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OCR: LUIGI GALVANI (1737 98) HE ITALIAN scientist Luigi Galvani spent much ofhis life studying electricity. He found out that dead frog's slegs contract when they are attached to an iron board by brass hooks. He suspected that there was electricity in the frog muscles which he named animal electricity. Anotl ther Italian scientist Alessandro Volta (1745 -1827), challenged this idea. He believed that the two metals had reacted togetl her make the electricity. Neither theory was entirely correct. Galvani also carried out experiments with electric charges. An instrumen for measuring electric current Is called galvanometer in his honor LIFE ALSO STORY Galyani frop legs Another together instrument