[AT] Names that have become generic

Brian VanDragt bvandragt at intraworldcom.net
Wed Mar 31 18:58:10 PST 2004


Condensation is when a gas changes state into a liquid.  I've never seen
liquid electricity, so I'll just call ignition condensers "electron
concentrators" from now on.  Absolute zero is too cold for me to stand
around and watch electricity freeze. :-)

Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert L. Holtzer" <rholtzer at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Names that have become generic


> There is condensation in the sense that electrons are stored in a
> relatively small area.  Otherwise, condensation might truly occur near
> absolute zero??
>
> Bob Holtzer
>
> At 06:27 PM 3/31/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >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
> > > > >
> > > > > http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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