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AIR WAY [2 records]

Record 1 2010-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Ventilation, Heating and Lighting
DEF

Any underground gallery or passage through which a portion of the ventilation passes, that is, the air is carried.

OBS

airway; air way; wind road; wind way; ventilation entry: All these terms may be applied to galleries, but also to any other passage for the circulation of air in a mine.

Key term(s)
  • windroad
  • windway

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ventilation, chauffage et éclairage des mines
OBS

Le terme «galerie d'aérage» est plus spécifique que «voie d'aérage» qui peut désigner n'importe quel type de passage d'air dans une mine.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Ventilation, Heating and Lighting
DEF

Any underground gallery or passage through which a portion of the ventilation passes, that is, the air is carried.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ventilation, chauffage et éclairage des mines
CONT

L'exploitation de la houille par gradins renversés [...] exige deux galeries : l'une inférieure, dite voie de fond, qui est en même temps la voie de roulage et doit servir à la sortie des produits de l'abatage; l'autre supérieure, qui est la voie d'aérage, parce que son but est en effet de compléter la circulation de l'air [...].

Spanish

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