VOCABULARY. 



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maillon, link. 



manche (manette), handle, haft, 

 hilt. 



maniement, (skill in) handling. 



manivelle, crank, handle. 



manoeuvre, management, work- 

 ing, exercise, work. 



manoeuvre!, to work. 



manufacturier, adj. manufac- 

 turing. 



marche, motion, working, work- 

 ing-order. 



courante, ordinary running, 

 mettre en marche, to start (the 



engine). 



marcher, to work. 



marteau d'eau, water-hammer. 



massif de fondation, foundation- 

 mass, pier. 



de maconnerie, solid masonry, 

 masonry foundation. 



materiel d'imprimerie, printing 



material. 



matiere premiere, raw material, 

 maxima, maximum, 

 me'canique, mechanics. 



adj. mechanical, 

 m^caniquement, mechanically, 

 melange, mixture, mixing, 

 me'nisque, meniscus. 



A crescent-shaped body. 



capillaire, capillary meniscus, 

 menuiserie, joinery, joiner's work. 

 me*tallifere, metalliferous. 



Producing or yielding metal. 



me*talliquement, metallically. 

 me"tallurgie, metallurgy, science 



of smelting. 



me"tallurgiste, metallurgist. 

 milieu, medium. 



milligramme, milligram (.01 54 



grains), 

 millime, y^Vs f a ^ ranc or rV ^ 



a centime. 



mine de plomb, lead, 

 minoterie hydraulique, hydraulic 



flour mill. 



miroir re"flecteur, reflector, 

 mise en place, putting together, 



erection. 



en service, putting into use. 

 mobile, moving body. 



adj. moving, movable. 



autour de, turning on. 

 molybdene, molybdenum, 

 moment, moment. 



Effect ; avail. 



montage (des machines), erecting, 



fitting up. 

 Montagnes Rocheuses, Rocky 



Mountains. 



montant, stanchion, support, 

 monte-escalier, electric stair-lift 



(stair-climber). 

 monter (une machine), to erect or 



fit up an engine or machine, 

 monture (de velocipede), frame, 

 moteur, motor. 



a air chaud, hot-air motor. 



- a gaz tonnant, explosive-gas 

 motor. 



a pe"trole, petroleum-motor. 



a vapeur, steam-motor. 



ventilateur, ventilating-motor. 

 mouiller, to cast anchor, to 



anchor, moor. 



mouler en creux, to make impres- 

 sions. 



mouvement ascensionnel, up- 

 stroke, ascending motion. 



