[ARC5] Radios in the Movies

[Richard Knoppow]

    I was going to reply that you are surely wrong but I looked at 
several books published between about 1922 and 1947 and could not find 
the term "capacitor" used. Its always condenser although the property of 
a condenser is described as capacitance.  I am not sure how large a 
"condenser" (or capacitor either) existed in the 1890s and am not sure 
how to find out. Certainly, there was high voltage, in fact very high 
voltage, so its possible a capacitor large enough to kill could have 
existed. This sounds like an interesting series.

On 2/16/2016 12:37 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> 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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