The Royal Institution
Why did the Royal Institution used to have a froggery? Before more sophisticated methods for detecting electricity emerged, Michael Faraday and his colleagues used a rather brutal method…
No frogs were harmed in the making of this video. Well, not since the 1800s.
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In the archives of the Royal Institution there is a long dead frog in a glass box, with metal plates sticking through his legs. There are also accounting records of orders for live frogs, and a wooden board that once marked the location of the froggery. See a photo of the frog on our advent calendar here: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/supercharged-fuelling-the-future/thermodynamics-2016-advent-calendar/15–faradays-frogs?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=201612_channel_advent
Luigi Galvani pioneered the use of frogs as a way of testing for electric current when he discovered that a dead frog’s legs would twitch when sparked with electricity. Michael Faraday and his mentor Humphry Davy were at the forefront of early experiments with electricity and electromagnetism, but imagine trying to do those experiments without any reliable way of testing your circuits.
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Rest In Peace(s) frogs. Great video, both with the visuals and audio.
I picture a hybrid Swiss army frog that measured voltage and determined if the circuit was pregnant.
Interesting
What a gross person…
Yeah because killing innocent animals is hilarious…
wont somebody think of the frogs
Because back then you'd probably be hung for witchcraft being in possession of a multimeter.
Praise Kek.
If Faraday were around today he could use flat Earthers as test subjects instead of frogs.
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Faraday is my hero,and frog legs are a good volt meter and are delicious at the same time.
Can you provide a link to the picture of the Froggery sign?
PETA is watching…lol.
Smashed the head of a frog ! At least have some mercy in your language if not in action 😕
"There goes Faraday, electrocuting Frenchmen again…"
12 frogs disliked the video.