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Carburizing to Caster.
Carburizing really an airtight metal container which floats on the surface of the fuel in the bowl of the carburetor and controls the flow of gasoline from the main fuel line.
Carburizing. Alloys with iron base are combined with carbon through the process of heating the alloys below the melting point while in contact with carbonaceous material.
Carburizing flame. A gas welding flame having carbonaceous fuel gas in excess of that required to produce a neutral flame.
Car card. (Adv.) Display advertising as used in street cars and buses.
Carcase. (Carp.) Also carcass. The frame, as of a house.
Cardboard. (Print.) A general term including a wide variety of heavy, stiff papers, of qualities ranging from low-grade heavy paper to the highgrade ticket cards.
Card compass. (Aero.) A magnetic compass in which the magnets are attached to a pivoted card on which the directions are marked.
Carding. (Textile) The preparation of animal or vegetable fibers before drawing or spinning.
Card-weight pipe. (Plumb.) A term applied to standard or full-weight pipe, which is the Briggs standard thickness of pipe.
Carnot's cycle. ~e perfect engine cycle or series of heat changes devised by Carnot, a French scientist.
Carnot's principle. (phys.) The amount of work done by a heat engine is dependent on its temperature alone, being independent of the nature of the intermediary agent that is employed.
Carpentry. The art of cutting and as sembling timber as in buildings, boats, etc.
Carpet strip. (Arch.) A strip attached to the floor benath a door.
Carriage. (Arch.) The timber or steel joist which supports the steps of a
o wooden stair. (Meeh.) That part of a lathe which rides on the ways between the headstock and tail-stock, and through which the feed may be controlled, both longi-tudinal and transverse.
Carriage bolt. An oval or b!ltton-head black bolt with square neck which prevents the bolt from turning while the nut is being tightened.
Carrier. (Meeh.) Same as lathe dog. The most common form is clamped on the cylindrical piece to be turned and has a projecting tail which is engaged by a slot in the. faceplate causing rotation of the piece. (Tel.) charge carriers, electrons ~d holes, whose, movement are responsible for currents in a semi-conductor.
Carrier mobility. The mean drift velocity of the charge carriers per unit. electric field.
Carrier power. Power radiated by a transmitter in the absence of modulation.
Carrier wave. (Tel.) The radio wave over which television impulses are sent. In television two waves are utilized, one for sight and one for sound.
Carron oil. (Chern.) A mixture of equal volumes oflinseed oil and lime
Carraying capacity water, used for relief of external bums.
Carraying capacity. (Elec.) The greatest amount of electrical current that a conductor can safely carry, expressed in amperes, The various size wires, with their carrying capcities, are arranged in a table in the National Electrical Code.
Carter process. (Chern.) The manufacture of white lead by an atomizing process. Chemically it is the same as when manufactured by the old Dutch process.
Cartoon. (Print) An informal type resembling hand lettering.
Cartouche. (Arch. and Furn.) An or namental tablet or scroll bearing an inscription.
Cartridge fuse. (Elec.) A fuse enclosed in an insulating tube in order to confine the arc when the fuse blows.
Carving. (Furn.) A form of ornamentation which is executed by cutting or chiseling designs on a surface.
Case. (Bookbndg.) The cover of a book after being printed, stamped, and made ready to fit a book. (Cerarn.) A plaster pattern cast in the block or master mold. (Print.) A partitioned receptacle for different kinds of type.
Casehardening. A process by which a thin hard film is formed on the. surface of iron base alloys.
Casein. (Chern.) The principal ingredient in cheese, found especially in milk. Used in calico printing; also as an adhesive in water paints, varnishes, leather fmishing etc.
Casein plastics. (Chern.) The principal source of raw material is the casein of milk, and other proteins. Made in sheets, rods, tubing, and disks. Used for buttons, buckles, novelties, beads, costume jewellery, etc.
Casement window. (Arch.) A window hinged on its vertical edge to permit opening inward or outward. More weather tight if opened outward.
Case rack. (Print.) A frame used for the storage of type cases.
Caslon. (Print. ) A widely popular face of type designed by William Caslon.
Cassiterite. (Metal.) The ore from which tin is obtained.
Cast. (Print.) A duplicate of a type form obtained by stereotyping or. electrotyping.
Cast brass. (Metal.) An alloy, usually of 65 per cent copper and 35 per cent zinc. A small percentage of this may be added to increase hardness.
Castellated. (Engi.) Formed like a castle, as a castellated nut which has a portion of its length turned and slotted for the reception of cotter pins.
Caster. (Auto. Mech.) Name applied to the effect secured when the axle is so set that the top of the axle yoke is slightly back of the lower end, giving an inclination of 2 or 3 degrees to the spindle body. This
causes the front wheels to align themselves with the direction in which the car is moving. (Furn.)
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