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... ( and who , at an advanced age , is still living at Bath , in the enjoyment of his well - earned reputation ) , in his " Elements of Galvanism , " published in 1804 , calculated that the MATTEUCCI'S FROG - BATTERY . 27.
... ( and who , at an advanced age , is still living at Bath , in the enjoyment of his well - earned reputation ) , in his " Elements of Galvanism , " published in 1804 , calculated that the MATTEUCCI'S FROG - BATTERY . 27.
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... living animal , or one recently dead , was placed in contact with a piece of wire so that one end of it touched the tendon , and the other the body of the muscle , a current could always be detected circulating 30 ELECTRICITY AND ...
... living animal , or one recently dead , was placed in contact with a piece of wire so that one end of it touched the tendon , and the other the body of the muscle , a current could always be detected circulating 30 ELECTRICITY AND ...
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... living beings , and succeeded in ob- taining it in a state of tension from my own body . The great discovery of Galvani , and the more recent researches of Nobili , Matteucci , and others , next engaged our attention ; and , having ...
... living beings , and succeeded in ob- taining it in a state of tension from my own body . The great discovery of Galvani , and the more recent researches of Nobili , Matteucci , and others , next engaged our attention ; and , having ...
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... living fabric in ac- cordance apparently with the general laws of the universal diffusion of this agent throughout all matter , whether dead and inert , or quick and animated with the flame of life . It was this normal compound that I ...
... living fabric in ac- cordance apparently with the general laws of the universal diffusion of this agent throughout all matter , whether dead and inert , or quick and animated with the flame of life . It was this normal compound that I ...
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... living frame as well as in brute matter . It is now an incontrovertible fact , that no che- mical change can possibly occur without a dis- turbance of electric equilibrium . Let us , then , ask what processes of this character are going ...
... living frame as well as in brute matter . It is now an incontrovertible fact , that no che- mical change can possibly occur without a dis- turbance of electric equilibrium . Let us , then , ask what processes of this character are going ...
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