164 NOTES. 



17. distribution urbaine : town supply. 



1 8. fils conducteurs d'amenle : conductors furnishing the current 



19. faisant fonction de : acting as. 



20. bouchon de prise de courant : plug for taking the current. 



21. dynamo-electrique a main : hand-dynamo. 



XLV. LE PONT WASHINGTON A NEW YORK. 



1. Pont du Forth : the Forth bridge has two double-track cantelever- 

 spans of 1700 feet each. The Forth is a river of Scotland which 

 expands into the arm of the sea called the Firth of Forth. 



2. Pont Britannia : which carries the Chester and Holyhead Rail- 

 road over the Menai Straits. It led to a complete revolution in en- 

 gineering practice. Its span is 465 feet. 



XLVI. NOUVELLE VOITURE MUE PAR UN MOTEUR A PETROLE. 



1. comporte: admits of, carries. 



2. pour la commande : for the control of. 



3. calee : fixed straight. 



4. par kilometre de parcours : per kilometer of travel. 



XLVII. LE VIADUC DE LA CERVEYRETTE. 



1. Briancon (Hautes-Alpes). Brian9on, a town of France near the 

 Italian frontier, a fortified place, a kind of Alpine Gibraltar. Hautes- 

 Alpes (Upper Alps), a department of France, forming part of the south- 

 east of Dauphine and a small part of Provence. Area, 2114 square 

 miles. 



2. mise en place : placing, setting up. 



