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member of building society

  • 1 member of building society

    member of building society (BE) FIN Bausparer(in) m(f) (cf member of savings and loan association AE)

    Englisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > member of building society

  • 2 member of savings and loan association

    member of savings and loan association (AE) FIN Bausparer(in) m(f) (cf member of building society BE)

    Englisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > member of savings and loan association

  • 3 Bausparer(in)

    Bausparer(in) m(f) FIN (BE) member of building society, (AE) member of savings and loan association
    * * *
    m(f) < Finanz> member of building society (BE), member of savings and loan association (AE)

    Business german-english dictionary > Bausparer(in)

  • 4 Bausektor

    Bausektor, öffentlicher
    public building sector;
    • Bauspardarlehen building agreement loan (US);
    • Bauspardarlehnssätze borrowing rates of building societies (Br.), building-society rates (Br.);
    • Bauspareinlagen building-society deposits;
    • prämienbegünstigtes Bausparen cash savings plan with bonus;
    • Bausparer investor, building-society depositor (Br.), investing member (Br.);
    • zugeteilter Bausparer advanced (borrowing) member (Br.);
    • noch nicht zugeteilter Bausparer unadvanced member (Br.).

    Business german-english dictionary > Bausektor

  • 5 öffentlicher

    Bausektor, öffentlicher
    public building sector;
    • Bauspardarlehen building agreement loan (US);
    • Bauspardarlehnssätze borrowing rates of building societies (Br.), building-society rates (Br.);
    • Bauspareinlagen building-society deposits;
    • prämienbegünstigtes Bausparen cash savings plan with bonus;
    • Bausparer investor, building-society depositor (Br.), investing member (Br.);
    • zugeteilter Bausparer advanced (borrowing) member (Br.);
    • noch nicht zugeteilter Bausparer unadvanced member (Br.).
    Redner, öffentlicher
    platformer, stump orator (US);
    • als Redner zugelassen sein to have the floor;
    • ZIPY\@NDS&RednerZIPY\@NDS&bühne, Rednertribüne platform, tribune, rostrum, speaker’s stand;
    • Rednerfolge order of speech;
    • Rednerliste list of speakers;
    • auf der Rednerliste stehen to be inscribed as a speaker.
    Versteigerer, öffentlicher
    auctioneer.

    Business german-english dictionary > öffentlicher

  • 6 sociedad

    f.
    1 society.
    las hormigas viven en sociedad ants are social creatures
    entrar o presentarse en sociedad to come out, to make one's debut
    alta sociedad high society
    notas de sociedad society column
    la sociedad civil civilian society
    sociedad de consumo consumer society
    la sociedad de la información the information society
    la sociedad del ocio the leisure society
    sociedad de cartera portfolio company
    sociedad colectiva general partnership
    sociedad comanditaria o en comandita general and limited partnership
    sociedad industrial industrial society
    sociedad mercantil trading company
    * * *
    1 (gen) society
    2 COMERCIO company
    3 (asociación) society, association
    \
    presentarse en sociedad to make one's debut
    sociedad anónima limited company, US incorporated company
    sociedad comanditaria limited partnership, US silent partnership
    sociedad de consumo consumer society
    Sociedad de Jesús Society of Jesus
    sociedad en comandita limited partnership, US silent partnership
    sociedad limitada private limited company, US limited corporation
    sociedad mercantil company, trading company
    sociedad protectora de animales society for the prevention of cruelty to animals
    * * *
    noun f.
    •
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Sociol) society
    2) (=asociación) [gen] society, association; [oficial] body

    sociedad de socorros mutuos — friendly society, provident society

    3) (Com, Econ) (=empresa) [gen] company; [de socios] partnership

    sociedad anónima — limited liability company, corporation (EEUU)

    Sociedad Anónima — [en nombres de empresa] Limited, Incorporated (EEUU)

    sociedad conjunta — (Com) joint venture

    sociedad de beneficencia — friendly society, benefit association (EEUU)

    sociedad instrumental, sociedad limitada — limited company, private limited company, corporation (EEUU)

    4)

    alta o buena sociedad — high society

    entrar en sociedad, presentarse en (la) sociedad — to come out, make one's debut

    notas de sociedad — gossip column, society news column

    5)
    * * *
    1) (Sociol) society
    2) (asociación, club) society
    3) (Der, Fin) company
    4) ( clase alta) (high) society
    * * *
    = membership, society, social fabric.
    Ex. The sharing of expertise through membership of a club of existing users can be valuable.
    Ex. Although the distinction between ' societies' and 'institutions' lies at the heart of the code.
    Ex. Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.
    ----
    * constituir como sociedad = incorporate.
    * crónica de sociedad = gossip column.
    * cronista de sociedad = gossip columnist.
    * Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información = World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
    * de servicio a la sociedad = public-spirited.
    * editor de sociedad cultural = learned society publisher.
    * flor y nata de la sociedad, la = cream of society, the.
    * integrarse en la sociedad = integrate into + society.
    * la escoria de la sociedad = the gutter.
    * la sociedad en general = society at large.
    * margen de la sociedad = margin of society.
    * marginado de la sociedad = social outcast.
    * más granado de la sociedad, lo = cream of society, the.
    * parásito de la sociedad = parasite.
    * persona de la alta sociedad = socialite.
    * pilares de la sociedad, los = pillars of society, the.
    * prescrito por la sociedad = socially prescribed.
    * promovido por la sociedad = culture-led.
    * que afecta a toda la sociedad = culture-wide.
    * SCONUL (Sociedad de Bibliotecas Nacionales y Universitarias) = SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries).
    * sociedad acomodada = affluent society.
    * sociedad adinerada = affluent society.
    * Sociedad Americana de Compositores, Autores y Editores = American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).
    * Sociedad Australiana de Archiveros = Australian Society of Archivists (ASA).
    * sociedad avanzada = advanced society.
    * sociedad basada en el conocimiento = knowledge based society.
    * Sociedad Bibliográfica de America = Bibliographical Society of America.
    * sociedad burocratizada = bureaucratised society.
    * sociedad capitalista = capitalist society.
    * sociedad científica = scientific society, scholarly academy, scholarly society.
    * sociedad científico-cultural = learned society.
    * sociedad civil = civil society.
    * sociedad civilizada = civilised society.
    * sociedad consumista = consumerist society, consumer society, consumer society.
    * sociedad cultural = learned society.
    * Sociedad de Archiveros Americanos = Society of American Archivists.
    * Sociedad de Archiveros Holandeses = Society of Dutch Archivists.
    * sociedad de beneficiencia = friendly society, provident society, mutual benefit society.
    * sociedad de consumo = consumer society, affluent society.
    * sociedad de gestión de derechos de autor = copyright collective, copyright collecting society, copyright collecting agency.
    * sociedad de inversiones = investment trust.
    * sociedad de inversión mobiliaria = investment trust.
    * sociedad de la información, la = information society, the.
    * sociedad del conocimiento = knowledge society.
    * sociedad de lectores = book club.
    * sociedad del ocio = leisure society, leisured society.
    * sociedad del papel = paper society.
    * sociedad de seguros mutuos = provident society, mutual benefit society.
    * sociedad de socorros mutuos = friendly society, provident society, mutual benefit society.
    * sociedad de tradición escrita = literate society.
    * sociedad editorial = publishing corporation.
    * sociedad histórica = historical society.
    * Sociedad Ilimitada = Unlimited.
    * sociedad inclusiva = inclusive society.
    * sociedad industrial = industrial society.
    * sociedad industrializada = industrialised society.
    * sociedad informada = learning society.
    * sociedad integradora = inclusive society.
    * sociedad intelectual = learned society.
    * sociedad laica = secular society.
    * sociedad materialista = materialistic society.
    * sociedad medieval = mediaeval society.
    * sociedad mercantilista = mercantile society.
    * sociedad moderna = modern society.
    * Sociedad para el Conocimiento Global = Global Knowledge Partnership.
    * sociedad pluralista = pluralistic society.
    * sociedad postindustrial = post-industrial society.
    * sociedad preindustrial = pre-industrial society.
    * sociedad privada = private society.
    * sociedad protectora de animales = RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals), animal protection society.
    * sociedad religiosa = religious society.
    * sociedad secreta = secret society, secret brotherhood.
    * sociedad sin libros = bookless society.
    * sociedad sin papel, la = paperless society, the.
    * sociedad tecnológica = technological society.
    * sociedad trabajadora = working society.
    * toda la sociedad = society at large.
    * * *
    1) (Sociol) society
    2) (asociación, club) society
    3) (Der, Fin) company
    4) ( clase alta) (high) society
    * * *
    = membership, society, social fabric.

    Ex: The sharing of expertise through membership of a club of existing users can be valuable.

    Ex: Although the distinction between ' societies' and 'institutions' lies at the heart of the code.
    Ex: Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.
    * constituir como sociedad = incorporate.
    * crónica de sociedad = gossip column.
    * cronista de sociedad = gossip columnist.
    * Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información = World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
    * de servicio a la sociedad = public-spirited.
    * editor de sociedad cultural = learned society publisher.
    * flor y nata de la sociedad, la = cream of society, the.
    * integrarse en la sociedad = integrate into + society.
    * la escoria de la sociedad = the gutter.
    * la sociedad en general = society at large.
    * margen de la sociedad = margin of society.
    * marginado de la sociedad = social outcast.
    * más granado de la sociedad, lo = cream of society, the.
    * parásito de la sociedad = parasite.
    * persona de la alta sociedad = socialite.
    * pilares de la sociedad, los = pillars of society, the.
    * prescrito por la sociedad = socially prescribed.
    * promovido por la sociedad = culture-led.
    * que afecta a toda la sociedad = culture-wide.
    * SCONUL (Sociedad de Bibliotecas Nacionales y Universitarias) = SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries).
    * sociedad acomodada = affluent society.
    * sociedad adinerada = affluent society.
    * Sociedad Americana de Compositores, Autores y Editores = American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).
    * Sociedad Australiana de Archiveros = Australian Society of Archivists (ASA).
    * sociedad avanzada = advanced society.
    * sociedad basada en el conocimiento = knowledge based society.
    * Sociedad Bibliográfica de America = Bibliographical Society of America.
    * sociedad burocratizada = bureaucratised society.
    * sociedad capitalista = capitalist society.
    * sociedad científica = scientific society, scholarly academy, scholarly society.
    * sociedad científico-cultural = learned society.
    * sociedad civil = civil society.
    * sociedad civilizada = civilised society.
    * sociedad consumista = consumerist society, consumer society, consumer society.
    * sociedad cultural = learned society.
    * Sociedad de Archiveros Americanos = Society of American Archivists.
    * Sociedad de Archiveros Holandeses = Society of Dutch Archivists.
    * sociedad de beneficiencia = friendly society, provident society, mutual benefit society.
    * sociedad de consumo = consumer society, affluent society.
    * sociedad de gestión de derechos de autor = copyright collective, copyright collecting society, copyright collecting agency.
    * sociedad de inversiones = investment trust.
    * sociedad de inversión mobiliaria = investment trust.
    * sociedad de la información, la = information society, the.
    * sociedad del conocimiento = knowledge society.
    * sociedad de lectores = book club.
    * sociedad del ocio = leisure society, leisured society.
    * sociedad del papel = paper society.
    * sociedad de seguros mutuos = provident society, mutual benefit society.
    * sociedad de socorros mutuos = friendly society, provident society, mutual benefit society.
    * sociedad de tradición escrita = literate society.
    * sociedad editorial = publishing corporation.
    * sociedad histórica = historical society.
    * Sociedad Ilimitada = Unlimited.
    * sociedad inclusiva = inclusive society.
    * sociedad industrial = industrial society.
    * sociedad industrializada = industrialised society.
    * sociedad informada = learning society.
    * sociedad integradora = inclusive society.
    * sociedad intelectual = learned society.
    * sociedad laica = secular society.
    * sociedad materialista = materialistic society.
    * sociedad medieval = mediaeval society.
    * sociedad mercantilista = mercantile society.
    * sociedad moderna = modern society.
    * Sociedad para el Conocimiento Global = Global Knowledge Partnership.
    * sociedad pluralista = pluralistic society.
    * sociedad postindustrial = post-industrial society.
    * sociedad preindustrial = pre-industrial society.
    * sociedad privada = private society.
    * sociedad protectora de animales = RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals), animal protection society.
    * sociedad religiosa = religious society.
    * sociedad secreta = secret society, secret brotherhood.
    * sociedad sin libros = bookless society.
    * sociedad sin papel, la = paperless society, the.
    * sociedad tecnológica = technological society.
    * sociedad trabajadora = working society.
    * toda la sociedad = society at large.

    * * *
    A ( Sociol) society
    sociedad pluralista/democrática pluralistic/democratic society
    el papel que cabe a la mujer en la sociedad the role of women in society
    Compuestos:
    consumer society
    provident society
    B (asociación, club) society
    una sociedad secreta a secret society
    sociedad deportiva sports club
    Compuestos:
    Society of Jesus
    ( Hist) League of Nations
    benefit society ( AmE), friendly society ( BrE)
    Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
    C ( Der, Fin) company
    formar una sociedad to set up o form a company
    Compuestos:
    ≈ public corporation ( in US), ≈ public limited company ( in UK)
    ● sociedad comanditaria or en comandita
    limited partnership
    listed company, quoted company
    holding company
    ≈ savings and loan institution ( in US), ≈ building society ( in UK)
    joint ownership upon marriage
    management company
    investment company
    ≈ limited corporation ( in US), ≈ (private) limited company ( in UK)
    securities firm
    state corporation
    finance company o house
    ( Esp) (que promueve) developer, development company; (que construye) construction company; (que administra) real estate ( AmE) o ( BrE) property management company
    parent company
    trading company
    joint venture
    sole proprietor, sole trader ( BrE)
    D (clase alta) society, high society
    * * *

     

    sociedad sustantivo femenino
    1 (Sociol) society;

    2 (asociación, club) society
    3 (Der, Fin) company;
    ◊ sociedad anónima ≈ public corporation ( in US), ≈ public limited company ( in UK);

    sociedad de responsabilidad limitada limited corporation ( in US), (private) limited company ( in UK);
    sociedad inmobiliaria (Esp) ( que construye) construction company;

    ( que administra) real estate (AmE) o (BrE) property management company;

    4 ( clase alta) (high) society
    sociedad sustantivo femenino
    1 society
    sociedad industrial/medieval, industrial/medieval society
    2 Fin company
    sociedad anónima, public limited company
    sociedad cooperativa, co-operative
    sociedad limitada, limited company
    2 (asociación) society
    3 alta sociedad, (high) society
    ♦ Locuciones: presentarse en sociedad, to have one's coming out
    sociedad civil, civil society
    sociedad de consumo, consumer society
    ' sociedad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agruparse
    - alta
    - alto
    - anónima
    - anónimo
    - apreciarse
    - baile
    - clasista
    - consumo
    - eco
    - estratificación
    - gratuidad
    - limitada
    - limitado
    - marginar
    - protector
    - protectora
    - reintegrar
    - S.A.
    - S.L.
    - academia
    - agrario
    - capa
    - concientizar
    - construir
    - corromper
    - corrompido
    - crónica
    - desmoronarse
    - ejido
    - elitista
    - engranaje
    - escoria
    - espejo
    - estamento
    - evolución
    - evolucionado
    - evolucionar
    - jai
    - justo
    - modernizar
    - ojo
    - posición
    - regir
    - retrasado
    - secretario
    - situación
    English:
    affluent
    - association
    - cliquey
    - club
    - consumer society
    - corp.
    - corporation
    - dissolve
    - drop out
    - dropout
    - fabric
    - golf club
    - HMO
    - incorporated
    - limited
    - Ltd
    - member
    - monogamous
    - partnership
    - PLC
    - progress
    - Rotary Club
    - scum
    - section
    - socialite
    - society
    - whole
    - building
    - consumer
    - cream
    - dregs
    - element
    - finishing
    - fringe
    - gossip
    - high
    - incorporate
    - joint
    - parent
    - reintegrate
    - savings
    - stock
    * * *
    1. [de seres vivos] society;
    las hormigas viven en sociedad ants are social creatures
    la sociedad civil civil society;
    sociedad de consumo consumer society;
    sociedad de la información information society;
    la sociedad del ocio the leisure society;
    sociedad plural plural society;
    sociedad postindustrial post-industrial society
    2. [mundo elegante] society;
    entrar o [m5] presentarse en sociedad to come out, to make one's debut;
    alta sociedad high society;
    notas de sociedad society column
    3. [asociación] society
    sociedad deportiva sports club;
    sociedad gastronómica dining club, gourmet club;
    la Sociedad de Jesús the Society of Jesus;
    sociedad literaria literary society;
    sociedad médica private health care company;
    Hist la Sociedad de Naciones the League of Nations;
    la Sociedad Protectora de Animales Br ≈ the RSPCA, US ≈ the SPCA
    4. Com & Fin [empresa] company
    sociedad anónima Br public (limited) company, US incorporated company;
    sociedad de cartera holding (company);
    sociedad colectiva general partnership;
    sociedad comanditaria o en comandita general and limited partnership;
    sociedad cooperativa cooperative;
    sociedad industrial industrial society;
    sociedad de inversión investment company;
    sociedad de inversión de capital variable ICVC, investment company with variable capital;
    sociedad limitada private limited company;
    sociedad mercantil trading corporation;
    sociedad mixta joint venture;
    sociedad de responsabilidad limitada private limited company
    * * *
    f society;
    alta sociedad high society;
    presentar en sociedad present in society
    * * *
    1) : society
    2) : company, enterprise
    3)
    sociedad anónima : incorporated company
    * * *
    1. (en general) society [pl. societies]
    2. (empresa) company [pl. companies]

    Spanish-English dictionary > sociedad

  • 7 Bauspargelder

    Bauspargelder
    building-society deposits;
    • Bausparguthaben deposits with building societies, investors’ balance;
    • Bausparhypothek building-society mortgage (Br.), member’s mortage (Br.);
    • Bausparhypothek aufnehmen to effect a mortgage with a building society;
    • Bausparkasse building society (Br.), building and loan association (US), house owners’ loan corporation (US), home building and loan (homestead-aid benefit) association (US), permanent building society (Australia).

    Business german-english dictionary > Bauspargelder

  • 8 share account

    Fin [m1]1. in the United States, an account with a credit union that pays dividends rather than interest
    2. in the United Kingdom, an account at a building society where the account holder is a member of the society. Building societies usually offer another type of account, a deposit account, where the account holder is not a member. A share account is generally paid a better rate of interest but in the event of the society going into liquidation, deposit account holders are given preference.

    The ultimate business dictionary > share account

  • 9 सभा _sabhā

    सभा [सह भान्ति अभीष्टनिश्चयार्थमेकत्र यत्र गृहे Tv.]
    1 An assembly, a council, conclave; पण्डितसभां कारितवान् Pt.1; न सा सभा यत्र न सन्ति वृद्धाः H.1.
    -2 Company, society, meeting, large number.
    -3 Council chamber or hall; ततः सभां करिष्यामि पाण्डवस्य यशस्विनीम् Mb.2.3.4;12.47.7.
    -4 A court of justice.
    -5 A public audience (modern levee.)
    -6 A gambling-house.
    -7 Any room or place much frequented.
    -8 A house for lodging travellers (धर्मशाला).
    -9 An eating house.
    -Comp. -आचारः 1 the customs of society.
    -2 court-manners.
    -आस्तारः 1 an assistant at an assembly.
    -2 a member of a society.
    -उचितः a learned Brāhmaṇa, an educated person.
    -उद्देशः the neighbourhood of any place of meeting.
    -कारः the builder of a hall.
    -गृहम् an assembly-hall.
    -पतिः, -नायकः 1 the president of a society, chairman.
    -2 the keeper of a gaming-house.
    -परिषद् the session of an assembly.
    -पालः the keeper of a public building or assembly.
    -पूजा worship or reverence paid to the audience.
    -मण्डपः an assembly hall.
    -मध्ये ind. in society.
    -योग्य a. suitable for society.
    -सद् m.
    1 an as- sistant at an assembly or meeting.
    -2 a member of an assembly or meeting.
    -3 an assessor, a juror.
    -साहः a victor in a debating hall.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > सभा _sabhā

  • 10 cooperative

    1. adjective
    kooperativ; (helpful) hilfsbereit
    2. noun
    Genossenschaft, die; Kooperative, die (bes. in der ehemaligen DDR); (shop) Genossenschaftsladen, der

    workers' cooperative — Produktivgenossenschaft, die

    * * *
    co·opera·tive
    [kəʊˈɒpərətɪv, AM koʊˈɑ:pɚət̬ɪv]
    I. n Genossenschaft f, Kooperative f
    farming \cooperative landwirtschaftliche Genossenschaft
    member of a \cooperative Genosse, Genossin m, f
    II. adj
    1. attr, inv ECON genossenschaftlich, kooperativ
    \cooperative business Unternehmen nt auf genossenschaftlicher Basis
    \cooperative farm landwirtschaftliche Genossenschaft
    \cooperative society Konsumgenossenschaft f
    \cooperative store Konsum[laden] m
    2. (willing) kooperativ
    to be very \cooperative sehr kooperativ [o entgegenkommend] sein
    * * *
    [k\@U'ɒpərətIv]
    1. adj
    1) (= prepared to comply) kooperativ; (= prepared to help) hilfsbereit
    2) firm auf Genossenschaftsbasis

    cooperative farm — Bauernhof m auf Genossenschaftsbasis

    2. n
    Genossenschaft f, Kooperative f; (also cooperative farm) Bauernhof m auf Genossenschaftsbasis
    * * *
    cooperative [-rətıv; US -ˌreıtıv]
    A adj (adv cooperatively)
    1. kooperierend, zusammenarbeitend
    2. mitarbeitend, -wirkend
    3. kooperativ, zur Mitarbeit bereit, hilfsbereit
    4. WIRTSCH
    a) Gemeinschafts…
    b) genossenschaftlich, Genossenschafts…:
    cooperative advertising Gemeinschaftswerbung f;
    cooperative bank Genossenschaftsbank f;
    cooperative building society Br Bau(spar)genossenschaft f;
    cooperative buying (marketing, selling) association Einkaufs-(Absatz-, Verkaufs)genossenschaft f;
    B s
    1. Co-op m:
    a) Genossenschaft f
    b) Konsumverein m
    2. Co-op m, Konsumladen m
    co-op, coop [ˈkəʊɒp; US ˈkəʊˌɑp; kəʊˈɑp] s abk cooperative (cooperative society) umg Co-op m (Genossenschaft und Laden)
    * * *
    1. adjective
    kooperativ; (helpful) hilfsbereit
    2. noun
    Genossenschaft, die; Kooperative, die (bes. in der ehemaligen DDR); (shop) Genossenschaftsladen, der

    workers' cooperative — Produktivgenossenschaft, die

    * * *
    adj.
    entgegenkommend adj.
    kooperativ adj.
    zusammen arbeitend adj.
    zusammen wirkend adj.
    zusammenarbeitend (alt.Rechtschreibung) adj.
    zusammenwirkend (alt.Rechtschreibung) adj.

    English-german dictionary > cooperative

  • 11 Yeoman, Thomas

    SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering
    [br]
    b. c. 1700 probably near Northampton, England
    d. 24 January 1781 London, England
    [br]
    English surveyor and civil engineer.
    [br]
    Very little is known of his early life, but he was clearly a skilful and gifted engineer who had received comprehensive practical training, for in 1743 he erected the machinery in the world's first water-powered cotton mill at Northampton on the river Nene. In 1748 he invented a weighing machine for use by turnpike trusts for weighing wagons. Until 1757 he remained in Northampton, mainly surveying enclosures and turnpike roads and making agricultural machinery. He also gained a national reputation for building and installing very successful ventilating equipment (invented by Dr Stephen Hales) in hospitals, prisons and ships, including some ventilators of Yeoman's own design in the Houses of Parliament.
    Meanwhile he developed an interest in river improvements, and in 1744 he made his first survey of the River Nene between Thrapston and Northampton; he repeated the survey in 1753 and subsequently gave evidence in parliamentary proceedings in 1756. The following year he was in Gloucestershire surveying the line of the Stroudwater Canal, an operation that he repeated in 1776. Also in 1757, he was appointed Surveyor to the River Ivel Navigation in Bedfordshire. In 1761 he was back on the Nene. During 1762–5 he carried out surveys for the Chelmer \& Blackwater Navigation, although the work was not undertaken for another thirty years. In 1765 he reported on land-drainage improvements for the Kentish Sour. It was at this time that he became associated with John Smeaton in a major survey in 1766 of the river Lea for the Lee Navigation Trustees, having already made some surveys with Joseph Nickalls near Waltham Abbey in 1762. Yeoman modified some of Smeaton's proposals and on 1 July 1767 was officially appointed Surveyor to the Lee Navigation Trustees, a post he retained until 1771. He also advised on the work to create the Stort Navigation, and at the official opening on 24 October 1769 he made a formal speech announcing: "Now is Bishops Stortford open to all the ports of the world." Among his other works were: advice on Ferriby Sluice on the River Ancholme (1766); reports on the Forth \& Clyde Canal, the North Level and Wisbech outfall on the Nene, the Coventry Canal, and estimates for the Leeds and Selby Canal (1768–71); estimates for the extension of the Medway Navigation from Tonbridge to Edenbridge (1771); and between 1767 and 1777 he was consulted, with other engineers, by the City of London on problems regarding the Thames.
    He joined the Northampton Philosophical Society shortly after its formation in 1743 and was President several times before he moved to London. In 1760 he became a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, and in 1763 he was chosen as joint Chairman of the Committee on Mechanics—a position he held until 1778. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 12 January 1764. On the formation of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, the forerunner of the present Institution of Civil Engineers, he was elected first President in 1771, remaining as such until his illness in 1780.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1764. President, Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers 1771–80; Treasurer 1771–7.
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  • 12 Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph

    [br]
    b. 12 June 1851 Penkhull, Staffordshire, England
    d. 22 August 1940 Lake, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
    [br]
    English physicist who perfected Branly's coherer; said to have given the first public demonstration of wireless telegraphy.
    [br]
    At the age of 8 Lodge entered Newport Grammar School, and in 1863–5 received private education at Coombs in Suffolk. He then returned to Staffordshire, where he assisted his father in the potteries by working as a book-keeper. Whilst staying with an aunt in London in 1866–7, he attended scientific lectures and became interested in physics. As a result of this and of reading copies of English Mechanic magazine, when he was back home in Hanley he began to do experiments and attended the Wedgewood Institute. Returning to London c. 1870, he studied initially at the Royal College of Science and then, from 1874, at University College, London (UCL), at the same time attending lectures at the Royal Institution.
    In 1875 he obtained his BSc, read a paper to the British Association on "Nodes and loops in chemical formulae" and became a physics demonstrator at UCL. The following year he was appointed a physics lecturer at Bedford College, completing his DSc in 1877. Three years later he became Assistant Professor of Mathematics at UCL, but in 1881, after only two years, he accepted the Chair of Experimental Physics at the new University College of Liverpool. There began a period of fruitful studies of electricity and radio transmission and reception, including development of the lightning conductor, discovery of the "coherent" effect of sparks and improvement of Branly's coherer, and, in 1894, what is said to be the first public demonstration of the transmission and reception (using a coherer) of wireless telegraphy, from Lewis's department store to the clock tower of Liverpool University's Victoria Building. On 10 May 1897 he filed a patent for selective tuning by self-in-ductance; this was before Marconi's first patent was actually published and its priority was subsequently upheld.
    In 1900 he became the first Principal of the new University of Birmingham, where he remained until his retirement in 1919. In his later years he was increasingly interested in psychical research.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1902. FRS 1887. Royal Society Council Member 1893. President, Society for Psychical Research 1901–4, 1932. President, British Association 1913. Royal Society Rumford Medal 1898. Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal 1919. Institution of Electrical Engineers Faraday Medal 1932. Fourteen honorary degrees from British and other universities.
    Bibliography
    1875, "The flow of electricity in a plane", Philosophical Magazine (May, June and December).
    1876, "Thermo-electric phenomena", Philosophical Magazine (December). 1888, "Lightning conductors", Philosophical Magazine (August).
    1889, Modern Views of Electricity (lectures at the Royal Institution).
    10 May 1897, "Improvements in syntonized telegraphy without line wires", British patent no. 11,575, US patent no. 609,154.
    1898, "Radio waves", Philosophical Magazine (August): 227.
    1931, Past Years, An Autobiography, London: Hodder \& Stoughton.
    Further Reading
    W.P.Jolly, 1974, Sir Oliver Lodge, Psychical Resear cher and Scientist, London: Constable.
    E.Hawks, 1927, Pioneers of Wireless, London: Methuen.
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  • 13 Bausparer

    Bausparer
    investor, building-society depositor (Br.), investing member (Br.)

    Business german-english dictionary > Bausparer

  • 14 Bausparhypothek

    Bausparhypothek
    building-society mortgage (Br.), member’s mortage (Br.)

    Business german-english dictionary > Bausparhypothek

  • 15 borettshaver

    subst. member of cooperative building society

    Norsk-engelsk ordbok > borettshaver

  • 16 Adam, Robert

    [br]
    b. 3 July 1728 Kirkcaldy, Scotland
    d. 3 March 1792 London, England
    [br]
    Scottish architect, active mostly in England, who led the neo-classical movement between 1760 and 1790.
    [br]
    Robert Adam was a man of outstanding talent, immense energy dedicated to his profession, and of great originality, who utilized all sources of classical art from ancient Greece and Rome as well as from the Renaissance and Baroque eras in Italy. He was also a very practical exponent of neo-classicism and believed in using the latest techniques to produce fine craftsmanship.
    Of particular interest to him was stucco, the material needed for elegant, finely crafted ceiling and wall designs. Stucco, though the Italian word for plaster, refers architecturally to a specific form of the material. Known as Stucco duro (hard plaster), its use and composition dates from the days of ancient Rome. Giovanni da Udine, a pupil of Raphael, having discovered some fine stucco antico in the ruins of the Palace of Titus in Rome, carried out extensive research during the Italian Renaissance in order to discover its precise composition; it was a mixture of powdered crystalline limestone (travertine), river sand, water and powdered white marble. The marble produced an exceptionally hard stucco when set, thereby differentiating it from plaster-work, and was a material fine enough to make delicate relief and statuary work possible.
    In the 1770s Robert Adam's ceiling and wall designs were characterized by low-relief, delicate, classical forms. He and his brothers, who formed the firm of Adam Brothers, were interested in a stucco which would be especially fine grained and hard setting. A number of new products then appearing on the market were easier to handle than earlier ones. These included a stucco by Mr David Wark, patented in 1765, and another by a Swiss clergyman called Liardet in 1773; the Adam firm purchased both patents and obtained an Act of Parliament authorizing them to be the sole vendors and makers of this stucco, which they called "Adam's new invented patent stucco". More new versions appeared, among which was one by a Mr Johnson, who claimed it to be an improvement. The Adam Brothers, having paid a high price for their rights, took him to court. The case was decided in 1778 by Lord Mansfield, a fellow Scot and a patron (at Kenwood), who,
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Member of the Society of Arts 1758. FRS 1761. Architect to the King's Works 1761.
    Bibliography
    1764, Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro.
    1773, Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam.
    Further Reading
    A.T.Bolton, 1922, The Architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1758–1794, 2 vols, Country Life.
    J.Fleming, 1962, Robert Adam and his Circle, Murray. J.Lees-Milne, 1947, The Age of Adam, Batsford.
    J.Rykwert and A.Rykwert, 1985, The Brothers Adam, Collins. D.Yarwood, 1970, Robert Adam, Dent.
    DY

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  • 17 biblioteca

    f.
    1 library (lugar, conjunto de libros).
    biblioteca ambulante/pública mobile/public library
    biblioteca de préstamo lending library
    2 bookcase (forniture).
    * * *
    1 library
    2 (mueble) bookcase, bookshelf
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=edificio) library

    biblioteca ambulante — mobile library, bookmobile (EEUU)

    biblioteca circulante — [de préstamo] lending library; [ambulante] circulating library

    2) (=mueble) bookcase, bookshelves pl
    * * *
    a) (institución, lugar) library

    biblioteca pública/de consulta — public/reference library

    b) ( colección) book collection
    c) ( mueble) bookshelves (pl), bookcase
    * * *
    = library, document collection.
    Ex. A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.
    Ex. Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.
    ----
    * actuar en defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliot = library advocacy.
    * alfabetización en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.
    * amante de la biblioteca = library lover.
    * Amigos de la Biblioteca = Friends of the Library.
    * ampliación de la biblioteca = library extension.
    * ansiedad provocada por la biblioteca = library anxiety.
    * ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).
    * asesor técnico de bibliotecas = library consultant.
    * asesor técnico en construcción de bibliotecas = library building consultant.
    * Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas de Teología = American Theological Library Association (ATLA).
    * Asociación de Bibliotecas Especializadas = Special Libraries Association (SLA).
    * automatización de bibliotecas = library automation.
    * auxiliar de biblioteca = library assistant, library technician, page, library aide, library orderly.
    * ayudante de biblioteca = assistant librarian.
    * basado en la biblioteca = library-based.
    * biblioteca académica = academic library.
    * biblioteca arzobispal = archiepiscopal library.
    * biblioteca asociada = affiliated library.
    * biblioteca biomédica = biomedical library.
    * biblioteca Bodliana, la = Bodleian, the.
    * Biblioteca Británica = British Library (BL).
    * biblioteca central = central library, main library.
    * biblioteca cibernética = cyberlibrary [cyber-library].
    * biblioteca como edificio = library building.
    * biblioteca comunitaria = community library.
    * biblioteca con préstamos interbibliotecarios netos = net-lender, net-borrower.
    * biblioteca con un solo bibliotecario = one person library.
    * biblioteca de acceso restringido = closed-stack library.
    * biblioteca de agricultura = agricultural library.
    * Biblioteca de Alejandría, la = Alexandria Library, the.
    * biblioteca de alquiler = rental library.
    * biblioteca de arqueología = archaeology library.
    * biblioteca de arte = art library.
    * biblioteca de asociación = society's library.
    * biblioteca de barco = shipboard library, ship library.
    * biblioteca de barrio = district library, community library.
    * biblioteca de biomedicina = health care library, biomedical library.
    * biblioteca de botánica = botany library.
    * biblioteca de campo de concentración = concentration camp library.
    * biblioteca de catedral = cathedral library.
    * biblioteca de centro penitenciario = prison library.
    * biblioteca de ciencias = science library.
    * biblioteca de ciencias de la salud = health sciences library, health library.
    * biblioteca de condado = county library.
    * biblioteca de conservatorio = conservatoire library.
    * biblioteca de copyright = copyright library.
    * biblioteca de departamento = department library.
    * biblioteca de depósito = deposit library.
    * biblioteca de depósito legal = copyright library, depository library.
    * biblioteca de derecho = law library.
    * biblioteca de diplomatura = undergraduate library.
    * biblioteca de distrito = district library.
    * biblioteca de empresa = commercial library, industrial library, corporate library, company library, business library.
    * biblioteca de farmacia = pharmaceutical library.
    * biblioteca de hospital = patient library, hospital library.
    * biblioteca de hospital clínico = teaching hospital library.
    * biblioteca de institución de enseñanza superior = tertiary library.
    * biblioteca de investigación = research library.
    * biblioteca de jardín de infancia = kindergarten library.
    * biblioteca de juzgado = court library.
    * biblioteca de la comunidad = community library.
    * biblioteca de la zona ártica = arctic library.
    * Biblioteca del Congreso (LC) = Library of Congress (LC).
    * biblioteca de libre acceso = open access library.
    * Biblioteca del Museo Británico = British Museum Library.
    * Biblioteca del Vaticano, la = Vatican Library, the.
    * biblioteca de medicina = medical library.
    * biblioteca de mezquita = mosque library.
    * biblioteca de minoría étnica = ethnic library.
    * biblioteca de misión = mission library.
    * biblioteca de música = music library.
    * biblioteca de pacientes = patient library.
    * biblioteca de parlamento = parliamentary library.
    * biblioteca departamental = departmental library.
    * biblioteca de periódico = news library.
    * biblioteca de préstamo = lending library, circulating library, circulation library.
    * biblioteca de prisión = prison library.
    * biblioteca de recursos = resource library.
    * biblioteca de referencia = reference library.
    * biblioteca de sindicato = trade union library, union library.
    * biblioteca de suscripción = subscription library.
    * biblioteca de universidad politécnica = polytechnic library.
    * biblioteca de vestuario = costume library.
    * biblioteca de veterinaria = veterinary library.
    * biblioteca de zona rural = rural library.
    * biblioteca digital = digital library (DL).
    * biblioteca ducal = ducal library.
    * biblioteca eclesiástica = ecclesiastical library, church library.
    * biblioteca electrónica = electronic library (e-library), library without walls.
    * biblioteca en red = network library.
    * biblioteca escolar = school library.
    * biblioteca especializada = special library, specialised library, specialist library.
    * biblioteca especializada en música = music library.
    * biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.
    * biblioteca estatal = state library.
    * biblioteca física = physical library, brick and mortar library.
    * biblioteca general = central library, general library.
    * biblioteca gestionada por microordenador = microlibrary.
    * biblioteca gubernamental = government library.
    * biblioteca hermana = sister library.
    * biblioteca híbrida = hybrid library, brick and click library.
    * biblioteca industrial = factory library.
    * biblioteca infantil = children's library.
    * biblioteca juvenil = junior library.
    * biblioteca local = local library, home library.
    * biblioteca mantenida por las donaciones de una fundación = donor-endowed library.
    * biblioteca metropolitana = metropolitan library.
    * biblioteca miembro de una cooperativa = member library.
    * biblioteca ministerial = ministerial library.
    * biblioteca monástica = monastic library.
    * biblioteca móvil = bookmobile, mobile library, mobile.
    * biblioteca móvil en trailer = trailer library.
    * biblioteca multimedia = multimedia library.
    * biblioteca municipal = town library, city library, municipal library, urban library, community library.
    * biblioteca nacional = national library.
    * Biblioteca Nacional Central = National Central Library.
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Agricultura (NAL) = National Agricultural Library (NAL).
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Alemania = Deutsche Bibliothek.
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) = National Library of Medicine (NLM).
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Préstamo para la Ciencia y Tecnología (NLL) = National Lending Library for Science and Technology (NLL).
    * Biblioteca Nacional Francesa = Bibliotheque Nationale.
    * biblioteca para ciegos = library for the blind.
    * biblioteca para pacientes = hospital patient library, patients' library.
    * biblioteca parroquial = parochial library, parish library.
    * biblioteca personal = personal library, home collection, personal collection, home library.
    * biblioteca popular = popular library.
    * biblioteca presidencial = presidential library, presidential archive.
    * biblioteca principal = main library.
    * biblioteca privada = private library.
    * biblioteca provincial = provincial library centre.
    * biblioteca pública = public library, public library service.
    * Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York (NYPL) = NYPL (New York Public Library).
    * biblioteca pública municipal = municipal public library.
    * biblioteca pública provincial = provincial public library.
    * biblioteca quiosco = kiosk library.
    * biblioteca regional = regional library.
    * biblioteca religiosa = religious library.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de agricultura = agricultural librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de arte = art librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de barrio = district librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de derecho = law librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de hospital = hospital librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca especializada = special librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca móvil = mobile librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca pública = public librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca sucursal = branch librarian.
    * biblioteca rural = rural library.
    * biblioteca sanitaria = health library.
    * biblioteca sin muros = library without walls.
    * biblioteca sin paredes = library without walls.
    * biblioteca sucursal = library branch, branch library, branch collection, library outlet.
    * biblioteca técnica = technical library.
    * biblioteca tradicional = brick and mortar library.
    * biblioteca tradicional y virtual = brick and click library.
    * biblioteca traditional = physical library.
    * biblioteca universitaria = college library, university library, research library.
    * biblioteca virtual = virtual library.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas académica = college librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas universitarias = academic librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía para las bibliotecas de derecho = law librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía para las bibliotecas especializadas = special librarianship.
    * BLAISE (Servicio de Información Automatizada de la Biblioteca Británica) = BLAISE (British Library Automated Information Service).
    * carnet de biblioteca = library card.
    * catálogo de biblioteca = library catalogue.
    * Centro de Distribución de Documentos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLDSC) = British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC).
    * Coalición Internacional de Consorcios de Bibliotecas (ICOLC) = International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC).
    * colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección de una biblioteca = local holding.
    * comisión de biblioteca = library board, library committee.
    * con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].
    * Conferencia de Directores de Bibliotecas Nacionales (CDNL) = Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL).
    * conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.
    * consejo de administración de la biblioteca = library trustees.
    * consorcio de bibliotecas = library consortium.
    * cooperativa de bibliotecas = library cooperative.
    * datos estadísticos de la biblioteca = library records, library statistics.
    * defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotecarios = library advocacy.
    * destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.
    * dirección de la biblioteca = library administrators.
    * dirección de la biblioteca, la = library administration, the.
    * director de biblioteca = library director.
    * director de la biblioteca = head librarian.
    * División de Préstamo de la Biblioteca Británica (BLLD) = British Library Lending Division (BLLD).
    * División de Servicios Bibliográficos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLBSD) = British Library Bibliographic Services Division (BLBSD).
    * dotación económica de las bibliotecas = library funding.
    * dotar de fondos a una biblioteca = stock + library.
    * edición para bibliotecas = library edition.
    * eficacia de la biblioteca = library goodness.
    * encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.
    * encuadernación de biblioteca = library binding.
    * encuadernador de la biblioteca = library binder.
    * encuentro de bibliotecas móviles = mobile meet.
    * entre varias bibliotecas = cross-library.
    * especialista en bibliotecas = library specialist.
    * especialización en bibliotecas de prisiones = prison librarianship.
    * específico a la biblioteca = library-specific.
    * específico de la biblioteca = library-specific.
    * estadísticas de la biblioteca = library statistics.
    * estudio de usuarios de la biblioteca = library user study.
    * experiencia en bibliotecas = library experience.
    * facultativos de bibliotecas = library faculty.
    * feria de la biblioteca = library fair.
    * fondos de la biblioteca = library's stock, library materials.
    * formación en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.
    * función de la biblioteca = library's function.
    * gestión de la biblioteca = library management.
    * guía de biblioteca = library guide, library guiding.
    * hacerse socio de la biblioteca = join + library.
    * hecho por la propia biblioteca = in-house [inhouse].
    * hermanamiento de bibliotecas = library twinning.
    * historia de las bibliotecas = library history.
    * IFLA (Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Bibliotecarios y Bibliotec = IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions).
    * imagen de la biblioteca = library's profile.
    * información de existencias por bibliotecas = local holdings information.
    * jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * La Biblioteca Responde = Ask the Library.
    * la Biblioteca y el Archivo de Canadá = Library and Archives Canada.
    * LCCN (Notación de la Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCCN (Library of Congress Classification Number).
    * LCSH (Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCSH (Library of Congress List of Subject Headings).
    * lector de una biblioteca = library user.
    * legislación sobre bibliotecas = library law.
    * ley de bibliotecas = library law.
    * ley de bibliotecas, la = library act, the.
    * libro de la biblioteca = library book.
    * Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Asociación de Bibliotecas Escolar = SLA List.
    * LRTS (Servicios Técnicos y de Recursos para la Biblioteca) = LRTS (Library Resources and Technical Services).
    * mapa de la biblioteca = library map.
    * MARC de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LC MARC.
    * Matica Slovenca (Biblioteca Nacional de Yugoslavia) = Matica Slovenska.
    * misión de la biblioteca = library's mission.
    * mundo de las bibliotecas, el = library world, the.
    * ordenanza de biblioteca = page.
    * organismo gestor de bibliotecas = library authority.
    * órgano encargado de bibliotecas = library authority.
    * perfil de la biblioteca = library profile.
    * personal de la biblioteca = library staff, library worker.
    * persona que utiliza la biblioteca = non-library user.
    * pertinente a las bibliotecas = library-related.
    * política de la biblioteca = library's policy.
    * prioridad de la biblioteca = library's priority.
    * profesional de la biblioteca = library professional.
    * profesional de las bibliotecas y la información = library and information professional.
    * profesionales de las bibliotecas y la información, los = library and information profession, the.
    * profesor encargado de la biblioteca = teacher-librarian.
    * programa de introducción a la biblioteca = library training programme.
    * programa integrado de gestión de bibliotecas = integrated library system (ILS), integrated library management system (ILMS).
    * programas de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation software.
    * proveedor de bibliotecas = library supplier.
    * Proyecto Cooperativo de Mecanización de las Bibliotecas de Birmingham (BLCMP = Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project (BLCMP).
    * quiosco biblioteca = library kiosk.
    * ratón de biblioteca = bookish, bookworm.
    * red cooperativa de bibliotecas = cooperative network.
    * red de bibliotecas = library network, library system, library networking.
    * Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.
    * Reglas de Intercalación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = Library of Congress Filing Rules.
    * relacionado con las bibliotecas = library-related.
    * responsable de bibliotecas = library official.
    * responsable de la biblioteca = library manager.
    * responsable del personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * reunión de bibliotecas móviles = mobilemeet.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * SCONUL (Sociedad de Bibliotecas Nacionales y Universitarias) = SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries).
    * sección de la biblioteca = library section.
    * sello de la biblioteca = library stamp.
    * ser lector de una biblioteca = library membership.
    * sistema automatizado de bibliotecas = automated library information system, library computer system.
    * sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de un sólo tipo = single-type library system.
    * sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de varios tipos = multitype library system.
    * sistema de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation system.
    * sistema de bibliotecas públicas = public library system.
    * sistema de clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LCC (Library of Congress Classification).
    * subalterno de biblioteca = library clerk, library page.
    * sucursal de biblioteca situada en un centro comercial = storefront library.
    * trabajo de información y de las bibliotecas = library and information work.
    * uso de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.
    * uso público en la propia biblioteca = in-library use.
    * usuario de la biblioteca = library user, library patron.
    * utilización de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.
    * visita guiada a la biblioteca = library tour, library orientation.
    * visitas a la biblioteca = library visits.
    * * *
    a) (institución, lugar) library

    biblioteca pública/de consulta — public/reference library

    b) ( colección) book collection
    c) ( mueble) bookshelves (pl), bookcase
    * * *
    = library, document collection.

    Ex: A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.

    Ex: Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.
    * actuar en defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliot = library advocacy.
    * alfabetización en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.
    * amante de la biblioteca = library lover.
    * Amigos de la Biblioteca = Friends of the Library.
    * ampliación de la biblioteca = library extension.
    * ansiedad provocada por la biblioteca = library anxiety.
    * ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).
    * asesor técnico de bibliotecas = library consultant.
    * asesor técnico en construcción de bibliotecas = library building consultant.
    * Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas de Teología = American Theological Library Association (ATLA).
    * Asociación de Bibliotecas Especializadas = Special Libraries Association (SLA).
    * automatización de bibliotecas = library automation.
    * auxiliar de biblioteca = library assistant, library technician, page, library aide, library orderly.
    * ayudante de biblioteca = assistant librarian.
    * basado en la biblioteca = library-based.
    * biblioteca académica = academic library.
    * biblioteca arzobispal = archiepiscopal library.
    * biblioteca asociada = affiliated library.
    * biblioteca biomédica = biomedical library.
    * biblioteca Bodliana, la = Bodleian, the.
    * Biblioteca Británica = British Library (BL).
    * biblioteca central = central library, main library.
    * biblioteca cibernética = cyberlibrary [cyber-library].
    * biblioteca como edificio = library building.
    * biblioteca comunitaria = community library.
    * biblioteca con préstamos interbibliotecarios netos = net-lender, net-borrower.
    * biblioteca con un solo bibliotecario = one person library.
    * biblioteca de acceso restringido = closed-stack library.
    * biblioteca de agricultura = agricultural library.
    * Biblioteca de Alejandría, la = Alexandria Library, the.
    * biblioteca de alquiler = rental library.
    * biblioteca de arqueología = archaeology library.
    * biblioteca de arte = art library.
    * biblioteca de asociación = society's library.
    * biblioteca de barco = shipboard library, ship library.
    * biblioteca de barrio = district library, community library.
    * biblioteca de biomedicina = health care library, biomedical library.
    * biblioteca de botánica = botany library.
    * biblioteca de campo de concentración = concentration camp library.
    * biblioteca de catedral = cathedral library.
    * biblioteca de centro penitenciario = prison library.
    * biblioteca de ciencias = science library.
    * biblioteca de ciencias de la salud = health sciences library, health library.
    * biblioteca de condado = county library.
    * biblioteca de conservatorio = conservatoire library.
    * biblioteca de copyright = copyright library.
    * biblioteca de departamento = department library.
    * biblioteca de depósito = deposit library.
    * biblioteca de depósito legal = copyright library, depository library.
    * biblioteca de derecho = law library.
    * biblioteca de diplomatura = undergraduate library.
    * biblioteca de distrito = district library.
    * biblioteca de empresa = commercial library, industrial library, corporate library, company library, business library.
    * biblioteca de farmacia = pharmaceutical library.
    * biblioteca de hospital = patient library, hospital library.
    * biblioteca de hospital clínico = teaching hospital library.
    * biblioteca de institución de enseñanza superior = tertiary library.
    * biblioteca de investigación = research library.
    * biblioteca de jardín de infancia = kindergarten library.
    * biblioteca de juzgado = court library.
    * biblioteca de la comunidad = community library.
    * biblioteca de la zona ártica = arctic library.
    * Biblioteca del Congreso (LC) = Library of Congress (LC).
    * biblioteca de libre acceso = open access library.
    * Biblioteca del Museo Británico = British Museum Library.
    * Biblioteca del Vaticano, la = Vatican Library, the.
    * biblioteca de medicina = medical library.
    * biblioteca de mezquita = mosque library.
    * biblioteca de minoría étnica = ethnic library.
    * biblioteca de misión = mission library.
    * biblioteca de música = music library.
    * biblioteca de pacientes = patient library.
    * biblioteca de parlamento = parliamentary library.
    * biblioteca departamental = departmental library.
    * biblioteca de periódico = news library.
    * biblioteca de préstamo = lending library, circulating library, circulation library.
    * biblioteca de prisión = prison library.
    * biblioteca de recursos = resource library.
    * biblioteca de referencia = reference library.
    * biblioteca de sindicato = trade union library, union library.
    * biblioteca de suscripción = subscription library.
    * biblioteca de universidad politécnica = polytechnic library.
    * biblioteca de vestuario = costume library.
    * biblioteca de veterinaria = veterinary library.
    * biblioteca de zona rural = rural library.
    * biblioteca digital = digital library (DL).
    * biblioteca ducal = ducal library.
    * biblioteca eclesiástica = ecclesiastical library, church library.
    * biblioteca electrónica = electronic library (e-library), library without walls.
    * biblioteca en red = network library.
    * biblioteca escolar = school library.
    * biblioteca especializada = special library, specialised library, specialist library.
    * biblioteca especializada en música = music library.
    * biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.
    * biblioteca estatal = state library.
    * biblioteca física = physical library, brick and mortar library.
    * biblioteca general = central library, general library.
    * biblioteca gestionada por microordenador = microlibrary.
    * biblioteca gubernamental = government library.
    * biblioteca hermana = sister library.
    * biblioteca híbrida = hybrid library, brick and click library.
    * biblioteca industrial = factory library.
    * biblioteca infantil = children's library.
    * biblioteca juvenil = junior library.
    * biblioteca local = local library, home library.
    * biblioteca mantenida por las donaciones de una fundación = donor-endowed library.
    * biblioteca metropolitana = metropolitan library.
    * biblioteca miembro de una cooperativa = member library.
    * biblioteca ministerial = ministerial library.
    * biblioteca monástica = monastic library.
    * biblioteca móvil = bookmobile, mobile library, mobile.
    * biblioteca móvil en trailer = trailer library.
    * biblioteca multimedia = multimedia library.
    * biblioteca municipal = town library, city library, municipal library, urban library, community library.
    * biblioteca nacional = national library.
    * Biblioteca Nacional Central = National Central Library.
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Agricultura (NAL) = National Agricultural Library (NAL).
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Alemania = Deutsche Bibliothek.
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) = National Library of Medicine (NLM).
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Préstamo para la Ciencia y Tecnología (NLL) = National Lending Library for Science and Technology (NLL).
    * Biblioteca Nacional Francesa = Bibliotheque Nationale.
    * biblioteca para ciegos = library for the blind.
    * biblioteca para pacientes = hospital patient library, patients' library.
    * biblioteca parroquial = parochial library, parish library.
    * biblioteca personal = personal library, home collection, personal collection, home library.
    * biblioteca popular = popular library.
    * biblioteca presidencial = presidential library, presidential archive.
    * biblioteca principal = main library.
    * biblioteca privada = private library.
    * biblioteca provincial = provincial library centre.
    * biblioteca pública = public library, public library service.
    * Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York (NYPL) = NYPL (New York Public Library).
    * biblioteca pública municipal = municipal public library.
    * biblioteca pública provincial = provincial public library.
    * biblioteca quiosco = kiosk library.
    * biblioteca regional = regional library.
    * biblioteca religiosa = religious library.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de agricultura = agricultural librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de arte = art librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de barrio = district librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de derecho = law librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de hospital = hospital librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca especializada = special librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca móvil = mobile librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca pública = public librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca sucursal = branch librarian.
    * biblioteca rural = rural library.
    * biblioteca sanitaria = health library.
    * biblioteca sin muros = library without walls.
    * biblioteca sin paredes = library without walls.
    * biblioteca sucursal = library branch, branch library, branch collection, library outlet.
    * biblioteca técnica = technical library.
    * biblioteca tradicional = brick and mortar library.
    * biblioteca tradicional y virtual = brick and click library.
    * biblioteca traditional = physical library.
    * biblioteca universitaria = college library, university library, research library.
    * biblioteca virtual = virtual library.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas académica = college librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas universitarias = academic librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía para las bibliotecas de derecho = law librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía para las bibliotecas especializadas = special librarianship.
    * BLAISE (Servicio de Información Automatizada de la Biblioteca Británica) = BLAISE (British Library Automated Information Service).
    * carnet de biblioteca = library card.
    * catálogo de biblioteca = library catalogue.
    * Centro de Distribución de Documentos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLDSC) = British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC).
    * Coalición Internacional de Consorcios de Bibliotecas (ICOLC) = International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC).
    * colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección de una biblioteca = local holding.
    * comisión de biblioteca = library board, library committee.
    * con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].
    * Conferencia de Directores de Bibliotecas Nacionales (CDNL) = Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL).
    * conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.
    * consejo de administración de la biblioteca = library trustees.
    * consorcio de bibliotecas = library consortium.
    * cooperativa de bibliotecas = library cooperative.
    * datos estadísticos de la biblioteca = library records, library statistics.
    * defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotecarios = library advocacy.
    * destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.
    * dirección de la biblioteca = library administrators.
    * dirección de la biblioteca, la = library administration, the.
    * director de biblioteca = library director.
    * director de la biblioteca = head librarian.
    * División de Préstamo de la Biblioteca Británica (BLLD) = British Library Lending Division (BLLD).
    * División de Servicios Bibliográficos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLBSD) = British Library Bibliographic Services Division (BLBSD).
    * dotación económica de las bibliotecas = library funding.
    * dotar de fondos a una biblioteca = stock + library.
    * edición para bibliotecas = library edition.
    * eficacia de la biblioteca = library goodness.
    * encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.
    * encuadernación de biblioteca = library binding.
    * encuadernador de la biblioteca = library binder.
    * encuentro de bibliotecas móviles = mobile meet.
    * entre varias bibliotecas = cross-library.
    * especialista en bibliotecas = library specialist.
    * especialización en bibliotecas de prisiones = prison librarianship.
    * específico a la biblioteca = library-specific.
    * específico de la biblioteca = library-specific.
    * estadísticas de la biblioteca = library statistics.
    * estudio de usuarios de la biblioteca = library user study.
    * experiencia en bibliotecas = library experience.
    * facultativos de bibliotecas = library faculty.
    * feria de la biblioteca = library fair.
    * fondos de la biblioteca = library's stock, library materials.
    * formación en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.
    * función de la biblioteca = library's function.
    * gestión de la biblioteca = library management.
    * guía de biblioteca = library guide, library guiding.
    * hacerse socio de la biblioteca = join + library.
    * hecho por la propia biblioteca = in-house [inhouse].
    * hermanamiento de bibliotecas = library twinning.
    * historia de las bibliotecas = library history.
    * IFLA (Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Bibliotecarios y Bibliotec = IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions).
    * imagen de la biblioteca = library's profile.
    * información de existencias por bibliotecas = local holdings information.
    * jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * La Biblioteca Responde = Ask the Library.
    * la Biblioteca y el Archivo de Canadá = Library and Archives Canada.
    * LCCN (Notación de la Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCCN (Library of Congress Classification Number).
    * LCSH (Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCSH (Library of Congress List of Subject Headings).
    * lector de una biblioteca = library user.
    * legislación sobre bibliotecas = library law.
    * ley de bibliotecas = library law.
    * ley de bibliotecas, la = library act, the.
    * libro de la biblioteca = library book.
    * Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Asociación de Bibliotecas Escolar = SLA List.
    * LRTS (Servicios Técnicos y de Recursos para la Biblioteca) = LRTS (Library Resources and Technical Services).
    * mapa de la biblioteca = library map.
    * MARC de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LC MARC.
    * Matica Slovenca (Biblioteca Nacional de Yugoslavia) = Matica Slovenska.
    * misión de la biblioteca = library's mission.
    * mundo de las bibliotecas, el = library world, the.
    * ordenanza de biblioteca = page.
    * organismo gestor de bibliotecas = library authority.
    * órgano encargado de bibliotecas = library authority.
    * perfil de la biblioteca = library profile.
    * personal de la biblioteca = library staff, library worker.
    * persona que utiliza la biblioteca = non-library user.
    * pertinente a las bibliotecas = library-related.
    * política de la biblioteca = library's policy.
    * prioridad de la biblioteca = library's priority.
    * profesional de la biblioteca = library professional.
    * profesional de las bibliotecas y la información = library and information professional.
    * profesionales de las bibliotecas y la información, los = library and information profession, the.
    * profesor encargado de la biblioteca = teacher-librarian.
    * programa de introducción a la biblioteca = library training programme.
    * programa integrado de gestión de bibliotecas = integrated library system (ILS), integrated library management system (ILMS).
    * programas de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation software.
    * proveedor de bibliotecas = library supplier.
    * Proyecto Cooperativo de Mecanización de las Bibliotecas de Birmingham (BLCMP = Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project (BLCMP).
    * quiosco biblioteca = library kiosk.
    * ratón de biblioteca = bookish, bookworm.
    * red cooperativa de bibliotecas = cooperative network.
    * red de bibliotecas = library network, library system, library networking.
    * Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.
    * Reglas de Intercalación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = Library of Congress Filing Rules.
    * relacionado con las bibliotecas = library-related.
    * responsable de bibliotecas = library official.
    * responsable de la biblioteca = library manager.
    * responsable del personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * reunión de bibliotecas móviles = mobilemeet.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * SCONUL (Sociedad de Bibliotecas Nacionales y Universitarias) = SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries).
    * sección de la biblioteca = library section.
    * sello de la biblioteca = library stamp.
    * ser lector de una biblioteca = library membership.
    * sistema automatizado de bibliotecas = automated library information system, library computer system.
    * sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de un sólo tipo = single-type library system.
    * sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de varios tipos = multitype library system.
    * sistema de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation system.
    * sistema de bibliotecas públicas = public library system.
    * sistema de clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LCC (Library of Congress Classification).
    * subalterno de biblioteca = library clerk, library page.
    * sucursal de biblioteca situada en un centro comercial = storefront library.
    * trabajo de información y de las bibliotecas = library and information work.
    * uso de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.
    * uso público en la propia biblioteca = in-library use.
    * usuario de la biblioteca = library user, library patron.
    * utilización de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.
    * visita guiada a la biblioteca = library tour, library orientation.
    * visitas a la biblioteca = library visits.

    * * *
    1 (institución, lugar) library
    biblioteca universitaria/pública university/public library
    biblioteca de consulta reference library
    biblioteca ambulante or móvil mobile library
    biblioteca circulante mobile library
    biblioteca de componentes visuales ( Inf) visual component library, VCL
    ratón2 (↑ ratón (2))
    2 (colección) collection
    3 (mueble) bookshelves (pl), bookcase
    * * *

     

    biblioteca sustantivo femenino
    a) (institución, lugar) library;

    ◊ biblioteca pública/de consulta public/reference library



    biblioteca sustantivo femenino library
    biblioteca pública, public library
    ' biblioteca' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alcanzar
    - cerca
    - conservador
    - conservadora
    - descuidarse
    - laguna
    - pertenecer
    - pública
    - público
    - ratón
    - albergar
    - ambulante
    - carné
    - celador
    - consulta
    - curiosear
    English:
    bookmobile
    - bookworm
    - library
    - microfilm
    - mobile library
    - monastery
    - public library
    - reference library
    - sign out
    - addition
    - be
    - book
    - down
    - peace
    - reference
    * * *
    1. [lugar] library
    biblioteca ambulante mobile library;
    biblioteca de consulta reference library;
    biblioteca de préstamo lending library;
    biblioteca pública public library
    2. [conjunto de libros] library
    3. Chile, Perú, RP [mueble] bookcase
    * * *
    f
    1 library
    2 mueble bookcase
    * * *
    : library
    * * *
    1. (edificio, conjunto de libros) library [pl. libraries]
    2. (mueble) bookcase

    Spanish-English dictionary > biblioteca

  • 18 Wren, Sir Christopher

    [br]
    b. 20 October 1632 East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England
    d. 25 February 1723 London, England
    [br]
    English architect whose background in scientific research and achievement enhanced his handling of many near-intractable architectural problems.
    [br]
    Born into a High Church and Royalist family, the young Wren early showed outstanding intellectual ability and at Oxford in 1654 was described as "that miracle of a youth". Educated at Westminster School, he went up to Oxford, where he graduated at the age of 19 and obtained his master's degree two years later. From this time onwards his interests were in science, primarily astronomy but also physics, engineering and meteorology. While still at college he developed theories about and experimentally solved some fifty varied problems. At the age of 25 Wren was appointed to the Chair of Astronomy at Gresham College in London, but he soon returned to Oxford as Savilian Professor of Astronomy there. At the same time he became one of the founder members of the Society of Experimental Philosophy at Oxford, which was awarded its Royal Charter soon after the Restoration of 1660; Wren, together with such men as Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, John Evelyn and Robert Boyle, then found himself a member of the Royal Society.
    Wren's architectural career began with the classical chapel that he built, at the request of his uncle, the Bishop of Ely, for Pembroke College, Cambridge (1663). From this time onwards, until he died at the age of 91, he was fully occupied with a wide and taxing variety of architectural problems which he faced in the execution of all the great building schemes of the day. His scientific background and inventive mind stood him in good stead in solving such difficulties with an often unusual approach and concept. Nowhere was this more apparent than in his rebuilding of fifty-one churches in the City of London after the Great Fire, in the construction of the new St Paul's Cathedral and in the grand layout of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.
    The first instance of Wren's approach to constructional problems was in his building of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford (1664–9). He based his design upon that of the Roman Theatre of Marcellus (13–11 BC), which he had studied from drawings in Serlio's book of architecture. Wren's reputation as an architect was greatly enhanced by his solution to the roofing problem here. The original theatre in Rome, like all Roman-theatres, was a circular building open to the sky; this would be unsuitable in the climate of Oxford and Wren wished to cover the English counterpart without using supporting columns, which would have obscured the view of the stage. He solved this difficulty mathematically, with the aid of his colleague Dr Wallis, the Professor of Geometry, by means of a timber-trussed roof supporting a painted ceiling which represented the open sky.
    The City of London's churches were rebuilt over a period of nearly fifty years; the first to be completed and reopened was St Mary-at-Hill in 1676, and the last St Michael Cornhill in 1722, when Wren was 89. They had to be rebuilt upon the original medieval sites and they illustrate, perhaps more clearly than any other examples of Wren's work, the fertility of his imagination and his ability to solve the most intractable problems of site, limitation of space and variation in style and material. None of the churches is like any other. Of the varied sites, few are level or possess right-angled corners or parallel sides of equal length, and nearly all were hedged in by other, often larger, buildings. Nowhere is his versatility and inventiveness shown more clearly than in his designs for the steeples. There was no English precedent for a classical steeple, though he did draw upon the Dutch examples of the 1630s, because the London examples had been medieval, therefore Roman Catholic and Gothic, churches. Many of Wren's steeples are, therefore, Gothic steeples in classical dress, but many were of the greatest originality and delicate beauty: for example, St Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside; the "wedding cake" St Bride in Fleet Street; and the temple diminuendo concept of Christ Church in Newgate Street.
    In St Paul's Cathedral Wren showed his ingenuity in adapting the incongruous Royal Warrant Design of 1675. Among his gradual and successful amendments were the intriguing upper lighting of his two-storey choir and the supporting of the lantern by a brick cone inserted between the inner and outer dome shells. The layout of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich illustrates Wren's qualities as an overall large-scale planner and designer. His terms of reference insisted upon the incorporation of the earlier existing Queen's House, erected by Inigo Jones, and of John Webb's King Charles II block. The Queen's House, in particular, created a difficult problem as its smaller size rendered it out of scale with the newer structures. Wren's solution was to make it the focal centre of a great vista between the main flanking larger buildings; this was a masterstroke.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1673. President, Royal Society 1681–3. Member of Parliament 1685–7 and 1701–2. Surveyor, Greenwich Hospital 1696. Surveyor, Westminster Abbey 1699.
    Surveyor-General 1669–1712.
    Further Reading
    R.Dutton, 1951, The Age of Wren, Batsford.
    M.Briggs, 1953, Wren the Incomparable, Allen \& Unwin. M.Whinney, 1971, Wren, Thames \& Hudson.
    K.Downes, 1971, Christopher Wren, Allen Lane.
    G.Beard, 1982, The Work of Sir Christopher Wren, Bartholomew.
    DY

    Biographical history of technology > Wren, Sir Christopher

  • 19 Hodgkinson, Eaton

    [br]
    b. 26 February 1789 Anderton, Cheshire, England
    d. 18 June 1861 near Manchester, England
    [br]
    English engineer who devised d new form of cast-iron girder.
    [br]
    Eaton Hodgkinson's father, a farmer, died when he was 6 years old, but his mother was a resourceful woman who set up a business in Salford and ensured that her son received a sound schooling. Most important for his education, however, was his friendship with the Manchester scientific luminary Dr. Dalton, who instructed him in practical mathematics. These studies led Hodgkinson to devise a new form of cast-iron girder, carefully tested by experiments and which was widely adopted for fire-proof structures in the nineteenth century. Following Dalton, Hodgkinson became an active member of the Manchester Philosophical Society, of which he was elected President in 1848. He also became an active member of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Hodgkinson's work on cast-iron girders secured him a Fellowship of the Royal Society, and the Royal Medal of the Society, in 1841. It was Hodgkinson also who verified the mathematical value of the pioneering experiments carried out by William Fairbairn for Robert Stephenson's proposed wrought-iron tube structure which, in 1849, became the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits. He received a Silver Medal for this work at the Paris Exhibition of 1858. Hodgkinson served as a member of the Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the application of iron to railway structures. In 1847 he was appointed Professor of the Mechanical Principles of Engineering at University College, London, but his health began to fail shortly after. He was elected an Honorary Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1851. Described as "singularly simple and guileless", he was widely admired and respected.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    President, Manchester Philosophical Society 1848. FRS 1841. Royal Society Medal 1841.
    Further Reading
    Dictionary of National Biography, London.
    Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 21:542–5.
    AB

    Biographical history of technology > Hodgkinson, Eaton

  • 20 Roberts, Richard

    [br]
    b. 22 April 1789 Carreghova, Llanymynech, Montgomeryshire, Wales
    d. 11 March 1864 London, England
    [br]
    Welsh mechanical engineer and inventor.
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    Richard Roberts was the son of a shoemaker and tollkeeper and received only an elementary education at the village school. At the age of 10 his interest in mechanics was stimulated when he was allowed by the Curate, the Revd Griffith Howell, to use his lathe and other tools. As a young man Roberts acquired a considerable local reputation for his mechanical skills, but these were exercised only in his spare time. For many years he worked in the local limestone quarries, until at the age of 20 he obtained employment as a pattern-maker in Staffordshire. In the next few years he worked as a mechanic in Liverpool, Manchester and Salford before moving in 1814 to London, where he obtained employment with Henry Maudslay. In 1816 he set up on his own account in Manchester. He soon established a reputation there for gear-cutting and other general engineering work, especially for the textile industry, and by 1821 he was employing about twelve men. He built machine tools mainly for his own use, including, in 1817, one of the first planing machines.
    One of his first inventions was a gas meter, but his first patent was obtained in 1822 for improvements in looms. His most important contribution to textile technology was his invention of the self-acting spinning mule, patented in 1825. The normal fourteen-year term of this patent was extended in 1839 by a further seven years. Between 1826 and 1828 Roberts paid several visits to Alsace, France, arranging cottonspinning machinery for a new factory at Mulhouse. By 1826 he had become a partner in the firm of Sharp Brothers, the company then becoming Sharp, Roberts \& Co. The firm continued to build textile machinery, and in the 1830s it built locomotive engines for the newly created railways and made one experimental steam-carriage for use on roads. The partnership was dissolved in 1843, the Sharps establishing a new works to continue locomotive building while Roberts retained the existing factory, known as the Globe Works, where he soon after took as partners R.G.Dobinson and Benjamin Fothergill (1802–79). This partnership was dissolved c. 1851, and Roberts continued in business on his own for a few years before moving to London as a consulting engineer.
    During the 1840s and 1850s Roberts produced many new inventions in a variety of fields, including machine tools, clocks and watches, textile machinery, pumps and ships. One of these was a machine controlled by a punched-card system similar to the Jacquard loom for punching rivet holes in plates. This was used in the construction of the Conway and Menai Straits tubular bridges. Roberts was granted twenty-six patents, many of which, before the Patent Law Amendment Act of 1852, covered more than one invention; there were still other inventions he did not patent. He made his contribution to the discussion which led up to the 1852 Act by publishing, in 1830 and 1833, pamphlets suggesting reform of the Patent Law.
    In the early 1820s Roberts helped to establish the Manchester Mechanics' Institute, and in 1823 he was elected a member of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. He frequently contributed to their proceedings and in 1861 he was made an Honorary Member. He was elected a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1838. From 1838 to 1843 he served as a councillor of the then-new Municipal Borough of Manchester. In his final years, without the assistance of business partners, Roberts suffered financial difficulties, and at the time of his death a fund for his aid was being raised.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Member, Institution of Civil Engineers 1838.
    Further Reading
    There is no full-length biography of Richard Roberts but the best account is H.W.Dickinson, 1945–7, "Richard Roberts, his life and inventions", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 25:123–37.
    W.H.Chaloner, 1968–9, "New light on Richard Roberts, textile engineer (1789–1864)", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 41:27–44.
    RTS

    Biographical history of technology > Roberts, Richard

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