[ARC5] Radios in the Movies

[Richard Knoppow]

     I thought I had some "Radio" magazines earlier than 1938 but don't 
seem to.  However, I found the same thing in the ones I have. Solar did 
not seem to advertise in QST but other companies seem to use the term 
"condenser" in 1938. Maybe QST policy or East coast vs: West coast, who 
knows. The point is that I was sure I had seen the term "capacitor" used 
earlier than the mid-1950s.
     Its interesting to look at the evolution of nomenclature and of 
schematic symbols over the years, especially in the early days of 
Wireless.  The schematics are often simplified drawings of the 
components much like physical wiring diagrams. These later evolved into 
what amount to hieroglyphics of the sort we use now.

On 2/21/2016 12:40 PM, AKLDGUY . wrote:
> >From my archives, I brought out my May 1938 issue of Radio magazine.
> In articles submitted by readers, the word is 'condenser' throughout,
> but when I got to the advertising section I found:
>
> Cornell-Dubilier - 'capacitor', pg 67
> Mallory - 'condenser', pg 75
> Transoil - 'capacitor', pg 78
> General Electric - 'capacitor', pg 85
> Bud Radio - 'condenser', pg 86
> Cardwell - 'condenser', pg 89
> Aerovox - 'capacitor', pg 91
>
> It seems that a transition to 'capacitor' had already started by 1938.
>
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
>
>
> On 2/22/16, Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>       Well, this is a dead horse now but I will beat it just the same. I
>> just ran across an ad from Solar, once a major manufacturer of
>> capacitors, in QST. Its dated July 1946, the name of the company is
>> Solar Capacitor Sales Co and the product is described as "capacitors".
>> So the term was in use at least in the mid-1940s.
>>       BTW, does anyone know what happened to Solar?  They seem to have
>> disappeared around the late 1940s along with Micamold.
>>
>> 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
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> ARC5 mailing list
>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arc5
>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>>> Post: mailto:ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>>>
>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>>
>> --
>> Richard Knoppow
>> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
>> WB6KBL
>>
>>

-- 
Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/arc5/attachments/20160221/ccd885ee/attachment.html>