Luigi Galvani
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Luigi Galvani was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher who studied animal electricity. In 1780, using a frog, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitched when str
Portrait of Galvani at the Palazzo Poggi
Experiment De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari.
Electrodes touch a frog, and the legs twitch into the upward position. (see also: Frog galvanoscope)
Luigi Galvani's monument in Piazza Luigi Galvani (Luigi Galvani Square), in Bologna.
Galvanization
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Galvanization is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting. The most common method is hot-dip galvanizing, in which the parts are coated by submerging them
Luigi Galvani
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Galvanized surface with visible spangle
Protective effect: completely rusted letter box mounted to a hot-dip galvanized wall
Galvanized nails
Rusted corrugated steel roof