• The Italian Alessandro Volta invented it. (aquacentrum.com)
  • This was state-of-the-art science: only three years earlier, Avogadro's fellow Italian Alessandro Volta had invented the electric battery.In 1806, aged 30, Avogadro abandoned his successful legal practice and started teaching mathematics and physics at a high school in Turin. (labzoneindia.com)
  • These appear to have influenced the thinking of Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta - the founders of electrophysiology and electrochemistry. (wikipedia.org)
  • So Galvani unknowingly created an electric circuit consisting of two different metals, an electrolyte ("salt water" in the frog's leg) and a "current indicator" (muscle). (scihi.org)
  • Volta believed that the contractions depended on the metal cable Galvani used to connect the nerves and muscles in his experiments. (scihi.org)
  • He encourages people to work the same time, Galvani critic Alessandro Volta, another Italian scientist, invented the electric battery. (jhornsby.co.uk)
  • In the 1820s, Michael Faraday, an English physicist and devout Christian, broke new ground by conducting experiments that revealed that moving magnets through loops of wire created an electric current. (museumofthebible.org)
  • These fish use their electric discharges for navigation, communication, mating, defence, and in strongly electric fish also for the incapacitation of prey. (wikipedia.org)
  • A whole-genome duplication event in the teleost lineage allowed for the neofunctionalization of the voltage-gated sodium channel gene Scn4aa which produces electric discharges. (wikipedia.org)
  • Various common phenomena are related to electricity, including lightning , static electricity , electric heating , electric discharges and many others. (webot.org)
  • The old town features many ancient structures and sites, such as the Tempio Voltiano museum, dedicated to Alessandro Volta, a local physicist known for the invention of the electric battery. (humbo.com)
  • Alessandro Volta, an Italian chemist and physicist, helped usher in this new age in 1800 with his invention of the first battery, or "voltaic pile," which proved electricity could be produced chemically and opened the door for greater advances in electromagnetic research. (museumofthebible.org)
  • He was helped in this by the prominent mathematical physicist Professor Vassalli Eandi.In 1803, in cooperation with his brother Felice, Avogadro published his first scientific paper, which looked at the electrical behavior of salt solutions. (labzoneindia.com)
  • Detailed descriptions of the powerful shocks that the electric catfish could give were written in ancient Egypt. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the electric catfish, the organs are located just below the skin and encase most of the body like a sheath. (wikipedia.org)
  • [2] Several ancient writers, such as Pliny the Elder and Scribonius Largus , attested to the numbing effect of electric shocks delivered by electric catfish and electric rays , and knew that such shocks could travel along conducting objects. (webot.org)
  • however, he later limited himself to examining their auditory organs. (scihi.org)
  • electrical current is then used to stimulate the surviving auditory nerve fibers ( Wilson, 2000 ). (asha.org)
  • While commercial cochlear implant systems have only been available since the 1980s, the idea of using electrical rather than acoustic stimulation to activate the auditory system in individuals with profound sensorineural hearing loss is not new. (asha.org)
  • In 1800, Alessandro Volta first reported that electrical stimulation to metal rods inserted in his ear canal created an auditory sensation. (asha.org)
  • They used this wire to stimulate the auditory nerve directly with electrical current and the person reported a clear auditory percept. (asha.org)
  • Phoebe Sarah Hertha Marks Ayrton (née Phoebe Sarah Marks) was an English electrical engineer, inventor and mathematician whose aptitude for science and mathematics began in school. (todayinsci.com)
  • Historic charm with its Gothic Cathedral, scenic views of Lake Como, local culinary delights, and tribute to inventor Alessandro Volta. (humbo.com)
  • Visit Tempio Voltiano in Como, a museum dedicated to inventor Alessandro Volta, showcasing his original creations and the Voltaic Pile. (humbo.com)
  • John Higson (Jack) Cover Jr. was an American inventor and aerospace engineer who invented the Taser stun gun weapon from an inspiration after reading of a man briefly immobilized by an electric fence. (todayinsci.com)
  • Who discovered that a moving magnet generates electric current known as electromagnetic induction? (quizio-naire.com)
  • The discovery of electromagnetic "induction" revolutionized how we make and use energy, paving the way for generators, stovetops, and even electric cars. (museumofthebible.org)
  • An hyperchamber ensemble made of both acoustic and electric instruments, created by guitarist Francesco Zago and producer Marcello Marinone as an extended and variable ensemble, Yugen mixes the extremism of classical avant-garde -count Conlon Nancarrow as one of the references here- with coldly ferocious aggressive lines of the 'avant progressive. (musicforwatermelons.com)
  • Fact is on 'Lasso' they try to work more with other genres which brings them closer to electric acoustic pop then the dancefloor. (europopmusic.eu)
  • However, in two marine groups, the stargazers and the torpedo rays, the electric organs are oriented along the dorso-ventral (up-down) axis. (wikipedia.org)
  • Electric organs are composed of stacks of specialised cells that generate electricity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge . (webot.org)
  • The theory of electromagnetism was developed in the 19th century, and by the end of that century electricity was being put to industrial and residential use by electrical engineers . (webot.org)
  • Long before any knowledge of electricity existed, people were aware of shocks from electric fish . (webot.org)
  • [10] This association gave rise to the English words "electric" and "electricity", which made their first appearance in print in Thomas Browne 's Pseudodoxia Epidemica of 1646. (webot.org)
  • This is how Volta became an electricity stacker, because the more coins and wet water rags he stacked on top of each other, the more electricity flowed. (aquacentrum.com)
  • Electric eels have stacks of several thousands of these cells, each cell producing 0.15 V. The cells function by pumping sodium and potassium ions across their cell membranes via transport proteins, consuming adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the process. (wikipedia.org)
  • 2019. Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator. (fishbase.se)
  • A great example, and one of the highpoints, is 'Valvoja-aika' ('Controller-time') which starts with a dramatic organ melody before commencing into a thrusting rhythm, pausing mid-song in an almost medieval sounding mandolin solo. (europopmusic.eu)
  • Alessandro Volta , a professor of experimental physics in the University of Pavia, was among the first scientists who repeated and checked Galvani's experiments. (scihi.org)
  • He composes a wide range of music styles, making him one of the most versatile, experimental and influential composers of all time, working in any medium. (alchetron.com)
  • Alexander Bain's idea was to use a paper roll with carefully aligned holes to mechanically roll over a linear air source that would blow through the holes over organ pipe reeds. (acousticmusic.org)
  • The basic system sees the gothic and symphonic sound of the pipe organ amalgamated with the power of the saxophones of David Jackson. (referencemusicstore.com)
  • The stack of electrocytes has long been compared to a voltaic pile, and may even have inspired the 1800 invention of the battery, since the analogy was already noted by Alessandro Volta. (wikipedia.org)
  • One of them was the invention of John McTammany who used a paper roll to trigger a spring loaded mechanical device operating a reed organ and another patented invention by Van Deusen (1867) used a paper roll to trigger a pneumatic striker. (acousticmusic.org)
  • Alessandro Volta gestures to his battery, which produced a stable electric current in a closed circuit by alternately stacking pairs of zinc discs, salt water-soaked pieces of cloth, and pairs of copper discs. (museumofthebible.org)
  • According to a controversial theory, the Parthians may have had knowledge of electroplating , based on the 1936 discovery of the Baghdad Battery , which resembles a galvanic cell , though it is uncertain whether the artifact was electrical in nature. (webot.org)
  • To do this you need electrical current from a battery, i.e. direct current. (aquacentrum.com)
  • George decided he would like to become an electrical engineer, until he learned that electrical engineers were deskbound most of the time. (famousscientists.org)
  • Ancient times were further ahead than we presume them to be there has been many discoveries that proved that the ancient Greeks, Romans, and other civilizations had devised numerous technologies to accomplish day-to-day work. (com.ng)
  • Electric fish were again reported millennia later by ancient Greek , Roman and Arabic naturalists and physicians . (webot.org)
  • Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity. (fishbase.se)
  • I have now been shoved into magneto encephalography (MEG) machines that measured and photographed my brain's electrical currents, as well as I on a screen have watched my resilient heart beating, something it has done for almost seventy years - at least sixty beats a minute, night and day. (in-spite-of-it-all-trots-allt.se)
  • In our time, almost 5000 years later, water is still not a safe drink worldwide and Louis Pasteur's statement that 90 percent of all diseases are transmitted through drinking water is still part of the world's reality today. (aquacentrum.com)
  • Electric organs are derived from modified muscle or in some cases nerve tissue, and have evolved at least six times among the elasmobranchs and teleosts. (wikipedia.org)
  • From this organ emanate nerve fibres scattered throughout the body, from where they receive and transmit signals to the grey fat mass, which processes and interprets them, during wakefulness as well as sleep. (in-spite-of-it-all-trots-allt.se)
  • The presence of either a positive or negative electric charge produces an electric field . (webot.org)
  • The movement of electric charges is an electric current and produces a magnetic field . (webot.org)
  • Taking up her husband's interest in electric arc experiments, Hertha designed improvements making arc lights quieter and more reliable. (todayinsci.com)
  • With the help of his young friend and neighbor Freddy Fisher, George began doing basic electrical experiments. (famousscientists.org)
  • or that it would become a powerful instrument of chemical analysis, and at the same time a thermoscope and a magnet. (scihi.org)
  • Electric potential is typically measured in volts . (webot.org)
  • In most electric fish, the electric organs are oriented to fire along the length of the body, usually lying along the length of the tail and within the fish's musculature, as in the elephantnose fish and other Mormyridae. (wikipedia.org)
  • An electric catfish's electric organ forms a sheath around much of the body. (wikipedia.org)
  • One and a half kilograms packed with 86 billion neurons, which through electrical impulses and chemical signals control and coordinate thoughts, feelings, behaviour, body movements and sensory impressions. (in-spite-of-it-all-trots-allt.se)
  • With new insight I read Walt Whitman's I Sing the Body Electric in his Leaves of Grass from 1855. (in-spite-of-it-all-trots-allt.se)
  • It fostered techniques that prevent the body from rejecting transplanted organs. (todayinsci.com)
  • Volta was a devout Catholic throughout his life, attending Mass daily and serving as a parish catechist. (museumofthebible.org)
  • For the first time in his life, the working-class kid from Brooklyn was introduced to the classic works of Shakespeare, the remarkable art of Rembrandt, and the magnificent music of Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. (famousscientists.org)
  • Explore the Duomo di Como for its mix of Gothic and Renaissance styles, beautiful stained glass, and large organ concerts. (humbo.com)
  • Not only is the Roman concrete is more durable than modern cement, it even gets stronger with time! (com.ng)
  • Electrical power is now the backbone of modern industrial society. (webot.org)
  • Originally inspired by the spirit and sound of post-punk, they soon started pioneering their own brand of ambient at a time (early 80s) when few people were interested in such a low-key approach. (listenrecords.net)
  • Since the 20th century, electric organs have received extensive study, for example, in Hans Lissmann's pioneering 1951 paper on Gymnarchus and his review of their function and evolution in 1958. (wikipedia.org)
  • Bok globules have a mass of 10 to 50 times the mass of the Sun and are about a light year across. (todayinsci.com)
  • The rapid expansion in electrical technology at this time transformed industry and society, becoming a driving force for the Second Industrial Revolution . (webot.org)
  • Electronics which deals with electrical circuits that involve active electrical components such as vacuum tubes , transistors , diodes and integrated circuits , and associated passive interconnection technologies. (webot.org)
  • Her beautiful society hostess mother, Claire, and New York Times bestselling author father, Ward, were the city's intellectual It couple. (blogspot.com)
  • According to Wald's son Elijah, reported by the New York Times, Wald did not receive a doctorate because he did not submit enough copies of his dissertation to Columbia's library. (famousscientists.org)
  • En barbette , In barbette , said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. (wordaz.com)
  • He worked in his garage and by the late 1960s had created a device resembling a flashlight that used gunpowder to fire darts able to deliver an electric shock to a target within 15 feet. (todayinsci.com)
  • It was now understood that muscle movement was based on electrical energy instead of air or fluids, disproving the balloonist theories. (scihi.org)
  • He named it with the acronym Taser from the initials of the words in Thomas A. Swift Electric Rifle adapted from a favorite science fiction book from his childhood, Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle . (todayinsci.com)
  • Today, the standard unit of electrical potential is named in his honor: the "volt. (museumofthebible.org)
  • My favorite Christmas tunes reminds why as a child the Yuletide used to be my favorite time of the year. (dreamweapons.net)
  • [3] Patients with ailments such as gout or headache were directed to touch electric fish in the hope that the powerful jolt might cure them. (webot.org)
  • Como has a rich history, dating back to Roman times. (humbo.com)
  • Jack Vreeswijk, son of Cornelis Vreeswijk, appears as guest singer on two songs, including the traditional 'Jag hade en gång en båt', made famous by the Beach Boys as 'Sloop John B' and one of Cornelis Vreeswijk's signature songs. (europopmusic.eu)
  • In the 1770s the electric organs of the torpedo ray and electric eel were the subject of Royal Society papers by John Walsh, Hugh Williamson, and John Hunter, who discovered what is now called Hunter's organ. (wikipedia.org)
  • I've been wondering about this for some time, but all the experts I've read on bonobos, including Frans De Waals, confine themselves to description, as well as pointing out how their society overturns ideas of inevitable human patriarchy. (ussromantics.com)
  • We need to work out the evolution of their society, if we can, in order to effectively take advantage of it for our own sakes, for if ever there has been a time for female leadership in the human world, it's now. (ussromantics.com)
  • It's true that Australia's richest person is a woman, Gina Rinehart (at one time the richest woman in the world), but she began with wealth inherited from her father Lang Hancock, a fact that, unsurprisingly, she's extremely sensitive about. (ussromantics.com)