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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A simple straight or coiled brass or copper small wind instrument with cupped mouthpiece used especially by guards of mail coaches of the 18th and 19th centuries.  4, record 1, English, - post%20horn

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The main differences between a military bugle and a posthorn are their shape and purpose. Coiled in a circle like miniature horn..., the posthorn literally gets its name from its association with the postal service... Posthorns signaled the arrival of mail coaches to secure "unhindered and speedy attention, "... They were also used to alert travelers to road conditions, to alert toll keepers of express mail coaches that required free passage, and to notify innkeepers of passengers in need of lodging. In addition to its primary signal function, the posthorn was used to perform melodies.... To serve this more melodic function, some posthorns were fitted with a single vent hole as well as keys and later, valves.  3, record 1, English, - post%20horn

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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[...] quelques hôtes des bains d'Arosa avaient demandé à la Société des bains de faire une démarche en faveur du rétablissement de l'usage du cor de poste. [...] Ils désirent que dans les vallées où le chemin de fer n'a pas pénétré, le cor de poste soit remis en honneur [...] Ils ont réuni une somme assez rondelette, qui leur permettra de distribuer des prix d'une certaine valeur aux postillons qui exécuteront les plus belles mélodies.  1, record 1, French, - cor%20de%20poste

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

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Représentation iconographique symbolique des cornes de bovins.  2, record 2, French, - corniforme

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

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A horn with a rectangular section and plane sides, two of which are parallel and have the shape of an isosceles trapezium.  2, record 3, English, - sectoral%20horn

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Cornet de section transversale rectangulaire, à faces planes dont deux sont parallèles et ont la forme d'un trapèze isocèle.  1, record 3, French, - cornet%20sectoriel

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Bocina con dos lados paralelos y dos divergentes.  1, record 3, Spanish, - bocina%20sectorial

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

... on a hearing aid.  1, record 4, English, - earmold%20with%20Libby%20horn

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Horns were first applied to earmolds in the late 1950s in the "Acoustic Modifier"--a short-canal, wide-bore mold. Enlarging a sound bore will enhance high frequencies passing through it; reducing it will reduce the high frequency components. The key to horn theory involved the change in bore diameter, not its shape. With the extended high frequency range of many of today's hearing aids, a horn of some type should be employed to preserve the performance and achieve a successful fitting. Probably the most popular style is the Libby Horn--a tapered, one-piece sound tube which is replaceable in the dispenser's office.  2, record 4, English, - earmold%20with%20Libby%20horn

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Source : Ordre des audioprothésistes, Trois-Rivières, Québec.  1, record 4, French, - embout%20auriculaire%20avec%20fonction%20exponentielle

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Enc. Brit. : extinct genus of solitary corals found as fossils in Silurian and Devonian marine rocks(the Silurian Period preceded the Devonian Period and ended 395, 000, 000 years ago). Cystiphyllum is one of the horn corals, so named for their hornlike shape. Like other corals, it has specialized requirements and thus is an important environmental indicator.  1, record 5, English, - cystiphyllum

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Famille des cystiphyllidés. - Grand développement du tissu vésiculeux qui envahit tout le polypier et même les planchers; les cloisons sont peu distinctes. Genre Cystiphyllum, Silurien supérieur Dévonien (fig. 61,I). p. 161 et 162, (M. Paléon).  1, record 5, French, - cystiphyllid%C3%A9s

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish