actinism

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A sunbeam may be capable of three divisions--LIGHT, HEAT, and ACTINISM; the last causes all the chemical changes, and is the acting power upon surfaces prepared to receive the photographic image.

From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by Humphrey, S. D. (Samuel Dwight)