If by "it" you mean the motion of the current, the answer is yes. Think of the cell/device as the sky, the anode is the place where the current enters it (where the sun rises into it), and the cathode where it departs (goes down, cata, as in catacombs). See the wikipedia articles for the full story.
Michel 2009/4/18, Harry Veeder <[email protected]>: > > 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 >> > >> > >> >> > >
