Galvanism is the action of electricity upon animal bodies, and is so called from the name of its first discoverer, Galvani.
636. What is Voltaic electricity?
Voltaic electricity is the electricity that is developed during chemical changes, and is so called after Volta, who enlarged upon the theory of Galvani.
637. What are the differences between mechanical, or frictional electricity, Voltaic electricity, Galvanism, and magnetism?
Frictional electricity is electricity suddenly liberated under the effects of the motion, or the mechanical disturbance of bodies.
Voltaic electricity is a steady flow of an electric current, arising from the gradual changes of chemical phenomena.
Galvanism and Voltaism are almost identical, since the latter is founded upon, and is a development of, the former. But the term Galvanism is frequently used when speaking of the development of electricity in animal bodies.
Magnetism is the electricity of the earth, and is understood to imply the fixed electricity of terrestrial bodies.
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