[Amps] Mobile Amps ?

[George]

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.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfred Mornhinweg" 
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>> 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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