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VOCABULARY. 



silicate, silicate. 



A salt of silicic acid. 



silicium, silicium, flint. 



simili-diamant, imitation-diamond. 



simple (machine), single. 



siphon capillaire, capillary siphon. 



sole, bottom. 



(se) solidifier, to congeal, to set or 

 become set. 



solution, solution. 



concentred, concentrated solu- 

 tion. 



de continuity, interval. 



dilute, dilute solution. 



sature"e, saturated solution, 

 sonnerie, bell. 



eiectrique, electric bell, annun- 

 ciator. 



soude, soda, protoxide of sodium. 



soda (of commerce), carbon- 

 ate of soda. 



souder, to solder. 



soudure, solder, soldering. 



souffleur, blower. 



eoulever par, to press upward by. 



soupape, valve. 



sous-jacent, underlying. 



sous-marin, submarine. 



sous-sol, subsoil, underground, 

 spirale, spiral, helix, 

 spire, spire, spiral. 



de fil, wire-spiral, helix of wire. 

 sterilisation, sterilization. 



The process of freeing from living 

 germs. 



strie, stria, stripe, streak, 

 strontiane, strontia. 

 sulfate, sulphate. 



A salt of sulphuric acid. 



de cuivre, cupric sulpha-te. 



de zinc, zinc sulphate, 

 sulfure de carbone, bisulphide of 



carbon, carbon bisulphide. 



A bisulphide is a compound of sul- 

 phur with another element, forming a 

 sulphide which contains two atoms of 

 sulphur to one atom of the other mem- 

 ber of the compound. 



sulfure de fer, sulphuret of iron, 



sulphide of iron. 

 support, stand, rack, support, 

 surface conique, conical surface. 



terminate, limiting surface, 

 sustentation, support. 

 systeme duplex, duplex system. 



en derivation, parallel or mul- 

 tiple arc system. 



Tablier (d'un pont), flooring of the 



roadway. 



Tantale, Tantalum, 

 tarification, net evaluation, 

 tei^graphie, telegraphy, 

 teiephonie, telephony. 

 Tellure, Tellurium. 

 tension, tension, strain. 

 superficielle, surface tension. 



tenu, tenuous, thin, fine. 

 terebenthine, turpentine. 

 ternaire, ternary. 



Consisting of three ; proceeding by 

 threes. 



de terre, earthenware, 

 terre glaise, loam, common clay. 

 refractaire, fire-proof clay, re- 

 fractory clay. 



