[2] Some little-known but delightful observations in the prehistory of electromagnetism are described in a letter written by G. W. SCHILLING from London to the Berlin Academy on July 8, 1769, published as "Sur les phenomenes de l'Anguleil Tremblante" [_Nouveaux Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres_, 1770 (Berlin, 1772), pp. 68-74], translated to French from the original German. The letter recounts a multitude of experiments with various electric eels. The two observations of electromagnetic interest are that a piece of iron held by the hand in the eel's tank could be felt quivering even when the fish was stationary several inches away, and a compass needle showed a deflection, both in the water near the fish, and outside the tank, also with the fish stationary. [3] ABRAHAM BENNET, _Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London_ (1787), p. 26. [4] Op. cit. (footnote 1), p. 403. [5] _Philosophical Magazine_ (1800), vol. 7, pp. 289-311. [For a facsimile reprint, see _Galvani-Volta_ (Bern Dibner's Burndy Library Publication No. 7), Norwalk, Connecticut, 1952.] [6] MICHAEL FARADAY, _Experimental Researches in Electricity_, vol. 1 (London, 1839), paragraph 739, dated January 1834. [7] Ibid., sec. 741. [8] JAMES CUMMING, "On the Application of Magnetism as a Measure of Electricity," _Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society_ (1821), vol. 1, pp. 282-286. [Also published in _Philosophical Magazine_ (1822), vol. 60, pp. 253-257.] [9] H. C. OERSTED, _Experimenta Circa Effectum Conflictus Electrici in Acum Magneticam_ (Copenhagen, July 21, 1820). [10] Full details of Oersted's work and publications are in _Oersted and the Discovery of Electromagnetism_ (Bern Dibner's Burndy Library Publication No. 18), Norwalk, Connecticut, 1961. The original Latin version and first English translation are reproduced in _Isis_ (1928), vol. 34, pp. 435-444. [11] A. M. AMPERE, _Annales de Chimie et de Physique_ (1820), vol. 15, p. 67. The word "galvanometer" had been used much earlier by BISCHOF, "On Galvanism and its Medical Applications," _The Medical and Physical Journal_ (1802), vol 7, p. 529, for a form of goldleaf electroscope shown here in figure 2, but this use of the word does not seem to have been adopted by others. [12] Op. cit. (footnote 6), paragraph 283, dated January 1833. A similar attitude was expressed in the same year by CHRISTIE, _Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London_ (1833), vol. 123, p. 96: "I adopt the word current as a convenient mode of expression, ... but I would not be considered as adopting any theoretical views on the subject...."