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1 gantry
'ɡæntriplural - gantries; noun(a bridge-like structure which supports a crane, railway signals etc.) pórticotr['gæntrɪ]1 (for barrels) caballete nombre masculino, poíno; (for rocket) torre nombre femenino de lanzamiento; (for railway signals) puente nombre masculino de señales\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLgantry crane grúa de pórticon.• caballete s.m.'gæntri1) ( Transp) castillete m de señalización2) ( support - for crane) pórtico m, puente m; (- for space rocket) torre f de lanzamiento['ɡæntrɪ]N (gen) caballete m ; (for crane, railway signal) pórtico m ; (for rocket) torre f de lanzamiento* * *['gæntri]1) ( Transp) castillete m de señalización2) ( support - for crane) pórtico m, puente m; (- for space rocket) torre f de lanzamiento -
2 signal
'siɡnəl
1. noun1) (a sign (eg a movement of the hand, a light, a sound), especially one arranged beforehand, giving a command, warning or other message: He gave the signal to advance.) señal2) (a machine etc used for this purpose: a railway signal.) señal3) (the wave, sound received or sent out by a radio set etc.) señal
2. verb1) (to make signals (to): The policeman signalled the driver to stop.) indicar, señalar2) (to send (a message etc) by means of signals.) comunicar por señas•signal1 n señalthe officer gave the signal and the soldiers advanced el oficial dio la señal y los soldados avanzaronsignal2 vb dar la señalthe officer signalled for the soldiers to advance el oficial dio la señal para que los soldados avanzarantr['sɪgnəl]1 (gen) señal nombre femenino3 (radiophonic) señal nombre femenino4 (railway) señal nombre femenino1 (achievement, triumph, success, etc) señalado,-a, destacado,-a, notable; (failure) rotundo,-a1 (indicate) indicar, señalar, marcar; (forecast) pronosticar2 (gesture) hacer señas, hacer una seña3 SMALLAUTOMOBILES/SMALL indicar1 (gesture) hacer señas, hacer una seña2 SMALLAUTOMOBILES/SMALL poner el intermitente\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLsignal box garita de señales1) : hacerle señas (a alguien)she signaled me to leave: me hizo señas para que saliera2) indicate: señalar, indicarsignal vi: hacer señas, comunicar por señassignal adjnotable: señalado, notablesignal n: señal fadj.• notable adj.• señalado, -a adj.n.• banderín s.m.• seña s.f.• señal (Electrónica) s.f.• signo s.m.v.• comunicar por señales v.• hacer señales a v.• señalar v.'sɪgnḷ
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1) (agreed sign, indication) señal fthe busy signal — (AmE Telec) el tono or la señal de ocupado or (Esp) de comunicando
to call the signals — (AmE Sport) llamar las señales, decir* la jugada
I call the signals around here — (AmE) aquí quien manda soy yo, aquí yo soy quien llevo la voz cantante; (before n)
signal flag — bandera f de señales
2) ( Rail) señal f3) ( Electron) señal f
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1.
a) ( indicate) señalarb) ( Auto)she signaled a left turn — señalizó or indicó que iba a doblar a la izquierda
c) ( gesture) (AmE) hacerle* señas/una seña a
2.
signal via) ( gesture)to signal (TO somebody) — hacer(le)* señas/una seña (a algn)
she signaled to us to leave — nos hizo señas/una seña para que nos fuéramos
b) ( Auto) señalizar*, poner* el intermitente or (Col, Méx) la direccional or (Chi) el señalizador['sɪɡnl]1.N señal f ; (Telec) señal f, tono m ; (TV, Rad) sintonía f•
it was the signal for revolt — fue la señal para la sublevación•
I can't get a signal — (Telec) no hay cobertura•
to give the signal for — dar la señal de or para•
to make a signal to sb — hacer una señal a algn2. VT1) [+ message] comunicar por señalesto signal that... — comunicar por señas que...
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to signal a left-/right-hand turn — (Aut) indicar un giro a la izquierda/derecha2) (=signify) señalar3.VI (gen) dar una señal; (with hands) hacer señasto signal to sb that... — comunicar a algn por señas que...
4.ADJ frm notable, señalado, insigne5.CPDsignal book N — (Naut) código m de señales
signal box N — (Rail) garita f de señales
signal flag N — bandera f de señales
signal lamp N — reflector m or lámpara f de señales
* * *['sɪgnḷ]
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1) (agreed sign, indication) señal fthe busy signal — (AmE Telec) el tono or la señal de ocupado or (Esp) de comunicando
to call the signals — (AmE Sport) llamar las señales, decir* la jugada
I call the signals around here — (AmE) aquí quien manda soy yo, aquí yo soy quien llevo la voz cantante; (before n)
signal flag — bandera f de señales
2) ( Rail) señal f3) ( Electron) señal f
II
1.
a) ( indicate) señalarb) ( Auto)she signaled a left turn — señalizó or indicó que iba a doblar a la izquierda
c) ( gesture) (AmE) hacerle* señas/una seña a
2.
signal via) ( gesture)to signal (TO somebody) — hacer(le)* señas/una seña (a algn)
she signaled to us to leave — nos hizo señas/una seña para que nos fuéramos
b) ( Auto) señalizar*, poner* el intermitente or (Col, Méx) la direccional or (Chi) el señalizador -
3 Westinghouse, George
[br]b. 6 October 1846 Central Bridge, New York, USAd. 12 March 1914 New York, New York, USA[br]American inventor and entrepreneur, pioneer of air brakes for railways and alternating-current distribution of electricity.[br]George Westinghouse's father was an ingenious manufacturer of agricultural implements; the son, after a spell in the Union Army during the Civil War, and subsequently in the Navy as an engineer, went to work for his father. He invented a rotary steam engine, which proved impracticable; a rerailing device for railway rolling stock in 1865; and a cast-steel frog for railway points, with longer life than the cast-iron frogs then used, in 1868–9. During the same period Westinghouse, like many other inventors, was considering how best to meet the evident need for a continuous brake for trains, i.e. one by which the driver could apply the brakes on all vehicles in a train simultaneously instead of relying on brakesmen on individual vehicles. By chance he encountered a magazine article about the construction of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, with a description of the pneumatic tools invented for it, and from this it occurred to him that compressed air might be used to operate the brakes along a train.The first prototype was ready in 1869 and the Westinghouse Air Brake Company was set up to manufacture it. However, despite impressive demonstration of the brake's powers when it saved the test train from otherwise certain collision with a horse-drawn dray on a level crossing, railways were at first slow to adopt it. Then in 1872 Westinghouse added to it the triple valve, which enabled the train pipe to charge reservoirs beneath each vehicle, from which the compressed air would apply the brakes when pressure in the train pipe was reduced. This meant that the brake was now automatic: if a train became divided, the brakes on both parts would be applied. From then on, more and more American railways adopted the Westinghouse brake and the Railroad Safety Appliance Act of 1893 made air brakes compulsory in the USA. Air brakes were also adopted in most other parts of the world, although only a minority of British railway companies took them up, the remainder, with insular reluctance, preferring the less effective vacuum brake.From 1880 Westinghouse was purchasing patents relating to means of interlocking railway signals and points; he combined them with his own inventions to produce a complete signalling system. The first really practical power signalling scheme, installed in the USA by Westinghouse in 1884, was operated pneumatically, but the development of railway signalling required an awareness of the powers of electricity, and it was probably this that first led Westinghouse to become interested in electrical processes and inventions. The Westinghouse Electric Company was formed in 1886: it pioneered the use of electricity distribution systems using high-voltage single-phase alternating current, which it developed from European practice. Initially this was violently opposed by established operators of direct-current distribution systems, but eventually the use of alternating current became widespread.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsLégion d'honneur. Order of the Crown of Italy. Order of Leopold.BibliographyWestinghouse took out some 400 patents over forty-eight years.Further ReadingH.G.Prout, 1922, A Life of "George Westinghouse", London (biography inclined towards technicalities).F.E.Leupp, 1918, George Westinghouse: His Life and Achievements, Boston (London 1919) (biography inclined towards Westinghouse and his career).J.F.Stover, 1961, American Railroads, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 152–4.PJGR -
4 signal *** sig·nal
['sɪɡnl]1. nsignal (for) — segnale m (di)
traffic signals — semafori mpl
railway signals — segnali mpl ferroviari
2. adj(frm: success, importance) notevole3. vt1) (message) comunicare per mezzo di segnalito signal a left/right turn Auto — segnalare una svolta a sinistra/destra
to signal sb on/through — far segno a qn di avanzare/passare
2) (signify) indicare4. vi(gen) segnalare, (for help) fare segnalazioni -
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['gæntrɪ]n(for crane, railway signal) portal m; ( for rocket) wyrzutnia f* * *['ɡæntri]plural - gantries; noun(a bridge-like structure which supports a crane, railway signals etc.) pomost -
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noun(crane) Portal, das; (on road) Schilderbrücke, die; (Railw.) Signalbrücke, die; (Astronaut.) Startrampe, die* * *['ɡæntri]plural - gantries; noun(a bridge-like structure which supports a crane, railway signals etc.) das Gerüst* * *gan·try[ˈgæntri]n (support) Gerüst nt, Montageturm m; (for a crane) Krangerüst nt, Portal nt; for a rocket Abschussrampe f, Startrampe f; RAILsignal \gantry Signalbrücke f* * *['gntrɪ]n(for crane) Portal nt; (on motorway) Schilderbrücke f; (RAIL) Signalbrücke f; (for rocket) Abschussrampe f* * *gantry [ˈɡæntrı] s1. TECH Fasslager ngantry crane Portalkran m3. a) BAHN Signalbrücke fb) Schilderbrücke f (auf Autobahnen etc)* * *noun(crane) Portal, das; (on road) Schilderbrücke, die; (Railw.) Signalbrücke, die; (Astronaut.) Startrampe, die* * *n.Gerüst -e n. -
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['gæntrɪ]1) ferr. incastellatura f. a cavalletto2) (for a rocket) torre f. di lancio* * *['ɡæntri]plural - gantries; noun(a bridge-like structure which supports a crane, railway signals etc.) incastellatura* * *gantry /ˈgæntrɪ/n.1 (ferr., mecc.) incastellatura a cavalletto; ponte; carroponte: signal gantry, ponte segnali; gantry crane, gru a ponte; gru a cavalletto4 (ingl.) fila sospesa di bottiglie di liquore capovolte ( in un pub); ( per estens.) assortimento di liquori.* * *['gæntrɪ]1) ferr. incastellatura f. a cavalletto2) (for a rocket) torre f. di lancio -
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n. ställning; underlag (för tunna); ställning (för tunna)* * *['ɡæntri]plural - gantries; noun(a bridge-like structure which supports a crane, railway signals etc.) kranportal, signalbrygga -
9 Saxby, John
[br]b. 17 August 1821 Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, Englandd. 22 April 1913 Hassocks, Sussex, England[br]English railway signal engineer, pioneer of interlocking.[br]In the mid-1850s Saxby was a foreman in the Brighton Works of the London Brighton \& South Coast Railway, where he had no doubt become familiar with construction of semaphore signals of the type invented by C.H. Gregory; the London-Brighton line was one of the first over which these were installed. In the 1850s points and signals were usually worked independently, and it was to eliminate the risk of accident from conflicting points and signal positions that Saxby in 1856 patented an arrangement by which related points and signals would be operated simultaneously by a single lever.Others were concerned with the same problem. In 1855 Vignier, an employee of the Western Railway of France, had made an interlocking apparatus for junctions, and in 1859 Austin Chambers, who worked for the North London Railway, installed at Kentish Town Junction an interlocking lever frame in which a movement that depended upon another could not even commence until the earlier one was completed. He patented it early in 1860; Saxby patented his own version of such an apparatus later the same year. In 1863 Saxby left the London Brighton \& South Coast Railway to enter into a partnership with J.S.Farmer and established Saxby \& Farmer's railway signalling works at Kilburn, London. The firm manufactured, installed and maintained signalling equipment for many prominent railway companies. Its interlocking frames made possible installation of complex track layouts at increasingly busy London termini possible.In 1867 Saxby \& Farmer purchased Chambers's patent of 1860, Later developments by the firm included effective interlocking actuated by lifting a lever's catch handle, rather than by the lever itself (1871), and an improved locking frame known as the "gridiron" (1874). This was eventually superseded by tappet interlocking, which had been invented by James Deakin of the rival firm Stevens \& Co. in 1870 but for which patent protection had been lost through non-renewal.Saxby \& Farmer's equipment was also much used on the European continent, in India and in the USA, to which it introduced interlocking. A second manufacturing works was set up in 1878 at Creil (Oise), France, and when the partnership terminated in 1888 Saxby moved to Creil and managed the works himself until he retired to Sussex in 1900.[br]Bibliography1856, British patent no. 1,479 (simultaneous operation of points and signals). 1860, British patent no. 31 (a true interlocking mechanism).1867, jointly with Farmer, British patent no. 538 (improvements to the interlocking mechanism patented in 1860).1870, jointly with Farmer, British patent no. 569 (the facing point lock by plunger bolt).1871, jointly with Farmer, British patent no. 1,601 (catch-handle actuated interlocking) 1874, jointly with Farmer, British patent no. 294 (gridiron frame).Further ReadingWestinghouse Brake and Signal Company, 1956, John Saxby (1821–1913) and His Part in the Development of Interlocking and of the Signalling Industry, London (published to mark the centenary of the 1856 patent).PJGR -
10 signal
1. nounSignal, dasat a signal from the headmaster — auf ein Zeichen des Direktors
the signal was against us/at red — (Railw.) das Signal zeigte "halt"/stand auf Rot
hand signals — (Motor Veh.) Handzeichen
2. intransitive verb,radio signal — Funkspruch, der
(Brit.) - ll- signalisieren; Signale geben; [Kraftfahrer:] blinken; (using hand etc. signals) anzeigen3. transitive verb,signal to somebody [to do something] — jemandem ein Zeichen geben[, etwas zu tun]
(Brit.) - ll-1) (lit. or fig.) signalisierensignal somebody [to do something] — jemandem ein Zeichen geben[, etwas zu tun]
4. adjectivethe driver signalled that he was turning right — der Fahrer zeigte an, dass er [nach] rechts abbiegen wollte
* * *['siɡnəl] 1. noun1) (a sign (eg a movement of the hand, a light, a sound), especially one arranged beforehand, giving a command, warning or other message: He gave the signal to advance.) das Signal2) (a machine etc used for this purpose: a railway signal.) das Signal3) (the wave, sound received or sent out by a radio set etc.) das Signal2. verb1) (to make signals (to): The policeman signalled the driver to stop.) Zeichen geben2) (to send (a message etc) by means of signals.) signalisieren•- academic.ru/67212/signalman">signalman* * *sig·nal[ˈsɪgnəl]I. nthey are demanding a clear \signal that the issues are being addressed sie verlangen ein klares [An]zeichen dafür, dass die Probleme angegangen wurdenII. vt1. (indicate)▪ to \signal sth [to sb] [jdm] etw signalisierenhe \signalled left, but turned right er blinkte nach links, bog aber nach rechts abto \signal impatience Ungeduld zu erkennen geben2. (gesticulate)▪ to \signal sb to do sth jdm signalisieren, etw zu tunIII. visignalisieren; TELEC meldenshe \signalled to them to be quiet sie gab ihnen ein Zeichen, ruhig zu sein* * *I ['sɪgnl]1. nto give the signal for sth — das Zeichen/Signal zu etw geben
4) (Brit MIL)Signals — ≈ Fernmelder pl, Angehörige der britischen Fernmeldetruppe Royal Corps of Signals
2. vt1) (= indicate) anzeigen; arrival, future event, spring etc ankündigento signal sb to do sth —
the policeman signalled (Brit) or signaled (US) the cars on — der Polizist gab den Autos das Zeichen weiterzufahren
that he was going to turn left — er zeigte an, dass er ( nach) links abbiegen wollte
to signal one's intention to do sth — anzeigen, dass man vorhat, etw zu tun
2) message signalisieren3. viein Zeichen gebento the waiter — er winkte dem Ober
he signaled for the check (US) — er winkte zum Zeichen, dass er zahlen wollte
the driver didn't signal — der Fahrer hat kein Zeichen gegeben or hat nicht angezeigt
IIfor reinforcements — der General forderte Verstärkung an
adj attr (liter)victory, courage beachtlich, bemerkenswert; success, contribution beachtlich; failure, stupidity eklatant (geh)* * *signal [ˈsıɡnl]A s2. ELEK, SCHIFF, MIL, TECH (Funk)Spruch m:Royal Corps of Signals, the Signals Br (die) Fernmeldetruppefor für, zu):give a signal ein Zeichen setzenB adj (adv signally)1. Signal…:signal beacon Signalbake f;signal engineering Fernmeldetechnik f;signal code Zeichenschlüssel m2. beachtlich, un-, außergewöhnlichC v/t prät und pperf -naled, besonders Br -nalled2. fig zu verstehen geben, signalisierensig. abk1. signal2. signature* * *1. nounSignal, dasa signal for something/to somebody — ein Zeichen zu etwas/für jemanden
the signal was against us/at red — (Railw.) das Signal zeigte "halt"/stand auf Rot
hand signals — (Motor Veh.) Handzeichen
2. intransitive verb,radio signal — Funkspruch, der
(Brit.) - ll- signalisieren; Signale geben; [Kraftfahrer:] blinken; (using hand etc. signals) anzeigen3. transitive verb,signal to somebody [to do something] — jemandem ein Zeichen geben[, etwas zu tun]
(Brit.) - ll-1) (lit. or fig.) signalisierensignal somebody [to do something] — jemandem ein Zeichen geben[, etwas zu tun]
the driver signalled that he was turning right — der Fahrer zeigte an, dass er [nach] rechts abbiegen wollte
2) (Radio etc.) funken; [über Funk] durchgeben4. adjective* * *n.Signal e) n.Zeichen - n. v.signalisieren v. -
11 signal
['siɡnəl] 1. noun1) (a sign (eg a movement of the hand, a light, a sound), especially one arranged beforehand, giving a command, warning or other message: He gave the signal to advance.) signal; tegn2) (a machine etc used for this purpose: a railway signal.) signal; -signal3) (the wave, sound received or sent out by a radio set etc.) signal; -signal2. verb1) (to make signals (to): The policeman signalled the driver to stop.) signalere; gøre tegn til2) (to send (a message etc) by means of signals.) signalere•* * *['siɡnəl] 1. noun1) (a sign (eg a movement of the hand, a light, a sound), especially one arranged beforehand, giving a command, warning or other message: He gave the signal to advance.) signal; tegn2) (a machine etc used for this purpose: a railway signal.) signal; -signal3) (the wave, sound received or sent out by a radio set etc.) signal; -signal2. verb1) (to make signals (to): The policeman signalled the driver to stop.) signalere; gøre tegn til2) (to send (a message etc) by means of signals.) signalere• -
12 signal
['siɡnəl] 1. noun1) (a sign (eg a movement of the hand, a light, a sound), especially one arranged beforehand, giving a command, warning or other message: He gave the signal to advance.) znamenje2) (a machine etc used for this purpose: a railway signal.) znak3) (the wave, sound received or sent out by a radio set etc.) signal2. verb1) (to make signals (to): The policeman signalled the driver to stop.) dati znak2) (to send (a message etc) by means of signals.) signalizirati•* * *I [sígnəl]1.nounznak, znamenje, signal ( for za); figuratively znak; military (dogovorjen) znak, geslo; povod, spodbuda; radiotelegramsignal of distress — znak na pomoč v nevarnosti, SOScode of signals — ključ (seznam, popis) signalov (zlasti v vojski in mornarici)fog-signal — zvočni signal, ki v megli opozarja voznike pri prehodu čez železniško progostorm-signal — cilindričen znak, ki se dvigne na meteoroloških postajah v znak, da se bliža nevihtato make a signal — dati znak (signal);2.adjectivesignalizacijski, signalen; pomemben, važen, izreden, nenavaden, znamenit, odličen; ostersignal box railway signalnica; kretnicaII [sígnəl]transitive verb & intransitive verbsignalizirati, da(ja)ti znak (signal); sporočiti (javiti) s pomočjo znakov (signalov) -
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I 1. ['sɪgnl]2) (sign, indication) segnale m.to send a signal to sb. that — segnalare a qcn. che
3) rad. telev. elettron. ferr. segnale m.4) fig. (message)2. II 1. ['sɪgnl]1) (gesture to) segnalareto signal (to sb.) that — fare segno (a qcn.) che
to signal sb. to do — fare segno a qcn. di fare
3) (mark) segnare [end, decline]2.* * *['siɡnəl] 1. noun1) (a sign (eg a movement of the hand, a light, a sound), especially one arranged beforehand, giving a command, warning or other message: He gave the signal to advance.) segnale2) (a machine etc used for this purpose: a railway signal.) segnale3) (the wave, sound received or sent out by a radio set etc.) segnale2. verb1) (to make signals (to): The policeman signalled the driver to stop.) (fare un cenno)2) (to send (a message etc) by means of signals.) (trasmettere mediante segnali)•* * *I 1. ['sɪgnl]2) (sign, indication) segnale m.to send a signal to sb. that — segnalare a qcn. che
3) rad. telev. elettron. ferr. segnale m.4) fig. (message)2. II 1. ['sɪgnl]1) (gesture to) segnalareto signal (to sb.) that — fare segno (a qcn.) che
to signal sb. to do — fare segno a qcn. di fare
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14 Gregory, Sir Charles Hutton
[br]b. 14 October 1817 Woolwich, Englandd. 10 January 1898 London, England[br]English civil engineer, inventor of the railway semaphore signal.[br]Gregory's father was Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.C.H. Gregory himself, after working for Robert Stephenson, was appointed Engineer to the London \& Croydon Railway in 1839. On it, at New Cross in 1841, he installed a semaphore signal derived from signalling apparatus used by the Royal Navy; two hinged semaphore arms projected either side from the top of a post, signalling to drivers of trains in each direction of travel. In horizontal position each arm signified "danger", an arm inclined at 45° meant "caution" and the vertical position, in which the arms disappeared within a slot in the post, meant "all right". Gregory's signal was the forerunner of semaphore signals adopted on railways worldwide. In 1843 Gregory invented the stirrup frame: signal arms were connected to stirrups that were pushed down by the signalman's foot in order to operate them, while the points were operated by levers. The stirrups were connected together to prevent conflicting signals from being shown. This was a predecessor of interlocking. In 1846 Gregory became Engineer to the Bristol \& Exeter Railway, where in 1848 he co-operated with W.B. Adams in the development and operation of the first self-propelled railcar. He later did civil engineering work in Italy and France, was Engineer to the Somerset Central and Dorset Central railways and became Consulting Engineer for the government railways in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Cape of Good Hope, Straits Settlements and Trinidad.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George 1876. Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George 1883. President, Institution of Civil Engineers 1867– 8.Bibliography1841, Practical Rules for the Management of a Locomotive Engine, London (one of the earliest such textbooks).Further ReadingObituary, 1898, Engineering 65 (14 January). See also Saxby, John.PJGRBiographical history of technology > Gregory, Sir Charles Hutton
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15 Bain, Alexander
[br]b. October 1810 Watten, Scotlandd. 2 January 1877 Kirkintilloch, Scotland[br]Scottish inventor and entrepreneur who laid the foundations of electrical horology and designed an electromagnetic means of transmitting images (facsimile).[br]Alexander Bain was born into a crofting family in a remote part of Scotland. He was apprenticed to a watchmaker in Wick and during that time he was strongly influenced by a lecture on "Heat, sound and electricity" that he heard in nearby Thurso. This lecture induced him to take up a position in Clerkenwell in London, working as a journeyman clockmaker, where he was able to further his knowledge of electricity by attending lectures at the Adelaide Gallery and the Polytechnic Institution. His thoughts naturally turned to the application of electricity to clockmaking, and despite a bitter dispute with Charles Wheatstone over priority he was granted the first British patent for an electric clock. This patent, taken out on 11 January 1841, described a mechanism for an electric clock, in which an oscillating component of the clock operated a mechanical switch that initiated an electromagnetic pulse to maintain the regular, periodic motion. This principle was used in his master clock, produced in 1845. On 12 December of the same year, he patented a means of using electricity to control the operation of steam railway engines via a steam-valve. His earliest patent was particularly far-sighted and anticipated most of the developments in electrical horology that occurred during the nineteenth century. He proposed the use of electricity not only to drive clocks but also to distribute time over a distance by correcting the hands of mechanical clocks, synchronizing pendulums and using slave dials (here he was anticipated by Steinheil). However, he was less successful in putting these ideas into practice, and his electric clocks proved to be unreliable. Early electric clocks had two weaknesses: the battery; and the switching mechanism that fed the current to the electromagnets. Bain's earth battery, patented in 1843, overcame the first defect by providing a reasonably constant current to drive his clocks, but unlike Hipp he failed to produce a reliable switch.The application of Bain's numerous patents for electric telegraphy was more successful, and he derived most of his income from these. They included a patent of 12 December 1843 for a form of fax machine, a chemical telegraph that could be used for the transmission of text and of images (facsimile). At the receiver, signals were passed through a moving band of paper impregnated with a solution of ammonium nitrate and potassium ferrocyanide. For text, Morse code signals were used, and because the system could respond to signals faster than those generated by hand, perforated paper tape was used to transmit the messages; in a trial between Paris and Lille, 282 words were transmitted in less than one minute. In 1865 the Abbé Caselli, a French engineer, introduced a commercial fax service between Paris and Lyons, based on Bain's device. Bain also used the idea of perforated tape to operate musical wind instruments automatically. Bain squandered a great deal of money on litigation, initially with Wheatstone and then with Morse in the USA. Although his inventions were acknowledged, Bain appears to have received no honours, but when towards the end of his life he fell upon hard times, influential persons in 1873 secured for him a Civil List Pension of £80 per annum and the Royal Society gave him £150.[br]Bibliography1841, British patent no. 8,783; 1843, British patent no. 9,745; 1845, British patent no.10,838; 1847, British patent no. 11,584; 1852, British patent no. 14,146 (all for electric clocks).1852, A Short History of the Electric Clocks with Explanation of Their Principles andMechanism and Instruction for Their Management and Regulation, London; reprinted 1973, introd. W.Hackmann, London: Turner \& Devereux (as the title implies, this pamphlet was probably intended for the purchasers of his clocks).Further ReadingThe best account of Bain's life and work is in papers by C.A.Aked in Antiquarian Horology: "Electricity, magnetism and clocks" (1971) 7: 398–415; "Alexander Bain, the father of electrical horology" (1974) 9:51–63; "An early electric turret clock" (1975) 7:428–42. These papers were reprinted together (1976) in A Conspectus of Electrical Timekeeping, Monograph No. 12, Antiquarian Horological Society: Tilehurst.J.Finlaison, 1834, An Account of Some Remarkable Applications of the Electric Fluid to the Useful Arts by Alexander Bain, London (a contemporary account between Wheatstone and Bain over the invention of the electric clock).J.Munro, 1891, Heroes of the Telegraph, Religious Tract Society.J.Malster \& M.J.Bowden, 1976, "Facsimile. A Review", Radio \&Electronic Engineer 46:55.D.J.Weaver, 1982, Electrical Clocks and Watches, Newnes.T.Hunkin, 1993, "Just give me the fax", New Scientist (13 February):33–7 (provides details of Bain's and later fax devices).See also: Bakewell, Frederick C.DV / KF -
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'siɡnəl 1. noun1) (a sign (eg a movement of the hand, a light, a sound), especially one arranged beforehand, giving a command, warning or other message: He gave the signal to advance.) signal, tegn2) (a machine etc used for this purpose: a railway signal.) signal(lys)3) (the wave, sound received or sent out by a radio set etc.) signal2. verb1) (to make signals (to): The policeman signalled the driver to stop.) gjøre tegn (til), signalisere2) (to send (a message etc) by means of signals.) signalere, signalisere•signal--------signalisereIsubst. \/ˈsɪɡn(ə)l\/1) signal, tegn2) ( kortspill) opplysningsmelding, opplysningsutspill3) ( bibliotek e.l.) rytter (på kartotekkort)4) ( radio og tv) melding, signalflash a signal sende et lyssignal, signalisere med lyssignal for something signal om noesignal to do something signal om gjøre noeIIverb \/ˈsɪɡn(ə)l\/signalere, signalisere, gi tegn (til), markeresignal somebody eller signal to somebody signalere til noen, gjøre tegn til noenIIIadj. \/ˈsɪɡn(ə)l\/1) bemerkelsesverdig, fremragende2) overbevisende, overlegen3) fullstendig -
17 signal
['siɡnəl] 1. noun1) (a sign (eg a movement of the hand, a light, a sound), especially one arranged beforehand, giving a command, warning or other message: He gave the signal to advance.) signāls; zīme2) (a machine etc used for this purpose: a railway signal.) signāliekārta3) (the wave, sound received or sent out by a radio set etc.) signāls2. verb1) (to make signals (to): The policeman signalled the driver to stop.) signalizēt; rādīt ar zīmēm/žestiem2) (to send (a message etc) by means of signals.) signalizēt•* * *signāls, zīme; sakarnieki; dot signālu, signalizēt; ārkārtējs, izcils -
18 RS
1) Общая лексика: Rio Grande do Sul, rescheduled2) Компьютерная техника: Reset3) Медицина: Reimbursement Specialist, resistant starch4) Американизм: Real Sneaky, Recommended Standards5) Спорт: Race Series, Rally Sport, Rim Shot, Road Sailing, Run Support, Runs Scored6) Военный термин: Radio Set, Radio Spares, Radio System, Rapid Shot, Ready To Serve, Really Shiny, Reconnaissance/Surveillance, Relative Strength, Remote Sentry, Request for Support, Rescue And Survival, Returns Salute, Royal Scots, Royal Signals, radar scanner, radar search, radar section, radar set, radar shelter, radar simulator, radar squadron, radar system, radiation status, radio school, radio simulator, radio station, radius of safety, railway station, range safety, range setting, range station, rangefinder system, receiver station, receiving station, reception station, reconnaissance, reconnaissance squadron, reconnaissance strike, reconnaissance strip, reconstitution site, recovery section, recovery stores, recovery system, recruiting service, recruiting station, recruitment survey, reentry system, register and storage, regular station, regulating station, regulation section, regulation station, reinforcement section, reliability summary, relocation site, remote site, remote station, repair section, repair service, repair shop, report of survey (имущества), reporting system, research station, research summary, research system, reverse slope, revised status, road space, rocket system, roll stabilization, routing slip7) Техника: Really Sticky, radiation sensor, radiation source, radio spectroscopy, radio star, radio supervisor, radiological support, reactor safeguards, reactor safety, reactor system, ready for service, recirculation spray, redundancy sensitivity, reference section, reference sheet, register-store operation, relay satellite, relay selector, rest system, ringing set, rolled steel, радиационная безопасность (Radiation Safety), РБ8) Шутливое выражение: Rogue Spear9) Математика: Random Seed, остаточная сумма квадратов (residual sum of squares), приведённая сумма квадратов (reduced sum of squares)10) Религия: Random Scripture11) Железнодорожный термин: Roberval and Saguenay Railway Company, подвижной состав (Rolling Stock)12) Юридический термин: Referencing String, Running Scared13) Фармакология: стандартный образец14) Грубое выражение: Real Sexy, Really Sexy, Rip Shit15) Политика: Russia16) Радио: Radio Shack17) Сокращение: (or R/S) Remote Sensing, Receiver Segment, Recommended Standard (EIA), Recording Secretary, Remote Sentry (US Army), Right Side, Royal Scots (British Army), Royal Society, radiated susceptibility, rain with snow, range surveillance, ready service, repair services, research, rubble stone, Request Sense, Республика Словения (Republic of Slovenia), Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (Российский Морской Регистр Судоходства( классификационное общество))18) Текстиль: Reduced Size19) Университет: Research Series20) Физика: Raman scattering, Resample Scheme, Resonance Strength21) Физиология: Reclassification sensitivity, Reducing Sugar, Relative Supply, Respiratory system, Response Shock22) Электроника: Reset And Set, код Рида-Соломона23) Вычислительная техника: Recommended Standard (EIA; as in RS-232), Recommended Standard, recommendational standard, record separator, reset key, resolver, Reconciliation Sublayer (10GE, OSI), Registry Service (DCE, ebXML), Recommended Standard (EIA), разделитель записей, рекомендуемый стандарт24) Нефть: rig skidded, буровая установка, снятая со скважины (rig skidded), готовый к эксплуатации (ready for service), рекомендованный стандарт (recommended standard), ремонтная мастерская (repair shop), служба ремонта (repair service), состояние ремонта (repair state), чувствительность резервирования (redundancy sensitivity), перечень документов по стандартизации (reference sheet)25) Космонавтика: РС, Российский Сегмент26) Картография: railroad station, ranger station28) Биотехнология: rejected substitution29) Транспорт: Racing Sport, Remote Start, Road Sport, Road Switcher30) Фирменный знак: Renn Sport31) Реклама: радиоприёмник, радиостанция32) Деловая лексика: ReStocking33) Бурение: Королевское научное общество (Royal Society; Великобритания)34) Образование: Really Smart35) Сетевые технологии: RISC System, Real Slow, Really Slow, Remote Server, Remote Switch36) Полимеры: reciprocating screw37) Программирование: Register Select, Replace String, Random Slew (plotters)38) Автоматика: rapidly solidified, registering surface39) Сахалин Р: Residual Saturation40) Океанография: Remote Sensing41) Химическое оружие: Reliability structure42) Расширение файла: Reader Stop, Recorder Separator, Request to Send, Resource fork of a Macintosh file, Recommended Standard (as in RS-232, EIA)43) Электротехника: reactor switch, repair state, resynchronizing state, rotary switch, rotary system44) Имена и фамилии: Randall Smith, Raymond Smith, Ringo Starr, Robert Smith45) Должность: Religious Studies46) Чат: Really Super47) Правительство: Revised Statutes48) NYSE. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company49) НАСА: Reed Solomon, Release Secondary, Rocket Start, Solar Radii50) Международная торговля: Regional Stability51) Базы данных: Record Set -
19 Rs
1) Общая лексика: Rio Grande do Sul, rescheduled2) Компьютерная техника: Reset3) Медицина: Reimbursement Specialist, resistant starch4) Американизм: Real Sneaky, Recommended Standards5) Спорт: Race Series, Rally Sport, Rim Shot, Road Sailing, Run Support, Runs Scored6) Военный термин: Radio Set, Radio Spares, Radio System, Rapid Shot, Ready To Serve, Really Shiny, Reconnaissance/Surveillance, Relative Strength, Remote Sentry, Request for Support, Rescue And Survival, Returns Salute, Royal Scots, Royal Signals, radar scanner, radar search, radar section, radar set, radar shelter, radar simulator, radar squadron, radar system, radiation status, radio school, radio simulator, radio station, radius of safety, railway station, range safety, range setting, range station, rangefinder system, receiver station, receiving station, reception station, reconnaissance, reconnaissance squadron, reconnaissance strike, reconnaissance strip, reconstitution site, recovery section, recovery stores, recovery system, recruiting service, recruiting station, recruitment survey, reentry system, register and storage, regular station, regulating station, regulation section, regulation station, reinforcement section, reliability summary, relocation site, remote site, remote station, repair section, repair service, repair shop, report of survey (имущества), reporting system, research station, research summary, research system, reverse slope, revised status, road space, rocket system, roll stabilization, routing slip7) Техника: Really Sticky, radiation sensor, radiation source, radio spectroscopy, radio star, radio supervisor, radiological support, reactor safeguards, reactor safety, reactor system, ready for service, recirculation spray, redundancy sensitivity, reference section, reference sheet, register-store operation, relay satellite, relay selector, rest system, ringing set, rolled steel, радиационная безопасность (Radiation Safety), РБ8) Шутливое выражение: Rogue Spear9) Математика: Random Seed, остаточная сумма квадратов (residual sum of squares), приведённая сумма квадратов (reduced sum of squares)10) Религия: Random Scripture11) Железнодорожный термин: Roberval and Saguenay Railway Company, подвижной состав (Rolling Stock)12) Юридический термин: Referencing String, Running Scared13) Фармакология: стандартный образец14) Грубое выражение: Real Sexy, Really Sexy, Rip Shit15) Политика: Russia16) Радио: Radio Shack17) Сокращение: (or R/S) Remote Sensing, Receiver Segment, Recommended Standard (EIA), Recording Secretary, Remote Sentry (US Army), Right Side, Royal Scots (British Army), Royal Society, radiated susceptibility, rain with snow, range surveillance, ready service, repair services, research, rubble stone, Request Sense, Республика Словения (Republic of Slovenia), Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (Российский Морской Регистр Судоходства( классификационное общество))18) Текстиль: Reduced Size19) Университет: Research Series20) Физика: Raman scattering, Resample Scheme, Resonance Strength21) Физиология: Reclassification sensitivity, Reducing Sugar, Relative Supply, Respiratory system, Response Shock22) Электроника: Reset And Set, код Рида-Соломона23) Вычислительная техника: Recommended Standard (EIA; as in RS-232), Recommended Standard, recommendational standard, record separator, reset key, resolver, Reconciliation Sublayer (10GE, OSI), Registry Service (DCE, ebXML), Recommended Standard (EIA), разделитель записей, рекомендуемый стандарт24) Нефть: rig skidded, буровая установка, снятая со скважины (rig skidded), готовый к эксплуатации (ready for service), рекомендованный стандарт (recommended standard), ремонтная мастерская (repair shop), служба ремонта (repair service), состояние ремонта (repair state), чувствительность резервирования (redundancy sensitivity), перечень документов по стандартизации (reference sheet)25) Космонавтика: РС, Российский Сегмент26) Картография: railroad station, ranger station28) Биотехнология: rejected substitution29) Транспорт: Racing Sport, Remote Start, Road Sport, Road Switcher30) Фирменный знак: Renn Sport31) Реклама: радиоприёмник, радиостанция32) Деловая лексика: ReStocking33) Бурение: Королевское научное общество (Royal Society; Великобритания)34) Образование: Really Smart35) Сетевые технологии: RISC System, Real Slow, Really Slow, Remote Server, Remote Switch36) Полимеры: reciprocating screw37) Программирование: Register Select, Replace String, Random Slew (plotters)38) Автоматика: rapidly solidified, registering surface39) Сахалин Р: Residual Saturation40) Океанография: Remote Sensing41) Химическое оружие: Reliability structure42) Расширение файла: Reader Stop, Recorder Separator, Request to Send, Resource fork of a Macintosh file, Recommended Standard (as in RS-232, EIA)43) Электротехника: reactor switch, repair state, resynchronizing state, rotary switch, rotary system44) Имена и фамилии: Randall Smith, Raymond Smith, Ringo Starr, Robert Smith45) Должность: Religious Studies46) Чат: Really Super47) Правительство: Revised Statutes48) NYSE. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company49) НАСА: Reed Solomon, Release Secondary, Rocket Start, Solar Radii50) Международная торговля: Regional Stability51) Базы данных: Record Set -
20 rs
1) Общая лексика: Rio Grande do Sul, rescheduled2) Компьютерная техника: Reset3) Медицина: Reimbursement Specialist, resistant starch4) Американизм: Real Sneaky, Recommended Standards5) Спорт: Race Series, Rally Sport, Rim Shot, Road Sailing, Run Support, Runs Scored6) Военный термин: Radio Set, Radio Spares, Radio System, Rapid Shot, Ready To Serve, Really Shiny, Reconnaissance/Surveillance, Relative Strength, Remote Sentry, Request for Support, Rescue And Survival, Returns Salute, Royal Scots, Royal Signals, radar scanner, radar search, radar section, radar set, radar shelter, radar simulator, radar squadron, radar system, radiation status, radio school, radio simulator, radio station, radius of safety, railway station, range safety, range setting, range station, rangefinder system, receiver station, receiving station, reception station, reconnaissance, reconnaissance squadron, reconnaissance strike, reconnaissance strip, reconstitution site, recovery section, recovery stores, recovery system, recruiting service, recruiting station, recruitment survey, reentry system, register and storage, regular station, regulating station, regulation section, regulation station, reinforcement section, reliability summary, relocation site, remote site, remote station, repair section, repair service, repair shop, report of survey (имущества), reporting system, research station, research summary, research system, reverse slope, revised status, road space, rocket system, roll stabilization, routing slip7) Техника: Really Sticky, radiation sensor, radiation source, radio spectroscopy, radio star, radio supervisor, radiological support, reactor safeguards, reactor safety, reactor system, ready for service, recirculation spray, redundancy sensitivity, reference section, reference sheet, register-store operation, relay satellite, relay selector, rest system, ringing set, rolled steel, радиационная безопасность (Radiation Safety), РБ8) Шутливое выражение: Rogue Spear9) Математика: Random Seed, остаточная сумма квадратов (residual sum of squares), приведённая сумма квадратов (reduced sum of squares)10) Религия: Random Scripture11) Железнодорожный термин: Roberval and Saguenay Railway Company, подвижной состав (Rolling Stock)12) Юридический термин: Referencing String, Running Scared13) Фармакология: стандартный образец14) Грубое выражение: Real Sexy, Really Sexy, Rip Shit15) Политика: Russia16) Радио: Radio Shack17) Сокращение: (or R/S) Remote Sensing, Receiver Segment, Recommended Standard (EIA), Recording Secretary, Remote Sentry (US Army), Right Side, Royal Scots (British Army), Royal Society, radiated susceptibility, rain with snow, range surveillance, ready service, repair services, research, rubble stone, Request Sense, Республика Словения (Republic of Slovenia), Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (Российский Морской Регистр Судоходства( классификационное общество))18) Текстиль: Reduced Size19) Университет: Research Series20) Физика: Raman scattering, Resample Scheme, Resonance Strength21) Физиология: Reclassification sensitivity, Reducing Sugar, Relative Supply, Respiratory system, Response Shock22) Электроника: Reset And Set, код Рида-Соломона23) Вычислительная техника: Recommended Standard (EIA; as in RS-232), Recommended Standard, recommendational standard, record separator, reset key, resolver, Reconciliation Sublayer (10GE, OSI), Registry Service (DCE, ebXML), Recommended Standard (EIA), разделитель записей, рекомендуемый стандарт24) Нефть: rig skidded, буровая установка, снятая со скважины (rig skidded), готовый к эксплуатации (ready for service), рекомендованный стандарт (recommended standard), ремонтная мастерская (repair shop), служба ремонта (repair service), состояние ремонта (repair state), чувствительность резервирования (redundancy sensitivity), перечень документов по стандартизации (reference sheet)25) Космонавтика: РС, Российский Сегмент26) Картография: railroad station, ranger station28) Биотехнология: rejected substitution29) Транспорт: Racing Sport, Remote Start, Road Sport, Road Switcher30) Фирменный знак: Renn Sport31) Реклама: радиоприёмник, радиостанция32) Деловая лексика: ReStocking33) Бурение: Королевское научное общество (Royal Society; Великобритания)34) Образование: Really Smart35) Сетевые технологии: RISC System, Real Slow, Really Slow, Remote Server, Remote Switch36) Полимеры: reciprocating screw37) Программирование: Register Select, Replace String, Random Slew (plotters)38) Автоматика: rapidly solidified, registering surface39) Сахалин Р: Residual Saturation40) Океанография: Remote Sensing41) Химическое оружие: Reliability structure42) Расширение файла: Reader Stop, Recorder Separator, Request to Send, Resource fork of a Macintosh file, Recommended Standard (as in RS-232, EIA)43) Электротехника: reactor switch, repair state, resynchronizing state, rotary switch, rotary system44) Имена и фамилии: Randall Smith, Raymond Smith, Ringo Starr, Robert Smith45) Должность: Religious Studies46) Чат: Really Super47) Правительство: Revised Statutes48) NYSE. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company49) НАСА: Reed Solomon, Release Secondary, Rocket Start, Solar Radii50) Международная торговля: Regional Stability51) Базы данных: Record Set
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