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THE INDEX 



terms used in, n6ff. ; hard- 

 ness of, 117; hardwood carried 

 in stock, 121 ff.; kiln-dried, 

 115; measurement for sale, 

 127; milled shapes, 117; pro- 

 duction, 107 ff.; purposes for 

 which suited, 126; qualities of 

 broad-leaved trees, 124 f.; qual- 

 ities of conifers, 123 f.; sawing 

 of, nof.; seasoned, 115; sizes 

 of, 115 f . ; stains for, 170; sur- 

 faced, 113, 118; weight per 

 cubic foot of various woods, 126 



Machine, definition of, 461 



Machine sheds, 353 



Machines: care of, 476 f.; dura- 

 bility of, 475 f.; efficiency of, 

 462; elements of, 461; lubri- 

 cation of, 463, 465; means of 

 reducing friction in, 463 ff . ; 

 principles of, 461-477; time 

 required to turn various, 476; 

 transmission of power in, 466 ff . 



Magneto: for gas engines, .505 

 (ill.), 506 f.; for telephones, 446 



Make-and-break system of igni- 

 tion, 507 f. 



Manila rope, 30; breaking 

 strength of, 32, 33; safe load 

 for, 32, 33 



Mantle: for acetylene burner, 

 427, 428; for gas burner, 425, 

 426; for kerosene lamps, 424 



Maple tree, 106, 122, 124, 126, 

 164, 229 



Mariner's compass, 26 



Marline spike, 51 



Meander corner, 94 



Meander line, 94, 105 



Meandering, 94 



Measure (see also Measurements; 

 Measuring) : American, 8 ff . ; 

 circular, 20; dry, 17; English, 

 7f.; French unit for land, 10; 

 lineal, 7 ff . ; liquid, 17; metric 

 system, 18 ff.; miscellaneous, 

 20 ff . ; Spanish unit for land, 

 10; special, 21 



Measurements, 7-27 (see also 

 Measure; Measuring); area, 

 16 f. ; circular, 20; errors in 

 lineal, 15 f.; lineal, 7 ff. ; metric 

 system, 18 ff.; of agricultural 



products in Minnesota, 18; 

 of direction, 23 ff. ; of tempera- 

 ture, 23; of time, 23; of weight, 

 17; of volume, 17 



Measuring: of distance, 11 ff.; 

 recording devices for, 12 



Mechanical equipment. See Gas 

 engines; Motive power; Prin- 

 ciples of machines 



Mechanics of materials, 63-71. 

 See also Stress; Stresses 



Meridian, 23 



Meridians: curvature corrections 

 by, in land surveys, 87; guide, 

 89 ; principal, 88 f . ; proper 

 names for principal, 89 



Meter, 1 8 f . 



Metes and bounds, 85, 101, 103, 

 104 



Metric system measurements : 

 capacity, 19; conversion table, 

 20; length, 19; mass, 19 



Michigan Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, 198 



Mile, 9; square, 16 



Mill work, 114 



Miners' inch, 21 



Mining claims, 103 



Minnesota, legal weight of agri- 

 cultural products in, 18 



Minnesota Highway Department, 

 road sections of (ill.), 216 



Minute, 20, 23 



Monuments, materials and 

 methods used for, in surveying, 

 98 ff. 



Motive power, 478-492; electric 

 motors, 488 f. ; gas tractors, 

 483 ff . ; horse, 478 ff . ; mechan- 

 ical, 482 ff.; steam engines, 

 482 f . ; water motors, 490 ff . ; 

 wind motors, 489 



Motors: electric, 488 f.; gas, 483; 

 wind, 489 f.; water, 490 



Muck spade, 286 



Mudcapping, 189, 190 (ill.), 191 



Nails, 161 f.; dimension and 



number per pound, 162 

 Naphtha, 495 

 Neat cement, 129 

 Neutral surface, 66 f . 

 Nitric acid, use in gunpowder, 174 

 Nitrocellulose, 174 



