Johann Georg Sulzer

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Johann Georg Sulzer (1720 - 1779) was a German professor of Mathematics, later on moved on to the field of electricity. He was a Wolffian philosopher and director of the philosophical section of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.

Sulzer happened to put the tip of his tongue between pieces of two different metals whose edges were in contact. He exclaimed, "a purgent sensation, reminds me of the taste of green vitriol when I placed my tongue between these metals." He thought the metals set up a vibratory motion in their particles which excited the nerves of taste.

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  • Unterredungen über die Schönheit der Natur (1750)
  • Gedanken über den Ursprung der Wissenschaften und schönen Künste (1762)
  • Allgemeine Theorie der schönen Künste (1771-74)
  • Vermischte philosophische Schriften (1773/81)
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