Actually Kettering invented the ignition circuit which includes coil,
breaker points(and condenser of course) and the distributor. And the
year was 1907
73, George
W2GS
On 4/15/2017 6:47 PM, Carl wrote:
The distributor was invented by Charles Kettering at Delco and first
used in the 1910 Cadillac.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfred Mornhinweg"
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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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