Excellent Responses!

Hunter, you've done a great job on this project. I don't know if you realize how much you've discovered along the way, but I suspect you have some idea. Your next step is to print a copy of the original paper and start reading it. You have some background now as to the time and level of scientific development, so I will be interested to see if you have many questions as you read. I would like for you to post any questions or comments here so I can follow your progress as you work your way through this paper.

Excellent Work...but now...

I'd like for you to see if you can find any evidence on the internet that Volta and Benjamin Franklin may have been in contact with one another. They were both fascinated by electricity, but did they ever write to or meet one another? Franklin traveled quite often to France, so there may be some record of their knowing one another. Also, Galvani (you referred to him in your response) has a physiological (body) response named for him...can you find it? And tell me what causes that response. I know that this may seem like a "wild goose" chase, but I've got a method to my madness! Be sure to let me know what you find and also - I may have forgotten to mention - you need to be keeping up with the references you've used for your responses up to now, as well as for the rest of the time you're working on this project. You may want to post them each time to the blog response.