>> No need to apologise. In fact you are in a sense right as a VERY
>> long time ago capacitors used to be know as CONDENSORS.
>>
>> real old telepgraph equipment used in the early 1900's .... is
>> where I first saw a capacitor called a condensor.

>For what it's worth, the capacitor that's placed across the points in
>automotive contact-point ignitions is STILL called a "condensor".

That's a bit strange....

In norwegian we use the word "kondensator" for a capacitor. (All types,
not only the automotive ones)

"kondensator" and "condensor" is not so different..


-Oyvind