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VOCABULARY. 



vaporisation, evaporation. 



vase de terre re*fractaire, fire-clay 

 vessel. 



ve"hicule routier, road vehicle. 



ve'locipe'die, bicycling, cycling, 

 wheeling. 



vent de travers, wind a-beam. 



au vent, on the weather-side, to 

 windward. 



sous le vent, a-lee, leeward. 



ventilateur, ventilator, fan. 



ventilateur-souffleur, ventilating- 

 blower, fan-blower. 



vide, vacuum. 



faire le vide, to produce a vac- 

 uum. 



vide (du pave"), hollow space. 



vis sans fin, endless screw. 



visite"e (de machine), visit of in- 

 spection. 



visiter (la machine), to examine. 



Vitesse, speed, velocity. 



voie carrossable, thoroughfare, 

 road open for traffic, carriage- 

 road. 



charretiere, carriage-road, cart- 

 way. 



ferre*e, railroad. 



respiratoire, respiratory tract. 

 voiture a moteur a pe"trole, petro- 

 leum carriage. 



volatiliser, evaporate. 

 volt, volt. 



Unit of electro-motive force or pres- 

 sure of currents. 



voltage, voltage. 

 voltaique, voltaic. 



W 



Watt, watt. 



The unit of energy. The number 

 of volts multiplied by the number of 



amperes gives the energy in watts. 

 746 watts represent one horse power, 

 i kilowatt = 1000 watts. 



