| Blast cleaning at angles less than 90 degrees.
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| A square of tile specially made for changing direction of the trim.
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| Any brick shaped to an oblique angle to fit a salient corner.
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| A toolused by tilesetters to determine the degree of an angle to cut; used for fitting trim, moldings, and floors into corners; a corner angle is measured by adjusting the divider to fit the corner.
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| A concrete or plastering finishing tool having a surface bent to form a right angle; used to finish re-entrant angles.
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| A rolled steel structural member with an L-shaped section; used to support brickwork over doors and windows and is sometimes used as main runners in lieu of channels to support plaster.
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| On an airless spray cap, the orifice angle; controls width of spray and pattern angle.
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| The angle that a line or light ray striking a surface makes with the perpendicular at that point, the point of incidence.
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| The angle that a reflected ray makes with the perpendicular to a surface at the point of incidence.
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| 1. The natural angle that a pile of a material, such as earth, sand, or gravel will assume. 2. The angle at which a body will slide down an inclined plane impelled only by gravity.
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| An L-shaped steel member.
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| A water valve that occurs where there is a 90 degree change in direction of the piping, as under a lavatory or sink.
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| A structural angle which is fastened to the structure of a building to support a wall or other component.
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| 1. The difference in direction of two lines which meet or tend to meet, usually measured in degrees. 2. An inside corner. 3. A structural section of steel which resembles an L in cross section. 4. In masonry, a portion of a whole brick which is used to close the bond or brickwork at corners.
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| The mineral consisting primarily of anhydrous calcium sulfate, CaSO4
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| Keenes Cement.
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| A stable form of gypsum from which practically all of the water of crystallization has been removed; also called dead-burned gypsum; dry chemical made of calcium, sulphur and oxygen, CaSO4.
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| Dry; free from moisture or water in any form.
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| Coal-tar derivatives precipitated on a colorless base.
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| Exhibiting different properties when measured along different axes; in general, fibrous materials such as wood are anisotropic; not isotropic.
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| Glass whose surface has been heated to melting and then cooled to provide a toughened surface; also called heat strengthened glass.
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| Cooled under controlled conditions to minimize internal stresses.
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| Process of heat treating metal to get desired properties of softness and ductility.
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| A wing or an addition to a building.
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| The layer of wood growth put on a tree during a single growing season, comprised of springwood and summerwood.
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| An investment of money entitling the investor to receive a series of equal monthly or yearly payments.
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| A nail that has grooves around the shank which prevent easy withdrawal; also called a ring shank nail.
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| A panel mounted on a surface which indicates by lights which circuits have been activated.
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| A electromagnetic device used to show which of several circuits are activated.
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| 1. The positive electrode in an electrolytic cell. 2. The negative terminal of a primary cell such as a battery.
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