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Electricity in the Home- The History of Electricity.  

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Electricity in the Home- The History of Electricity Identify- Recognise and name Gather- To bring together in one place or group form various sources. Process- A course or method of operations in the production of something. Analyse- Separate information into its components for its study and interpretation Discuss- Identify issues and provide points for and/or against, i.e, merits and faults. Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) was an Italian physician and physicist. He was one of the first to investigate the phenomenon of what came to be named as 'bioelectrogenesis'. Galvani reported a series of experiments he had been conducting since 1780 where fog's legs violently contracted if a metal scalpel accidentally touched a certain leg nerve during dissection. He showed that contractions occurred when the operator made contact with the nerve by means of an electric conductor connected to the ground, when the electrostatic machine was working or when there was a lighting strike in the vicinity. There...

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