An account of the late improvements in galvanism : with a series of curious and interesting experiments performed before the commissioners of the French National Institute, and repeated lately in the anatomical theatres of London / by John Aldini ... ; to which is added, an appendix containing the author's experiments on the body of a malefactor executed at Newgate &c. &c. ; illustrated with engravings.

  • Aldini, Giovanni, 1762-1834.
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An account of the late improvements in galvanism : with a series of curious and interesting experiments performed before the commissioners of the French National Institute, and repeated lately in the anatomical theatres of London / by John Aldini ... ; to which is added, an appendix containing the author's experiments on the body of a malefactor executed at Newgate &c. &c. ; illustrated with engravings. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for Cuthell and Martin ... and J. Murray ... , by Wilks and Taylor ..., 1803.

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xi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 221 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ( [223]-[224] advertisements), 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm (4to)

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Signatures: A, a², B-2F(2F4 advertisements)
Engraved title vignette (medal)
Includes a translation (p. 133-188) of his De animali electricitate dissertationes duo
Edited by Robert Hooper

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