He really likened it to the motion of the Sun? harry ----- Original Message ----- From: Michel Jullian <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:42 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT:Whewell
> He also coined, on Faraday's request, the words anode (from Greek > anodos = way up) and cathode (way down), where what goes up or down is > not current nor electrons nor ions, but... the Sun, unobviously! > > Michel > > /4/16, Harry Veeder <[email protected]>: > > Biography of the man who coined the words "scientist" and > "physicist":> > > http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Whewell.html > > > > Harry > > > > > >
