Frog battery
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frog-battery-239-9028825
title:
Frog battery
text:
A frog battery is an electrochemical battery consisting of a number of dead frogs, which form the cells of the battery connected in a series arrangement. It is a kind of biobattery. It was used in early scientific investigations of electricity and academic demonstrations. The principle behind the battery is the injury potential created in a muscle when it is damaged, although this was not fully understood in the 18th and 19th centuries; the potential being caused incidentally due to the dissect
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encyclopedia
description:
Obsolete electrochemical battery using dead frogs
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_battery
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date modified:
2024-02-29T16:49:14Z
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