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LEGGET [4 records]

Record 1 2011-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
  • Farm Buildings
DEF

A reed thatcher’s tool used to align the reeds.

CONT

The butts of reed which overlay the angle of the chimney are dressed back square by using the leggett to obtain a uniform finish.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
  • Constructions rurales

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
OBS

A neutral term for poorly sorted non-calcareous, terrigenous sediments possessing a wide range of particle sizes without reference to genesis.(Glacial Till, by Robert F. Legget, 1976, p. 15).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

[...] mélange d'éléments de toutes grosseurs qui sont déposés par la glace.

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

by Robert F. Legget. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1955, 1972. Information found in DOBIS

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Recherche effectuée dans UTALS, DOBIS et auprès de la Bibliothèque publique d'Ottawa et la Bibliothèque nationale du Canada

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

Authors : R. F. Legget and H. B. Dickens; 1959;(DRB Technical Paper, No. 62).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Auteurs: R.F. Legget et H.B. Dickens; 1959; (DRB Technical Paper, No. 62).

Spanish

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