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PERCH [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

perch: an item in the "Animal Husbandry Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

perchoir : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement d’élevage d’animaux» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

The rod or perch or pole is a surveyors tool and unit of length equal to 5 1⁄2 yards, 161⁄2 feet, 1⁄320 of a statute mile or one-fourth of a surveyor's chain and 5.0292 meters. The rod is useful as a unit of length because whole number multiples of it can form one acre of square measure. The perfect acre is a rectangular area of 43,560 square feet, bounded by sides of length 660 feet and 66 feet (220 yards and 22 yards) or, equivalently, 40 rods and 4 rods. An acre is therefore 160 square rods. Since the adoption of the international yard on 1 July 1959, the rod has been equal to exactly 5.0292 meters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arpentage
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

La perche est une ancienne mesure de longueur […] La perche fut la mesure principale des arpenteurs.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Housing Facilities
  • Poultry Production
OBS

In a poultry house, a roosting pole or bar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logement des animaux d'élevage
  • Élevage des volailles
DEF

Endroit où perchent les volailles.

Spanish

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