Luigi Galvani, “De Viribus Electricitatis In Motu Musculari Commentarius”, 1791. PART TWO (2).

Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), “Elements of Chemistry”, 1789 was the topic of an earlier blog post.

Here I present: Luigi Galvani, “De Viribus Electricitatis In Motu Musculari Commentarius”, 1791. PART TWO (2).

INTRODUCTION.

Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) was an Italian physicist & physician who investigated the nature and effects of what he conceived to be electricity in animal tissue. His discoveries led to the invention of the bimetallic arc (a kind of voltaic-pile battery that makes possible a constant source of electricity. The illustration ABOVE embodies the Galvani observation of frogleg movement using zinc (Zn) & copper (Cu) as the “bimetallic arc” wire.

COMMENTS.

 

Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), “Elements of Chemistry”, 1789 was the beginning of “modern chemistry”.

Antoine Lavoisier was convicted and guillotined to death on 8 May 1794 in Paris, at the age of 50. However, his legacy as the founder of chemistry influenced others including Luigi Galvani. Lavoisier became a martyr for chemical science in 1794 as people saw his death as an attack on knowledge and truth. The periodic table of ions is shown ABOVE this blog post.