voltaism
(ˈvɒltəɪz(ə)m)
[f. Volta (see voltaic a.1) + -ism.]
The production of an electric current by the chemical action of a liquid on metals; galvanism as produced by Volta's methods.
| 1811 R. Turner Arts & Sci. xxix. 271 In voltaism, it is necessary that the bodies by which it is exhibited should have some chemical agency on each other. 1826 Good Bk. Nat. (1834) I. 219 Every one has now some knowledge of Galvanism and Voltaism. 1844 Noad Electricity (ed. 2) 132 That remarkable form of Electricity, known by the name of Galvanism or Voltaism. |