[ARC5] Radios in the Movies

[AKLDGUY .]

Interesting. That May 1938 issue is the only one I have.
It's been so long since I acquired it that I've forgotten
when and how.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM


On 2/22/16, Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>      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
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>>> Richard Knoppow
>>> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
>>> WB6KBL
>>>
>>>
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