Excerpt from Practical Dictionary of Electrical Engineering and Chemistry in German, English and Spanish, Vol. 2 of 3: Treating Especially of Modern Machine Industry, the Foundry and Metallurgy; English-Spanish-German For these various reasons the authors have set themselves the arduous but gratifying task of publishing this german-english-spanish Dictionary, trusting that it will supply a decided want, and fulfil the requirements of every class. Our Dictionary especially comprises such words and word combina tions which, although frequently used, are generally missing in works of a similar description. It will be seen that engineering, electrical and chemi cal terms, which are indispensable to the engineer, scientific or commercial man, have been most minutely treated, in addition to which special atten tion has been paid to practical terms for the construction of steam en gines, machine tools, lifting and hoisting machinery, foundry, metallurgy (concentration of ores), smelting, tools 850. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.