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AEROPHORE [3 records]

Record 1 2012-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

A portable apparatus containing compressed air for administration to resuscitate newborn babies who fail to breathe at birth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
OBS

Appareil destiné à réanimer le nouveau-né souffrant d'insuffisance respiratoire à la naissance.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Qui transporte de l'air.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Dangers and Mine Safety
DEF

A portable apparatus containing a supply of compressed air for respiration, as for a miner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière (dangers et sécurité)
DEF

Appareil qui sert à renouveler l'air dans les milieux viciés.

CONT

[En utilisant] des pressions [élevées il est] possible d'emporter [...] une masse gazeuse beaucoup plus considérable que dans les aérophores primitifs. [J.N. Haton de la Goupillière, Cours d'exploitation des mines, t. 3, 1905, p. 1398].

Spanish

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