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Description: Michael Faraday's diagram of the setup for his "Experimental Researches in Electricity" on the electric eel, 1838. The fish is in a circular wooden tub in shallow water. He noted that the strongest shock was obtained when both hands were placed in the water, at positions 1 and 8.
Title: Faraday Gymnotus 1838
Credit: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rstl.1839.0002
Author: Michael Faraday
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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