Galvani
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1. Galvani - Noun
2. Galvani - Proper noun
Meaning
Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)
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Angelo Mariani conducted the performance, which starred Italo Campanini as Lohengrin, Bianca Blume as Elsa, Maria Löwe Destin as Ortrud, Pietro Silenzi as Telramund, and Giuseppe Galvani as Heinrich der Vogler.
Galvani refuted this by obtaining muscular action with two pieces of the same material.
The electric field is not the only factor determining charge flow in a material, and different materials naturally develop electric potential differences at equilibrium ( Galvani potentials ).
ISBN 0-12-521546-0 p. 248 In his essay Galvani concluded that animal tissue contained a here-to-fore neglected innate, vital force, which he termed "animal electricity," which activated nerves and muscles spanned by metal probes.
Volta's invention built on Luigi Galvani 's 1780s discovery of how a circuit of two metals and a frog's leg can cause the frog's leg to respond.
Galvani led Independence to a 13-12 record.