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HAND FIRED [10 records]

Record 1 2010-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
  • Shooting (Sports)
DEF

Any firearm designed to be held and fired with one hand.

CONT

He also carried various special items, including a handgun and a kind of sound-and-light grenade, called a flash-bang, to scare off the polar bears that roam almost everywhere in the Arctic.

Key term(s)
  • hand gun
  • hand-gun

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
  • Tir (Sports)
DEF

Toute arme à feu conçue pour être tenue et tirée d'une main.

OBS

arme de poing : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Armas ligeras
  • Tiro (Deportes)
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Record 2 2002-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
DEF

A pyrotechnic device attached to a parachute and designed to provide intense illumination of an area for a short period.

Key term(s)
  • hand fired parachute flare

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
DEF

Pièce pyrotechnique fixée à un parachute et conçue pour éclairer intensément un endroit pendant une brève période.

OBS

fusée-parachute à main : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Key term(s)
  • fusée parachute à main

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Armour
CONT

The 75mm weapon was elevated with a traditional hand wheel seen below the gun in this drawing and the weapon was fired(along with the Besa coaxial MG) mechanically from a pedal on the floor. Late modifications introduced an electrical firing switch on the elevating hand wheel with a foot pedal as backup.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arme blindée

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Armour
CONT

The hand firing lever and rod is the simple mechanical hand method for firing the weapon when the electric solenoid is not working, typically used only as a backup firing mechanism. If you look closely, you will see that the firing rod is attached to the center pin of the electric firing solenoid, so using either one will actuate the firing lever and set off the percussion cap inside the shell when the gun is loaded and fired.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arme blindée

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
  • Biomass Energy
CONT

Grate fired combustors. Grate-fired systems include both pile burners and spreader-stokers. Pile burners include the old-fashioned Dutch ovens(or Dietrich cells for bagasse and coffee grounds), Wellons cells, Lanb-Cargate wet cell or gasifier burners, and inclined grate systems. Spreader-stokers are distinguished by their feed mechanism, typically a windswept or pneumatic spout or paddle wheel located above the grate and the thin bed of fuel on the grate. The stoker mechanism spreads the fuel more or less uniformly across the grate. Grate fired systems may use flat or sloping grates, with inclined grates being the most severely sloping grate systems. Grates may be stationary or moving. They may be air cooled or water cooled. Ash removal from grates may be accomplished by moving arms, steam or air blowing systems, grate moving, or hand raking. Grate fired units may be refractory lined or waterwall furnaces, depending upon vendor and purpose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)
  • Énergie de la biomasse
DEF

Système de combustion pour combustible muni d'une grille fixe ou mobile.

Spanish

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Record 6 1990-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides

Spanish

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Record 9 1985-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Hearths (Heating)
CONT

Fuel... Coal and wood... Type of heating unit... Hand Fired Stove....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de foyers (Chauffage)

Spanish

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Record 10 1977-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Aircraft)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et sauvetages (Aviation)
OBS

Artifice allumé à la main, qui projette un feu éclairant, supporté par un parachute.

OBS

Source : Lexique des dénominations.

Spanish

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