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INCLINED PLANE [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

inclined plane: an item in the "Mechanical Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

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

face inclinée : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement mécaniques» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks (Canals)
CONT

Flights of locks may be replaced by inclines .... Inclines consist of rails carrying a trolley with the boat in the dry, or a tank with the boat afloat, from one level to the next.

CONT

Inclined planes. In the 18th century, inclined planes were constructed to transport small boats on trucks between adjacent pounds, using animal power and gravity and, later, steam. A series of planes was built in the U.S. on the canal between the Delaware and Hudson rivers to transport 80-ton vessels in caissons; a similar plane for 60-ton vessels was built at Foxton, England, to bypass ten locks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écluses
CONT

Elévateur : Terme générique pour désigner plusieurs procédés autres que l'écluse, permettant le franchissement des grandes chutes par des bateaux. Parmi ces procédés, on peut citer : les plans inclinés sur lesquels le bateau se déplace à sec sur un chariot monté sur rail (...); les plans inclinés proprement dits sur lesquels le bateau se déplace à flot dans un sas muni de portes frontales; (...)

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)

Spanish

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