Latimer Clark noted that signals were delayed and elongated along a cable and Michael Faraday ( 1853 ) established that this was due to the capacitance present in the transmission line .
A cable is an undesirable form of distortion now called dispersion but then called retardation .
Latimer Clark noted that signals were delayed and elongated along a cable , an undesirable form of distortion now called dispersion but then called retardation , and Michael Faraday ( 1853 ) established that this was due to the capacitance present in the transmission line .