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1 Short, Hugh Oswald
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 16 January 1883 Derbyshire, Englandd. 4 December 1969 Haslemere, England[br]English co-founder, with his brothers Horace Short (1872–1917) and Eustace (1875–1932), of the first company to design and build aeroplanes in Britain.[br]Oswald Short trained as an engineer; he was largely self-taught but was assisted by his brothers Eustace and Horace. In 1898 Eustace and the young Oswald set up a balloon business, building their first balloon in 1901. Two years later they sold observation balloons to the Government of India, and further orders followed. Meanwhile, in 1906 Horace designed a high-altitude balloon with a spherical pressurized gondola, an idea later used by Auguste Piccard, in 1931. Horace, a strange genius with a dominating character, joined his younger brothers in 1908 to found Short Brothers. Their first design, based on the Wright Flyer, was a limited success, but No. 2 won a Daily Mail prize of £1,000. In the same year, 1909, the Wright brothers chose Shorts to build six of their new Model A biplanes. Still using the basic Wright layout, Horace designed the world's first twin-engined aeroplane to fly successfully: it had one engine forward of the pilot, and one aft. During the years before the First World War the Shorts turned to tractor biplanes and specialized in floatplanes for the Admiralty.Oswald established a seaplane factory at Rochester, Kent, during 1913–14, and an airship works at Cardington, Bedfordshire, in 1916. Short Brothers went on to build the rigid airship R 32, which was completed in 1919. Unfortunately, Horace died in 1917, which threw a greater responsibility onto Oswald, who became the main innovator. He introduced the use of aluminium alloys combined with a smooth "stressed-skin" construction (unlike Junkers, who used corrugated skins). His sleek biplane the Silver Streak flew in 1920, well ahead of its time, but official support was not forthcoming. Oswald Short struggled on, trying to introduce his all-metal construction, especially for flying boats. He eventually succeeded with the biplane Singapore, of 1926, which had an all-metal hull. The prototype was used by Sir Alan Cobham for his flight round Africa. Several successful all-metal flying boats followed, including the Empire flying boats (1936) and the ubiquitous Sunderland (1937). The Stirling bomber (1939) was derived from the Sunderland. The company was nationalized in 1942 and Oswald Short retired the following year.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsHonorary Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Freeman of the City of London. Oswald Short turned down an MBE in 1919 as he felt it did not reflect the achievements of the Short Brothers.Bibliography1966, "Aircraft with stressed skin metal construction", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (November) (an account of the problems with patents and officialdom).Further ReadingC.H.Barnes, 1967, Shorts Aircraft since 1900, London; reprinted 1989 (a detailed account of the work of the Short brothers).JDS -
2 short-interval scheduling
Opsa technique for assigning a planned quantity of work to a workstation, to be completed in a specific time. Short-interval scheduling was pioneered during the 1930s by large mailorder houses in the United States and was widely used in the 1950s to provide greater control of routine and semi-routine processes through regular checks of individual performance over short spans of time. Shortinterval scheduling enables productivity to be improved, as all delays can be identified and corrected at an early stage.The ultimate business dictionary > short-interval scheduling
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3 работа с сокращенным рабочим днем
работник, занятый полный рабочий день — full-time worker
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > работа с сокращенным рабочим днем
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4 рабочий занятый неполный рабочий день
рабочий, занятый половину рабочего дня — half time worker
работник, занятый полный рабочий день — full-time worker
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > рабочий занятый неполный рабочий день
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5 hacer jornada reducida
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6 simplificación del trabajo
• work short time• work simplification• work sitesDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > simplificación del trabajo
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7 Kurzarbeit
f WIRTS. short-time (work)* * *die Kurzarbeitshort-time working; short time; short-time work; temporary employment* * *Kụrz|ar|beitfshort time* * *Kurz·ar·beitf kein pl short-time work* * *die short time; short-time working* * ** * *die short time; short-time working* * *f.short time (factory work) n. -
8 Kurzarbeit
Kurzarbeit f PERS short-time work, short-time working (Rezession, Auftragsmangel) • Kurzarbeit leisten PERS work short-time, be on short-time* * *f < Person> Rezession, Auftragsmangel short-time work, short-time working ■ Kurzarbeit leisten < Person> be on short time* * *Kurzarbeit
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9 временная работа
1) General subject: day-to-day job2) Military: Aushilfstдtigkeit (при альтернативной службе)3) Law: occasional employment4) Economy: emergency labour (в порядке замещени), intermittent work, occasional labour, provisional job, stop-gap job, time work5) Automobile industry: temporary service6) Jargon: gyppo7) Business: casual labour, casual work, occasional work, short run, short-gap job, short-time work, short-time working, temporary job, temporary work8) Sakhalin energy glossary: temporary duty9) Quality control: (кратко) temporary service10) Logistics: spot task11) Journalism: freelancing -
10 arbeid
job, work, work, employment* * *subst. work, labour, employment subst. US: work, labor subst. [ ansettelse] employment, job, work subst. [ beskjeftigelse] employment subst. [ kroppsarbeid] manual work, manual labour subst. [ verv] task, job subst. [ utførelse] workmanship subst. [ slit] toil, drudgery subst. [ fagarbeid] skilled work (under arbeid) in progress, work in progress [ deltids-] part-time work, part-time job, part-time employment (fast arbeid) permanent employment, permanent job (gå på arbeid) go to work [ heltids-] full-time work, full time job, full time employment (inntektsgivende/lønnet arbeid) paid work/employment, gainful employment [ korttids-] short-time work [ leie-] contract work (svart arbeid) undeclared work, clandestine work/employment, working "black" (være uten arbeid) be out of work -
11 работать неполный рабочий день
1) General subject: work part time, work short hours2) Economy: be on short time work, work half day3) Business: be operative on part time, work part-timeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > работать неполный рабочий день
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12 работавший неполный день
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > работавший неполный день
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13 кратковременная работа
1) Engineering: short-time duty2) Economy: short-run job3) Automobile industry: momentary duty4) Mining: temporary service5) Metrology: short-time operation6) Business: short-time work, short-time working7) Quality control: short-time runУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > кратковременная работа
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14 Kurzabschreibung
Kurzabschreibung
accelerated allowance;
• Kurzanschrift cable (telegraphic) address;
• Kurzarbeit part-time [work], short hours (time), short-time work[ing], staggering shift;
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15 работать неполную рабочую неделю
1) General subject: work on short time, work part time2) Economy: work half time, work on part timeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > работать неполную рабочую неделю
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16 занятый неполный рабочий день
рабочий, занятый половину рабочего дня — half time worker
работник, занятый полный рабочий день — full-time worker
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > занятый неполный рабочий день
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17 osapäivätyö
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18 быть частично безработным
Makarov: be on short time, work on short timeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > быть частично безработным
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19 работать сокращённую рабочую неделю
Makarov: be on short time, work on short timeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > работать сокращённую рабочую неделю
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20 работа с сокращённым рабочим днём
Economy: short-time workУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > работа с сокращённым рабочим днём
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