CHAPTER VII 

 DEFINITIONS 



Technical Terms. The practical man 

 uses a great number of technical terms in 

 his own field of labor, and often fails to 

 recognize the fact that they are technical, 

 and may be puzzling to many other people. 

 He uses such terms for the sake of accuracy, 

 desiring to express to his fellow-workmen 

 exactly what he means. The farmer, stock- 

 man, carpenter, banker all have command 

 of such terms, and need them, but the 

 chemist who, in a way, must come even 

 nearer to accuracy in expression, finds that 

 many people who w r ant his assistance do not 

 care to master and use any of his terms. 

 Failure to do so compels misunderstanding. 

 Anyone who is interested in the right use of 

 lime should be willing to add a few of the 

 chemists' technical terms to the scores in his 

 own line of work that he uses constantly, 

 and thus let the whole matter of liming land 

 come to appear more simple to him. Ac- 

 quaintance with a few terms is necessary to 



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