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CENTER SCREW [5 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2020-11-20
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Military Dress
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- cap button
1, record 1, English, cap%20button
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Both the oral testimony and the documentary evidence introduced... by the importers show the articles to be... cap buttons of the regulation pattern required to be worn as a part of the prescribed uniform for officers and enlisted men. The sample is a small button of the screw type. The back contains holes which enable that portion of the button to be sewed on to the sides of the cap, and in the center projects the socket into which the front part of the button is screwed in place. 2, record 1, English, - cap%20button
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tenue militaire
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- bouton de coiffure
1, record 1, French, bouton%20de%20coiffure
proposal, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2016-02-29
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
- Dust Removal
- Water Pollution
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- solid bowl centrifuge
1, record 2, English, solid%20bowl%20centrifuge
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- scroll centrifuge 1, record 2, English, scroll%20centrifuge
correct
- solid bowl scroll centrifuge 1, record 2, English, solid%20bowl%20scroll%20centrifuge
correct
- continuous horizontal centrifuge 2, record 2, English, continuous%20horizontal%20centrifuge
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... [A] unit [which] consists of a rotating solid bowl in the shape of a cylinder with a cone section on one end, and an interior rotating screw conveyer. Feed slurry, entering from the center, is held against the bowl wall by centrifugal force. Settled solids are moved by the conveyer to one end of the bowl while clarified effluent discharges at the other end. 1, record 2, English, - solid%20bowl%20centrifuge
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
- Dépoussiérage
- Pollution de l'eau
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- décanteuse continue à axe horizontal
1, record 2, French, d%C3%A9canteuse%20continue%20%C3%A0%20axe%20horizontal
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les machines les plus utilisées sur les boues résiduaires de traitement d'eau sont les décanteuses continues à axe horizontal. Dans ces décanteuses l'alimentation ainsi que l'évacuation du centrat et du sédiment sont continues. Elles comportent essentiellement un bol cylindro-conique ou conique à axe horizontal tournant à grande vitesse à l'intérieur duquel tourne, à une vitesse légèrement différente, une vis hélicoïdale d'extraction. 1, record 2, French, - d%C3%A9canteuse%20continue%20%C3%A0%20axe%20horizontal
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2003-04-08
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Hand Tools
- Diesel Motors
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- barring tool
1, record 3, English, barring%20tool
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
It may be necessary to bar the engine slightly using an engine barring tool... so that the center screw is exactly between two teeth. 1, record 3, English, - barring%20tool
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Outillage à main
- Moteurs diesel
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- levier de rotation de moteur
1, record 3, French, levier%20de%20rotation%20de%20moteur
masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Levier à cliquet dont on se sert pour faire tourner manuellement un moteur diesel industriel. 1, record 3, French, - levier%20de%20rotation%20de%20moteur
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 1985-11-01
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Surveying Instruments
- Mathematical Geography
Record 4, Main entry term, English
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- clamp screw 1, record 4, English, clamp%20screw
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The telescope ... can be turned around the horizontal axis ... and the vertical axis of the alidade. ... It can be fixed in each position by clamps and turned by slow motion screws. 1, record 4, English, - clamp
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The position and appearance of clamps and tangent screws indicate their functions.... The clamp and tangent screw for the lower plate are below those for the upper plate and those for the vertical motion are near the horizontal axle. The clamp screws turn inward toward the center of the part they stop.... 1, record 4, English, - clamp
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Instruments d'arpentage
- Géographie mathématique
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- vis de blocage
1, record 4, French, vis%20de%20blocage
feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- pince 1, record 4, French, pince
feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La vis de blocage (...) permet d'immobiliser provisoirement la lunette dans le plan vertical ou le plan horizontal. Pour ce qui est des théodolites cumulateurs, elle peut aussi rendre les deux plateaux solidaires. 1, record 4, French, - vis%20de%20blocage
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Lorsque la pince P1 est serrée, le limbe est invariablement relié au triangle à vis calantes : il est donc fixe. Si l'on desserre la pince P, appelée aussi vis de blocage, on peut imprimer à la main une rotation rapide au cadre T1 T2 [alidade et lunette] autour de l'axe vertical (...) 1, record 4, French, - vis%20de%20blocage
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
On parle de "la" vis de blocage, mais tout théodolite en comporte en fait deux (et même trois, dans le cas de théodolites cumulateurs). 1, record 4, French, - vis%20de%20blocage
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 1976-06-19
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Air Transport
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- integral with the graduated rule 1, record 5, English, integral%20with%20the%20graduated%20rule
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
push the center screw(integral with the graduated rule) 1, record 5, English, - integral%20with%20the%20graduated%20rule
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Transport aérien
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- solidaire de réglette graduée 1, record 5, French, solidaire%20de%20r%C3%A9glette%20gradu%C3%A9e
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
dévisser la vis centrale (solidaire de la réglette graduée) 1, record 5, French, - solidaire%20de%20r%C3%A9glette%20gradu%C3%A9e
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
combustible 1, record 5, French, - solidaire%20de%20r%C3%A9glette%20gradu%C3%A9e
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
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