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21 Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus)
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. c. 23 AD Como, Italyd. 25 August 79 AD near Pompeii, Italy[br]Roman encyclopedic writer on the natural world.[br]Pliny was well educated in Rome, and for ten years or so followed a military career with which he was able to combine literary work, writing especially on historical subjects. He completed his duties c. 57 AD and concentrated on writing until he resumed his official career in 69 AD with administrative duties. During this last phase he began work on his only extant work, the thirty-seven "books" of his Historia Naturalis (Natural History), each dealing with a broad subject such as astronomy, geography, mineralogy, etc. His last post was the command of the fleet based at Misenum, which came to an end when he sailed too near Vesuvius during the eruption that engulfed Pompeii and he was overcome by the fumes.Pliny developed an insatiable curiosity about the natural world. Unlike the Greeks, the Romans made few original contributions to scientific thought and observation, but some made careful compilations of the learning and observations of Greek scholars. The most notable and influential of these was the Historia Naturalis. To the ideas about the natural world gleaned from earlier Greek authors, he added information about natural history, mineral resources, crafts and some technological processes, such as the extraction of metals from their ores, reported to him from the corners of the Empire. He added a few observations of his own, noted during travels on his official duties. Not all the reports were reliable, and the work often presents a tangled web of fact and fable. Gibbon described it as an immense register in which the author has "deposited the discoveries, the arts, and the errors of mankind". Pliny was indefatigable in his relentless note-taking, even dictating to his secretary while dining.During the Dark Ages and early Middle Ages in Western Europe, Pliny's Historia Naturalis was the largest known collection of facts about the natural world and was drawn upon freely by a succession of later writers. Its influence survived the influx into Western Europe, from the twelfth century, of translations of the works of Greek and Arab scholars. After the invention of printing in the middle of the fifteenth century, Pliny was the first work on a scientific subject to be printed, in 1469. Many editions followed and it may still be consulted with profit for its insights into technical knowledge and practice in the ancient world.[br]BibliographyThe standard Latin text with English translation is that edited by H.Rackham et al.(1942– 63, Loeb Classical Library, London: Heinemann, 10 vols). The French version is by A.Further ReadingThe editions mentioned above include useful biographical and other details. For special aspects of Pliny, see K.C.Bailey, 1929–32, The Elder Pliny's Chapters on Chemical Subjects, London, 2 vols.LRDBiographical history of technology > Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus)
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22 draw the line
مَيَّزَ \ discern: to see or understand (usu. with some difficulty): I could hardly discern the tree in the dark. discriminate: to make or see a difference (between two things). distinguish: to see the difference (between things): In the darkness I could not distinguish your car from the others. draw the line: to fix a limit to what can be allowed: I don’t mind your keeping rabbits, but I draw the line at rats (I cannot allow them). know: to be able to tell one from another; recognize: I know your son by sight, but we’ve never met. I know all the flowers in this garden. pick out: to recognize and separate (with one’s eyes or hands): Can you pick out your child in this school photograph?. recognize: to know again (sb. or sth. that one has seen before); know (from a picture or description): I recognized him at once by the mark on his face, know again (sth. that one has heard or smelt or felt, etc,. before) Do you recognize that music?. tell: (with can) to know; recognize: Can you tell a queen bee when you see one? Can you tell the difference between these two brothers? Can you tell one from the other? Can you tell them apart? (Can you see the difference between them?). \ See Also تبين (تَبَيَّنَ)، تَعَرَّفَ على -
23 get the wind up
اِرْتَاعَ \ dread: to fear greatly (sth. that may or must happen): I dread the thought of having to leave home. She dreads going out in the dark. get the wind up: to become frightened or anxious. panic, panicked: to act madly through fear. \ See Also ذعر (ذُعِرَ)، هلع (هَلِعَ) -
24 pitch-dark
adjectiveas black, or dark, as pitch; completely black or dark:أسوَد مثل الزِّفْتIt's a pitch-dark night.
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25 come on the scene
بَرَزَ \ arise, (arose, arisen): to come up and be noticed (of storm, trouble, etc.): A serious difficulty has arisen. come on the scene: to make an effective appearance: Britain was losing the war until Churchill came on the scene. come out: to appear: Our roses are coming out. emerge: to come out from a place where one could not be seen; appear: He emerged from his hiding place. The moon emerged from behind the clouds. figure: to appear (in a story or report): Well-known sportsmen often figure in the newspaper. jutt: (always with out) to stand out: An overflow pipe jutted out from the wall of the house. project: to stick out: That branch projects over the wall. protrude: stick out: The letter-box was full, and one letter protruded from the opening. stand out: to be easily seen; to be especially noticeable: Bright colours stand out against a dark surface behind them. \ See Also ظَهَرَ (جَلِيًّا) (لَعِبَ دورًا)، نشأ (نَشَأَ) -
26 come on the scene
ظَهَرَ \ appear: to come into sight: A figure appeared in the distance, to present oneself; be seen publicly I have to appear in court today. arise (arose, arisen): to come up and be noticed (of storm, trouble, etc.) A serious difficulty has arisen. come on the scene: to make an effective appearance: Britain was losing the war until Churchill came on the scene. come out: to appear: Our roses are coming out. Most newspapers come out every day. Your photograph came out well. emerge: to come out from a place where one could not be seen; appear: He emerged from his hiding place. The moon emerged from behind the clouds. figure: to appear (in a story or report): Well-known sportsmen often figure in the newspaper. seem: to appear to be: He seems (to be) honest. It seems (clear) to me that I ought to go. show: to be seen: Dirt shows more on white clothes than on dark ones. turn up: (of sth. that was missing) to appear: The stolen goods turned up in the market. \ See Also بان (بَانَ)، لاح (لاَحَ)، برز (بَرَزَ)، طلع (طَلَعَ) -
27 mori-
"dark, black" in a number of compounds independent form morë, q.v.:Morimando "Dark Mando" = Mandos MBAD, VT45:33, morimaitë "black-handed" LotR3:VI ch. 6, VT49:42. Moriquendi "Dark Elves" SA:mor, WJ:361, 373, Moringotto "Black Foe", Sindarin Morgoth, later name of Melkor. The oldest form is said to have been Moriñgotho MR:194. In late material, Tolkien is seen to consider both Moringotto and Moricotto k as the Quenya form of the name Morgoth VT49:24-25; Moricotto also appears in the ablative, Moricottollo. Morion "the dark one", a title of Morgoth FS. Morifinwë "dark Finwë", masc. name; he was called Caranthir in Sindarin short Quenya name Moryo. PM:353 In the name Morinehtar, translated "Darkness-slayer", the initial element is defined would thus seem to signify "darkness" rather than "dark" as an adjective see mórë. PM:384, 385 -
28 обмен веществ в темноте
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29 фиксация в темноте
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30 темнота
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31 gelap
dark; secretgelap hati: sinistergelap pekat: darkgelap-gelita: pitch darkkegelapan: darkness; caught in the darkmenggelapkan: to embezzle -
32 cara oculta, la
= dark side, theEx. This article ' The dark side of online information dirty data' discusses the problem of product defects (or dirty data) in on-line data bases. -
33 uvidenhed
dark, ignorance* * *(en) ignorance (om of);[ holde ham i uvidenhed] keep him in the dark (om as to),T keep him guessing (om about); -
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35 karanlık
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36 светиться
•The coating on the end of the tube will fluoresce under the impact of the electrons...
•The neon signal light glows only when current is on.
•Phosphorus has the unusual property of glowing in the dark.
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > светиться
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37 обратная сторона Луны
the back side of the Moon
the dark side of the Moon
the far side of the Moon
the invisible side of the Moon
the other side of the MoonДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > обратная сторона Луны
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38 заслонять звезду
•The stars were masked (or hidden) by the clouds.
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > заслонять звезду
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39 заслонять звезду
•The stars were masked (or hidden) by the clouds.
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > заслонять звезду
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40 Средневековье
раннее Средневековье — the early Middle Ages, the Dark Ages
Русско-английский словарь религиозной лексики > Средневековье
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