In time of war the period under way would probably be much longer, and the time spent in expectation of getting under way in a hurry would almost certainly be considerable, so that expenditure of coal and machinery lubricants would be greatly increased.

The officers' English, as I said before, was nearly always ready and lubricant.

Thundering like an express train, it dashed above the Prescott home, leaving in its wake the pungent odor of burning castor-oilthe most suitable lubricant for aeroplanes.

The reek of gasolene and burning lubricants hung heavily over the field.

Through the bluish cloud could be seen dim figures hurrying with cans of fuel or lubricant, bags of tools and engine parts.

Lubrication of rubbing surfaces, the friction depends mainly on the nature of lubricant; oil forced out of bearings, if the pressure exceeds 800 lbs.

per square inch longitudinal section; water a good lubricant if the surfaces are large enough.

If these people who make this lubricant would give it another name, and get it introduced among engineers, nothing else would be used.

It is made of a combination of solid lubricant and ground or pulverized mica, that is where it gets its name, and nothing can equal mica as a lubricant if you could apply it to your gear; and to do this it has been combined with a heavy grease.

It is made of a combination of solid lubricant and ground or pulverized mica, that is where it gets its name, and nothing can equal mica as a lubricant if you could apply it to your gear; and to do this it has been combined with a heavy grease.

They furnish a natural lubricant to the hairs and the skin.

Butter is of course delicious; But when that is dear and scant Welcome, margarine, nutritious Palatable lubricant!

The Barrier, five geographical miles from Cape Armitage, now looked very close, but Lashly had overdone matters a bit, run out of lubricant and got his engine too hot.

The next run yielded a little over a mile, and he was forced to stop within a few hundred yards of the snow slope leading to the Barrier and wait for more lubricant, as well as for the heat balance in his engine to be restored.

They 'dumped' a good deal of petrol and lubricant.

(2) Wear of cylinder, piston and other parts, due directly to the fact that water is a bad lubricant, and as the density of water is greater than that of oil, the latter floats on the water and has no chance to lubricate the moving parts.

As Turkey imported both coal and lubricants, the purpose of this policy was of course to paralyze transportation in the Ottoman Empire.

Singer ball bearing lubricant, by Archibald Tregaskis.

By moving the panels backwards and forwards a great number of times I distributed the lubricant and brought the black lead to such a polish that the doors slid with the greatest ease and without a sound.

The fuel receptacle proved to be almost full, so after filling the lubricant cups and attending to the batteries, they started up the enginea powerful, three cylindered, twelve-horse affair capable of driving the twenty-two foot Flying Fish through the water at twelve miles an hour or better.

how many strange beasts calling for lubricants it comprehended within its range.

THURSTON, ROBERT H.: A treatise on non-metallic materials of engineering: stone, timber, fuel, lubricants, etc.

He wore blue overalls and a jumper liberally discolored by plumbago and other lubricants; a short wooden pipe was held between his teeth, and a cloth cap sat upon the back of his head.

Olive oil is a fine lubricant, and is used largely in the Italian and Spanish navies.

Graphite and mica are both good chain lubricants, but if mixed with a pure mineral base, such as vaseline, they will wash off in mud and water.