Sea Terms and Phrases in English and French

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ...un coussinet. La bielle. La manivelle. La soie de la manivelle. Un arbre coude. Un tourillon. Un boulon a clavette. L'arbre de couche, m. La coursive de la ligne d'arbres. Le palier de butee. Une denivellation. PROPELLEli Wheels. Paddle--paddle-board. Paddle-wheel. Paddle-box. Paddle-box wing wale. Feathering paddle-wheel. Screw. Scre-w-shaft. Blades. Pitch--slip. Frame--trunk. lifting screw. Fixed screw. Cant screw. Twin screws. The jars of the screw. To slue the blades up and down. To connect the screw. To disconnect the screw. To get up, to lift the screw. To get the screw down. LE PROPULSEUR. Les roues, f. Une pale--une aube. Une roue a aubes. Le tambour, L'elongis du tambour, m. Une roue a aubes articulees. L'helice, f. Le moyeu. Les ailes, f. Le pas--le recul. Le cadre--le puits. Une helice amovible. Une helice inamovible. Une helice en porte a faux. Des helices jumelles. Les trepidations de l'helice, f. Placer les ailes verticalement. Embrayer l'helice. Desembrayer l'helice. Remonter l'helice. Descendre l'helice. ENGINE-TERMS. To fill the boilers. To light the fires. To urge the fires. To bank the fires. To rake up the coals. The steam is up. To let off the steam. TERMES DE MACHINE. Faire le plein des chaudieres. Allumer les feux. Pousser les feux. Mettre les feux au fond des fourneaux. Ringarder les fourneaux. Nous avons de la pression. Laisser echapper la vapeur. Pit coal. Black coal. Welsh coal. Smith coal. Cheery coal. Free-burning coal. Close-burning coal. Blind coal. Slate or splint coal. Refuse coal. Cubical coal. Stone coal. Coke. Brassy lumps. Smokeless coal. Smoke. Cinders--ashes. Cinders very often injure...