In 1780, the Italian physicist Luigi Galvani discovered the irritability of frog muscles caused by electricity (here using a metal arc). Illustration from "Les Merveilles de la science ou description populaire des inventions modernes" written by Louis Figuier and published in 1867 by Furne, Jouvet et Cie.

• Contributor: Photo 12 / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: 2WB4BY9
• File size: 108.3 MB (5 MB Compressed download)
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• Dimensions: 5159 x 7337 px | 43.7 x 62.1 cm | 17.2 x 24.5 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 1867
• Photographer: Photo12

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