This is a list of forms of electricity named after scientists. The terms in this list are mostly archaic usages but are found in many 19th and early 20th-century publications.
Adjectives
- faradic
- Of electricity that is alternating, especially when obtained from an induction coil. Named after Michael Faraday who built the first electromagnetic generator.[1]
- galvanic
- Of electricity that is not alternating. Named after Luigi Galvani.[2]
- voltaic
- Of electricity derived from an electrochemical cell or battery. Named after Alessandro Volta who built the first battery, the voltaic pile. In most contexts it can be considered a synonym of galvanic.[3]
Nouns (applications)
- Faradization
- Electrotherapy treatment of a person with faradic electricity. Coined by Duchenne de Boulogne and named after Michael Faraday.[4]
- Franklinization
- Electrotherapy by charging a person to high voltage with static electricity. Named after Benjamin Franklin.[5]
- d'Arsonvalization
- Electrotherapy treatment of a person with high frequency electricity. Named after Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval.[6]
Nouns (forms)
- Faradism
- Faradic electricity[7]
- Franklinism
- High voltage static electricity as used in Franklinization[8]
- Galvanism
- Originally, voltaic electricity, but can also be used to distinguish Galvani's animal electricity from Volta's chemical/metal contact electricity
References
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- Tate, Thomas, On Magnetism, Voltaic Electricity, and Electrodynamics, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 OCLC 316488126.
- de Young, Mary, Encyclopedia of Asylum Therapeutics, 1750-1950s, McFarland, 2015 ISBN 0786468971.
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