590 GLOSSARY 



Baume', bo" ma'. Antoine (an-t6in') Baume, a French chemist, 1728- 



1804. 



bituminous, bi-tu' mi-nus. Coal with much volatile matter. Soft coal. 

 Boyle, b6yl. Robert Boyle, English physicist and chemist, 1627-1691. 

 bromine, bro' mm. A reddish-brown, liquid element with suffocating 



odor. 



buoyancy, boi' an-si. Power or tendency to keep afloat (noun), 

 bouyant, boi' ant. Tendency to float (adjective), 

 calcium carbide, &!' ci-um ear' bid. A rock-like chemical compound, 

 calorie, kal' o-re. A heat unit, 

 calorific, kal" o-rlf Ik. Heat producing. 



calorimeter, kal" o-rlm' e-ter. An apparatus for measuring heat, 

 calorimetry, kal" o-rlm' e-try. Process of measuring heat, 

 camphor, earn' for. A fragrant, gum-like compound, 

 capillarity, cap" il-lar' i-ty. Force or process by which water rises 



through soil. 



capita, ap' i-ta. Per capita (Latin) meaning per head or for each per- 

 son, 

 carbohydrate, kar" bo-hy' drat. A compound composed of carbon, 



hydrogen and oxygen, 

 carbureter, kar" bu-reV er. 1. A device for introducing hydrocarbons 



into water gas. 2. That part of a gasoline lamp or gasoline engine 



where gasoline gas and air are mixed. 



carniverous, kar-nlv' o-rus. Applied to flesh eating animals, 

 cellulose, sel' yu-los. A material composing the cell-walls of plant 



structure. 



Celsius, sel' si-us. A Swedish astronomer, 1701-1744. 

 centigrade, c,Sn' ti-grad. A thermometer scale (centum, Latin, meaning 



hundred). 



centrifugal, ggn-trlf ' yu-gal. Tendency to fly from the center. 

 Chambord, shan" bor'. A village in France, 

 chlorine, klo' rln. A greenish-yellow, gaseous, poisonous element, 

 cirrus, clr' us. A high cloud composed of hair-like fibers, 

 clinometer, ell-nom' e-ter. An instrument for determining altitude, 

 cloud. Water vapor condensed into visible particles floating in the air. 

 coagulate, 6-ag' yu-lat. To change a substance like blood to solid form, 

 coccus, 6e' us (pi. cocci, oe' 91). A sperical bacterium, 

 conduit, c8n' dlt. A tube or pipe for electric wires or conducting water, 

 conserving, c6n-serv' ing. Preventing the waste of, as of moisture from 



the soil. 



consomme, kon" so-ma'. A clear meat soup, 

 convection, k6n-v6k' shon. Transference of heat in liquids and gases by 



means of currents. 



