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101 Riley, James
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 1840 Halifax, Englandd. 15 July 1910 Harrogate, England[br]English steelmaker who promoted the manufacture of low-carbon bulk steel by the open-hearth process for tin plate and shipbuilding; pioneer of nickel steels.[br]After working as a millwright in Halifax, Riley found employment at the Ormesby Ironworks in Middlesbrough until, in 1869, he became manager of the Askam Ironworks in Cumberland. Three years later, in 1872, he was appointed Blast-furnace Manager at the pioneering Siemens Steel Company's works at Landore, near Swansea in South Wales. Using Spanish ore, he produced the manganese-rich iron (spiegeleisen) required as an additive to make satisfactory steel. Riley was promoted in 1874 to be General Manager at Landore, and he worked with William Siemens to develop the use of the latter's regenerative furnace for the production of open-hearth steel. He persuaded Welsh makers of tin plate to use sheets rolled from lowcarbon (mild) steel instead of from charcoal iron and, partly by publishing some test results, he was instrumental in influencing the Admiralty to build two naval vessels of mild steel, the Mercury and the Iris.In 1878 Riley moved north on his appointment as General Manager of the Steel Company of Scotland, a firm closely associated with Charles Tennant that was formed in 1872 to make steel by the Siemens process. Already by 1878, fourteen Siemens melting furnaces had been erected, and in that year 42,000 long tons of ingots were produced at the company's Hallside (Newton) Works, situated 8 km (5 miles) south-east of Glasgow. Under Riley's leadership, steelmaking in open-hearth furnaces was initiated at a second plant situated at Blochairn. Plates and sections for all aspects of shipbuilding, including boilers, formed the main products; the company also supplied the greater part of the steel for the Forth (Railway) Bridge. Riley was associated with technical modifications which improved the performance of steelmaking furnaces using Siemens's principles. He built a gasfired cupola for melting pig-iron, and constructed the first British "universal" plate mill using three-high rolls (Lauth mill).At the request of French interests, Riley investigated the properties of steels containing various proportions of nickel; the report that he read before the Iron and Steel Institute in 1889 successfully brought to the notice of potential users the greatly enhanced strength that nickel could impart and its ability to yield alloys possessing substantially lower corrodibility.The Steel Company of Scotland paid dividends in the years to 1890, but then came a lean period. In 1895, at the age of 54, Riley moved once more to another employer, becoming General Manager of the Glasgow Iron and Steel Company, which had just laid out a new steelmaking plant at Wishaw, 25 km (15 miles) south-east of Glasgow, where it already had blast furnaces. Still the technical innovator, in 1900 Riley presented an account of his experiences in introducing molten blast-furnace metal as feed for the open-hearth steel furnaces. In the early 1890s it was largely through Riley's efforts that a West of Scotland Board of Conciliation and Arbitration for the Manufactured Steel Trade came into being; he was its first Chairman and then its President.In 1899 James Riley resigned from his Scottish employment to move back to his native Yorkshire, where he became his own master by acquiring the small Richmond Ironworks situated at Stockton-on-Tees. Although Riley's 1900 account to the Iron and Steel Institute was the last of the many of which he was author, he continued to contribute to the discussion of papers written by others.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsPresident, West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute 1893–5. Vice-President, Iron and Steel Institute, 1893–1910. Iron and Steel Institute (London) Bessemer Gold Medal 1887.Bibliography1876, "On steel for shipbuilding as supplied to the Royal Navy", Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects 17:135–55.1884, "On recent improvements in the method of manufacture of open-hearth steel", Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute 2:43–52 plus plates 27–31.1887, "Some investigations as to the effects of different methods of treatment of mild steel in the manufacture of plates", Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute 1:121–30 (plus sheets II and III and plates XI and XII).27 February 1888, "Improvements in basichearth steel making furnaces", British patent no. 2,896.27 February 1888, "Improvements in regenerative furnaces for steel-making and analogous operations", British patent no. 2,899.1889, "Alloys of nickel and steel", Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute 1:45–55.Further ReadingA.Slaven, 1986, "James Riley", in Dictionary of Scottish Business Biography 1860–1960, Volume 1: The Staple Industries (ed. A.Slaven and S. Checkland), Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 136–8."Men you know", The Bailie (Glasgow) 23 January 1884, series no. 588 (a brief biography, with portrait).J.C.Carr and W.Taplin, 1962, History of the British Steel Industry, Harvard University Press (contains an excellent summary of salient events).JKA -
102 Shockley, William Bradford
[br]b. 13 February 1910 London, Englandd. 12 August 1989, Palo Alto, California, USA.[br]American physicist who developed the junction transistor from the point contact transistor and was joint winner (with John Bardeen and Walter H. Brattain) of the 1956 Nobel Prize for physics.[br]The son of a mining engineer, Shockley graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 1932 and in 1936 obtained his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In that year, he joined the staff of Bell Telephone Laboratories.Since the early days of radio, crystals of silicon or similar materials had been used to rectify alternating current supply until these were displaced by thermionic valves or tubes. Shockley, with Bardeen and Brattain, found that crystals of germanium containing traces of certain impurities formed far better rectifiers than crystals of the material in its pure form. The resulting device, the transistor, could also be used to amplify the current; its name is derived from its ability to transfer current across a resistor. The transistor, being so much smaller than the thermionic valve which it replaced, led to the miniaturization of electronic appliances. Another advantage was that a transistorized device needed no period of warming up, such as was necessary with a thermionic valve before it would operate. The dispersal of the heat generated by a multiplicity of thermionic valves such as were present in early computers was another problem obviated by the advent of the transistor.Shockley was responsible for much development in the field of semiconductors. He was Deputy Director of the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group of the US Department of Defense (1954–5), and in 1963 he was appointed the first Poniatoff Professor of Engineering Science at Stanford University, California. During the late 1960s Shockley became a controversial figure for expressing his unorthodox views on genetics, such as that black people were inherently less intelligent than white people, and that the population explosion spread "bad" genes at the expense of "good" genes; he supported the idea of a sperm bank from Nobel Prize winners, voluntary sterilization and the restriction of interracial marriages.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsNobel Prize for Physics 1956.Further ReadingI.Asimov (ed.), 1982, Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, New York: Doubleday \& Co.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Shockley, William Bradford
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103 עיבור
עִיבּוּר, עִבּ׳m. (עָבַר) 1) passing, crossing.פָּרָשֵׁת הע׳ cross-road; trnsf. crisis. Ber.IV, 4 (in a short prayer prescribed for one passing an unsafe road) בכל פ׳ הע׳ … לפניך let their needs be before thee at every critical period, expl. ib. 29b אפי׳ … ע̇ב̇ר̇ה כאשה עו̇ב̇ר̇תוכ׳ even at a moment when thou art full of swelling anger at them, like a woman big with child ; (anoth. explan.) אפי׳ … ע̇יב̇ר̇ים על דברי תורה even at a moment when they trespass the words of the Law; Y. ib. IV, 8b top כל מה שש״ץ ע̇וב̇ר̇וכ׳ whatever the messenger of the congregation passing before the ark may ask of thee 2) ע׳ דִּין passing beyond justice or law, rigor, tyranny. Ex. R. s. 30 ע׳ הדין שעיבר על אחרים the rigorous judgment which he passed on others. 3) (b. h. עֲבוּר) growth, esp. grain, breadstuff. Gen. R. s. 94 (ref. to Gen. 45:23) בר ע׳ bâr means breadstuff. Keth.112a ממנה ע׳וכ׳ from this field I have my breadstuff, from it my peas 4) pregnancy, conception. Gen. R. s. 20 (ref. to Gen. 3:16) עצבינך זה צער הע׳ ‘thy pain refers to the suffering attending upon conception, v. עִידּוּי; Erub.100b והרונך זה צער הע׳ ‘and thy pregnancy refers to ; Ab. dR. N. ch. I. Gen. R. s. 51, end (play on עברתו, Jer. 48:30) מתחילת עִיבּוּרוֹוכ׳ from the time when Moab was first conceived. Ib. s. 38, end שנה לעִיבּוּרָהּ שלוכ׳ deduct one year for the pregnancy with Milkah Ib. s. 45, beg. (expl. מכרה, Prov. 31:10) עִיבּוּרָהּ her going with child (with allusion to מכרתיך, Ez. 16:3); a. fr. 5) extension of city limits for Sabbath movements, outskirts. Erub.V, 7 הנותן … בעיבורה של עיר he who places his ‘Erub within the outskirts of a city. Y. ib. 22b bot. מהו ליתן ע׳ לע׳ may an outskirt be added to an outskirt (to be considered part of the township)?; a. fr. 6) intercalation; ע׳ החדש proclaiming the month just past one of thirty days; ע׳ השנה proclaiming a leap-year, inserting a second Adar. Snh.I, 1 ע׳ החדש בשלשה the proclamation of a full month (i. e. the post-ponement of the New Moon Day) must take place in a court of three. Ib. 11a ע׳ השנה שלשים יום the intercalated month consists of thirty days. Ib. 12a כנגד חדש הע׳ corresponding to the thirteenth month. B. Mets.VIII, 8 יחלוקי את חרש הע׳ let them (the landlord and the tenant) divide the rent for the additional month; a. fr.Pl. עִיבּוּרִים, עִיבּוּרִין, עִבּ׳. R. Hash. 7a באחד בניסן … ולע׳ the first of Nisan is the New Years Day for the months and for intercalations; expl. ib. להפסקת ע׳ for interrupting the intercalation, i. e. after the month of Nisan has been proclaimed, no intercalation can take place for that year. Gen. R. s. 72 (expl. לעתים, 1 Chr. 12:33) לע׳ ‘for seasons means for intercalations; a. fr.Trnsf. calculations of the time of redemption (v. קֵץ); epochs. Cant. R. to II, 8 מדלנ על החשבונות ועל הקיצים וע׳ the Lord skips over (human) calculations and (speculations on) ends and epochs; Pesik. R. s. 15; Yalk. Cant. 986. Lev. R. s. 19 אנו … כמה קצים וכמה ע׳ we who have been separated from the house of our life and from the house of our holiness and glory these many days and years, these many terms and epochs; Yalk. ib. 571 כמה יובלות וכמה ע׳.7) ע׳ צורה (v. עָבַר Pu.) disfiguration, decay. Pes.34a, a. fr. -
104 עב׳
עִיבּוּר, עִבּ׳m. (עָבַר) 1) passing, crossing.פָּרָשֵׁת הע׳ cross-road; trnsf. crisis. Ber.IV, 4 (in a short prayer prescribed for one passing an unsafe road) בכל פ׳ הע׳ … לפניך let their needs be before thee at every critical period, expl. ib. 29b אפי׳ … ע̇ב̇ר̇ה כאשה עו̇ב̇ר̇תוכ׳ even at a moment when thou art full of swelling anger at them, like a woman big with child ; (anoth. explan.) אפי׳ … ע̇יב̇ר̇ים על דברי תורה even at a moment when they trespass the words of the Law; Y. ib. IV, 8b top כל מה שש״ץ ע̇וב̇ר̇וכ׳ whatever the messenger of the congregation passing before the ark may ask of thee 2) ע׳ דִּין passing beyond justice or law, rigor, tyranny. Ex. R. s. 30 ע׳ הדין שעיבר על אחרים the rigorous judgment which he passed on others. 3) (b. h. עֲבוּר) growth, esp. grain, breadstuff. Gen. R. s. 94 (ref. to Gen. 45:23) בר ע׳ bâr means breadstuff. Keth.112a ממנה ע׳וכ׳ from this field I have my breadstuff, from it my peas 4) pregnancy, conception. Gen. R. s. 20 (ref. to Gen. 3:16) עצבינך זה צער הע׳ ‘thy pain refers to the suffering attending upon conception, v. עִידּוּי; Erub.100b והרונך זה צער הע׳ ‘and thy pregnancy refers to ; Ab. dR. N. ch. I. Gen. R. s. 51, end (play on עברתו, Jer. 48:30) מתחילת עִיבּוּרוֹוכ׳ from the time when Moab was first conceived. Ib. s. 38, end שנה לעִיבּוּרָהּ שלוכ׳ deduct one year for the pregnancy with Milkah Ib. s. 45, beg. (expl. מכרה, Prov. 31:10) עִיבּוּרָהּ her going with child (with allusion to מכרתיך, Ez. 16:3); a. fr. 5) extension of city limits for Sabbath movements, outskirts. Erub.V, 7 הנותן … בעיבורה של עיר he who places his ‘Erub within the outskirts of a city. Y. ib. 22b bot. מהו ליתן ע׳ לע׳ may an outskirt be added to an outskirt (to be considered part of the township)?; a. fr. 6) intercalation; ע׳ החדש proclaiming the month just past one of thirty days; ע׳ השנה proclaiming a leap-year, inserting a second Adar. Snh.I, 1 ע׳ החדש בשלשה the proclamation of a full month (i. e. the post-ponement of the New Moon Day) must take place in a court of three. Ib. 11a ע׳ השנה שלשים יום the intercalated month consists of thirty days. Ib. 12a כנגד חדש הע׳ corresponding to the thirteenth month. B. Mets.VIII, 8 יחלוקי את חרש הע׳ let them (the landlord and the tenant) divide the rent for the additional month; a. fr.Pl. עִיבּוּרִים, עִיבּוּרִין, עִבּ׳. R. Hash. 7a באחד בניסן … ולע׳ the first of Nisan is the New Years Day for the months and for intercalations; expl. ib. להפסקת ע׳ for interrupting the intercalation, i. e. after the month of Nisan has been proclaimed, no intercalation can take place for that year. Gen. R. s. 72 (expl. לעתים, 1 Chr. 12:33) לע׳ ‘for seasons means for intercalations; a. fr.Trnsf. calculations of the time of redemption (v. קֵץ); epochs. Cant. R. to II, 8 מדלנ על החשבונות ועל הקיצים וע׳ the Lord skips over (human) calculations and (speculations on) ends and epochs; Pesik. R. s. 15; Yalk. Cant. 986. Lev. R. s. 19 אנו … כמה קצים וכמה ע׳ we who have been separated from the house of our life and from the house of our holiness and glory these many days and years, these many terms and epochs; Yalk. ib. 571 כמה יובלות וכמה ע׳.7) ע׳ צורה (v. עָבַר Pu.) disfiguration, decay. Pes.34a, a. fr. -
105 עִיבּוּר
עִיבּוּר, עִבּ׳m. (עָבַר) 1) passing, crossing.פָּרָשֵׁת הע׳ cross-road; trnsf. crisis. Ber.IV, 4 (in a short prayer prescribed for one passing an unsafe road) בכל פ׳ הע׳ … לפניך let their needs be before thee at every critical period, expl. ib. 29b אפי׳ … ע̇ב̇ר̇ה כאשה עו̇ב̇ר̇תוכ׳ even at a moment when thou art full of swelling anger at them, like a woman big with child ; (anoth. explan.) אפי׳ … ע̇יב̇ר̇ים על דברי תורה even at a moment when they trespass the words of the Law; Y. ib. IV, 8b top כל מה שש״ץ ע̇וב̇ר̇וכ׳ whatever the messenger of the congregation passing before the ark may ask of thee 2) ע׳ דִּין passing beyond justice or law, rigor, tyranny. Ex. R. s. 30 ע׳ הדין שעיבר על אחרים the rigorous judgment which he passed on others. 3) (b. h. עֲבוּר) growth, esp. grain, breadstuff. Gen. R. s. 94 (ref. to Gen. 45:23) בר ע׳ bâr means breadstuff. Keth.112a ממנה ע׳וכ׳ from this field I have my breadstuff, from it my peas 4) pregnancy, conception. Gen. R. s. 20 (ref. to Gen. 3:16) עצבינך זה צער הע׳ ‘thy pain refers to the suffering attending upon conception, v. עִידּוּי; Erub.100b והרונך זה צער הע׳ ‘and thy pregnancy refers to ; Ab. dR. N. ch. I. Gen. R. s. 51, end (play on עברתו, Jer. 48:30) מתחילת עִיבּוּרוֹוכ׳ from the time when Moab was first conceived. Ib. s. 38, end שנה לעִיבּוּרָהּ שלוכ׳ deduct one year for the pregnancy with Milkah Ib. s. 45, beg. (expl. מכרה, Prov. 31:10) עִיבּוּרָהּ her going with child (with allusion to מכרתיך, Ez. 16:3); a. fr. 5) extension of city limits for Sabbath movements, outskirts. Erub.V, 7 הנותן … בעיבורה של עיר he who places his ‘Erub within the outskirts of a city. Y. ib. 22b bot. מהו ליתן ע׳ לע׳ may an outskirt be added to an outskirt (to be considered part of the township)?; a. fr. 6) intercalation; ע׳ החדש proclaiming the month just past one of thirty days; ע׳ השנה proclaiming a leap-year, inserting a second Adar. Snh.I, 1 ע׳ החדש בשלשה the proclamation of a full month (i. e. the post-ponement of the New Moon Day) must take place in a court of three. Ib. 11a ע׳ השנה שלשים יום the intercalated month consists of thirty days. Ib. 12a כנגד חדש הע׳ corresponding to the thirteenth month. B. Mets.VIII, 8 יחלוקי את חרש הע׳ let them (the landlord and the tenant) divide the rent for the additional month; a. fr.Pl. עִיבּוּרִים, עִיבּוּרִין, עִבּ׳. R. Hash. 7a באחד בניסן … ולע׳ the first of Nisan is the New Years Day for the months and for intercalations; expl. ib. להפסקת ע׳ for interrupting the intercalation, i. e. after the month of Nisan has been proclaimed, no intercalation can take place for that year. Gen. R. s. 72 (expl. לעתים, 1 Chr. 12:33) לע׳ ‘for seasons means for intercalations; a. fr.Trnsf. calculations of the time of redemption (v. קֵץ); epochs. Cant. R. to II, 8 מדלנ על החשבונות ועל הקיצים וע׳ the Lord skips over (human) calculations and (speculations on) ends and epochs; Pesik. R. s. 15; Yalk. Cant. 986. Lev. R. s. 19 אנו … כמה קצים וכמה ע׳ we who have been separated from the house of our life and from the house of our holiness and glory these many days and years, these many terms and epochs; Yalk. ib. 571 כמה יובלות וכמה ע׳.7) ע׳ צורה (v. עָבַר Pu.) disfiguration, decay. Pes.34a, a. fr. -
106 עִבּ׳
עִיבּוּר, עִבּ׳m. (עָבַר) 1) passing, crossing.פָּרָשֵׁת הע׳ cross-road; trnsf. crisis. Ber.IV, 4 (in a short prayer prescribed for one passing an unsafe road) בכל פ׳ הע׳ … לפניך let their needs be before thee at every critical period, expl. ib. 29b אפי׳ … ע̇ב̇ר̇ה כאשה עו̇ב̇ר̇תוכ׳ even at a moment when thou art full of swelling anger at them, like a woman big with child ; (anoth. explan.) אפי׳ … ע̇יב̇ר̇ים על דברי תורה even at a moment when they trespass the words of the Law; Y. ib. IV, 8b top כל מה שש״ץ ע̇וב̇ר̇וכ׳ whatever the messenger of the congregation passing before the ark may ask of thee 2) ע׳ דִּין passing beyond justice or law, rigor, tyranny. Ex. R. s. 30 ע׳ הדין שעיבר על אחרים the rigorous judgment which he passed on others. 3) (b. h. עֲבוּר) growth, esp. grain, breadstuff. Gen. R. s. 94 (ref. to Gen. 45:23) בר ע׳ bâr means breadstuff. Keth.112a ממנה ע׳וכ׳ from this field I have my breadstuff, from it my peas 4) pregnancy, conception. Gen. R. s. 20 (ref. to Gen. 3:16) עצבינך זה צער הע׳ ‘thy pain refers to the suffering attending upon conception, v. עִידּוּי; Erub.100b והרונך זה צער הע׳ ‘and thy pregnancy refers to ; Ab. dR. N. ch. I. Gen. R. s. 51, end (play on עברתו, Jer. 48:30) מתחילת עִיבּוּרוֹוכ׳ from the time when Moab was first conceived. Ib. s. 38, end שנה לעִיבּוּרָהּ שלוכ׳ deduct one year for the pregnancy with Milkah Ib. s. 45, beg. (expl. מכרה, Prov. 31:10) עִיבּוּרָהּ her going with child (with allusion to מכרתיך, Ez. 16:3); a. fr. 5) extension of city limits for Sabbath movements, outskirts. Erub.V, 7 הנותן … בעיבורה של עיר he who places his ‘Erub within the outskirts of a city. Y. ib. 22b bot. מהו ליתן ע׳ לע׳ may an outskirt be added to an outskirt (to be considered part of the township)?; a. fr. 6) intercalation; ע׳ החדש proclaiming the month just past one of thirty days; ע׳ השנה proclaiming a leap-year, inserting a second Adar. Snh.I, 1 ע׳ החדש בשלשה the proclamation of a full month (i. e. the post-ponement of the New Moon Day) must take place in a court of three. Ib. 11a ע׳ השנה שלשים יום the intercalated month consists of thirty days. Ib. 12a כנגד חדש הע׳ corresponding to the thirteenth month. B. Mets.VIII, 8 יחלוקי את חרש הע׳ let them (the landlord and the tenant) divide the rent for the additional month; a. fr.Pl. עִיבּוּרִים, עִיבּוּרִין, עִבּ׳. R. Hash. 7a באחד בניסן … ולע׳ the first of Nisan is the New Years Day for the months and for intercalations; expl. ib. להפסקת ע׳ for interrupting the intercalation, i. e. after the month of Nisan has been proclaimed, no intercalation can take place for that year. Gen. R. s. 72 (expl. לעתים, 1 Chr. 12:33) לע׳ ‘for seasons means for intercalations; a. fr.Trnsf. calculations of the time of redemption (v. קֵץ); epochs. Cant. R. to II, 8 מדלנ על החשבונות ועל הקיצים וע׳ the Lord skips over (human) calculations and (speculations on) ends and epochs; Pesik. R. s. 15; Yalk. Cant. 986. Lev. R. s. 19 אנו … כמה קצים וכמה ע׳ we who have been separated from the house of our life and from the house of our holiness and glory these many days and years, these many terms and epochs; Yalk. ib. 571 כמה יובלות וכמה ע׳.7) ע׳ צורה (v. עָבַר Pu.) disfiguration, decay. Pes.34a, a. fr. -
107 Chirac, Jacques
born 1932.(adj. Chiraquien)Former conservative (Gaullist) President of France, from 1995 to 2007. Chirac's reelection in 2002 was an unexpected twist of fortune, caused by the elimination of the front-runner, socialist Lionel Jospin, pipped into third place in the first round of the election by a surge in the vote for the far right wing leader of the French National Front, Jean Marie Le Pen.Facing Le Pen in the second round, Chirac was reelected with a massive majority in what was in essence a contest between the the extreme right and everyone else. Had the second round of the election been a classic left-right contest, Chirac's re-election would not have been guaranteed.Jacques Chirac was a highly ambitious career politician, who worked his way rapidly up the ranks of the Gaullist movement; yet his first steps in politics were actually as a militant for the Communist party, and as a student he sold the communist newspaper l'Humanité on the streets of Paris. After graduating from "Sciences Po", he changed tack, married into Parisian high society, studied at the elite ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration), and then began a career in politics, working for the office of the prime minister, Georges Pompidou. In 1976, he was appointed junior minister for employment in the third Pompidou government, and from then after he remained one of the most omnipresent of conservative politicians in France. From Gaullist, he became a supporter of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing during Giscard's 1974 bid for the presidency - against the Gaullist Chaban-Delmas - and was appointed Prime Minister when Giscard won. Two years later, he resigned, complaining that Giscard was cramping his style.This was the start of his rise to the top. No longer prime minister, in 1977 he set about building his own power base, or rather his own two power bases, firstly as leader of a new political party, the RPR, created out of the old Gaullist UDR, and secondly by becoming elected Mayor of Paris. In 1981, he challenged Giscard for the presidency, but came third in the first round of the election, which was won by François Mitterrand. By 1986 he was clear leader of the conservative opposition. When the conservatives won the general election of that year, he was appointed prime minister, ushering in the first period of cohabitation (see below) between a president and a government of different political persuasions.In 1988, he was again a candidate in the presidential election, and again lost; but with his power base in Paris and in the RPR, he then had seven years in which to prepare his third, and first successful, challenge for the presidency.He served two terms as president, the first of seven years, the second of five - though as already stated, his reelection in 2002 was more due to the failure of the Socialist campaign and the surprise presence of Le Pen in the second round, than in his own popularity. It is still rather early to judge the Chirac presidency in a historic perspective, but early appraisals suggest that it will not be remembered as a great period in French history. It was a time during which France dramatically failed to adapt to the changes in the modern world - the end of the Cold War and the challenge of globalisation - and failed to push through the social and economic reforms that were allowing other developed nations such as France, Germany or Spain, to find their place in the new world order.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Chirac, Jacques
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м мест указ; ж - та, с то, мн те1) указывает на что-л отдалённое в пространстве или во времени, а также на упоминавшееся ранее thatв то вре́мя — then, at that/the time
2) такой, который нужен (the) right, the..., the one/person (who)э́то тот но́мер? — Is this the right (telephone) number?
э́то тот са́мый челове́к, кото́рый вам у́тром звони́л — this is the person who called you in the morning
сесть не в тот по́езд — to take the wrong train
он тепе́рь уже́ не тот — he's no longer his old self, he's not the man he was
3) одинаковый the same; похожий like, similarтот же са́мый фильм — the same film
стира́йте с изде́лиями той же расцве́тки — wash with like colo(u)rs
и тот и друго́й — both (of)
ни тот ни друго́й — neither (one) (of)
ни тот ни друго́й не зна́ют её а́дреса — neither (one) of them knows her address
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109 Jacobi, Moritz Hermann von
SUBJECT AREA: Electricity[br]b. 21 September 1801 Potsdam, Germanyd. 27 February 1874 St Petersburg, Russia[br]German scientist who developed one of the first practical electric motors.[br]After studying architecture at Göttingen University, Jacobi turned his attention to physics and chemistry. In 1835 he was appointed a professor of civil engineering at the University of Dorpat (which later assumed the Estonian name of Tartu). Later, moving to St Petersburg, he became a member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and commenced research on electricity and its practical applications. In December 1834 Jacobi presented a paper to the Academy of Sciences in Paris in which he stated that he had obtained rotation by electromagnetic methods in May of that year. Tsar Nicholas of Russia gave him a grant to prove that his electric motor had a practical application. Jacobi had a boat constructed that measured 28 ft in length and was propelled by paddles connected to an electric motor of his own design. Powered by Grove cells, it carried about fourteen passengers at a speed of almost 3 mph (5 km/h) on the River Neva. The weight of and possibly the fumes from the batteries contributed to the abandonment of the project. In 1839 Jacobi introduced electrotyping, i.e. the reproduction of forms by electrodeposition, which was one of the first commercial applications of electricity. In 1840 he reported the results of his investigations into the power of the electromagnet as a function of various parameters to the British Association.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsMember, Imperial Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 1847.BibliographyJacobi's papers are listed in Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1868, Vol. III, London: Royal Society, pp. 517–18.1837, Annals of Electricity 1:408–15 and 419–44 (describes his motor).Further ReadingBiography, 1876, Bulletin de l'Académie imperiale des sciences de St Petersburg 21:262–79.E.H.Huntress, 1951, in Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 79: 22–3 (a short biography).B.Bowers, 1982, A History of Electric Light and Power, London.GWBiographical history of technology > Jacobi, Moritz Hermann von
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110 Mees, Charles Edward Kenneth
SUBJECT AREA: Photography, film and optics[br]b. 1882 Wellingborough, Englandd. 1960 USA[br]Anglo-American photographic scientist and Director of Research at the Kodak Research Laboratory.[br]The son of a Wesleyan minister, Mees was interested in chemistry from an early age and studied at St Dunstan's College in Catford, where he met Samuel E.Sheppard, with whom he went on to University College London in 1900. They worked together on a thesis for BSc degrees in 1903, developing the work begun by Hurter and Driffield on photographic sensitometry. This and other research papers were published in 1907 in the book Investigations on the Theory of the Photographic Process, which became a standard reference work. After obtaining a doctorate in 1906, Mees joined the firm of Wratten \& Wainwright (see F.C.L.Wratten), manufacturers of dry plates in Croydon; he started work on 1 April 1906, first tackling the problem of manufacturing colour-sensitive emulsions and enabling the company to market the first fully panchromatic plates from the end of that year.During the next few years Mees ran the commercial operation of the company as Managing Director and carried out research into new products, including filters for use with the new emulsions. In January 1912 he was visited by George Eastman, the American photographic manufacturer, who asked him to go to Rochester, New York, and set up a photographic research laboratory in the Kodak factory there. Wratten was prepared to release Mees on condition that Eastman bought the company; thus, Wratten and Wainwright became part of Kodak Ltd, and Mees left for America. He supervised the construction of a building in the heart of Kodak Park, and the building was fully equipped not only as a research laboratory, but also with facilities for coating and packing sensitized materials. It also had the most comprehensive library of photographic books in the world. Work at the laboratory started at the beginning of 1913, with a staff of twenty recruited from America and England, including Mees's collaborator of earlier years, Sheppard. Under Mees's direction there flowed from the Kodak research Laboratory a constant stream of discoveries, many of them leading to new products. Among these were the 16 mm amateur film-making system launched in 1923; the first amateur colour-movie system, Kodacolor, in 1928; and 8 mm home movies, in 1932. His support for the young experimenters Mannes and Godowsky, who were working on colour photography, led to their joining the Research Laboratory and to the introduction of the first multi-layer colour film, Kodachrome, in 1935. Eastman had agreed from the beginning that as much of the laboratory's work as possible should be published, and Mees himself wrote prolifically, publishing over 200 articles and ten books. While he made significant contributions to the understanding of the photographic process, particularly through his early research, it is his creation and organization of the Kodak Research Laboratory that is his lasting memorial. His interests were many and varied, including Egyptology, astronomy, marine biology and history. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS.Bibliography1961, From Dry Plates to Ektachrome Film, New York (partly autobiographical).BCBiographical history of technology > Mees, Charles Edward Kenneth
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111 Vermuyden, Sir Cornelius
SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering[br]b. c. 1590 St Maartensdijk, Zeeland, the Netherlandsd. 4 February 1656 probably London, England[br]Dutch/British civil engineer responsible for many of the drainage and flood-protection schemes in low-lying areas of England in the seventeenth century.[br]At the beginning of the seventeenth century, several wealthy men in England joined forces as "adventurers" to put their money into land ventures. One such group was responsible for the draining of the Fens. The first need was to find engineers who were versed in the processes of land drainage, particularly when that land was at, or below, sea level. It was natural, therefore, to turn to the Netherlands to find these skilled men. Joachim Liens was one of the first of the Dutch engineers to go to England, and he started work on the Great Level; however, no real progress was made until 1621, when Cornelius Vermuyden was brought to England to assist in the work.Vermuyden had grown up in a district where he could see for himself the techniques of embanking and reclaiming land from the sea. He acquired a reputation of expertise in this field, and by 1621 his fame had spread to England. In that year the Thames had flooded and breached its banks near Havering and Dagenham in Essex. Vermuyden was commissioned to repair the breach and drain neighbouring marshland, with what he claimed as complete success. The Commissioners of Sewers for Essex disputed this claim and whthheld his fee, but King Charles I granted him a portion of the reclaimed land as compensation.In 1626 Vermuyden carried out his first scheme for drainage works as a consultant. This was the drainage of Hatfield Chase in South Yorkshire. Charles I was, in fact, Vermuyden's employer in the drainage of the Chase, and the work was undertaken as a means of raising additional rents for the Royal Exchequer. Vermuyden was himself an "adventurer" in the undertaking, putting capital into the venture and receiving the title to a considerable proportion of the drained lands. One of the important elements of his drainage designs was the principal of "washes", which were flat areas between the protective dykes and the rivers to carry flood waters, to prevent them spreading on to nearby land. Vermuyden faced bitter opposition from those whose livelihoods depended on the marshlands and who resorted to sabotage of the embankments and violence against his imported Dutch workmen to defend their rights. The work could not be completed until arbiters had ruled out on the respective rights of the parties involved. Disagreements and criticism of his engineering practices continued and he gave up his interest in Hatfield Chase. The Hatfield Chase undertaking was not a great success, although the land is now rich farmland around the river Don in Doncaster. However, the involved financial and land-ownership arrangements were the key to the granting of a knighthood to Cornelius Vermuyden in January 1628, and in 1630 he purchased 4,000 acres of low-lying land on Sedgemoor in Somerset.In 1629 Vermuyden embarked on his most important work, that of draining the Great Level in the fenlands of East Anglia. Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, was given charge of the work, with Vermuyden as Engineer; in this venture they were speculators and partners and were recompensed by a grant of land. The area which contains the Cambridgeshire tributaries of the Great Ouse were subject to severe and usually annual flooding. The works to contain the rivers in their flood period were important. Whilst the rivers were contained with the enclosed flood plain, the land beyond became highly sought-after because of the quality of the soil. The fourteen "adventurers" who eventually came into partnership with the Earl of Bedford and Vermuyden were the financiers of the scheme and also received land in accordance with their input into the scheme. In 1637 the work was claimed to be complete, but this was disputed, with Vermuyden defending himself against criticism in a pamphlet entitled Discourse Touching the Great Fennes (1638; 1642, London). In fact, much remained to be done, and after an interruption due to the Civil War the scheme was finished in 1652. Whilst the process of the Great Level works had closely involved the King, Oliver Cromwell was equally concerned over the success of the scheme. By 1655 Cornelius Vermuyden had ceased to have anything to do with the Great Level. At that stage he was asked to account for large sums granted to him to expedite the work but was unable to do so; most of his assets were seized to cover the deficiency, and from then on he subsided into obscurity and poverty.While Cornelius Vermuyden, as a Dutchman, was well versed in the drainage needs of his own country, he developed his skills as a hydraulic engineer in England and drained acres of derelict flooded land.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1628.Further ReadingL.E.Harris, 1953, Vermuyden and the Fens, London: Cleaver Hume Press. J.Korthals-Altes, 1977, Sir Cornelius Vermuyden: The Lifework of a Great Anglo-Dutchman in Land-Reclamation and Drainage, New York: Alto Press.KM / LRDBiographical history of technology > Vermuyden, Sir Cornelius
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112 Voisin, Gabriel
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 5 February 1880 Belleville-sur-Saône, Franced. 25 December 1973 Ozenay, France[br]French manufacturer of aeroplanes in the early years of aviation.[br]Gabriel Voisin was one of a group of aviation pioneers working in France c. 1905. One of the leaders of this group was a rich lawyer-sportsman, Ernest Archdeacon. For a number of years they had been building gliders based on those of the Wright brothers. Archdeacon's glider of 1904 was flown by Voisin, who went on to assist in the design and manufacture of gliders for Archdeacon and Louis Blériot, including successful float-gliders. Gabriel Voisin was joined by his brother Charles in 1905 and they set up the first commercial aircraft factory. As the Voisins had limited funds, they had to seek customers who could afford to indulge in the fashionable hobby of flying. One was Santos- Dumont, who commissioned Voisin to build his "14 bis" aeroplane in 1906.Early in 1907 the Voisins built their first powered aeroplane, but it was not a success.Later that year they completed a biplane for a Paris sculptor, Léon Delagrange, and another for Henri Farman. The basic Voisin was a biplane with the engine behind the pilot and a "pusher" propeller. Pitching was controlled by biplane elevators forward of the pilot and rudders were fitted to the box kite tail, but there was no control of roll.Improvements were gradually introduced by the Voisins and their customers, such as Farman. Incidentally, to flatter their clients the Voisins often named the aircraft after them, thus causing some confusion to historians. Many Voisins were built up until 1910, when the company's fortunes sank. Competition was growing, the factory was flooded, and Charles left. Gabriel started again, building robust biplanes of steel construction. Voisin bombers were widely used during the First World War, and a subsidiary factory was built in Russia.In August 1917, Voisin sold his business when the French Air Ministry decided that Voisin aeroplanes were obsolete and that the factory should be turned over to the building of engines. After the war he started another business making prefabricated houses, and then turned to manufacturing motor cars. From 1919 to 1939 his company produced various models, mainly for the luxury end of the market but also including a few sports and racing cars. In the early 1950s he designed a small two-seater, which was built by the Biscuter company in Spain. The Voisin company finally closed in 1958.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsChevalier de la Légion d'honneur 1909. Académie des Sciences Gold Medal 1909.Bibliography1961, Mes dix milles cerfs-volants, France; repub. 1963 as Men, Women and 10,000 Kites, London (autobiography; an eminent reviewer said, "it contains so many demonstrable absurdities, untruths and misleading statements, that one does not know how much of the rest one can believe").1962, Mes Mille et un voitures, France (covers his cars).Further ReadingC.H.Gibbs-Smith, 1965, The Invention of the Aeroplane 1799–1909, London (includes an account of Voisin's contribution to aviation and a list of his early aircraft).Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War I, London; reprinted 1990 (provides details of Voisin's 1914–18 aircraft).E.Chadeau, 1987, L'Industrie aéronautique en France 1900–1950, de Blériot à Dassault, Paris.G.N.Georgano, 1968, Encyclopedia of Motor Cars 1885 to the Present, New York (includes brief descriptions of Voisin's cars).JDS -
113 שלש
שָׁלַשPi. שלֵּש I (b. h.; denom. of שָׁלש) 1) to do or come for the third time. Num. R. s. 420> לא יצאת אותה שנה ולא שינתה ולא שִׁילְּשָׁהוכ׳ not that year passed, nor the second, nor the third, when, i. e. within three years these things occurred; a. e. 2) to go back to the third generation. B. Bath. X, 7 יְשַׁלְּשוּ they should write the grandfathers name in the document. 3) to divide into three parts. Ib. III, 4 מְשַׁלְּשִׁין ביניהס the fine is divided between them (the three sets of witnesses convicted of an alibi); Macc.I, 3. Ib. משלשין בממון ואין מש׳ במכות the monetary fine is divided, but not the punishment (but every one has to undergo the full punishment). Ab. Zar.19b לעולם יְשַׁלִּש אדם שנותיו שלישוכ׳ a man should always divide his years (his time) into three parts, devoting one third to Bible, one to Mishnah ; Kidd.30a יַשְׁלִיש (Hif.). Ex. R. s. 1527> הריני מְשַׁלְּשָׁס I will divide them among us three; a. fr.Part. pass. מְשוּלָּש; f. מְשוּלֶּשֶׁת; pl. מְשוּלָּשִׁים, מְשוּלָּשִׁין; מְשוּלָּשוֹת a) done for the third time. Ab. Zar. l. c., כתוב … ומש׳ בכתובים stated in the Torah, a second time in the Prophets, and a third time in Hagiographa; Meg.31a; a. fr.b) divided into three, arranged in three classes, threefold. Deut. R. s. 233> (ref. to והשלשית, Zech. 13:8) אלו ישראל אנקראו שלישין שהם מש׳וכ׳ that means Israel, who are called ‘thirds, for they are divided into three classes, priests Midr. Prov. to XXII, 20 (ref. to שלשים, ib.) כל מעשי תורה מש׳ היא מש׳ ואותיותיה מש׳ … שבט מש׳וכ׳ all affairs of the Torah are threefold; itself is threefold: Torah, Prophets, and Hagiographa, and its signs are threefold: אמת (Truth); and it was given through a tribe third in order: Reuben, Shimeon, and Levi; משה מש׳ Moses the third born Cant. R. to I, 1 כל מעשיו … מש׳ היו all the events of that mans (Solomons) life were marked by three stages (rise, fall, and rise).B. Bath. X, 7 ואם היו מש׳ and if the names are alike up to the grandfather (v. supra); a. fr.Y.Shebi.I, 33b, v. מְשוּלָּש.c) developed to one third of the full growth, v. מְשוּלָּש. 4) (apocop. of שִׁלְשֵׁל) to let down, v. שִׁלְשֵׁל I. Hif. הִשְׁלִיש 1) to divide into three parts. Kidd. l. c., v. supra. B. Mets.42a לעולם יַשְׁלִיש … שלישוכ׳ a man should always have his capital divided into three parts, one-third invested in land, one in merchandise, and one in ready money; Yalk. Deut. 897; a. e. 2) (v. שָׁלִיש) to deposit. Keth.VI, 7 המַשְׁלִיש מעות לבתו … מה שהוּשְׁלַש בידו if a father deposits money for the benefit of his daughter, and she says, I trust my husband (and want it to be given to him), the trustee must do that with it for which it was deposited with him; ib. 69b המשליש … לחתנווכ׳ if one deposits money with his son-in-law to buy with it ; Tosef. ib. VI, 9; a. e. Hof. הוּשְׁלַש to be deposited, v. supra. Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּלֵּש to have been at a thing for the third time. Num. R. s. 9, v. מוּעָד. -
114 שָׁלַש
שָׁלַשPi. שלֵּש I (b. h.; denom. of שָׁלש) 1) to do or come for the third time. Num. R. s. 420> לא יצאת אותה שנה ולא שינתה ולא שִׁילְּשָׁהוכ׳ not that year passed, nor the second, nor the third, when, i. e. within three years these things occurred; a. e. 2) to go back to the third generation. B. Bath. X, 7 יְשַׁלְּשוּ they should write the grandfathers name in the document. 3) to divide into three parts. Ib. III, 4 מְשַׁלְּשִׁין ביניהס the fine is divided between them (the three sets of witnesses convicted of an alibi); Macc.I, 3. Ib. משלשין בממון ואין מש׳ במכות the monetary fine is divided, but not the punishment (but every one has to undergo the full punishment). Ab. Zar.19b לעולם יְשַׁלִּש אדם שנותיו שלישוכ׳ a man should always divide his years (his time) into three parts, devoting one third to Bible, one to Mishnah ; Kidd.30a יַשְׁלִיש (Hif.). Ex. R. s. 1527> הריני מְשַׁלְּשָׁס I will divide them among us three; a. fr.Part. pass. מְשוּלָּש; f. מְשוּלֶּשֶׁת; pl. מְשוּלָּשִׁים, מְשוּלָּשִׁין; מְשוּלָּשוֹת a) done for the third time. Ab. Zar. l. c., כתוב … ומש׳ בכתובים stated in the Torah, a second time in the Prophets, and a third time in Hagiographa; Meg.31a; a. fr.b) divided into three, arranged in three classes, threefold. Deut. R. s. 233> (ref. to והשלשית, Zech. 13:8) אלו ישראל אנקראו שלישין שהם מש׳וכ׳ that means Israel, who are called ‘thirds, for they are divided into three classes, priests Midr. Prov. to XXII, 20 (ref. to שלשים, ib.) כל מעשי תורה מש׳ היא מש׳ ואותיותיה מש׳ … שבט מש׳וכ׳ all affairs of the Torah are threefold; itself is threefold: Torah, Prophets, and Hagiographa, and its signs are threefold: אמת (Truth); and it was given through a tribe third in order: Reuben, Shimeon, and Levi; משה מש׳ Moses the third born Cant. R. to I, 1 כל מעשיו … מש׳ היו all the events of that mans (Solomons) life were marked by three stages (rise, fall, and rise).B. Bath. X, 7 ואם היו מש׳ and if the names are alike up to the grandfather (v. supra); a. fr.Y.Shebi.I, 33b, v. מְשוּלָּש.c) developed to one third of the full growth, v. מְשוּלָּש. 4) (apocop. of שִׁלְשֵׁל) to let down, v. שִׁלְשֵׁל I. Hif. הִשְׁלִיש 1) to divide into three parts. Kidd. l. c., v. supra. B. Mets.42a לעולם יַשְׁלִיש … שלישוכ׳ a man should always have his capital divided into three parts, one-third invested in land, one in merchandise, and one in ready money; Yalk. Deut. 897; a. e. 2) (v. שָׁלִיש) to deposit. Keth.VI, 7 המַשְׁלִיש מעות לבתו … מה שהוּשְׁלַש בידו if a father deposits money for the benefit of his daughter, and she says, I trust my husband (and want it to be given to him), the trustee must do that with it for which it was deposited with him; ib. 69b המשליש … לחתנווכ׳ if one deposits money with his son-in-law to buy with it ; Tosef. ib. VI, 9; a. e. Hof. הוּשְׁלַש to be deposited, v. supra. Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּלֵּש to have been at a thing for the third time. Num. R. s. 9, v. מוּעָד. -
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ИДТЙ/ПОЙТИ (РАССЫПАТЬСЯ/РАССЫПАТЬСЯ, РАЗЛЕТАТЬСЯ/РАЗЛЕТЕТЬСЯ, ЛЕ- ТЁТЬ/ПОЛ ЕТЁТЬ) ПРАХОМ VP more often pfv)1. ( subj: abstr (надежды, планы, дела, жизнь etc, often все), or заведение, предприятие etcmore often this WO) (of hopes, plans, affairs, s.o. 's life etc, or an establishment, a business etc) to collapse totally, suffer failureX пошел прахом ' X went to rack and ruinX went down the tube(s) X went (fell) to pieces (in limited contexts) X went to the dogs X went up in smoke (of plans, hopes etc only) X came to nothing (to naught).Говорят, именно в тот год дела его пошли прахом (Искандер 3). They say that his affairs went to rack and ruin that year (3a).«Обидно, Сергей Платонович!.. Обидно, что не придется поглядеть, как распотрошат ваши капиталы и вас вспугнут из тёплого гнёздышка... Всё же, знаете, приятно будет видеть, как все пойдет прахом» (Шолохов 3). "It's such a shame, Sergei Platonovich!...Such a shame that I shan't live to see your capital done away with and you flushed out of your cosy little nest.... After all, you know, it would be nice to see everything go up in smoke" (3a).2. ( subj: a quantit NP denoting a period of time) to pass without yielding hoped-for resultsX пойдет прахом = X will go (be) (all) for nothing (naught)X will count for nothing X will go down the drain....Сделай я что-нибудь политически скандальное, меня начисто выметут из ибанской (попсе word) истории. Двадцать лет труда пойдет прахом (Зиновьев 1)....If I do anything politically scandalous I'll simply be swept out of the history of Ibansk. Twenty years of work will go for nothing (1a). -
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• ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ <РАССЫПАТЬСЯ/РАССЫПАТЬСЯ, РАЗЛЕТАТЬСЯ/РАЗЛЕТЕТЬСЯ, ЛЕТЕТЬ/ПОЛЕТЕТЬ> ПРАХОМ[VP; more often pfv]=====1. [subj: abstr (надежды, планы, дела, жизнь etc, often все), or заведение, предприятие etc; more often this WO]⇒ (of hopes, plans, affairs, s.o.'s life etc, or an establishment, a business etc) to collapse totally, suffer failure:- [in limited contexts] X went to the dogs;- [of plans, hopes etc only] X came to nothing (to naught).♦ Говорят, именно в тот год дела его пошли прахом (Искандер 3). They say that his affairs went to rack and ruin that year (3a).♦ "Обидно, Сергей Платонович!.. Обидно, что не придется поглядеть, как распотрошат ваши капиталы и вас вспугнут из тёплого гнёздышка... Всё же, знаете, приятно будет видеть, как все пойдет прахом" (Шолохов 3). "It's such a shame, Sergei Platonovich!...Such a shame that I shan't live to see your capital done away with and you flushed out of your cosy little nest.... After all, you know, it would be nice to see everything go up in smoke" (3a).2. [subj: a quantit NP denoting a period of time]⇒ to pass without yielding hoped-for results:- X will go down the drain.♦...Сделай я что-нибудь политически скандальное, меня начисто выметут из ибанской [попсе word] истории. Двадцать лет труда пойдет прахом (Зиновьев 1)....If I do anything politically scandalous I'll simply be swept out of the history of Ibansk. TVventy years of work will go for nothing (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > идти прахом
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117 лететь прахом
• ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ <РАССЫПАТЬСЯ/РАССЫПАТЬСЯ, РАЗЛЕТАТЬСЯ/РАЗЛЕТЕТЬСЯ, ЛЕТЕТЬ/ПОЛЕТЕТЬ> ПРАХОМ[VP; more often pfv]=====1. [subj: abstr (надежды, планы, дела, жизнь etc, often все), or заведение, предприятие etc; more often this WO]⇒ (of hopes, plans, affairs, s.o.'s life etc, or an establishment, a business etc) to collapse totally, suffer failure:- [in limited contexts] X went to the dogs;- [of plans, hopes etc only] X came to nothing (to naught).♦ Говорят, именно в тот год дела его пошли прахом (Искандер 3). They say that his affairs went to rack and ruin that year (3a).♦ "Обидно, Сергей Платонович!.. Обидно, что не придется поглядеть, как распотрошат ваши капиталы и вас вспугнут из тёплого гнёздышка... Всё же, знаете, приятно будет видеть, как все пойдет прахом" (Шолохов 3). "It's such a shame, Sergei Platonovich!...Such a shame that I shan't live to see your capital done away with and you flushed out of your cosy little nest.... After all, you know, it would be nice to see everything go up in smoke" (3a).2. [subj: a quantit NP denoting a period of time]⇒ to pass without yielding hoped-for results:- X will go down the drain.♦...Сделай я что-нибудь политически скандальное, меня начисто выметут из ибанской [попсе word] истории. Двадцать лет труда пойдет прахом (Зиновьев 1)....If I do anything politically scandalous I'll simply be swept out of the history of Ibansk. TVventy years of work will go for nothing (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лететь прахом
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118 пойти прахом
• ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ <РАССЫПАТЬСЯ/РАССЫПАТЬСЯ, РАЗЛЕТАТЬСЯ/РАЗЛЕТЕТЬСЯ, ЛЕТЕТЬ/ПОЛЕТЕТЬ> ПРАХОМ[VP; more often pfv]=====1. [subj: abstr (надежды, планы, дела, жизнь etc, often все), or заведение, предприятие etc; more often this WO]⇒ (of hopes, plans, affairs, s.o.'s life etc, or an establishment, a business etc) to collapse totally, suffer failure:- [in limited contexts] X went to the dogs;- [of plans, hopes etc only] X came to nothing (to naught).♦ Говорят, именно в тот год дела его пошли прахом (Искандер 3). They say that his affairs went to rack and ruin that year (3a).♦ "Обидно, Сергей Платонович!.. Обидно, что не придется поглядеть, как распотрошат ваши капиталы и вас вспугнут из тёплого гнёздышка... Всё же, знаете, приятно будет видеть, как все пойдет прахом" (Шолохов 3). "It's such a shame, Sergei Platonovich!...Such a shame that I shan't live to see your capital done away with and you flushed out of your cosy little nest.... After all, you know, it would be nice to see everything go up in smoke" (3a).2. [subj: a quantit NP denoting a period of time]⇒ to pass without yielding hoped-for results:- X will go down the drain.♦...Сделай я что-нибудь политически скандальное, меня начисто выметут из ибанской [попсе word] истории. Двадцать лет труда пойдет прахом (Зиновьев 1)....If I do anything politically scandalous I'll simply be swept out of the history of Ibansk. TVventy years of work will go for nothing (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пойти прахом
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119 полететь прахом
• ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ <РАССЫПАТЬСЯ/РАССЫПАТЬСЯ, РАЗЛЕТАТЬСЯ/РАЗЛЕТЕТЬСЯ, ЛЕТЕТЬ/ПОЛЕТЕТЬ> ПРАХОМ[VP; more often pfv]=====1. [subj: abstr (надежды, планы, дела, жизнь etc, often все), or заведение, предприятие etc; more often this WO]⇒ (of hopes, plans, affairs, s.o.'s life etc, or an establishment, a business etc) to collapse totally, suffer failure:- [in limited contexts] X went to the dogs;- [of plans, hopes etc only] X came to nothing (to naught).♦ Говорят, именно в тот год дела его пошли прахом (Искандер 3). They say that his affairs went to rack and ruin that year (3a).♦ "Обидно, Сергей Платонович!.. Обидно, что не придется поглядеть, как распотрошат ваши капиталы и вас вспугнут из тёплого гнёздышка... Всё же, знаете, приятно будет видеть, как все пойдет прахом" (Шолохов 3). "It's such a shame, Sergei Platonovich!...Such a shame that I shan't live to see your capital done away with and you flushed out of your cosy little nest.... After all, you know, it would be nice to see everything go up in smoke" (3a).2. [subj: a quantit NP denoting a period of time]⇒ to pass without yielding hoped-for results:- X will go down the drain.♦...Сделай я что-нибудь политически скандальное, меня начисто выметут из ибанской [попсе word] истории. Двадцать лет труда пойдет прахом (Зиновьев 1)....If I do anything politically scandalous I'll simply be swept out of the history of Ibansk. TVventy years of work will go for nothing (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > полететь прахом
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120 разлетаться прахом
• ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ <РАССЫПАТЬСЯ/РАССЫПАТЬСЯ, РАЗЛЕТАТЬСЯ/РАЗЛЕТЕТЬСЯ, ЛЕТЕТЬ/ПОЛЕТЕТЬ> ПРАХОМ[VP; more often pfv]=====1. [subj: abstr (надежды, планы, дела, жизнь etc, often все), or заведение, предприятие etc; more often this WO]⇒ (of hopes, plans, affairs, s.o.'s life etc, or an establishment, a business etc) to collapse totally, suffer failure:- [in limited contexts] X went to the dogs;- [of plans, hopes etc only] X came to nothing (to naught).♦ Говорят, именно в тот год дела его пошли прахом (Искандер 3). They say that his affairs went to rack and ruin that year (3a).♦ "Обидно, Сергей Платонович!.. Обидно, что не придется поглядеть, как распотрошат ваши капиталы и вас вспугнут из тёплого гнёздышка... Всё же, знаете, приятно будет видеть, как все пойдет прахом" (Шолохов 3). "It's such a shame, Sergei Platonovich!...Such a shame that I shan't live to see your capital done away with and you flushed out of your cosy little nest.... After all, you know, it would be nice to see everything go up in smoke" (3a).2. [subj: a quantit NP denoting a period of time]⇒ to pass without yielding hoped-for results:- X will go down the drain.♦...Сделай я что-нибудь политически скандальное, меня начисто выметут из ибанской [попсе word] истории. Двадцать лет труда пойдет прахом (Зиновьев 1)....If I do anything politically scandalous I'll simply be swept out of the history of Ibansk. TVventy years of work will go for nothing (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > разлетаться прахом
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