Noun
Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)
Source: WordNetVolta'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. Source: Internet
The significant reduction in the Church's power led to a period of great thought and invention, with scientists such as Alessandro Volta and Luigi Galvani making new discoveries and greatly contributing to science. Source: Internet
Work by Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta uncovered the electrochemical properties of zinc by 1800. Source: Internet