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VOCABULARY. 



borne, terminal, binding-screw. 

 boue*e sonore automatique, auto- 

 matic sounding-buoy. 

 bouilloire, stew-pan, 

 bouillotte, boiler, steamer, retort. 

 a eau chaude, hot-water boiler, 

 bouquet de plafond, ceiling group. 

 bouton-poussoire, push-button. 

 braise, live charcoal, live coals, 

 branche d'un tube, leg of a tube. 

 brasque, charcoal-powder. 



brevet d' invention, patent, 

 brique pose"e de champ, brick laid 

 on edge. 



re*fractaire, fire-proof brick, 

 bromoforme, bromoform. 



A colorless limpid liquid of agreeable 

 odor, formed by the action of bromine 

 and potassium hydrate on wood-spirit 

 or ordinary alcohol. 



bronze, bronze, hard brass, 

 briileur, burner. 



de Bunsen, Bunsen burner. 



Cable d'acier, cable of steel-wire, 

 cage d'escalier, stair-case, 

 caisse, chest, box. 

 caisson, caisson, cassoon. 

 a air comprime", compressed- 

 air cassoon. 

 calcaire, lime-stone, 

 calciner, to calcine. 



To convert into lime by the action of 

 heat; treat lime-stone by calcination 

 for the formation of lime. 



caler, to fix, place straight, 

 calorie, calory. 



The quantity of heat necessary to 

 raise the temperature of a kilogram of 

 water from o to i centigrade. 



calorifere, heating apparatus, 



heater, 

 calorifique, adj. calorific. 



Capable of producing heat ; causing 

 heat ; heating. 



calorique, caloric, heat. 



Pertaining to heat or the principle of 

 heat. 



canal, pipe. 



canalisation, system of pipes, 

 caniveau, gutter-stone, culvert, 

 cantonnier, watchman. 



caractere, printing-type, type, char- 

 acter. 



carbonado, carbon, black diamond, 

 carbonate, carbonate. 



A compound formed by the union of 

 carbonic acid with a base. 



de cuivre, carbonate of cop- 

 per. 



de soude, carbonate of soda, 

 soda of commerce. 



carbone, carbon. 



carburateur, carbureter, carbu- 

 retor. 



An apparatus for adding hydrocar- 

 bons to poor gases, for the purpose of 

 producing an illuminating gas. 



carburation, carburization. 



The process of adding carbon, espe- 

 cially to iron. 



carburer, to carburize. 



To cause to unite with carbon or a 

 hydrocarbon. 



carcasse, frame-work, 

 carillon, chimes. 

 carreau de marbre, marble slab. 

 carr6 de vigne, square of the vine- 

 yard. 

 case (casse), letter-case. 



