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value in the forming of alloys.
Coped joint. (Arch.) A joint between molded pieces in which a portion of one member is cut out to receive. the molded part of the other member.
Coping. (Arch.) The cap or top course of a wall, frequently projecting. .
Coping machine. (Shopwk.) Used for cutting away the flanges and comers of beams and bending the ends.
Coping out. (Fdry.) The cutting away of the sand face in the drag half of the mold to bring it to the proper parting line. For any depression thus made, there is a corresponding projection of sand from the face of the cope.
Coping saw. (Woodwk.) Consists of
a narrow blade, 1/8 in. wide 6~ in. long, carried on pins set in a steel bow frame. Used for cutting curves; coping out molding, etc.
Copolymer. (Plast.) Product formed by the simultaneous polymerization of two or more substances; it
is not a mixture of separate polymers, but a complex, having properties different from either polymer alone.
Copolymerization. (Chern. Plast.) When two or more. monomers are involved in a chemical reaction which links their molecules together to form large molecules. (See Polymerization).
Copper. A metal, soft, ductile, and malleable, much used in the arts; tough, but not strong; of great. Copperas. (Chern.) FeS04.7HzO. (See
Green vitriol).
Copper bit. (Plumb.) A tool used for soldering. Usually called a "soldering iron."
Copper gasket. (Auto. Elec.) Any copper or copper and asbestos ring or sheet used to seal two metal faces which are bolted or fastened together.
Copper lead. (Metal.) An alloy bearing metal; more effective than babbitt in withstanding high load pressures and high temperatures.
Copper pipe. (Plumb:) Size rated by either inside or outside diameters; thickness of wall is measured by Stub's wire gauge. Much used in plumbing and in the industries.
Copper-plate. (Print.) An intaglio process of engraving by cutting or biting into copper. The plate is inked, wiped, and then printed with considerable pressure.
Copper-plating. The depositing of a copper coating on the surface of another metal by anyone of several for
mulas, the principal ingredient of
which is cyanide of potassium. The plating is accomplished both by the dipping and the electrolytic method.
...Copper steel See Electroplating.
Copper steel. Steel of low carbon, containmg about 0.25 per cent copper, used for construction work where resistance to corrosion is needed.
Copper sulphate. (Chern.) CuSO..5Hp. (See Bluestone).
Copy. (Furn.) Reproduction of furDiture, usually of the historic periods. (Print.) All typewritten, handwritten, or printed matter turned over to the printer. .
Copy-holder. (Print.) One who reads aloud from the original copy against which the proofreader checks the printed roof.
Copyright. The exclusive legal right to author or publisher for a book. .
Coquillage. An ornamental shell design used on frames and other light pieces of furniture m rococo style.
Coquina. (Chern.) A rock formed by the adhesion of marine shells. Composition calcium carbonate.
Coral. (Chern.) A marine form of calcium carbonate built by the coralpolyp.
CorbeL (Arch.) A bracket or support; a stepping out of courses in a wall to form a ledge.
Corbel out. (Arch.) To build out one or more courses of masonry from the face of a wall to form a support for timbers.
Cord. (Woodwkg.) Wood, cut in 4ft. lengths usually for firewood. Apile of wood, 4 ft. wide, 4 ft. high, and 8 ft. long.
Core. (Metal.).A central portion. In foundry work, a body of sand either dried or green which permits the obtaining of holes, depressions, etc., in a casting. (Plast.) In plastics, the central layer in a sandwich panel, the outer faces usually- being composed of laminated sheet.
Core box. (Fdry.) A box usually of wood. in which the core is rammed up.
Core-box plane. (Patmkg.) A plane for making circular core boxes. When the right-angle sides of the plane rest on the edges of the cut, the pomt of the plane will cut on the circumference of the circle.
Cored carboD. (Elec.) A carbon with a longitudmal soft core for use in alternating-current arc to permit efficient operations of the arc.
Cored hole. (Fdry.) A cast hold cored with a dry~sand core instead of delivering as a hole directly from the pattern. In general, the term is applied to any hole in a casting which is not bored or drilled in the shop.
Core disks. (Elec.) Thin circular disks of sheet iron used for building of laminated armature cores.
Core drier. (Fdry.) A form which serves to retain the shape of a core while it is being baked.
Core drill. (Metalwk.) A hollow drill which removes metal in a solid piece instead of chips. Such a drill is used
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