Motors

Chapter 25

=Transferred.= Put over.

=Triple.= Three; thrice.

=Turbine.= To turn; a form of water wheel and steam engine, where the fluid impinges against the blades arranged around the perimeter of the wheel.

=Tubular.= Hollowed; like a pipe.

=Two-Cycle.= A gasoline engine, in which the compressed hydro-carbon gases are fired every turn of the crank shaft.

=Typical.= The nature or characteristics of a type.

=Undershot.= A type of wheel in which the water shoots past and against the blades on the lower side.

=Unison.= Together; conjointly; acting with each other.

=Universally.= All over the world; throughout all s.p.a.ce.

=Utility.= Use; that which is valuable or of service.

=Vacuum.= That part from which all material is taken; in a limited sense, air, which has less density than the normal.

=Vaporizing.= To convert into gas, usually by heat.

=Variable.= With differing characteristics; changeable.

=Venturi Tube.= A form of tube which has a contracted part between its ends.

=Vertical.= In the direction of a line which points to the center of the earth.

=Vibrator Coil.= In electrical devices used in the ignition systems of certain types of gasoline engines, a winding is provided on a metallic core, which has an armature that is made so it will vibrate.

=Volt.= The pressure of an electric current; the unit of electromotive force.

=Voltage.= Electromotive force as expressed in volts.

=Volt Meter.= An instrument for indicating the voltage of an electric circuit.

=Watt.= The electrical unit of the rate of working in an electric circuit, the rate being the electromotive force of one volt, and the intensity of one ampere.

=Weight.= The measure of the force toward the center of the earth, due to gravity.

=Winnowed.= Taken out; sifted from.

=Wiping Bar.= A metallic piece which rests against a moving wheel and designed to take a current from or to transmit it to the wheel.

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