI (Paperback - Sep 6, 2008) |
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