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1 carriage builder
Автомобильный термин: завод, изготовляющий кузова, кузовостроитель, фирма, изготовляющая кузова -
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3 carriage builder
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4 carriage builder
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суппорт; каретка; салазки; тележка; вагон; шасси; коляска; экипаж; карета; повозка; рама; платформа; транспорт; перевозка; провоз; стоимость перевозки; несущее устройство; дренажная труба- carriage builder - carriage clamp - carriage control - carriage forward - carriage frame - carriage freight - carriage grease - carriage jack - carriage lock - carriage manufacturer - carriage paid - carriage road - carriage step - carriage way - bearer carriage - crane carriage - double carriage - drawn carriage - drill carriage - drilling carriage - feeding carriage - lathe carriage - log carriage - saw carriage - sliding carriage - swivel carriage - timber carriage - tool carriage - travelling carriage - wheel carriage -
6 Stephenson, John
[br]b. 4 July 1809 County Armagh, Ireland,d. 31 July 1893 New Rochelle, New York, USA.[br]Irish/American pioneer of tramways for urban transport, builder and innovator of streetcars.[br]Stephenson's parents emigrated to the United States when he was 2 years old; he was educated in public schools in New York, where his parents had settled, and at a Wesleyan seminary. He became a clerk in a store at 16, but in 1828 he apprenticed himself to a coachbuilder, Andrew Wade, of Broome Street, New York. His apprenticeship lasted two years, during which time he learned mechanical drawing in the evenings and started to design vehicles. He was employed for a year on carriage repair work and in 1831 he opened his own coach repair business. Within a year he had built New York's first omnibus; this was bought by Abraham Brower, Stephenson's former employer, who started the city's first bus service. Brower immediately ordered a further three buses from Stephenson, and a further horse-drawn car was ordered by the New York \& Harlem Railroad. He built the car used at the opening of the railroad on 26 November 1832, the first street railway in the world. Orders followed for cars for many street railroads in other cities in the eastern States, and business prospered until the financial panic of 1837. Stephenson's factory was forced to close but he managed to pay off his creditors in the next six years and started in business again, building only omnibuses and coaches to become recognized as the world's foremost builder of streetcars. His first car had four flanged wheels, and a body of three compartments slung on leather straps from an unsprung chassis. He built horse-drawn cars, cable cars, electric and open cars; by 1891 his factory had 500 employees and was producing some twenty-five cars a week. His first patent had been dated 23 April 1833 and was followed by some ten others. During the Civil War, his factory was turned over to the manufacture of pontoons and gun carriages. He married Julia Tiemann in 1833; they had two sons and a daughter. He lived at New Rochelle, New York, from 1865 until his death.[br]Further Reading"The original car builder", 1891, New York Tribune, 10 September.D.Malone (ed.), Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 9, New York: Charles Scribner.IMcN -
7 hitch
1. [hıtʃ] n1. толчок; рывокto give smth. a hitch - подтянуть, поддёрнуть что-л.; подтолкнуть или подвинуть что-л. рывком
2. помеха; препятствие; задержкаa hitch in the execution of a treaty - препятствие к проведению в жизнь договора
without a hitch - гладко, без задержки; ≅ без сучка без задоринки
the blast-off was delayed because of a technical hitch - запуск был отложен из-за технической неполадки
3. прихрамывание4. амер. разг. бесплатная поездка на попутной машине5. внезапная остановка ( работающего механизма)6. зацеп; захватtrailer hitch - авт. устройство /крюк/ для сцепления с прицепом
7. мор. узел8. геол.1) незначительное нарушение пласта2) утонение; уступ9. горн. гнездо для крепи10. амер.2) ограниченный срок (работы, заключения и т. п.)to do /to serve/ a three-year hitch in prison - отсидеть три года в тюрьме
while waiting for a better job he put in a hitch with a builder - в ожидании лучшего места он пока работал на стройке
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this hitch - амер. разг. на этот раз2. [hıtʃ] vto make a hitch of it - амер. разг. а) поладить друг с другом; б) взяться за что-л., по пробовать сделать что-л.
1. подвигать толчками; подталкивать; подтягивать ( часто hitch up)2. (on, to)1) зацеплять, прицеплять; сцеплять, скреплятьto hitch a rope over /round/ a bough - перекинуть верёвку через ветку, захлестнуть верёвку за ветку
2) зацепляться, прицепляться; сцепляться, скреплятьсяher dress hitched on a nail - её платье зацепилось /она зацепилась платьем/ за гвоздь
3. 1) привязывать2) амер. запрягать, впрягать (тж. hitch up)he's hitched up at last - наконец-то его окрутили /он женился/
4. 1) прихрамывать, ковылять2) диал. ходить вприпрыжку; скакать3) двигаться рывками5. разг. подходить, вязаться, согласоваться (тж. hitch in, hitch on)these two accounts don't hitch in with each other - эти два доклада расходятся /не вяжутся/ друг с другом
6. (тж. hitch a ride)1) просить подвезти; «голосовать»people were hitching rides from passing motorists - люди останавливали попутные машины и просили их подвезти
2) подъехать на попутной машинеwe hitched a ride to Bath - мы добрались до Бата на попутной машине [см. тж. hitch-hike]
7. засекаться ( о лошади)♢
hitch your wagon to a star - впряги звезду в свою повозку; ≅ ставь себе высокие цели -
8 jack
1) передвижное подъёмное приспособление; домкрат; лебёдка; подъёмник || поднимать домкратом или лебёдкой4) рычаг5) зажим6) перфоратор, бурильный молоток7) дефлектор8) эл. гнездо, ответная часть соединителя; розетка; фишка; клеммная колодка9) толкатель (напр. кулирных платин котонной машины)•to jack in place, to jack to position — поднимать домкратом в проектное положение;-
aircraft hydraulic jack
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anchor jack
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answering jack
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antenna jack
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banana jack
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booster jack
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boot jack
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bracing jack
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branching jack
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break jack
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bridging jack
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builder's jack
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built-in jack
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calling jack
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carriage jack
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ceiling jack
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chain jack
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circle jack
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compressed-air jack
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cross-beam jack
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cutoff jack
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cylinder jack
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double-action jack
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drum-end jack
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external antenna jack
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five-point jack
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floor jack
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four-way jack
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grounding jack
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ground jack
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hand jack
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harness wiring jack
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haulage-end jack
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headphone jack
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hip jack
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hoisting jack
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hydraulic jack
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hydraulic rail jack
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hydraulic trolley jack
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integral jack
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intermediate jack
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jacquard jack
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laboratory jack
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lamp jack
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latch jack
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lever jack
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lifting jack
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line input jack
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line jack
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log jack
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lumber jack
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monitoring jack
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motor-car jack
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mud jack
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needle jack
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oil pneumatic jack
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patching jack
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pattern jack
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phone jack
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phono jack
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pin jack
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pneumatic jack
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presser jack
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prestressing jack
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pumping jack
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pup jack
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rack-and-gear jack
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rack jack
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rack-and-pinion jack
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rack-operated jack
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rail jack
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retractable arm jack
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roof jack
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safety jack
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sand jack
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sawing jack
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scissor jack
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screw jack
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simplex jack
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sinking jack
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sliding jack
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slipform jack
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smoke jack
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spring jack
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substructure jack
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switchboard jack
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tachometer jack
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telephone jack
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telescopic jack
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test jack
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timber jack
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transfer jack
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9 ♦ house
♦ house /haʊs, pl. haʊzɪz/A n.1 casa; abitazione; edificio; dimora; domicilio; casato; famiglia; dinastia; casa commerciale; azienda; ditta: The party is at our house, la festa è a casa nostra; a house for rent, una casa d'affitto; council house ► council; workers' houses, case operaie; at one's house, a casa propria; detached house, una villa (o villetta) unifamiliare; terraced houses, case a schiera; (comput.) software house, azienda che sviluppa software su commessa; software house; publishing house, casa editrice; (stor.) the House of Tudor, la Casa di Tudor; an ancient house, un antico casato; a haunted house, una casa infestata dai fantasmi NOTA D'USO: - home o house?-2 (fig.) (la gente di) casa: The whole house was astir, tutta la gente di casa era sveglia e in piedi3 (polit.) camera; assemblea legislativa: (in USA) the House of Representatives, la Camera dei Rappresentanti NOTE DI CULTURA: House of Representatives: è una delle due camere del Congresso statunitense (l'altra è il ► «Senate»). I Representatives ( deputati) sono 435 e hanno un mandato di due anni. Vengono eletti nei vari Stati in numero proporzionale alla popolazione. Sono anche chiamati Congressmen e Congresswomen; to enter the House, andare (o essere eletto) alla Camera4 locale; teatro; cinema; pubblico, spettatori (a teatr.): a full (o packed) house, un teatro pieno; un pienone (fam.); a thin house, pochi spettatori; una platea semivuota; (fig.) to bring the house down, far crollare il teatro per gli applausi; ( anche) far sbellicare il pubblico (dalle risate)5 (GB) rappresentazione (o spettacolo) teatrale (o cinematografico): the first [the second] house, il primo [il secondo] spettacolo7 albergo; pensione; locanda; (= eating-house) ristorante, trattoria; (= public house) bar; «casa»; locale: It's on the house!, offre la casa!; (tur., cucina) house special, specialità della casa9 casa dello studente; convitto; convittori10 (astrol.) casa11 – (polit., in GB) the House (= the House of Commons), i Comuni ( la Camera dei rappresentanti in GB)12 (fin.) (fam.) the House, la Borsa Valori di Londra; brokerage house, casa di brokeraggio; società d'intermediazione mobiliare13 (mus., = House music) musica house ( degli anni '80; da Warehouse, il night di Chicago dove ebbe origine)14 (eufem.) casa di tolleranza; casino (fam.)B a. attr.1 della casa; casalingo3 ( al ristorante) della casa: house wine, vino della casa: DIALOGO → - Ordering food 1- The house wine isn't at all bad, il vino della casa non è per niente male5 delle case; degli immobili: DIALOGO → - Asking where someone lives- I bought a little flat just before the house prices went up, ho comprato un appartamentino prima che i prezzi degli immobili salisseroC inter.● house agent, agente immobiliare; mediatore di case □ one's house and home (espress. enfatica per home), la propria casa; i propri lari (fig.); i propri penati (fig.) □ (leg.) house arrest, arresti domiciliari: to be under house arrest, essere agli arresti domiciliari □ (leg.) house brand, marchio commerciale □ house-broken = house-trained ► sotto □ house builder, imprenditore edile □ (relig.) house church, chiesa carismatica; gruppo carismatico □ house clearance, sgombero di mobili e oggetti vecchi □ ( nei circoli) house dinner, pranzo (o cena) sociale □ house dog, cane da guardia □ (naut.) house flag, bandiera della casa ( cioè, di una società mercantile) □ (fam.) house-hunting, ricerca della casa: to go house-hunting, cercare casa □ (teatr.) house lights, luci della (o di) sala □ (zool.) house martin ( Delichon urbica), balestruccio □ (zool.) house mouse ( Mus musculus), topo delle case □ a house of cards, un castello di carte ( anche fig.) □ (in GB) the House of Commons, la Camera dei Comuni □ (GB stor. o USA) house of correction, casa di correzione; correzionale □ (relig., luogo di culto) house of God, casa di Dio; casa del Signore □ (antiq.) house of ill fame (o repute), casa di malaffare; casa di tolleranza □ (in GB) the House of Lords, la Camera dei Pari; la Camera Alta □ (in GB) the Houses of Parliament, le Camere, il Parlamento NOTE DI CULTURA: Houses of Parliament: il parlamento inglese è formato dalla House of Commons ( Camera dei Comuni) e dalla House of Lords ( Camera dei Lord). La House of Commons è composta da 646 deputati ( Members of Parliament o MPs) eletti a suffragio universale con sistema maggioritario di norma ogni cinque anni, ed è presieduta da uno Speaker. La House of Lords è costituita da membri non eletti che si dividono in Lords Spiritual ( vescovi della Chiesa anglicana) e Lords Temporal ( membri laici dell'aristocrazia) ed è presieduta dal Lord ( High) Chancellor. Fino al 1999 i Lord erano 1200; oggi sono circa 700 e la struttura e la funzione stessa della House of Lords sono in corso di ridefinizione □ house on wheels, casa mobile; ( anche) camper, roulotte □ house organ, giornale aziendale □ house painter, imbianchino □ house party, riunione di ospiti in una casa di campagna ( spesso per l'intero weekend) □ house phone, telefono interno □ house physician, medico interno ( in un ospedale) □ house plant, pianta da appartamento □ house-proud, amante della casa; che ci tiene ad avere una bella casa; fanatico della pulizia in casa □ (zool., Passer domesticus) house sparrow, passero domestico □ (med.) house surgeon, chirurgo interno ( d'ospedale) □ (fisc.) house tax, imposta sulla casa □ house-to-house, di casa in casa; (market.) porta a porta, a domicilio: house-to-house selling [service], vendita [servizio] a domicilio □ house-trained, ( d'animale domestico) abituato a vivere in casa; pulito; (fig.) addomesticato (fig.) □ house union, sindacato d'impresa □ house-warming ► housewarming □ to get on (o along) like a house on fire, fare amicizia in quattro e quattr'otto; andare subito d'accordo; avere un feeling immediato □ to keep house, badare alla (o occuparsi della) casa; governare la casa; accudire alla (o la) casa; to keep house for sb., fare da governante a q. □ to keep house together, dividere la casa (o l'appartamento; con q.) □ to keep a good house, trattarsi bene; non farsi mancare nulla; ( anche) governare bene la casa □ to keep open house, essere molto ospitale; ricevere spesso □ (lett.) to keep to the house, starsene in casa □ like a house on fire, energicamente, con vigore; ( anche) velocemente, come un fulmine; ( anche) a gonfie vele (fig.) □ (polit.) to make a house, assicurarsi il numero legale; raggiungere il quorum □ to move house, traslocare □ (fam.) to play house, ( di bambini) giocare alla famiglia; ( anche) andare a vivere (o mettersi) (con q.) □ to put one's house in order = to set one's house in order ► sotto □ (GB) (as) safe as houses, sicuro come una fortezza □ (fig.) to set one's house in order, sistemare i propri affari; metter le cose a posto □ (prov.) A house divided cannot stand, senza concordia non si tira avanti.(to) house /haʊz/v. t.1 dare una casa a; albergare; alloggiare; ospitare: We'll house him for the weekend, lo ospiteremo per il week-end2 collocare; conservare; riporre; sistemare: Some ancient manuscripts are housed here, alcuni manoscritti antichi sono conservati qui3 (mecc., ecc.) alloggiare; collocare; incassare4 (falegn.) incastrare -
10 wrench
1) гаечный ключ2) отвёртывать; вывинчивать•- air wrench - air-impact wrench - Allen wrench - alligator wrench - angle wrench - bent wrench - bridge builder's wrench - carriage wrench - chain pipe wrench - chuck wrench - claw wrench - cock wrench - compass wrench - construction wrench - diagonal wrench - double-head wrench - electric-powered adjustable wrench - engineer's wrench - female wrench - filter change wrench - flange wrench - fork wrench - general utility wrench - handle bent wrench - hexagon wrench - hose wrench - impact wrench - lathe wrench - lug wrench - male wrench - multiple ratchet wrench - nut wrench - open-end wrench - open-jawed wrench - pin wrench - pipe wrench - piston wrench - pocket adjustable wrench - ratchet wrench - reamer wrench - rim wrench - single-head wrench - socket wrench - solid wrench - spanner wrench - speeder wrench - spinning wrench - straddle wrench - swivel wrench - tap wrench - track wrench - tube wrench - union wrench - universal wrench - Vulcan chain pipe wrenchto wrench off — скручивать ( болт) в результате чрезмерно сильной затяжки, срывать ( резьбу)
* * *гаечный ключ- adjustable wrench
- adjustable box wrench
- air-operated wrench
- Allen wrench
- alligator wrench
- chain pipe wrench
- construction wrench
- coupling wrench
- crescent-type wrench
- crescent wrench
- double-end wrench
- electric wrench
- gas pipe wrench
- impact wrench
- monkey wrench
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11 Davidson, Robert
[br]b. 18 April 1804 Aberdeen, Scotlandd. 16 November 1894 Aberdeen, Scotland[br]Scottish chemist, pioneer of electric power and builder of the first electric railway locomotives.[br]Davidson, son of an Aberdeen merchant, attended Marischal College, Aberdeen, between 1819 and 1822: his studies included mathematics, mechanics and chemistry. He subsequently joined his father's grocery business, which from time to time received enquiries for yeast: to meet these, Davidson began to manufacture yeast for sale and from that start built up a successful chemical manufacturing business with the emphasis on yeast and dyes. About 1837 he started to experiment first with electric batteries and then with motors. He invented a form of electromagnetic engine in which soft iron bars arranged on the periphery of a wooden cylinder, parallel to its axis, around which the cylinder could rotate, were attracted by fixed electromagnets. These were energized in turn by current controlled by a simple commutaring device. Electric current was produced by his batteries. His activities were brought to the attention of Michael Faraday and to the scientific world in general by a letter from Professor Forbes of King's College, Aberdeen. Davidson declined to patent his inventions, believing that all should be able freely to draw advantage from them, and in order to afford an opportunity for all interested parties to inspect them an exhibition was held at 36 Union Street, Aberdeen, in October 1840 to demonstrate his "apparatus actuated by electro-magnetic power". It included: a model locomotive carriage, large enough to carry two people, that ran on a railway; a turning lathe with tools for visitors to use; and a small printing machine. In the spring of 1842 he put on a similar exhibition in Edinburgh, this time including a sawmill. Davidson sought support from railway companies for further experiments and the construction of an electromagnetic locomotive; the Edinburgh exhibition successfully attracted the attention of the proprietors of the Edinburgh 585\& Glasgow Railway (E \& GR), whose line had been opened in February 1842. Davidson built a full-size locomotive incorporating his principle, apparently at the expense of the railway company. The locomotive weighed 7 tons: each of its two axles carried a cylinder upon which were fastened three iron bars, and four electromagnets were arranged in pairs on each side of the cylinders. The motors he used were reluctance motors, the power source being zinc-iron batteries. It was named Galvani and was demonstrated on the E \& GR that autumn, when it achieved a speed of 4 mph (6.4 km/h) while hauling a load of 6 tons over a distance of 1 1/2 miles (2.4 km); it was the first electric locomotive. Nevertheless, further support from the railway company was not forthcoming, although to some railway workers the locomotive seems to have appeared promising enough: they destroyed it in Luddite reaction. Davidson staged a further exhibition in London in 1843 without result and then, the cost of battery chemicals being high, ceased further experiments of this type. He survived long enough to see the electric railway become truly practicable in the 1880s.[br]Bibliography1840, letter, Mechanics Magazine, 33:53–5 (comparing his machine with that of William Hannis Taylor (2 November 1839, British patent no. 8,255)).Further Reading1891, Electrical World, 17:454.J.H.R.Body, 1935, "A note on electro-magnetic engines", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 14:104 (describes Davidson's locomotive).F.J.G.Haut, 1956, "The early history of the electric locomotive", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 27 (describes Davidson's locomotive).A.F.Anderson, 1974, "Unusual electric machines", Electronics \& Power 14 (November) (biographical information).—1975, "Robert Davidson. Father of the electric locomotive", Proceedings of the Meeting on the History of Electrical Engineering Institution of Electrical Engineers, 8/1–8/17 (the most comprehensive account of Davidson's work).A.C.Davidson, 1976, "Ingenious Aberdonian", Scots Magazine (January) (details of his life).PJGR / GW -
12 England, George
[br]b. 1811 or 1812 Newcastle upon Tyne, Englandd. 4 March 1878 Cannes, France[br]English locomotive builder who built the first locomotives for the narrow-gauge Festiniog Railway.[br]England trained with John Penn \& Sons, marine engine and boilermakers, and set up his own business at Hatcham Iron Works, South London, in about 1840. This was initially a general engineering business and made traversing screw jacks, which England had patented, but by 1850 it was building locomotives. One of these, Little England, a 2–2– 2T light locomotive owing much to the ideas of W.Bridges Adams, was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851, and England then prospered, supplying many railways at home and abroad with small locomotives. In 1863 he built two exceptionally small 0–4–0 tank locomotives for the Festiniog Railway, which enabled the latter's Manager and Engineer C.E. Spooner to introduce steam traction on this line with its gauge of just under 2 ft (60 cm). England's works had a reputation for good workmanship, suggesting he inspired loyalty among his employees, yet he also displayed increasingly tyrannical behaviour towards them: the culmination was a disastrous strike in 1865 that resulted in the loss of a substantial order from the South Eastern Railway. From 1866 George England became associated with development of locomotives to the patent of Robert Fairlie, but in 1869 he retired due to ill health and leased his works to a partnership of his son (also called George England), Robert Fairlie and J.S.Fraser under the title of the Fairlie Engine \& Steam Carriage Company. However, George England junior died within a few months, locomotive production ceased in 1870 and the works was sold off two years later.[br]Bibliography1839, British patent no. 8,058 (traversing screw jack).Further ReadingAspects of England's life and work are described in: C.H.Dickson, 1961, "Locomotive builders of the past", Stephenson Locomotive Society Journal, p. 138.A.R.Bennett, 1907, "Locomotive building in London", Railway Magazine, p. 382.R.Weaver, 1983, "English Ponies", Festiniog Railway Magazine (spring): 18.PJGR -
13 Sommeiller, Germain
[br]b. 15 March 1815 St Jeoire, Haute-Savoie, Franced. 11 July 1874 St Jeoire, Haute-Savoie, France[br]French civil engineer, builder of the Mont Cénis tunnel in the Alps.[br]Having been employed in railway construction in Sardinia, Sommeiller was working as an engineer at the University of Turin when, in 1857, he was commissioned to take charge of the French part in the construction of the 13 km (8 mile) tunnel under Mont Cénis between Modane, France, and Bardonècchia, Italy. This was to be the first long-distance tunnel through rock in the Alps driven from two headings with no intervening shafts; it is a landmark in the history of technology thanks to the use of a number of pioneering techniques in its construction.As steam power was unsuitable because of the difficulties in transmitting power over long distances, Sommeiller developed ideas for the use of compressed-air machinery, first mooted by Daniel Colladon of Geneva in 1855; this also solved the problems of ventilation. He also decided to adapt the principle of his compressed-air ram to supply extra power to locomotives on steep gradients. In 1860 he took out a patent in France for a combined compressor-pump, and in 1861 his first percussion drill, mounted on a carriage, was introduced. Although it was of little use at first, Sommeiller improved his drill through trial and error, including the use of the diamond drill-crowns patented by Georges Auguste Leschot in 1862. The invention of dynamite by Alfred Nobel contributed decisively to the speedy completion of the tunnel by the end of 1870, several years ahead of schedule.[br]Further ReadingA.Schwenger-Lerchenfeld, 1884, Die Überschienung der Alpen, Berlin; reprint 1983, Berlin: Moers, pp. 60–77 (explains how the use of compressed air for rock drilling in the Mont Cénis tunnel was a complex process of innovations to which several engineers contributed).W.Bersch, 1898, Mit Schlägel und Eisen, Vienna: reprint 1985 (with introd. by W.Kroker), Dusseldorf, pp. 242–4.WK -
14 Stringfellow, John
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 6 December 1799 Sheffield, Englandd. 13 December 1883 Chard, England[br]English inventor and builder of a series of experimental model aeroplanes.[br]After serving an apprenticeship in the lace industry, Stringfellow left Nottingham in about 1820 and moved to Chard in Somerset, where he set up his own business. He had wide interests such as photography, politics, and the use of electricity for medical treatment. Stringfellow met William Samuel Henson, who also lived in Chard and was involved in lacemaking, and became interested in his "aerial steam carriage" of 1842–3. When support for this project foundered, Henson and Stringfellow drew up an agreement "Whereas it is intended to construct a model of an Aerial Machine". They built a large model with a wing span of 20 ft (6 m) and powered by a steam engine, which was probably the work of Stringfellow. The model was tested on a hillside near Chard, often at night to avoid publicity, but despite many attempts it never made a successful flight. At this point Henson emigrated to the United States. From 1848 Stringfellow continued to experiment with models of his own design, starting with one with a wing span of 10 ft (3m). He decided to test it in a disused lace factory, rather than in the open air. Stringfellow fitted a horizontal wire which supported the model as it gained speed prior to free flight. Unfortunately, neither this nor later models made a sustained flight, despite Stringfellow's efficient lightweight steam engine. For many years Stringfellow abandoned his aeronautical experiments, then in 1866 when the (Royal) Aeronautical Society was founded, his interest was revived. He built a steam-powered triplane, which was demonstrated "flying" along a wire at the world's first Aeronautical Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace, London, in 1868. Stringfellow also received a cash prize for one of his engines, which was the lightest practical power unit at the Exhibition. Although Stringfellow's models never achieved a really successful flight, his designs showed the way for others to follow. Several of his models are preserved in the Science Museum in London.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsMember of the (Royal) Aeronautical Society 1868.BibliographyMany of Stringfellow's letters and papers are held by the Royal Aeronautical Society, London.Further ReadingHarald Penrose, 1988, An Ancient Air: A Biography of John Stringfellow, Shrewsbury. A.M.Balantyne and J.Laurence Pritchard, 1956, "The lives and work of William Samuel Henson and John Stringfellow", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (June) (an attempt to analyse conflicting evidence).M.J.B.Davy, 1931, Henson and Stringfellow, London (an earlier work with excellent drawings from Henson's patent)."The aeronautical work of John Stringfellow, with some account of W.S.Henson", Aeronau-tical Classics No. 5 (written by John Stringfellow's son and held by the Royal Aeronautical Society in London).JDS -
15 Symington, William
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 1764 Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotlandd. 22 March 1831 Wapping, London, England[br]Scottish pioneer of steam navigation.[br]Symington was the son of the Superintendent of the Mines Company in Lanarkshire, and attended the local school. When he was 22 years old he was sent by Gilbert Meason, Manager of the Wanlockhead mines, to Edinburgh University. In 1779 he was working on the assembly of a Watt engine as an apprentice to his brother, George, and in 1786 he started experiments to modify a Watt engine in order to avoid infringing the separate condenser patent. He sought a patent for his alternative, which was paid for by Meason. He constructed a model steam road carriage which was completed in 1786; it was shown in Edinburgh by Meason, attracting interest but inadequate financial support. It had a horizontal cylinder and was non-condensing. No full-sized engine was ever built but the model secured the interest of Patrick Miller, an Edinburgh banker, who ordered an engine from Symington to drive an experimental boat, 25 ft (7.6 m) long with a dual hull, which performed satisfactorily on Dalswinton Loch in 1788. In the following year Miller ordered a larger engine for a bigger boat which was tried on the Forth \& Clyde Canal in December 1789, the component parts having been made by the Carron Company. The engine worked perfectly but had the effect of breaking the paddle wheels. These were repaired and further trials were successful but Miller lost interest and his experiments lapsed. Symington devoted himself thereafter to building stationary engines. He built other engines for mine pumping at Sanquhar and Leadhills before going further afield. In all, he built over thirty engines, about half of them being rotary. In 1800–1 he designed the engine for a boat for Lord Dundas, the Charlotte Dundas; this was apparently the first boat of that name and sailed on both the Forth and Clyde rivers. A second Charlotte Dundas with a horizontal cylinder was to follow and first sailed in January 1803 for the Forth \& Clyde Canal Company. The speed of the boat was only 2 mph (3 km/h) and much was made by its detractors of the damage said to be caused to the canal banks by its wash. Lord Dundas declined to authorize payment of outstanding accounts; Symington received little reward for his efforts. He died in the house of his son-in-law, Dr Robert Bowie, in Wapping, amidst heated controversy about the true inventor of steam navigation.[br]Further ReadingW.S.Harvey and G.Downs-Rose, 1980, William Symington, Inventor and Engine- Builder, London: Mechanical Engineering Publications.IMcN
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