The distributor was invented by Charles Kettering at Delco and first used in
the 1910 Cadillac.
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From: "Manfred Mornhinweg" <manfred@ludens.cl>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2017 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Mobile Amps ?
Carl,
It has been called a condensor ever since the distributor was invented.
Called that by people from all walks of life and education,
DIY parts houses.
And in fact that's probably the correct word! Early electronics books too
called it condenser or condensor, and the word relates directly to the
Spanish "condensador" and the German "Kondensator", among others. The
modern English word "capacitor", although so familiar to us, seems to be a
construction. Just like "inductor" instead of "coil", and "voltage"
instead of "tension" or "potential". Some people even say "amperage"
instead of "current", "wattage" instead of "power", and so on! Ugh!
Manfred
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