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Record 1 1994-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Surveying
DEF

The tape man that moves ahead to establish new stations.

CONT

The head tapeman continues to move ahead, establishing new stations, while the instrumentman continues to set up the instrument one station behind, and another member clears the courses of any brush or other obstacles to the line of sight or tape.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Arpentage
DEF

Chaîneur qui se dirige vers l'extrémité de l'alignement pour marquer les stations.

CONT

[...] le chaîneur arrière est celui qui se tient sur le point origine, et le chaîneur avant est celui qui se dirige vers l'autre point.

CONT

Après 11 portées, le chaîneur arrière donne au chaîneur avant les 10 fiches qu'il a ramassées, c'est ce qu'on appelle l'échange des fiches.

Spanish

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