Hi,

It is clear from the diagram that part of the experiment involves the frog legs moving as they are shown in two different positions. Thus either doing something causes the legs to move, or moving the legs causes something else to happen. It seems more plausible that something causes the legs to move.

They tried to repeat this experiment in France around that same year, but someone ate the experiment before they could perform it

The muscle contracts when a voltage is applied.

Conservation of energy may prove that a kickback voltage is produced by the leg as it is allowed to free fall back to the neutral position when the voltage is removed. I doubt it.

 

The muscle contracts when a voltage is applied.

Conservation of energy may prove that a kickback voltage is produced by the leg as it is allowed to free fall back to the neutral position when the voltage is removed. I doubt it.

Hi,

Yeah i doubt it too, or maybe just a little generation there.
But my main point was to clear up the question of what was meant to be depicted there, which appears to be a movement of the legs that contributes to the experiment,which narrows down what is being shown there. Once we acknowledge there is leg movement involved, the argument of what is really happening becomes more clear. I dont see why they would have drawn two different sets of legs otherwise.