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Examples of various small-arms flechettes (scale in inches) A flechette or flèchette (/ f l eɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ t / fle-SHET) is a pointed, fin-stabilized steel projectile.The name comes from French flèchette (from flèche), meaning "little arrow" or "dart", and sometimes retains the grave accent in English: flèchette.
The height of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm. The pointed, imperforate, solid shell has an elongated conic shape. It is polished, yellowish, pink, or olive-green, with reddish or olive longitudinal lines in pairs, sometimes separate on the body whorl, and usually with numerous narrow, rather obscure spiral pink or yellowish lines.
The Registry of World Record Size Shells is a conchological work listing the largest (and in some cases smallest) verified shell specimens of various marine molluscan taxa.A successor to the earlier World Size Records of Robert J. L. Wagner and R. Tucker Abbott, it has been published on a semi-regular basis since 1997, changing ownership and publisher a number of times.
Mysterious tar balls washed up on several Florida beaches, forcing closures and triggering an investigation by the U.S. Coast Guard. Fort Lauderdale’s shoreline was among the most impacted ...
Our annual shark bite report for 2024 is now available online. There were only 47 unprovoked attacks, down 21 from the previous year and well below the 10-year average of 70.
Scientists at San Jose State University say that a large fire that burned at a battery plant in Monterrey County, California earlier this month has left heightened levels of heavy metals in a ...
Homemade filo takes time and skill, requiring progressive rolling and stretching to a single thin and very large sheet. A very big table is used, preferably with a marble top. If the dough is stretched by hand, a long, thin rolling pin is used, with continual flouring between layers to prevent the sheets from sticking to one another. [ 3 ]
The line where each septum meets the outer shell is called the suture or suture line. Like other true ammonites, Baculites have intricate suture patterns on their shells that can be used to identify different species. A fossil cast of the shell of a Baculites grandis on display at the North American Museum of Ancient Life in Lehi, Utah.