Galvanism

  • 71Voltaic electricity — Voltaic Vol*ta ic, a. [Cf. F. volta[ i]que, It. voltaico.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science;… …

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  • 72Voltaic element — Voltaic Vol*ta ic, a. [Cf. F. volta[ i]que, It. voltaico.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science;… …

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  • 73Voltaic pile — Voltaic Vol*ta ic, a. [Cf. F. volta[ i]que, It. voltaico.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science;… …

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  • 74Voltaic protection of metals — Voltaic Vol*ta ic, a. [Cf. F. volta[ i]que, It. voltaico.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science;… …

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  • 75Voltaism — Vol ta*ism, n. [Cf. F. volta[ i]sme.] (Physics) That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; called also… …

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  • 76Erasmus Darwin — Infobox Person name = Erasmus Darwin image size = 171px caption = Erasmus Darwin. birth date = birth date|1731|12|12|df=y birth place = Elston Hall, Elston, Nottinghamshire near Newark on Trent death date = Death date and… …

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  • 77Giovanni Aldini — whose treatise on muscular electricity he edited with notes in 1791.He became professor of physics at Bologna in 1798, in succession to his teacher Sebastiano Canterzani (1734 1819). His scientific work was chiefly concerned with galvanism and… …

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  • 78Hypnosis — For the states induced by hypnotic drugs, see Sleep and Unconsciousness. Hypnotized redirects here. For other uses, see Hypnotized (disambiguation). Hypnosis Applications Hypnotherapy Stage hypnosis Self hypnosis Origins Animal magnetism Franz… …

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  • 80Varney the Vampire — or The Feast of Blood was a mid Victorian era gothic horror story by James Malcolm Rymer (alternatively attributed to Thomas Preskett Prest), which first appeared 1845 47 in a series of pamphlets generally referred to as penny dreadfuls because… …

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