2003 - Leo S. Olschki
E-book
Digital Version
The taming of the ray : electric fish research in the enlightenment from John Walsh to Alessandro Volta
xiv, 221 p.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- J. Walsh (1725-1795); A. Volta (1745-1827).
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Informations
ISBN: 8822252489
COLLECTION
Biblioteca di Nuncius. Studi e testi / Istituto e Museo di storia della scienza, Firenze ; 48
VEDETTES-MATIÈRE
- Electric fishes -- Research
- Electric organs in fishes -- Research
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Dans ce volume
- Foreword
- Chapter one - The journey
- Chapter two - La Rochelle and the Isle de Ré: a day by day chronicle of an intense season of experiments
- Chapter three - After La Rochelle: Walsh and Cavendish
- Chapter four - Alessandro Volta: from electric fish to the "artificial electric organ"
- Tavole
- Bibliography
- Autors and places index