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=== Galvanism === | === Galvanism === | ||
[[File:A Galvanised Corpse.jpg|thumb|Cartoon of a galvanized corpse (1836)]] | |||
* Benjamin Franklin's discoveries in the mid-1700s of the nature of lightning as electricity spurred research into electricity | * Benjamin Franklin's discoveries in the mid-1700s of the nature of lightning as electricity spurred research into electricity | ||
* in the late 1700s, Luigi Galvani realized that muscle tissue reacted to electricity | * in the late 1700s, Luigi Galvani realized that muscle tissue reacted to electricity | ||
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** he proposed that electricity animated living things | ** he proposed that electricity animated living things | ||
** he called it "animal electricity" | ** he called it "animal electricity" | ||
*** became known as "Galvanism" | *** became known as "Galvanism" | ||
** became a cultural phenomenon (meme) | |||
*** cartoons and stories of corpses raised from the dead with electricity | *** cartoons and stories of corpses raised from the dead with electricity | ||
** the term "Galvanism" was actually coined by Alessandro Volta, who built the first chemical electric battery | ** the term "Galvanism" was actually coined by Alessandro Volta, who built the first chemical electric battery | ||