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VOCABULARY. 



Lame, thin plate, lamina, blade. 



de marbre, marble slab. 



- de me"tal, metal-plate, plated 

 metal. 



de platine, strip of platinum. 



- de turbine, plate, blade of a 

 turbine. 



lamelle, small lamina. 

 lampe a arc, arc-lamp. 



a incandescence, incandescent 

 lamp. 



lance, pipe, 

 au large de, off. 

 levier, lever, handle. 



ligne ae"rienne, overground wire, 

 overhead line, aerial line. 



limailles de fer, iron sand or dust. 



linteau, cap, head-piece. 



lique"facteur, adj. liquefying. 



lique"fier, to smelt, melt, fuse. 



liqueur alcaline, alkaline liquid. 



litre, liter (.908 quart or 1.0567 

 quarts). 



longeron, string-piece, sleeper. 



lumiere electrique, electric light. 



lustre, hanging-chandelier. 



lustrerie, chandeliers. 



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Machine & balancier, beam-engine. 



a basse pression, low-pressure 

 engine. 



a condensation, condensing 

 steam-engine. 



a cylindre, cylinder-engine. 



a cylindre et a piston, cylinder 

 and piston engine. 



a de*couper, cutting-press. 



a detente, expansion-engine. 



a feu, steam-engine (engine 

 actuated by fire). 



a forer, boring-machine. 



a gaz, gas-engine. 



a haute pression, high-pressure 

 engine. 



a moyenne pression, middle- 

 pressure engine. 



a rotation, rotatory steam- 

 engine. 



a signal, signalling machine. 



a signaux, signal-box. 



machine de Ruhmkorff, Ruhm- 

 korff machine. 



dynamoe'lectrique, dynamo- 

 electric machine. 

 - frigorifique, refrigerating -ma- 

 chine. 



horizontale, horizontal engine. 



oscillante, oscillating-engine. 



sans condensation, non-con- 

 densing engine. 



sans detente, non-expansive 

 engine. 



verticale a colonnes, upright 

 column engine. 



machine-outil, machhie-tool. 

 machiniste, machinist, 

 maconner, to wall, to make a wall, 

 to set bricks, to set stone-work, 

 maconnerie, masonry. 

 madrier, thick board, plank, prop, 

 magne'sie, magnesia, talc-earth, 

 maille, link of a chain. 



