102 HISTORY OF GALVANISM. 



may remark, that the impulse which was given, in 

 the first instance, by Galvani's original experi- 

 ments, was revived by Volta's discovery of the 

 pile, and was carried to the highest pitch by Sir 

 H. Davy's application of it to chemical decompo- 

 sition, seems to have, in a great measure, subsided. 

 It may be conjectured that we have carried the 

 power of the instrument to the utmost extent of 

 which it admits ; and it does not appear that we 

 are at present in the way of making any important 

 additions to our knowledge of its effects, or of ob- 

 taining any new light upon the theory of its 

 action. 



