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HEAD SHIELD [2 records]

Record 1 2016-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
  • Railroad Safety
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
CONT

None of the tank cars were equipped with head shields, jackets, or thermal protection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
  • Sécurité (Transport par rail)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
CONT

Aucun des wagons-citernes n’était muni d’un bouclier protecteur, d’une enveloppe extérieure, ni d’une protection thermique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

The head [of Osteostraci] in fact, the whole area back to the shoulder region - was covered dorsally by a nearly solid shield of bone [the head shield]; in all but a few of the older and presumably more primitive genera there were prominent "horns" at the posterolateral corners. ... The shield folded under onto the margins of the flattened ventral surface.

CONT

... instead the head tapers smoothly back into the trunk, and a considerable portion of the trunk armor is fused with the head shield.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[Chez les «Osteostraci»] la tête et une partie du tronc qui lui est adjacente étaient enfermées dans un bouclier ossifié. On appelle ce «bouclier» céphalique, bien qu'il comprenne aussi une partie du squelette du tronc. [...] Sur sa face ventrale le bouclier céphalique se limite à un rebord [...] qui entoure une lacune circulaire, la fenêtre oralobranchiale [...]. Le bouclier céphalique est arrondi ou aigu vers l'avant, pouvant parfois se prolonger par un processus rostral [...]

Spanish

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