Electrochemical Terms 1791-1867 Michael Faraday [Wikipedia]

1834

Michael Faraday created electrochemical terms: electrode ηλεκτρον (electron), and οδοζ (a away). anode and cathode ανω (upwards), and οδοζ (a way); the way which the sun rises. κατα (downwards), and οδοζ (a way); the way which the sun sets. electrolyte ηλεκτρον (electron), and λυω (solvo). electrolyte (noun), electrolyze (verb). anion and cation ανιων that which goes up. κατιων that which goes down. Michael Faraday Experimental researches in electricity. Seventh series Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 124, pp. 77-122 (1834). (Received January 9, Read January 23, February 6 and 13, 1834) [DOI] [JSTOR] [Archive] Michael Faraday Experimental Researches in Electricity. Vol. I (Richard and John Edward Taylor, London, 1839) Chapter "Seventh Series", pp. 195-258 (pp. 196-197). [Archive] [Gutenberg]