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LANCE EAU [3 records]

Record 1 2010-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
CONT

A water jet is ... used to blow away sand or sediment. It is a great deal more powerful than the air jet. ... it can be run from a small float on the surface .... There is always the risk that valuable archaeological material will be blasted away ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
CONT

Différents types de lances à eau permettent d'attaquer les sédiments compacts au moyen d'un jet violent. [...] leur action est efficace mais souvent destructrice [...].

CONT

Quant à la lance à eau, [...], alimentée en surface par une pompe, [...] [elle] envoie un violent jet d'eau sous pression.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

bird's-eye pearlwort: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

OBS

A plant of the family Caryophyllaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

sagine couchée : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

OBS

Plante de la famille des Caryophyllaceae.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Fabrication du papier
DEF

Dispositif qui produit un jet d'eau haute pression utilisé pour diriger les grumes vers le monte-billes.

Spanish

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