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

  1. ^ de la Pena, p. 95
  2. ^
    • de la Pena, p. 95
    • Chalovich, 20' 30"
  3. ^ Tate, p. 37
  4. ^ de Young, p. 88
  5. ^
    • Pinchuk et al., p. 277
    • Chalovich, 20' 30"
  6. ^ Borck, p. 105
  7. ^ Martellucci, pp. 8-9
  8. ^ Martellucci, p. 4

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