[ARC5] Radios in the Movies

Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon2006 at frontier.com
Tue Feb 16 15:37:59 EST 2016


On 16 Feb 2016 at 19:35, John Saxon via ARC5 wrote:

> 
> On the PBS murder mystery "Murdock Mysteries"  Murdock reported to the 
> authorities that the victim had been electrocuted by a huge 'capacitor.'  The
> setting of this series is in 19th century England.  According to my research,
> they were not called 'capacitors' until mid-50s.  Previously, they were known
> as 'condensers.'

...or Leyden jars...

Ken W7EKB


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