On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:34:42 +0000, Dave wrote:

Perhaps Newton kept his counterpoise in his garage - the historical
record is rather vague on this matter.


It's a capacitor.

History informs us he would have called it a condenser, your word came
into the language later from Le Compte a'Citor, Gauss's French Pen-Pal
from junior high.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC