[AT] Names that have become generic

[George Willer]

Brian,

Maybe you don't know about Fred Conden?  :-)  He's the guy who discovered
that you can indeed accumulate electricity in a capacitor, thus the name.

George Willer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian VanDragt" <bvandragt at intraworldcom.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Names that have become generic


> Why is a condenser called a condenser?  It is actually a capacitor.  It
> stores an electrical charge and acts as a buffer, but how can one
"condense"
> electricity? :-)
>
> Brian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Bivens" <bivenshill at yahoo.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 3:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Names that have become generic
>
>
> > George,
> > Are you pulling our leg here? LOL. It only makes sense
> > to me for it to be called a starter since it "starts"
> > the engine. In the same sense a generator is called a
> > generator because it generates, a condenser is called
> > such because it condenses and so forth. Isn't commence
> > just a synonym for start? Why would one be more
> > correct than the other? Might be just as correct to
> > call it a "cranker". I am sure the word "start" was
> > around a long time before Charles Kettering. Whether
> > you are pulling our legs or not I am getting a big
> > laugh out of this.
> >
> > Tim Bivens, Glen Rose, Texas
> >
> >
> > --- George Willer <gwill at toast.net> wrote:
> > > Dean,
> > >
> > > The first one I thought of is the starter.  It was
> > > invented by Charles
> > > Starter Kettering and takes his middle name.  The
> > > proper name is
> > > "commencer".  :-)
> > >
> > > George Willer
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
> > > To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 1:21 AM
> > > Subject: [AT] Names that have become generic
> > >
> > >
> > > > I was doing some parts hunting today and ran
> > > across an item that I
> > > > automatically called a starter "Bendix". However,
> > > that isn't really the
> > > > correct name. It's the name of one of the
> > > companies that makes or made
> > > them.
> > > > It reminded me of some other items like the name
> > > Kleenex that is used for
> > > > all similar type items.
> > > >
> > > > It is a manufacturers dream to get that kind of
> > > name recognition. What
> > > other
> > > > antique tractor parts besides "Bendix" have
> > > achieved that status?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dean A. Van Peursem
> > > > Snohomish, WA 98290
> > > >
> > > > CRS = Having a Photographic Memory but a shortage
> > > of unused film.
> > > >
> > > > www.deerelegacy.com
> > > >
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