How Zapping Dead Frog Legs Gave Us the Modern World

Thanks to Opera for sponsoring this video. Click here: https://opr.as/04-Opera-browser-chemi... to upgrade your browser for FREE! 🛒 CHEMISTORIAN MERCH LAUNCH SALE UNTIL 2ND MAY: https://chemistorian.dashery.com/ Electrochemistry began with some gruesome experiments - making frogs' legs twitch, and making dead bodies move. This was the work of Luigi Galvani and his nephew, Giovanni Aldini. Shortly afterwards, yet another Italian chemist - Alessandro Volta - used this principle of 'Galvanism' to create the 'Voltaic Pile' - the world's first electrical battery. This allowed scientists such as Humphry Davy to make some amazing experiments. Join me for the full story! 👨‍🔬 Interested in bonus content? Check out my Patreon:   / chemistorian   🛒 For official merch, check out my store: https://chemistorian.dashery.com/ ☕️ If you'd rather make a one-off donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/chemistorian Thanks for your support! 🎥 My video on the Davy's work on laughing gas:    • The Victorian Party Gas That Changed the W...   Timestamps: 0:00 - Raising the dead 1:26 - The discovery of electric charge 2:33 - Franklin's kite experiment 3:35 - Galvani's experiments on frogs' legs 4:58 - Opera 6:25 - The Voltaic Pile & 'Galvanism' 9:38 - Cruickshank's trough battery 10:33 - Faraday's 'froggery' 11:51 - Davy steps onto the scene ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #science #chemistry #physics #biology #history —————————————————————————————————————————— ATTRIBUTIONS: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/... https://wellcomecollection.org/works/... https://wellcomecollection.org/works/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BE... https://wellcomecollection.org/works/... https://wellcomecollection.org/works/... Track 1239053– Monetization ID FUPVCPOUINZXG56I. Divider by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/divider/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ CGI Snake by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/divider/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/