SCIENTISTS SMILE Shade Iree Mechanic's Glossary

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning steel pop rivets' in their holes; also works great for drilling mounting holes² in the floor-board just above the brake line that goes to the rear axle.

1 — винты; 2 — монтажные отверстия

TROUBLE LIGHT: Its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer' shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge; more often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading².

1 — гаубица; 2 — обманчивый

AIR COM PRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant in Tennessee and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose' to a pneumatic impact wrench²made in Chi­cago that grips rusty suspension bolts last tightened 20 years ago by someone in Detroit, and rounds them off.

1 - шланг; 2 — гаечный ключ

PHONE: Tool for calling your neighbour to see if he has another hy­draulic floor jack.

BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TESTER: A handy tool for transferring sulfuric acid' from a car battery to the inside of your toolbox after de­termining that your battery is dead as a doornail², just as you thought.

1 - серная кислота; 2 - погибший окончательно

^^^Ш Unit 6 ^^^^ GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

PARTI

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