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When did the terminology change from condenser to capacitor
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Well, they were the Leyden jars first.
The "condenser" was first used by Volta in 18th century.
In my country we called them (and it is still the case) "kondensator".
I suspect the capacitor became common some time in 60-s-70-s.


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RE: When did the terminology change from condenser to capacitor - by morzh - 05-07-2013, 10:58 PM



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