Notebook recording experiments by Signor Aldini
TitleNotebook recording experiments by Signor Aldini
ReferenceMS0262
Level of descriptionfonds
Date1802
Admin./ biographical historyGiovanni Aldini was a Physicist and Physician. He was Professsor of Experimental Physics at the University of Bologna in 1798. In the early nineteenth century, he embarked on a European tour to convince the scientific community of the existence of animal electricity and of the medical application of galvanism. His demonstrations and practical lessons took place in the anatomical ampitheatres of London.
For more information on Aldini's life and career, please see his entry in the Dictionary of Scientific Biography via Dibner, Bern (1970). "Giovanni Aldini". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 107–108.
William Clift was a Naturalist and Conservator of the Hunterian Museum. For more detailed information on Clift, please see MS0007.
For more information on Aldini's life and career, please see his entry in the Dictionary of Scientific Biography via Dibner, Bern (1970). "Giovanni Aldini". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 107–108.
William Clift was a Naturalist and Conservator of the Hunterian Museum. For more detailed information on Clift, please see MS0007.
Scope and ContentNotebook with illustrations recording experiments on the galvanic fluid by Signor Aldini at the Theatre of Anatomy, Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, 20 December 1802. The front cover of the notebook was written by William Clift, the record of the experiments was written by an unknown hand.
Extent1 notebook
LanguageEnglish
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SubjectLondon, UK, Experiments
