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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A navigation device consisting of a small board marked with the four points of the compass with eight holes bored at each point to represent each half hour in a watch and used to peg the courses made by a ship in each half hour.  4, record 1, English, - traverse%20board

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Plateau qui portait une rose des vents et des trous où l'on fichait des chevilles (ou «poules») pour indiquer les routes à suivre pendant le quart.  2, record 1, French, - renard

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

This instrument measures simultaneously the amount and direction of the deviation of a borehole. The sonde is fitted with a small camera on the axis of a graduated glass bowl in which a steel ball rolls freely and a compass mounted on gimbals. The sonde is designed to lie exactly parallel to the axis of the borehole. When a reading is required at a particular depth, the camera is electrically operated from the surface and takes a photograph of the bowl. The steel ball has rolled to the lowest point and so marks the amount of deviation. Its position in relation to the image of the compass needle gives the direction of deviation.  1, record 2, English, - Schlumberger%20photoclinometer

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Pour mesurer l'inclinaison du forage par rapport à la verticale, on utilise des appareils appelés clinomètres.  1, record 2, French, - clinom%C3%A8tre%20optique%20Schlumberger

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Clinomètres optiques : Ces appareils sont de plusieurs types : [...] Un [...] fabriqué par Schlumberger, comprend une aiguille aimantée, une caméra, une source de lumière et un clinomètre constitué d'une bille libre de se déplacer sur une coupelle sphérique en verre, graduée et centrée sur l'axe du forage [...]. La caméra permet de prendre à volonté des photos sur lesquelles sont superposées l'aiguille aimantée, la bille et les graduations de la coupelle. La position de la bille par rapport au centre donne l'inclinaison du trou, tandis que la position de la bille par rapport à l'aiguille en donne l'azimut. La coupelle en verre se fait en trois modèles suivant la valeur de l'angle d'inclinaison moyen: 5, 10 et 20 °. Suivant le type, la précision de la mesure varie de 10 à 40 minutes. Les indications de la boussole ne sont évidemment valables que si le forage n'est pas tubé. L'appareil a une longueur de 1,40 m et un diamètre de 90 mm. [...]  1, record 2, French, - clinom%C3%A8tre%20optique%20Schlumberger

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The compass saw is a particularly useful tool for the carpenter. It performs many tasks, from cutting curves and circles to starting a cut from a hole bored in wood. It is manufactured in various sizes, and basically it is tapered from the tooth edge to a thin back to allow for clearance. As to its appearance, it has a sharp point and the teeth extend the full length of the blade.  1, record 3, English, - compass%20saw

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Outil ayant une lame effilée, longue d'environ douze pouces (305 mm) et une poignée de bois.  2, record 3, French, - scie%20%C3%A0%20guichet

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Il existe également des scies à guichet avec lames interchangeables. Elles ont l'avantage de pouvoir y adapter plusieurs lames pour des travaux différents. Cette scie sert pour le découpage de courbes irrégulières. Une bonne scie à guichet doit avoir une lame flexible et bien effilée.  2, record 3, French, - scie%20%C3%A0%20guichet

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Sierra de hoja estrecha y puntiaguda, que sirve para hacer calados y otras labores delicadas.  1, record 3, Spanish, - sierra%20de%20punta

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Su hoja estrecha permite el giro, por lo que se puede usar para cortes curvos en maderas gruesas.  2, record 3, Spanish, - sierra%20de%20punta

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A diagram that presents the direction and energy content of the wind from each point on the compass.  3, record 4, English, - wind%20energy%20rose

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Graphique qui présente l'orientation et le contenu énergétique du vent provenant de chaque secteur d'une région donnée, à la manière d'une boussole.  3, record 4, French, - rose%20des%20vents%20%C3%A9nerg%C3%A9tique

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La rose des vents nous permet de connaître le pourcentage d'apparition des vents dans chaque secteur, mais l'élément important pour le calcul de potentiel éolien est la rose énergétique. Elle permet de définir l'axe optimal d'implantation pour les machines sur le site.  4, record 4, French, - rose%20des%20vents%20%C3%A9nerg%C3%A9tique

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A pair of dividers, resembling a wing compass.  1, record 5, English, - wing%20dividers

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

dividers : An instrument used for transferring equal lengths from one point to another on a drawing. Like the compass it has two legs hinged together at one end, but unlike the compass it has both legs pointed.  3, record 5, English, - wing%20dividers

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS

wing dividers: Often confused with "wing compasses" due to similarity in construction.  2, record 5, English, - wing%20dividers

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

compas à pointes sèches : Compas dont chaque branche se termine par une simple pointe, utilisé pour reporter des longueurs.  2, record 5, French, - compas%20%C3%A0%20pointes%20s%C3%A8ches%20%C3%A0%20secteur

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A compass having an arc-shaped piece attached to one leg, which passes through the opposite leg and which may be clamped to a desired opening.  1, record 6, English, - wing%20compass

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Compass ... often compasses ... (usually used with "pair of").  4, record 6, English, - wing%20compass

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Compasses. A pair of compasses is an instrument for drawing circles.  5, record 6, English, - wing%20compass

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 3 OBS

wing compasses: often confused with "wing dividers" due to similarity in construction.  3, record 6, English, - wing%20compass

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 4 OBS

Dividers. An instrument used for transferring equal lengths from one point to another on a drawing. Like the compass it has two legs hinged together at one end, but unlike the compass it has both legs pointed.  5, record 6, English, - wing%20compass

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Compas. Instrument, composé de deux branches articulées, qui sert soit à prendre ou à reporter des mesures, soit à tracer des cercles ou des arcs. Il en existe de nombreux types [dont le] compas à secteur, compas quart-de-cercle, avec arc métallique et vis servant à bloquer l'écartement; [...]  4, record 6, French, - compas%20quart%2Dde%2Dcercle

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A compass needle is a magnet(a weak one), and it tends to line up in such a way as to point its "north pole" towards the North Pole of the planet.  1, record 7, English, - compass%20needle

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Premièrement, l'aiguille du compas pointe toujours vers le pôle nord magnétique [...]  1, record 7, French, - aiguille%20de%20compas

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A wind is named according to the point of the compass from which it blows, e. g., a wind blowing from the north is a north wind.  4, record 8, English, - rhumb

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Wind directions were recorded using a 32-point compass, usually when there was a significant change. There might therefore be several such observations each day. The wind direction was always the point of the compass from which the wind was blowing and was recorded with regard to magnetic rather than true(geographic) north.  5, record 8, English, - rhumb

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Direction d'où souffle le vent.  2, record 8, French, - aire%20de%20vent

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Chaque arc de 11° 15' de la circonférence de la Rose des vents porte le nom de «rumb de vent», et l'on appelle «aire» ou mieux «Aire de vent», la direction dans laquelle le vent souffle.  3, record 8, French, - aire%20de%20vent

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La rose des vents est traditionnellement divisée en 32 aires ou quarts de 11° 15'.  2, record 8, French, - aire%20de%20vent

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A star-shaped diagram indicating the relative frequencies of the wind directions, and sometimes the frequencies of the wind speeds for different directions, recorded at a station for a specific period of time.  2, record 9, English, - wind%20rose

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The most common form consists of a circle from which eight or sixteen lines emanate, one for each compass point. The length of each line is proportional to the frequency of wind from that direction, and the frequency of calm conditions is entered in the center. Many variations exist; some indicate the range of wind speeds from each direction; some relate wind directions with other weather occurrences.  2, record 9, English, - wind%20rose

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Diagramme en forme d'étoile indiquant les fréquences relatives des diverses directions du vent, et parfois des fréquences de groupes de vitesse du vent pour ces directions, mesurées à une station pendant une période donnée.  2, record 9, French, - rose%20des%20vents

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Plusieurs types de présentations graphiques sont possibles, soit en polygones emboîtés, soit en répartition radiale. Le nombre des secteurs de directions pris en considération est fonction de la précision requise. Les plus fréquemment utilisées sont les roses de 8, de 16 ou de 18 directions correspondant respectivement à des secteurs de 45°, 22°5 et 20°.  3, record 9, French, - rose%20des%20vents

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Diagrama en forma de estrella, correspondiente a una estación e intervalo de tiempo dados, en que se representan las frecuencias relativas de las diferentes direcciones del viento.  2, record 9, Spanish, - rosa%20de%20los%20vientos

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A veces, también da las frecuencias de las velocidades del viento agrupadas según las diferentes direcciones.  2, record 9, Spanish, - rosa%20de%20los%20vientos

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

On 8 September, UNESCO celebrates International Literacy Day. Some people may believe that, in the audiovisual age, writing is outmoded; but this is by no means true. On the one hand, the written word is still indispensable as a reference point or a compass, enabling us to get our bearings in the galaxy of visual images. On the other hand, written knowledge is as vital as ever to the self-realization of every individual, every social group and every nation. Mastery of the written word is still a condition of access to knowledge and the full exercise of citizenship. Although illiteracy, in oral civilizations, can clearly not be equated with ignorance, it is a major obstacle to the acquisition of the knowledge and know-how that are essential for daily life in modern society.  1, record 10, English, - International%20Literacy%20Day

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

L'UNESCO célèbre le 8 septembre la Journée Internationale de l'alphabétisation. Même si certains pensent qu'à l'époque du «tout image», l'écrit est dépassé, il n'en est rien. D'une part, l'écrit reste indispensable comme repère, ou comme boussole, dans la galaxie de l'image. D'autre part, le savoir écrit est toujours aussi vital pour l'affirmation de chaque personnel de chaque groupe social, de chaque nation. La maîtrise de l'écrit conditionne encore et toujours l'accès au savoir et au plein exercice de la citoyenneté. Si, dans les civilisations de l'oralité, l'analphabétisme n'est évidemment pas synonyme d'ignorance, il se révèle un obstacle majeur à l'acquisition des connaissances indispensables à la vie quotidienne dans une société moderne.  1, record 10, French, - Journ%C3%A9e%20internationale%20de%20l%27alphab%C3%A9tisation

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Heading relative to true north.  2, record 11, English, - true%20heading

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

true north: The direction of the north geographical pole.  2, record 11, English, - true%20heading

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS

A magnetic compass does not point toward the true North Pole of the Earth. Rather, it more closely points toward the North Magnetic Pole of the Earth. The North Magnetic Pole is currently located in northern Canada. It wanders in an elliptical path each day, and moves, on the average, more than forty meters northward each day. Evidence indicates that the North Magnetic Pole has wandered over much of the Earth's surface in the 4. 5 billion years since the Earth formed.  3, record 11, English, - true%20heading

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 3 OBS

true heading: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).  4, record 11, English, - true%20heading

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Écart en degrés (0 à 360) par rapport au nord géographique (direction du pôle nord vrai).  4, record 11, French, - cap%20vrai

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

S'oppose au cap compas basé sur le nord magnétique.  5, record 11, French, - cap%20vrai

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS

cap vrai; cap géographique : termes uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).  6, record 11, French, - cap%20vrai

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 3 OBS

cap vrai : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.  6, record 11, French, - cap%20vrai

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

rumbo verdadero; rumbo geográfico: términos aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Internacional (OACI).  2, record 11, Spanish, - rumbo%20verdadero

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The point of the compass midway between the cardinal points north and east : the point directly opposite to southwest.  1, record 12, English, - northeast

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Point collatéral qui emprunte également aux directions cardinales nord et est.  3, record 12, French, - nord%2Dest

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The process of placing magnets and iron masses(correctors) near the magnetic needle so as to neutralize the effect of magnetism existing or induced in the ship's hull and fittings, with the purpose of correcting the error so caused and bringing the compass needle to point as nearly as possible to the magnetic north.  2, record 13, English, - compass%20adjustment

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

compass adjustment: Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.  2, record 13, English, - compass%20adjustment

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

compensation du compas : Terminologie officialisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.  2, record 13, French, - compensation%20de%20compas

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A borehole-surveying device consisting of a gimbal-mounted open frame, rigidly enclosing a graduated circle inside of which is a gimbal-mounted compass. This assemblage, inserted in a glass tube filled with a melted gelatin mixture is placed inside a tightly sealed brass tube or clinometer. When the tube is lowered into, and suspended at a point in a borehole for a sufficient length of time to allow the gelatin to set or jell, the position of the gimbal parts becomes fixed in the solidified gelatin, thereby providing a means whereby the compass course and inclination of the borehole at a specific point may be determined.  1, record 14, English, - Carlson%20compass

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La Carlson Compass (...) est d'un principe analogue [à celui du Tro-Pari], mais la boussole est immergée dans un liquide à base de gélatine qui se gélifie au bout d'un temps donné. Les températures élevées empêchent le fonctionnement normal de cet appareil. Pour éviter la perturbation du champ magnétique provoquée par l'acier des tiges, ces instruments sont en bronze et sont fixés à des tiges de cuivre ou d'aluminium d'une dizaine de mètres de longueur.  1, record 14, French, - Carlson%20compass

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish