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Synonyms for galvanism
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : gal-vuh-niz-uh m |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæl vəˌnɪz əm |
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Définition of galvanism
Origin :- "electricity produced by chemical action," 1797, from French galvanisme or Italian galvanismo, from Italian physicist Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) who discovered it c.1792 while running currents through the legs of dead frogs.
- As in electricity : noun energized matter, power
- Galvanism was tried without the patient showing any contractility.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
- Has galvanism or electricity any share in the mysterious function?
- Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
- Magnetism, galvanism, electricity, are 'one form of many names.'
- Extract from : « Gryll Grange » by Thomas Love Peacock
- Miracles are told of galvanism; what have you to say about it?
- Extract from : « The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (of 3) » by Alexander Wheelock Thayer
- Volta read a communication on the identity of electricity and galvanism.
- Extract from : « Makers of Electricity » by Brother Potamian
- They tell me wonders of galvanism; what is your opinion of it?
- Extract from : « Life of Beethoven » by Anton Schindler
- Electricity too, in the form of galvanism, has never been idle.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences » by Edward Hitchcock
- Since 1800 he had been advancing knowledge by experiments with galvanism.
- Extract from : « Consolations in Travel » by Humphrey Davy
- Galvanism is the action of electricity upon animal bodies, and is so called from the name of its first discoverer, Galvani.
- Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous
- Galvanism and Voltaism are almost identical, since the latter is founded upon, and is a development of, the former.
- Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous
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