VOCABULARY. 



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pendulaire, adj. pendular. 

 Of or relating to a pendulum. 



perspective, perspective (drawing). 

 pese*e, weighing, weight, 

 phosphate, phosphate. 



A salt of phosphoric acid, 

 phosphore, phosphorus, 

 piece (d'acier), support (of steel). 



(de machine), piece. 



de rechange, duplicate, spare- 

 piece. 



(d'un logement), room, 

 pieces de contre-ventement, cross- 

 beams. 



pignon, pinion. 



conique, bevel pinion. 



pile de Bunsen, Bunsen's battery. 



llectrique, electric battery, 

 Volta's pile. 



fluviale, river pier. 



hydro-e*lectrique, hydro-electric 

 pile, liquid battery. 



seche, dry battery. 



thermo-e*lectrique, thermo- 

 electric battery, thermo-pile. 



pilier d'assise, bed pile, founda- 

 tion pile. 



pilotis, set of piles. 



pince, clamp. 



a ressort, spring-plier, tweezer, 

 pipette, pipette. 



A small tube used to withdraw and 

 transfer fluids or gases from one ves- 

 sel to another. 



piste de patinage, skating-floor. 

 pitch-pin, pitch-pine, 

 placer de champ, to set on edge, 

 plan, plan, draught, drawing. 



de de*charge, discharge plane. 



d'e*preuve, proof-plane, carrier. 



horizontal, horizontal plane. 



plan incline*, inclined plane. 



planche, plate. 



plancher (plafond de planches), 

 boarded ceiling. 



(plateforme de planches), 

 boarded floor, flooring, plank- 

 ing. 



plaque, plate of metal, sheet, 

 metal-sheet. 



plaquette, small plate. 



a plat, flat laid. 



plateau, plate, disk, board, mould. 



platine, platinum. 



de plomb, leaden. 



plombaginer, to coat with graph- 

 ite powder (in making electro- 

 types). 



podometre, pedometer. 



poele a frire, frying-stove. 



point d'application, point of appli- 

 cation, working-point of a power. 



d'appui, point of support. 



d'arrSt, stop. 



de depart, starting point. 



- de suspension, point of sus- 

 pension. 



de sustentation, point of sup- 

 port. 



poire de caoutchouc, bottle of 



India-rubber. 



poitrail, girder, main-beam, 

 polarisation, polarization. 



The state, or the act producing the 

 state of having, as a ray, different 

 properties on its different sides, so 

 that opposite sides are alike, but the 

 maximum difference is between two 

 sides at right angles to each other. 



(se) polariser, to be polarized. 

 polyphase", multiphase. 

 pompe d'alimentation, feed- 

 pump. 



