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61 Weston, Edward
SUBJECT AREA: Electricity[br]b. 9 May 1850 Oswestry, Englandd. 20 August 1936 Montclair, New Jersey, USA[br]English (naturalized American) inventor noted for his contribution to the technology of electrical measurements.[br]Although he developed dynamos for electroplating and lighting, Weston's major contribution to technology was his invention of a moving-coil voltmeter and the standard cell which bears his name. After some years as a medical student, during which he gained a knowledge of chemistry, he abandoned his studies. Emigrating to New York in 1870, he was employed by a manufacturer of photographic chemicals. There followed a period with an electroplating company during which he built his first dynamo. In 1877 some business associates financed a company to build these machines and, later, arc-lighting equipment. By 1882 the Weston Company had been absorbed into the United States Electric Lighting Company, which had a counterpart in Britain, the Maxim Weston Company. By the time Weston resigned from the company, in 1886, he had been granted 186 patents. He then began the work in which he made his greatest contribution, the science of electrical measurement.The Weston meter, the first successful portable measuring instrument with a pivoted coil, was made in 1886. By careful arrangement of the magnet, coil and control springs, he achieved a design with a well-damped movement, which retained its calibration. These instruments were produced commercially on a large scale and the moving-coil principle was soon adopted by many manufacturers. In 1892 he invented manganin, an alloy with a small negative temperature coefficient, for use as resistances in his voltmeters.The Weston standard cell was invented in 1892. Using his chemical knowledge he produced a cell, based on mercury and cadmium, which replaced the Clark cell as a voltage reference source. The Weston cell became the recognized standard at the International Conference on Electrical Units and Standards held in London in 1908.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsPresident, AIEE 1888–9. Franklin Institute Elliott Cresson Medal 1910, Franklin medal 1924.Bibliography29 April 1890, British patent no. 6,569 (the Weston moving-coil instrument). 6 February 1892, British patent no. 22,482 (the Weston standard cell).Further ReadingD.O.Woodbury, 1949, A Measure of Greatness. A Short Biography of Edward Weston, New York (a detailed account).C.N.Brown, 1988, in Proceedings of the Meeting on the History of Electrical Engineering, IEE, 17–21 (describes Weston's meter).H.C.Passer, 1953, The Electrical Manufacturers: 1875–1900, Cambridge, Mass.GW -
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63 Bacon, Francis Thomas
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 21 December 1904 Billericay, Englandd. 24 May 1992 Little Shelford, Cambridge, England[br]English mechanical engineer, a pioneer in the modern phase of fuel-cell development.[br]After receiving his education at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, Bacon served with C.A. Parsons at Newcastle upon Tyne from 1925 to 1940. From 1946 to 1956 he carried out research on Hydrox fuel cells at Cambridge University and was a consultant on fuel-cell design to a number of organizations throughout the rest of his life.Sir William Grove was the first to observe that when oxygen and hydrogen were supplied to platinum electrodes immersed in sulphuric acid a current was produced in an external circuit, but he did not envisage this as a practical source of electrical energy. In the 1930s Bacon started work to develop a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell that operated at moderate temperatures and pressures using an alkaline electrolyte. In 1940 he was appointed to a post at King's College, London, and there, with the support of the Admiralty, he started full-time experimental work on fuel cells. His brief was to produce a power source for the propulsion of submarines. The following year he was posted as a temporary experimental officer to the Anti-Submarine Experimental Establishment at Fairlie, Ayrshire, and he remained there until the end of the Second World War.In 1946 he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Cambridge, receiving a small amount of money from the Electrical Research Association. Backing came six years later from the National Research and Development Corporation (NRDC), the development of the fuel cell being transferred to Marshalls of Cambridge, where Bacon was appointed Consultant.By 1959, after almost twenty years of individual effort, he was able to demonstrate a 6 kW (8 hp) power unit capable of driving a small truck. Bacon appreciated that when substantial power was required over long periods the hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell associated with high-pressure gas storage would be more compact than conventional secondary batteries.The development of the fuel-cell system pioneered by Bacon was stimulated by a particular need for a compact, lightweight source of power in the United States space programme. Electro-chemical generators using hydrogen-oxygen cells were chosen to provide the main supplies on the Apollo spacecraft for landing on the surface of the moon in 1969. An added advantage of the cells was that they simultaneously provided water. NRDC was largely responsible for the forma-tion of Energy Conversion Ltd, a company that was set up to exploit Bacon's patents and to manufacture fuel cells, and which was supported by British Ropes Ltd, British Petroleum and Guest, Keen \& Nettlefold Ltd at Basingstoke. Bacon was their full-time consultant. In 1971 Energy Conversion's operation was moved to the UK Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, as Fuel Cells Ltd. Bacon remained with them until he retired in 1973.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsOBE 1967. FRS 1972. Royal Society S.G. Brown Medal 1965. Royal Aeronautical Society British Silver Medal 1969.Bibliography27 February 1952, British patent no. 667,298 (hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell). 1963, contribution in W.Mitchell (ed.), Fuel Cells, New York, pp. 130–92.1965, contribution in B.S.Baker (ed.), Hydrocarbon Fuel Cell Technology, New York, pp. 1–7.Further ReadingObituary, 1992, Daily Telegraph (8 June).A.McDougal, 1976, Fuel Cells, London (makes an acknowledgement of Bacon's contribution to the design and application of fuel cells).D.P.Gregory, 1972, Fuel Cells, London (a concise introduction to fuel-cell technology).GW -
64 Belling, Charles Reginald
SUBJECT AREA: Domestic appliances and interiors[br]b. 11 May 1884 Bodmin, Cornwall, Englandd. 8 February 1965 while on a cruise[br]English electrical engineer best known as the pioneer of the wire-wound clay-former heating element which made possible the efficient domestic electric fire.[br]Belling was educated at Burts Grammar School in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, and at Crossley Schools in Halifax, Yorkshire. In 1903 he was apprenticed to Crompton \& Co. at Chelmsford in Essex, the firm that in 1894 offered for sale the earliest electric heaters. These electric radiant panels were intended as heating radiators or cooking hotplates, but were not very successful because, being cast-iron panels into which heating wires had been embedded in enamel, they tended to fracture due to the different rates of thermal expansion of the iron and the enamel. Other designs of electric heaters followed, notably the introduction of large, sausage-shaped carbon filament bulbs fitted into a fire frame and backed by reflectors. This was the idea of H. Dowsing, a collaborator of Crompton, in 1904.After qualifying in 1906, Belling left Crompton \& Co. and went to work for Ediswan at Ponders End in Hertfordshire. He left in 1912 to set up his own business, which he began in a small shed in Enfield. With a small staff and capital of £450, he took out his first patent for his wire-wound-former electric fire in the same year. The resistance wire, made from nickel-chrome alloy such as that patented in 1906 by A.L. Marsh, was coiled round a clay former. Six such bars were attached to a cast-iron frame with heating control knobs, and the device was marketed as the Standard Belling Fire. Advertised in 1912, the fire was an immediate success and was followed by many other variations. Improvements to the first model included wire safety guards, enamel finishes and a frame ornamented with copper and brass.Belling turned his attention to hotplates, cookers, immersion heaters, electric irons, water urns and kettles, producing the Modernette Cooker (1919), the multi-parabola fire bar (1921), the plate and dish warmer (1924), the storage heater (1926) and the famous Baby Belling cookers, the first of which appeared in 1929. By 1955 business had developed so well that Belling opened another factory at Burnley, Lancashire. He partly underwrote, for the amount of £1 million, a proposed scientific technical college for the electrical industry at Enfield.[br]Further Reading1985, Dictionary of Business Biography, Butterworth.G.Jukes, 1963, The Story of Belling, Belling and Co. Ltd (produced by the company in its Golden Jubilee year).DYBiographical history of technology > Belling, Charles Reginald
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65 Cowper-Coles, Sherard Osborn
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 8 October 1866 East Harting, Sussex, Englandd. 9 September 1936[br]English inventor of the sherardizing process for metal protection.[br]He was the son of Captain Cowper- Coles, Royal Navy, the inventor of the swivelling turret for naval guns. He inherited his father's inventive talents and investigated a variety of inventions in his workshop at his home at Sunbury-on-Thames, assisted by a number of scientific workers. He had been educated by governesses, but he lacked a sound scientific background. His inventions, rarely systematically pursued, ranged from electrolytic processes for making copper sheets and parabolic reflectors to a process for inlaying and decorating metallic surfaces. Overall, however, he is best known for the invention of "sherardizing", the process for producing a rustproof coating of zinc on small metallic articles. The discovery came by chance, when he was annealing iron and steel packed in zinc dust to exclude air. The metal was found to be coated with a thin layer of zinc with some surface penetration. The first patent for the process was obtained in 1900, and later the American rights were sold, with a company being formed in 1908 to control them. A small plant was set up in Chelsea, London, to develop the process to the point where it could be carried out on a commercial scale in a plant in Willesden. Sherardizing has not been a general protective finish, but is restricted to articles such as nuts and bolts which are then painted or finished. The process was still in use in 1977, operated by the Zinc Alloy Company (London) Ltd.[br]Further ReadingC.A.Smith, 1978, "Sherard Cowper-Coles: a review of the inception of sherardizing", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 49:1–4.LRDBiographical history of technology > Cowper-Coles, Sherard Osborn
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66 Dow, Herbert Henry
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 26 February 1866 Belleville, Ontario, Canadad. 15 October 1930 Rochester, Minnesota, USA[br]American industrial chemist, pioneer manufacturer of magnesium alloys.[br]Of New England ancestry, his family returned there soon after his birth and later moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1884, Dow entered the Case School of Applied Science, graduating in science four years later. His thesis dealt partly with the brines of Ohio, and he was persuaded to present a paper on brine to the meeting of the American Association for he Advancement of Science being held in Cleveland the same year. That entailed visits to collect samples of brines from various localities, and led to the observation that their composition varied, one having a higher lithium content while another was richer in bromine. This study of brines proved to be the basis for his career in industrial chemistry. In 1888 Dow was appointed Professor of Chemistry at the Homeopathic Hospital College in Cleveland, but he continued to work on brine, obtaining a patent in the same year for extracting bromine by blowing air through slightly electrolysed brine. He set up a small company to exploit the process, but it failed; the process was taken up and successfully worked by the Midland Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan. The electrolysis required a direct-current generator which, when it was installed in 1892, was probably the first of its kind in America. Dow next set up a company to produce chlorine by the electrolysis of brine. It moved to Midland in 1896, and the Dow Central Company purchased the Midland Chemical Company in 1900. Its main concern was the manufacture of bleaching powder, but the company continued to grow, based on Dow's steady development of chemical compounds that could be derived from brines. His search for further applications of chlorine led to the making of insecticides and an interest in horticulture. Meanwhile, his experience at the Homeopathic Hospital doubtless fired an interest in pharmaceuticals. One of the substances found in brine was magnesium chloride, and by 1918 magnesium metal was being produced on a small scale by electrolysis. An intensive study of its alloys followed, leading to the large-scale production of these important light-metal alloys, under the name of Dowmetals. Two other "firsts" achieved by the company were the synthetic indigo process and the production of the element iodine in the USA. The Dow company became one of the leading chemical manufacturers in the USA, and at the same time Dow played an active part in public life, serving on many public and education boards.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsSociety of Chemical Industry Perkin Medal 1930.BibliographyDow was granted 65 patents for a wide range of chemical processes.Further ReadingObituary, 1930, Ind. Eng. Chem. (October)."The Dow Chemical Company", 1925, Ind. Eng. Chem. (September)LRD -
67 Edwards, Humphrey
SUBJECT AREA: Steam and internal combustion engines[br]fl. c.1808–25 London (?), Englandd. after 1825 France (?)[br]English co-developer of Woolf s compound steam engine.[br]When Arthur Woolf left the Griffin Brewery, London, in October 1808, he formed a partnership with Humphrey Edwards, described as a millwright at Mill Street, Lambeth, where they started an engine works to build Woolf's type of compound engine. A number of small engines were constructed and other ordinary engines modified with the addition of a high-pressure cylinder. Improvements were made in each succeeding engine, and by 1811 a standard form had been evolved. During this experimental period, engines were made with cylinders side by side as well as the more usual layout with one behind the other. The valve gear and other details were also improved. Steam pressure may have been around 40 psi (2.8 kg/cm2). In an advertisement of February 1811, the partners claimed that their engines had been brought to such a state of perfection that they consumed only half the quantity of coal required for engines on the plan of Messrs Boulton \& Watt. Woolf visited Cornwall, where he realized that more potential for his engines lay there than in London; in May 1811 the partnership was dissolved, with Woolf returning to his home county. Edwards struggled on alone in London for a while, but when he saw a more promising future for the engine in France he moved to Paris. On 25 May 1815 he obtained a French patent, a Brevet d'importation, for ten years. A report in 1817 shows that during the previous two years he had imported into France fifteen engines of different sizes which were at work in eight places in various parts of the country. He licensed a mining company in the north of France to make twenty-five engines for winding coal. In France there was always much more interest in rotative engines than pumping ones. Edwards may have formed a partnership with Goupil \& Cie, Dampierre, to build engines, but this is uncertain. He became a member of the firm Scipion, Perrier, Edwards \& Chappert, which took over the Chaillot Foundry of the Perrier Frères in Paris, and it seems that Edwards continued to build steam engines there for the rest of his life. In 1824 it was claimed that he had made about 100 engines in England and another 200 in France, but this is probably an exaggeration.The Woolf engine acquired its popularity in France because its compound design was more economical than the single-cylinder type. To enable it to be operated safely, Edwards first modified Woolf s cast-iron boiler in 1815 by placing two small drums over the fire, and then in 1825 replaced the cast iron with wrought iron. The modified boiler was eventually brought back to England in the 1850s as the "French" or "elephant" boiler.[br]Further ReadingMost details about Edwards are to be found in the biographies of his partner, Arthur Woolf. For example, see T.R.Harris, 1966, Arthur Woolf, 1766–1837, The Cornish Engineer, Truro: D.Bradford Barton; Rhys Jenkins, 1932–3, "A Cornish Engineer, Arthur Woolf, 1766–1837", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 13. These use information from the originally unpublished part of J.Farey, 1971, A Treatise on the Steam Engine, Vol. II, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.RLH -
68 Hoover, William Henry
SUBJECT AREA: Domestic appliances and interiors[br]b. 1849 New Berlin (now North Canton), Ohio, USAd. 25 February 1932 North Canton, Ohio, USA[br]American founder of the Electric Suction Company, which manufactured and successfully marketed the first practical and portable suction vacuum cleaner.[br]Hoover was descended from a Swiss farming family called Hofer who emigrated from Basle and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the early eighteenth century. By 1832 the family had become tanners and lived near North Berlin in Ohio. In 1870 William Henry Hoover, who had studied at Mount Union College, bought the tannery with his brothers and soon expanded the business to make horse collars and saddlery. The firm expanded to become W.H.Hoover \& Co. In the early years of the first decade of the twentieth century, horses were beginning to be replaced by the internal combustion engine, so Hoover needed a new direction for his firm. This he found in the suction vacuum cleaner devised in 1907 by J.Murray Spangler, a cousin of Hoover's wife. The first successful cleaner of this type had been operating in England since 1901 (see Booth), but was not a portable model. Attracted by the development of the small electric motor, Spangler produced a vertical cleaner with such a motor that sucked the dust through the machine and blew it into a bag attached to the handle. Spangler applied for a patent for his invention on 14 September in the same year; it was granted for a carpet sweeper and cleaner on 2 June 1908, but Spangler was unable to market it himself and sold the rights to Hoover. The Model O machine, which ran on small wheels, was immediately manufactured and marketed. Hoover's model was the first electric, one-person-operated, domestic vacuum cleaner and was instantly successful, although the main expansion of the business was delayed for some time until the greater proportion of houses were wired for electricity. The Hoover slogan, "it beats as it sweeps as it cleans", came to be true in 1926 with the introduction of the Model 700, which was the first cleaner to offer triple-action cleaning, a process which beat, swept and sucked at the carpet. Further advances in the 1930s included the use of magnesium and the early plastics.[br]Further ReadingG.Adamson, 1969, Machines at Home, Lutterworth Press.How it Works: The Universal Encyclopaedia of Machines, Paladin. D.Yarwood, 1981, The British Kitchen, Batsford, Ch. 6.DY -
69 Hornby, Frank
SUBJECT AREA: Domestic appliances and interiors[br]b. 15 May 1863 Liverpool, Englandd. 21 September 1936 Liverpool, England[br]English toy manufacturer and inventor of Meccano kits.[br]Frank Hornby left school at the age of 16 and worked as a clerk, at first for his father, a provision merchant, and later for D.H.Elliott, an importer of meat and livestock, for whom he became Managing Clerk. As a youth he was interested in engineering and in his own small workshop he became a skilled amateur mechanic. He made toys for his children and c.1900 he devised a constructional toy kit consisting of perforated metal strips which could be connected by bolts and nuts. He filed a patent application in January 1901 and, having failed to interest established toy manufacturers, he set up a small business in partnership with his employer, D.H. Elliott, who provided financial support. The kits were sold at first under the name of Mechanics Made Easy, but by 1907 the name Meccano had been registered as a trade mark. The business expanded rapidly and in 1908 Elliott withdrew from the partnership and Hornby continued on his own account, the company being incorporated as Meccano Ltd. Although parts for Meccano were produced at first by various manufacturers, Hornby soon acquired premises to produce all the components under his own control, and between 1910 and 1913 he established his own factory on a 5-acre (2-hectare) site at Binn's Road, Liverpool. The Meccano Magazine, a monthly publication with articles of general engineering interest, developed from a newsletter giving advice on the use of Meccano, and from the first issue in 1916 until 1924 was edited by Frank Hornby. In 1920 he introduced the clockwork Hornby trains, followed by the electric version five years later. These were gauge "0" (1 1/4 in./32 mm); the smaller gauge "00", or Hornby Dublo, was a later development. Another product of Meccano Ltd was the series of model vehicles known as Dinky toys, introduced in 1934.Frank Hornby served as a Member of Parliament for the Everton Division of Liverpool from 1931 to 1935.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsMP, 1931–5.Further ReadingD.J.Jeremy (ed.), 1984–6, Dictionary of Business Biography, Vol. 3, London, 345–9 (a useful biography).Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 127(1934):140–1 (describes the Binn's Road factory).RTS -
70 Monro, Philip Peter
SUBJECT AREA: Chemical technology[br]b. 27 May 1946 London, England[br]English biologist, inventor of a water-purification process by osmosis.[br]Monro's whole family background is engineering, an interest he did not share. Instead, he preferred biology, an enthusiasm aroused by reading the celebrated Science of Life by H.G. and G.P.Wells and Julian Huxley. Educated at a London comprehensive school, Monro found it necessary to attend evening classes while at school to take his advanced level science examinations. Lacking parental support, he could not pursue a degree course until he was 21 years old, and so he gained valuable practical experience as a research technician. He resumed his studies and took a zoology degree at Portsmouth Polytechnic. He then worked in a range of zoology and medical laboratories, culminating after twelve years as a Senior Experimental Officer at Southampton Medical School. In 1989 he relinquished his post to devote himself fall time to developing his inventions as Managing Director of Hampshire Advisory and Technical Services Ltd (HATS). Also in 1988 he obtained his PhD from Southampton University, in the field of embryology.Monro had meanwhile been demonstrating a talent for invention, mainly in microscopy. His most important invention, however, is of a water-purification system. The idea for it came from Michael Wilson of the Institute of Dental Surgery in London, who evolved a technique for osmotic production of sterile oral rehydration solutions, of particular use in treating infants suffering from diarrhoea in third-world countries. Monro broadened the original concept to include dried food, intravenous solutions and even dried blood. The process uses simple equipment and no external power and works as follows: a dry sugar/salts mixture is sealed in one compartment of a double bag, the common wall of which is a semipermeable membrane. Impure water is placed in the empty compartment and the water transfers across the membrane by the osmotic force of the sugar/salts. As the pores in the membrane exclude all viruses, bacteria and their toxins, a sterile solution is produced.With the help of a research fellowship granted for humanitarian reasons at King Alfred College, Winchester, the invention was developed to functional prototype stage in 1993, with worldwide patent protection. Commercial production was expected to follow, if sufficient financial backing were forthcoming. The process is not intended to replace large installations, but will revolutionize the small-scale production of sterile water in scattered third-world communities and in disaster areas where normal services have been disrupted.HATS was awarded First Prize in the small business category and was overall prize winner in the Toshiba Year of Invention, received a NatWest/BP award for technology and a Prince of Wales Award for Innovation.[br]Bibliography1993, with M.Wilson and W.A.M.Cutting, "Osmotic production of sterile oral rehydration solutions", Tropical Doctor 23:69–72.LRD -
71 Nasmyth, James Hall
SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering[br]b. 19 August 1808 Edinburgh, Scotlandd. 7 May 1890 London, England[br]Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor of the steam-hammer.[br]James Nasmyth was the youngest son of Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840), the portrait and landscape painter. According to his autobiography he was named James Hall after his father's friend, the geologist Sir James Hall (1761–1832), but he seems never to have used his second name in official documents. He received an elementary education at Edinburgh High School, but left at the age of 12. He attended evening classes at the Edinburgh School of Arts for the instruction of Mechanics between 1821 and 1825, and gained experience as a mechanic at an early age in his father's workshop. He shared these early experiences with his brother George, who was only a year or so older, and in the 1820s the brothers built several model steam engines and a steam-carriage capable of carrying eight passengers on the public roads. In 1829 Nasmyth obtained a position in London as personal assistant to Henry Maudslay, and after Maudslay's death in February 1831 he remained with Maudslay's partner, Joshua Field, for a short time. He then returned to Edinburgh, where he and his brother George started in a small way as general engineers. In 1834 they moved to a small workshop in Manchester, and in 1836, with the aid of financial backing from some Manchester businessmen, they established on a site at Patricroft, a few miles from the city, the works which became known as the Bridgewater Foundry. They were soon joined by a third partner, Holbrook Gaskell (1813–1909), who looked after the administration of the business, the firm then being known as Nasmyths Gaskell \& Co. They specialized in making machine tools, and Nasmyth invented many improvements so that they soon became one of the leading manufacturers in this field. They also made steam locomotives for the rapidly developing railways. James Nasmyth's best-known invention was the steam-hammer, which dates from 1839 but was not patented until 1842. The self-acting control gear was probably the work of Robert Wilson and ensured the commercial success of the invention. George Nasmyth resigned from the partnership in 1843 and in 1850 Gaskell also resigned, after which the firm continued as James Nasmyth \& Co. James Nasmyth himself retired at the end of 1856 and went to live at Penshurst, Kent, in a house which he named "Hammerfield" where he devoted his time mainly to his hobby of astronomy. Robert Wilson returned to become Managing Partner of the firm, which later became Nasmyth, Wilson \& Co. and retained that style until its closure in 1940. Nasmyth's claim to be the sole inventor of the steam-hammer has been disputed, but his patent of 1842 was not challenged and the fourteen-year monopoly ensured the prosperity of the business so that he was able to retire at the age of 48. At his death in 1890 he left an estate valued at £243,805.[br]Bibliography1874, with J.Carpenter, The Moon Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite, London.1883, Autobiography, ed. Samuel Smiles, London.Further ReadingR.Wailes, 1963, "James Nasmyth—Artist's Son", Engineering Heritage, vol. I, London, 106–11 (a short account).J.A.Cantrell, 1984, James Nasmyth and the Bridgewater Foundry: A Study of Entrepreneurship in the Early Engineering Industry, Manchester (a full-length critical study).——1984–5, "James Nasmyth and the steam hammer", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 56:133–8.RTS -
72 Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon
[br]b. 13 June 1854 London, Englandd. 11 February 1931 on board Duchess of Richmond, Kingston, Jamaica[br]English eingineer, inventor of the steam turbine and developer of the high-speed electric generator.[br]The youngest son of the Earl of Rosse, he came from a family well known in scientific circles, the six boys growing up in an intellectual atmosphere at Birr Castle, the ancestral home in Ireland, where a forge and large workshop were available to them. Charles, like his brothers, did not go to school but was educated by private tutors of the character of Sir Robert Ball, this type of education being interspersed with overseas holiday trips to France, Holland, Belgium and Spain in the family yacht. In 1871, at the age of 17, he went to Trinity College, Dublin, and after two years he went on to St John's College, Cambridge. This was before the Engineering School had opened, and Parsons studied mechanics and mathematics.In 1877 he was apprenticed to W.G.Armstrong \& Co. of Elswick, where he stayed for four years, developing an epicycloidal engine that he had designed while at Cambridge. He then moved to Kitson \& Co. of Leeds, where he went half shares in a small experimental shop working on rocket propulsion for torpedoes.In 1887 he married Katherine Bethell, who contracted rheumatic fever from early-morning outdoor vigils with her husband to watch his torpedo experiments while on their honeymoon! He then moved to a partnership in Clarke, Chapman \& Co. at Gateshead. There he joined the electrical department, initially working on the development of a small, steam-driven marine lighting set. This involved the development of either a low-speed dynamo, for direct coupling to a reciprocating engine, or a high-speed engine, and it was this requirement that started Parsons on the track of the steam turbine. This entailed many problems such as the running of shafts at speeds of up to 40,000 rpm and the design of a DC generator for 18,000 rpm. He took out patents for both the turbine and the generator on 23 April 1884. In 1888 he dissolved his partnership with Clarke, Chapman \& Co. to set up his own firm in Newcastle, leaving his patents with the company's owners. This denied him the use of the axial-flow turbine, so Parsons then designed a radial-flow layout; he later bought back his patents from Clarke, Chapman \& Co. His original patent had included the use of the steam turbine as a means of marine propulsion, and Parsons now set about realizing this possibility. He experimented with 2 ft (61 cm) and 6 ft (183 cm) long models, towed with a fishing line or, later, driven by a twisted rubber cord, through a single-reduction set of spiral gearing.The first trials of the Turbinia took place in 1894 but were disappointing due to cavitation, a little-understood phenomenon at the time. He used an axial-flow turbine of 2,000 shp running at 2,000 rpm. His work resulted in a far greater understanding of the phenomenon of cavitation than had hitherto existed. Land turbines of up to 350 kW (470 hp) had meanwhile been built. Experiments with the Turbinia culminated in a demonstration which took place at the great Naval Review of 1897 at Spithead, held to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Here, the little Turbinia darted in and out of the lines of heavy warships and destroyers, attaining the unheard of speed of 34.5 knots. The following year the Admiralty placed their first order for a turbine-driven ship, and passenger vessels started operation soon after, the first in 1901. By 1906 the Admiralty had moved over to use turbines exclusively. These early turbines had almost all been direct-coupled to the ship's propeller shaft. For optimum performance of both turbine and propeller, Parsons realized that some form of reduction gearing was necessary, which would have to be extremely accurate because of the speeds involved. Parsons's Creep Mechanism of 1912 ensured that any errors in the master wheel would be distributed evenly around the wheel being cut.Parsons was also involved in optical work and had a controlling interest in the firm of Ross Ltd of London and, later, in Sir Howard Grubb \& Sons. He he was an enlightened employer, originating share schemes and other benefits for his employees.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted. Order of Merit 1927.Further ReadingA.T.Bowden, 1966, "Charles Parsons: Purveyor of power", in E.G.Semler (ed.), The Great Masters. Engineering Heritage, Vol. II, London: Institution of Mechanical Engineers/Heinemann.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon
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73 Warren, Henry Ellis
SUBJECT AREA: Horology[br]b. 21 May 1872 Boston, Massachusetts, USAd. 21 September 1957 Ashland, Massachusetts, USA[br]American electrical engineer who invented the mains electric synchronous clock.[br]Warren studied electrical engineering at the Boston Institute of Technology (later to become the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and graduated in 1894. In 1912 he formed the Warren Electric Clock Company to make a battery-powered clock that he had patented a few years earlier. The name was changed to the Warren Telechron (time at a distance) Company after he had started to produce synchronous clocks.In 1840 Charles Wheatstone had produced an electric master clock that produced an alternating current with a frequency of one cycle per second and which was used to drive slave dials. This system was not successful, but when Ferranti introduced the first alternating current power generator at Deptford in 1895 Hope-Jones saw in it a means of distributing time. This did not materialize immediately because the power generators did not control the frequency of the current with sufficient accuracy, and a reliable motor whose speed was related to this frequency was not available. In 1916 Warren solved both problems: he produced a reliable self-starting synchronous electric motor and he also made a master clock which could be used at the power station to control accurately the frequency of the supply. Initially the power-generating companies were reluctant to support the synchronous clock because it imposed a liability to control the frequency of the supply and the gain was likely to be small because it was very frugal in its use of power. However, with the advent of the grid system, when several generators were connected together, it became imperative to control the frequency; it was realized that although the power consumption of individual clocks was small, collectively it could be significant as they ran continuously. By the end of the 1930s more than half the clocks sold in the USA were of the synchronous type. The Warren synchronous clock was introduced into Great Britain in 1927, following the setting up of a grid system by the Electricity Commission.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFranklin Institute John Price Wetherill Medal. American Institute of Electrical Engineers Lamme Medal.BibliographyThe patents for the synchronous motor are US patent nos. 1,283,432, 1,283,433 and 1,283,435, and those for the master clock are 1,283,431, 1,409,502 and 1,502,493 of 29 October 1918 onwards.1919, "Utilising the time characteristics of alternating current", Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers 38:767–81 (Warren's first description of his system).Further ReadingJ.M.Anderson, 1991, "Henry Ellis Warren and his master clocks", National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Bulletin 33:375–95 (provides biographical and technical details).DV -
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ˈnʌmbə
1. сущ.
1) а) мат. число;
сумма, цифра;
австрал. арифметика high number ≈ большое число low number ≈ небольшое число algebraic number complex number compound number decimal number even number imaginary number infinite number irrational number mass number mixed number natural number negative number odd number positive number prime number quantum number whole number science of numbers б) количество, число to decrease, reduce a number ≈ сокращать число, уменьшать количество to increase a number ≈ увеличивать число, увеличивать количество to reduce the number of traffic accidents ≈ сокращать число дорожно-транспортных происшествий large number ≈ большое число small number ≈ небольшое число in great numbers approximate number round number certain number enormous number untold number growing number a number of in numbers out of number without number Numbers Syn: quantity в) номер( какого-л. объекта;
также предмет, на котором написан, вырезан и т.д. номер) to call, dial a number ≈ набирать номер, звонить lucky number ≈ счастливый номер, счастливое число serial number( of a product) ≈ серийный номер (продукта) serial number (of a soldier) ≈ личный номер (солдата) telephone number ≈ телефонный номер unlisted number ≈ номер телефона, не внесенный в телефонную книгу winning number (of a lottery) ≈ выигрышный номер (в лотерее) get the wrong number call number motorcar's number Number 10
2) а) номер, пункт( в программе какого-л. действа) б) номер, выпуск, экземпляр( чего-л. периодического и т. п.) the daily number ≈ выпуск газеты, выходящий ежедневно back number в) разг. что-л. выделяющееся, могущее служить образцом г) элемент оглавления, списка;
часть музыкального произведения
3) а) грам. число б) грам. числительное cardinal number ordinal number Syn: numeral
4) редк. ритм, размер (стихотворный) ;
перен. мн. стихи ∙ his number goes up ≈ он умирает, его песенка спета, ему крышка number one number two get one's number take one's number have one's number
2. гл.
1) а) нумеровать;
считать, пересчитывать( о людях, реже о предметах) His days are numbered. ≈ Его дни сочтены. Mussulmans consider every attempt to number the people as a mark of great impiety. ≈ Мусульмане считают любую попытку пересчитать людей как признак нечестивости. Syn: enumerate;
count б) воен. рассчитываться to number off ≈ делать перекличку по номерам
2) а) числиться, быть в числе (among, in) I am proud to number her among my friends. ≈ Я горд, что я ее друг. Syn: count>, reckon, class б) зачислять, причислять be numbered with Syn: rank
3) насчитывать The crew and passengers numbered
33.. ≈ Команда плюс пассажиры, тридцать три человека. Syn: equal, amount
4) прожить столько-то лет число, количество - livestock *s поголовье скота - * of copies (полиграфия) тираж - in * численно, числом - they are twenty in * их двадцать - we were few in * нас было мало - to the * of 10,000 в добровольцы записалось до 10 000 человек - a large * много - a large * of people масса народу - a limited * of cars is available поступило в продажу некоторое количество автомашин - quite a * of people довольно многие (люди) - out of * бесчисленное множество;
несть числа - times without * бесчисленное множество раз - any * любое количество;
много - I have shown him any * of kindnesses я оказывал ему множество любезностей - many people, myself among the *, think that... многие люди, и я в том числе, думают, что... - he is not of our * он не принадлежит к нашему кругу - given equal *s we should be stronger при одинаковой численности мы должны быть сильнее некоторое количество, ряд - a * of people некоторые( люди) ;
кое-кто - a * of accidents always occur on slippery roadways на скользкой мостовой всегда происходят несчастные случаи - a * of books is missing from the library из библиотеки пропал ряд книг большое число, масса - in *s в большом количестве;
значительными силами - in superior *s (военное) превосходящей численностью - *s of people came to see the exhibition посмотреть выставку пришла масса народу - to win by *s победить благодаря численному превосходству - to be overpowered by *s, to yield to *s отступить перед превосходящими силами (военное) количество вооружений - actual * фактическое количество - aggregate * суммарное количетсво - agreed * согласованное количество (порядковый) номер - index * порядковый номер - registration * инвентарный номер - reference * (официальное) номер для ссылок;
номер заказа - code * (телефония) номер по телеграфному коду - wrond *! вы не туда попали! (ответ по телефону) - atomic * атомный номер( в таблице Менделеева) - call * шифр( карты, книги) - the * of a house номер дома - * of the piece crew (военное) номер орудийного расчета - to take the driver's * записать номер такси номер (дома) (употр. в сокр. форме No) - he lives at No. 18 он живет в доме N 18 - he lives in No. 4 он живет в четвертом номере (гостиницы) номер, выпуск (издания) - back * старый номер (газеты) ;
нечто устаревшее;
отсталый человек - to feel oneself a back * чувствовать, что отстал от жизни - the current * of a magazine последний номер журнала - a story issued in *s роман, выходящий отдельными выпусками номер программы, выступление - the first * on the program первый номер программы - she sang several *s from the opera она спела несколько арий из этой оперы (разговорное) что-л. выделяющееся, бросающееся в глаза - this hat is a smart * эта шляпка - верх изящества - he is a sly * он большой хитрец( разговорное) девушка, девчонка - blonde * блондиночка (американизм) ежедневная нелегальная лотерея (ставки делаются на цифры в статистических таблицах и т. п., помещаемых в газетах) (американизм) мошенничество, жульничество (сленг) наркотик - * 3 кокаин - * 8 героин - * 13 морфин позывные сумма, цифра;
число - binary * двоичное число - broken * дробь - intact * целое число - Roman *s римские цифры - artificial *s логарифмы - in round *s в круглых цифрах;
примерно;
короче говоря арифметика - he has skill in *s он силен в арифметике (грамматика) число - plural * множественное число( специальное) показатель, число - gloss * (текстильное) показатель блеска - acid * кислотное число, коэффициент кислотности - solubility * показатель растворимости - elevation * высотная отметка - scale * знаменатель масштаба - weight * весовой коэффициент (в статистике) - base * (информатика) основной индекс( классификации) - * of dimension размерность - * in a scale (метеорология) балл( силы ветра) (стихосложение) (музыкальное) метр, размер;
ритм стихи - mournful *s унылые строфы > No. 10 (Downing Street) резиденция премьер-министра Великобритании > smb.'s * goes up чье-л. дело плохо, кому-л. крышка, чья-л. песенка спета > to lose the * of one's mess (военное) (жаргон) "сняться с довольствия" (т. е. умереть) > to get smb.'s * (американизм) (сленг) раскусить кого-л > to do a * on smb. (американизм) (сленг) морочить, ловко обработать кого-л;
высмеивать кого-л.;
издеваться над кем-л;
заигрывать с кем-л > to do a * on smb.'s head заморочить кому-л. голову > to have smb.'s * on it (американизм) (сленг) быть специально предназначенным для кого-л. (о пуле) > opposite * (математика) противолежащий нумеровать - *ed copy нумерованный экземпляр (книги) - to * houses нумеровать дома - * the questins from 1 to 10 перенумеруйте вопросы от первого до десятого насчитывать - we *ed twenty in all всего нас было двадцать человек - the population *s 1000 население составляет 1000 человек - he *s fourscore years ему перевалило за восемьдесят - those present *ed fifty присутствующих насчитывалось пятьдесят человек - they * in hundreds их число доходит до нескольких сотен причислять, зачислять;
числить (кем-л, чем-л.) - to be *ed with the saints быть причисленным к лику святых - I * Thomas among my friends я причисляю Томаса к своим друзьям - Julius Caesar is *ed among the greatest captains of all ages Юлия Цезаря считают одним из величайших полководцев всех времен - this painting is *ed among the treasures of the gallery это полотно относится к числу сокровиц галереи (книжное) считать, пересчитывать - his days are *ed дни его сочтены - who can * the stars? кто сочтет звезды?;
кто знает, сколько на небе звезд? (военное) производить расчет - by twos, *! на первый-второй - рассчитайсь! (команда) - * (off) ! по порядку номеров - рассчитайсь! (команда) absolute ~ вчт. неименованное число abstract ~ вчт. неименованное число account ~ номер счета account ~ вчт. учетный номер actual ~ вчт. фактическое число application ~ пат. номер заявки arithmetic ~ вчт. арифметическое число assembly ~ вчт. шифр комплекта average sample ~ средний объем выборки base ~ вчт. основание системы счисления basic ~ базисная величина ~ причислять, зачислять;
to be numbered with быть причисленным к binary decimal ~ вчт. двоично-десятичное число binary ~ вчт. двоичное число binary-coded decimal ~ вчт. двоично-кодированное десятичное число binary-coded ~ вчт. двоично-кодированное число block ~ вчт. номер блока book ~ учетный номер книги ~ номер;
motorcar's number номер автомашины;
call number шифр (книги, пленки и т. п.) call ~ вызываемый номер call ~ вчт. вызывающий параметр cardinal ~ мат. кардинальное число cardinal ~ количественное числительное catalogue ~ каталожный номер check ~ вчт. контрольное число column ~ вчт. номер столбца commercial register ~ номер коммерческой фирмы в регистре register: commercial ~ number (for tax and VAT collection purposes) номер коммерческой фирмы в регистре (для налогообложения и сбора налога на добавленную стоимость) customer account ~ номер счета клиента cylinder ~ вчт. номер цилиндра danger ~ категория риска decimal ~ десятичное число device ~ вчт. номер устройства double-precision ~ вчт. число с двойной точностью error ~ вчт. номер ошибки extension ~ добавочный номер file ~ номер дела file ~ номер документа file ~ номер единицы хранения floating-point ~ вчт. число с плавающей запятой fractional ~ дробное число generation ~ вчт. номер версии giro account ~ номер жиросчета ~ первоклассный, самый главный;
problem No. 1 самая важная проблема;
his number goes up он умирает, его песенка спета, ему крышка identity ~ идентификационный номер identity ~ личный номер ~ число, количество;
a number of некоторое количество;
in number численно, количеством in (great) ~s в большом количестве in (great) ~s значительными силами;
out of (или without) number множество, без числа;
a number (или numbers) of people много народу index ~ вчт. индекс index ~ коэффициент index ~ числовой показатель insurance ~ номер страхового договора integer ~ вчт. целое число inverse ~ вчт. обратное число invoice ~ номер счета-фактуры item ~ номер изделия item ~ вчт. номер позиции item ~ вчт. номер элемента journal ~ номер журнала land register ~ номер кадастра licence ~ номерной знак автомобиля line ~ вчт. номер строки lot ~ номер лота lot ~ число изделий в партии magic ~ вчт. системный код mixed ~ вчт. смешанное число ~ номер;
motorcar's number номер автомашины;
call number шифр (книги, пленки и т. п.) natural ~ вчт. натуральное число natural ~ мат. натуральное число negative ~ вчт. отрицательное число number разг. (что-л.) выделяющееся, могущее служить образцом;
number one (или No. ~ выпуск, номер, экземпляр (журнала и т. п.) ~ выпуск ~ зачислять ~ количество ~ насчитывать;
the population numbers 5000 население составляет 5000 человек ~ насчитывать ~ номер (программы) ~ номер;
motorcar's number номер автомашины;
call number шифр (книги, пленки и т. п.) ~ номер ~ нумеровать ~ нумеровать ~ первоклассный, самый главный;
problem No. 1 самая важная проблема;
his number goes up он умирает, его песенка спета, ему крышка ~ пересчитывать ~ показатель ~ (No.) порядковый номер ~ предназначать ~ причислять, зачислять;
to be numbered with быть причисленным к ~ воен. рассчитываться;
to number off делать перекличку по номерам ~ прос. ритм, размер ~ свое "я";
собственная персона ~ pl прос. стихи ~ мат. сумма, число, цифра;
science of numbers арифметика ~ сумма ~ уст. считать, пересчитывать;
his days are numbered его дни сочтены ~ цифра ~ числиться, быть в числе (among, in) ~ грам. число ~ число, количество;
a number of некоторое количество;
in number численно, количеством ~ число ~ in succession нумеровать по порядку ~ in system вчт. число в системе ~ in the queue вчт. длина очереди ~ число, количество;
a number of некоторое количество;
in number численно, количеством ~ of allocation units количество голосов, на основании которых распределяются мандаты в парламенте ~ of claims число исков ~ of members число членов ~ of packages число мест груза in (great) ~s значительными силами;
out of (или without) number множество, без числа;
a number (или numbers) of people много народу ~ of persons employed число сотрудников ~ of respondents число опрошенных ~ of risks число рисков ~ of units waiting вчт. длина очереди ~ of votes число голосов ~ of years возраст ~ воен. рассчитываться;
to number off делать перекличку по номерам number разг. (что-л.) выделяющееся, могущее служить образцом;
number one (или No. odd ~ нечетное число opposite ~ лицо, занимающее такую же должность в другом учреждении opposite ~ партнер по переговорам opposite: ~ number лицо, занимающее такую же должность в другом учреждении, государстве и т. п.;
партнер, коллега order ~ номер заказа order ~ порядковый номер ordinal ~ вчт. порядковый номер ordinal ~ порядковый номер in (great) ~s значительными силами;
out of (или without) number множество, без числа;
a number (или numbers) of people много народу packed decimal ~ вчт. упакованное десятичное число page ~ вчт. номер страницы page ~ полигр. номер страницы parcel ~ номер земельного участка patent ~ номер патента personal identification ~ вчт. личный идентификационный номер personal ~ личный идентификационный номер phone ~ номер телефона physical block ~ вчт. физический номер блока policy ~ номер страхового полиса ~ насчитывать;
the population numbers 5000 население составляет 5000 человек positive ~ вчт. положительное число precedence ~ вчт. приоритетный номер prime ~ простое число prime: ~ mover тех. первичный двигатель;
перен. душа( какого-л.) дела;
prime number мат. простое число priority ~ вчт. показатель приоритета ~ первоклассный, самый главный;
problem No. 1 самая важная проблема;
his number goes up он умирает, его песенка спета, ему крышка pseudorandom ~ псевдослучайное число random ~ случайное число rational ~ рациональное число real ~ вещественное число real ~ действительное число reciprocal ~ обратное число reference ~ номер для ссылок reference ~ номер документа reference ~ шифр документа registration ~ номерной знак registration ~ регистрационный номер round ~ округленное число ~ мат. сумма, число, цифра;
science of numbers арифметика securities ~ номер ценной бумаги sequence ~ порядковый номер serial ~ номер в серии serial ~ порядковый номер serial ~ регистрационный номер serial ~ серийный номер serial: ~ последовательный;
serial number порядковый номер share serial ~ серийный номер акции shelf ~ doc. регистрационный номер shelf ~ doc. учетный номер signed ~ вчт. число со знаком simple ~ однозначное число special service ~ специальный служебный номер statement ~ вчт. номер оператора statistical code ~ статистический кодовый номер suffix ~ нижний индекс tag ~ вчт. кодовая метка tariff ~ позиция в таможенном тарифе tax identification ~ регистрационный номер фирмы в налоговом управлении (США) telephone ~ номер телефона three-figure ~ трехзначное число three-figure ~ трехзначный номер title ~ титульный номер track ~ вчт. номер дорожки two-digit ~ двузначное число unit ~ вчт. номер устройства unlisted ~ номер телефона, не внесенный в телефонный справочник unobtainable ~ номер телефона, не помещенный в телефонный справочник и не сообщаемый справочной службой unsigned ~ вчт. число без знака user identification ~ вчт. шифр пользователя user ~ вчт. код пользователя vacant ~ незанятый абонентский номер vacant ~ свободный абонентский номер version ~ вчт. номер версии virtual block ~ вчт. виртуальный номер блока wave ~ волновое число -
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abbrev.: CPA certified public accountant дипломированный бухгалтер, выдержавший необходимые экзамены, получивший соответствующий диплом (сертификат) и обладающий необходимым опытом и квалификацией; специализируется на аудите, организации учета, помощи в подготовке налоговых деклараций юридическим и физическим лицам; в США требования для получения диплома определяются властями штатов.* * ** * *. Certified public accountant . Small Business Taxes & Management . -
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сущ.эк., юр. владелец, собственник; хозяинthe owner of a house — хозяин [владелец\] дома
See:absentee owner, annuity owner, contract owner, contractowner, coowner, co-owner, domestic owner, foreign owner, homeowner, initial owner, joint owner, landowner, lawful owner, legal owner, legitimate owner, list owner, managing owner, media owner, media-owner, non-owner, original owner, owner of record, owner of trademark, part owner, part-owner, patent owner, plant owner, policy owner, policyowner, practical owner, process owner, ranchowner, real owner, record owner, rightful owner, shareowner, small owner, sole owner, stock owner, stockowner, territorial owner, trademark owner, true owner, owner control, owner-occupier, owner-operator, owners' equity, owners' net worth, owner's paper, owner's title insurance, right of owner, owner controlled insurance program, owner-controlled insurance program, owner-manager, owners and contractors protective insurance, owners and contractors protective liability policy, owners and contractors protective policy, return on owners' equity, statement of changes in owners' equity, statement of owner's equity, Home Owners' Loan Act, owners and contractors protective liability insurance, Home Owners' Loan Corporation, own, ownership
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1) ((with to) to put (something) on or against something else: to apply ointment to a cut.) aplicar2) ((with to) to use (something) for some purpose: He applied his wits to planning their escape.) emplear3) ((with for) to ask for (something) formally: You could apply (to the manager) for a job.) solicitar4) ((with to) to concern: This rule does not apply to him.) aplicarse5) (to be in force: The rule doesn't apply at weekends.) ser válido, estar en vigor•- applicable
- applicability
- applicant
- application
- apply oneself/one's mind
apply vb1. solicitar / pedir2. aplicar3. aplicarsetr[ə'plaɪ]1 (ointment, theory, etc) aplicar1 (be true) aplicarse, ser aplicable2 (for job) solicitar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto apply oneself to something aplicarse a algo, aplicarse en algoto apply one's mind to something concentrarse en algo1) : aplicar (una sustancia, los frenos, el conocimiento)2)to apply oneself : dedicarse, aplicarseapply vi1) : aplicarse, referirsethe rules apply to everyone: las reglas se aplican a todos2)to apply for : solicitar, pedirv.• aplicar v.• apropiar v.• referir v.• solicitar v.ə'plaɪ
1.
applies, applying, applied transitive verba) ( put on) aplicar*b) \<\<method/theory/rules\>\> aplicar*
2.
via) ( make application)please apply in writing to... — diríjase por escrito a...
to apply for something — \<\<for loan/permission\>\> solicitar or pedir* algo
to apply for a job — solicitar un trabajo, presentarse para un trabajo, aplicar* a un trabajo (Ven), postular para un trabajo (CS)
apply within — infórmese aquí, razón aquí
b) (be applicable, relevant) \<\<regulation/criterion\>\> aplicarse*[ǝ'plaɪ]1. VT1) [+ ointment, paint etc] aplicar (to a)to apply heat to a surface — (Tech) exponer una superficie al calor; (Med) calentar una superficie
2) (=impose) [+ rule, law] aplicar, emplear3) (=use)to apply pressure on sb — (fig) presionar a algn
4) (=dedicate)to apply o.s. to a task — dedicarse or aplicarse a una tarea
2. VI1) (=be relevant) ser aplicable, ser pertinenteto apply to — (=be applicable to) ser aplicable a, referirse a
the law applies to everybody — la ley es aplicable a or de obligado cumplimiento para todos
2) (for job, audition) presentarseare you applying? — ¿te vas a presentar?
to apply to sb — dirigirse a algn, acudir a algn
withinto apply for — [+ scholarship, grant, assistance] solicitar, pedir; [+ job] solicitar, presentarse a
* * *[ə'plaɪ]
1.
applies, applying, applied transitive verba) ( put on) aplicar*b) \<\<method/theory/rules\>\> aplicar*
2.
via) ( make application)please apply in writing to... — diríjase por escrito a...
to apply for something — \<\<for loan/permission\>\> solicitar or pedir* algo
to apply for a job — solicitar un trabajo, presentarse para un trabajo, aplicar* a un trabajo (Ven), postular para un trabajo (CS)
apply within — infórmese aquí, razón aquí
b) (be applicable, relevant) \<\<regulation/criterion\>\> aplicarse* -
79 court
суд; зал суду; будівля суду; законодавчі збори; засідання законодавчих зборів; королівський двір; суддя; розм. час, призначений для слухання справи у суді; палацеве прийняттяcourt of appellate jurisdiction — апеляційний суд, апеляційна судова інстанція; суд другої інстанції
court of competent jurisdiction — належна судова інстанція, належний суд
court staffed by professional judges — суд, укомплектований професійними суддями
- court actioncourt's power of judicial review — право судового нагляду, право судового контролю
- court administration
- court and jury
- court appearance
- court-appointed
- court-appointed attorney
- court-appointed expert
- court-appointed lawyer
- court-appointed trustee
- court approval
- court-approved agreement
- court attendant
- court authorization
- court-authorized
- court-baron
- court below
- court brief
- court briefing
- court case
- court challenge of a decision
- court charges
- court Christian
- court christian
- court clerk
- court-committed
- court-committed inmate
- court competence
- court composition
- court costs
- court day
- court decision
- court decree
- court delay
- court determination
- court district
- court expert
- court expert's report
- court fee
- court fees
- court file
- court hearing
- court holding
- court house
- court-house
- court-imposed
- court-imposed fine
- court in banco
- court in bank
- court in camera
- court in session
- court in term time
- court in vacation
- court injunction
- court instance
- court investigator
- court judgement
- court judgment
- court jurisdiction
- court-like
- court-like body
- court-martial
- Court Martial Appeal Court
- court-martial for desertion
- court-martial prisoner
- court-martial summons
- court not of record
- court of admiralty
- court of aldermen
- court of appeal
- court of appeals
- court of appeal ruling
- court of appeals ruling
- court of arbitration
- Court of archdeacon
- court of assize and nisi prius
- court of assizes
- court of auditors
- court of bankruptcy
- court of cassation
- court of chivalry
- court of claims
- court of Common Council
- court of common law
- court of conciliation
- court of construction
- court of criminal appeal
- court of criminal correction
- court of domestic relations
- court of enquiry jurisdiction
- court of inquiry jurisdiction
- court of equity
- court of first appearance
- court of first instance
- court of general jurisdiction
- court of highest resort
- court of honor
- court of honour
- court of impeachment
- court of industrial relations
- court of inquiry
- court of inquiry jurisdiction
- Court of International Trade
- court of judiciary
- court of jurisdiction
- court of justice
- court of last resort
- court of law
- court of limited jurisdiction
- court of military appeals
- court of military justice
- court of nisi prius
- court of original jurisdiction
- court of oyer and terminer
- court of Passage
- court of petty sessions
- court of primary jurisdiction
- court of quarter sessions
- court of record
- court of referees
- court of second instance
- Court of Session
- court of sessions
- court of small claims
- court of special jurisdiction
- Court of St. James
- court of staple
- Court of Star Chamber
- court of summary jurisdiction
- court of summary prosecution
- court of superior jurisdiction
- court of swainmote
- Court of the Archbishop
- court of the communions
- court of the United States
- court of third instance
- court of trial
- court of wards
- court official
- court opinion
- court order
- court-ordered
- court-ordered desegregation
- court orders
- court practice
- court preference
- court president
- court prisoner
- court proceedings
- court procedure
- court processes
- court rate
- court receiver
- court record
- court record
- court records
- court referral
- court register
- court registry
- court report
- court reports
- court reporter
- court rolls
- court-room
- court rules
- court ruling
- court rulings
- court sentence
- court settlement
- court session
- court structure
- court style
- court system
- court taxes
- court trust
- court usage
- court usher
- court victory
- court with lay judges
- courts brief
- courts martial system
- court's approach
- court's budget
- court's calendar
- court's conclusion
- court's consent
- court's construction
- court's conviction
- court's decision
- court's decision for retrial
- court's duty
- court's expert
- court's holding
- court's independence
- court's initial ruling
- court's interpretation
- court's invalidation
- court's judgement
- court's judgment
- court's jurisdiction
- court's jurisprudence
- court's justice
- court's majority
- court's office
- court's offices
- court's opinion
- court's order
- court's position
- court's powers
- court's public session
- court's resolution of a case
- court's role
- court's ruling
- court's rules
- court's satisfaction
- court's unanimous opinion
- court's witness
- court's work -
80 to take out
1 (remove, extract, withdraw) sacar, quitar2 (escort, accompany) invitar a salir; (child, dog) llevar de paseo3 (insurance) hacerse, sacar; (licence, patent) obtener4 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL llevar comida a casa5 (kill, destroy) eliminar
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