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Galvanism - Wikipedia
Galvanism is a term invented by the late 18th-century physicist and chemist Alessandro Volta to refer to the generation of electric current by chemical ... en.wikipedia.org
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GALVANISM Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 ... a direct current of electricity especially when produced by chemical action ... 2 ... the therapeutic use of direct electric current (as for pain relief) ... 3. www.merriam-webster.com
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The Body Electric - Smithsonian Libraries
To conduct an energetic fluid to the general seat of all impressions; to distribute its influence to the different parts of the nervous and muscular systems; to ... library.si.edu
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galvanism
galvanism (ˈgælvənɪz(ə)m) [a. F. galvanisme, f. the name of Luigi Galvani who first described the phenomena in 1792: see -ism.] Electricity developed by chemical action. Also, the application of this for therapeutic purposes.1797 Monthly Mag. III. 224 Volta..is employed..on an extensive work relativ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Galvanism - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Galvanism is defined as the contraction of the muscle resulting from the application of electrical currents to specific tissues of an organism. maryshelleysfrankenstein.omeka.net
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How Twitching Frog Legs Helped Inspire 'Frankenstein'
Ruston writes that Shelley was inspired by the concept of galvanism—the idea that scientists could use electricity to stimulate or restart life. www.smithsonianmag.com
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Galvanism, in Nicholson's British Encyclopedia (1809)
The idea that hydrogen is carried from the zinc to the copper wire, is strongly favoured by another experiment. knarf.english.upenn.edu
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Galvanism in 19th Century French Theater: Bringing Dead Words ...
By describing actors bringing obsolete or bad plays back to life, the galvanic metaphor graphically illustrates a physical operation that, apart ... medicalhealthhumanities.com
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Galvanism in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley | Summary & Quotes
Galvanism was the 18th- and 19th-century scientific theory that life is made up of "animal electricity," or electric currents that result in life. Galvanism is ... study.com
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Galvanism - Creatures of Thought
Galvani believed he had found a kind of “animal electricity” – that the metal was connecting two separate reservoirs of electric fluid in the muscles and ... technicshistory.com
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Galvanize (disambiguation)
software company), Vancouver based software company See also Galvanized Yankee, American Civil War prisoners recruited by their respective captors Galvanism wikipedia.org
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galvano-
galvano- (ˈgælvənəʊ) used as combining form of galvanic or galvanism, in various hyphened compounds, as galvano-caustic a., relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic; galvano-caustics, ‘the science of the galvano-cautery’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1885); galvano-cauterization, cauterization by means o... Oxford English Dictionary
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galvanize
galvanize, v. (ˈgælvənaɪz) Also -ise. [ad. F. galvaniser: see galvanism and -ize.] 1. trans. To apply galvanism to; to stimulate by means of a galvanic current. Also absol.1802 Med. Jrnl. VIII. 259 The heat is likewise increased in the part which is galvanised. 1825 Syd. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 203 Ga... Oxford English Dictionary
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Galvin
railway station, Melbourne, Australia Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, later renamed Motorola See also Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist Galvanism wikipedia.org
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Luigi Galvani
essentially, objected to Galvani’s conclusions about "animal electric fluid", but the two scientists disagreed respectfully and Volta coined the term "Galvanism In Frankenstein, Victor studies the principles of galvanism but it is not mentioned in reference to the creation of the Monster. wikipedia.org
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