[Amps] Mobile Amps ?

[Carl]

The distributor was invented by Charles Kettering at Delco and first used in 
the 1910 Cadillac.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Manfred Mornhinweg" <manfred at ludens.cl>
To: <amps at 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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