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81 time
1. n1) час2) час (міра тривалості)Greenwich time — час за Гринвічем, середньоєвропейський час
mean time — середній (сонячний) час
3) період часуfor a time — а) на деякий час, тимчасово; б) протягом деякого часу
in no time, in less than no time — дуже швидко, умить
for the time being — поки що; до певного часу
one time and another — іноді, час від часу
time of orbiting — астр. час обертання штучного супутника
4) сезон, пора5) година, точний часwhat is the time?, what time is it? — котра година?
to keep good time — добре йти, правильно показувати час (про годинник)
to keep bad time — погано йти, неправильно показувати час (про годинник)
6) момент, митьat the same time — у той же час, у ту ж мить, одночасно
some time (or other) — рано чи пізно, коли-небудь
7) час прибуття (від'їзду)8) строк, термінin (амер. on) time — у строк, вчасно
ahead of time, before one's time — раніше строку
behind time — пізно, із запізненням
to make time — амер. прийти вчасно (за розкладом)
(it is) high time — саме час, давно пора
it is time to go to bed — пора (час) іти спати
the time is up — строк (термін) закінчився
time is drawing on — залишається мало часу; термін наближається
9) доба, епоха, ераat all times (амер. all the time) — завжди, в усі часи
from time immemorial — споконвіку, з давніх-давен
10) вікat his time of life — в його віці, в його роки
11) період життя12) вільний час, дозвілляto have a good (a fine) time — гарно провести час, повеселитися
to beguile (to while away) the time — коротати час
13) робочий часto work full (part) time — працювати повний (неповний) робочий день
14) плата за працю15) нагода, сприятливий момент17) швидкість, темп; такт; розмір, ритм18) бібл. рік19) разevery time — щоразу, кожного разу
at a time — разом, одночасно
time after time — повторно, тисячу разів
nine times out of ten — у дев'яти випадках з десяти, у більшості випадків
two times five is (are) ten — двічі по п'ять — десять
time fire — військ. а) дистанційна стрільба; б) стрільба з обмеженням у часі
time in — спорт. відновлення гри після взятого часу
time out — спорт. хвилинна перерва
time schedule — розклад (руху поїздів тощо); графік
time trouble — шах. цейтнот
to take (to catch) time by the forelock — діяти негайно; скористатися слушною нагодою
on time — амер. у розстрочку, на виплат
to serve one's time — а) відслужити свій строк; б) відбути строк (у в'язниці)
to sell time — амер. надавати за плату можливість виступити по радіо (телебаченню)
to work against time — намагатися укластися в строк; б) з метою побити рекорд
to run against time — намагатися побити попередній рекорд; в) щоб виграти час
to talk against time — говорити, щоб виграти час
in good time — а) вчасно; б) заздалегідь; в) з часом
in bad time — невчасно; пізно, із запізненням
to go with the times — а) іти в ногу з часом; б) пливти за течією
time cures all things — час — найкращий лікар
it beats my time — амер. я цього не розумію, це понад моє розуміння
time is money — присл. час — це гроші
2. v1) вибирати час; розраховувати за часом2) призначати (визначати) час; приурочуватиthe train was timed to reach Kyiv at 8 a. m. — поїзд повинен був прибути до Києва о 8 годині ранку
3) ставити (годинник)4) регулювати, установлювати темп5) засікати час; хронометрувати6) визначати тривалість7) робити щось у такт (з чимсь — to, with)8) збігатися; битися в унісон (з чимсь — to, with)9) тех. синхронізувати* * *I [taim] n1) часabsolute [relative, objective] time — абсолютний час
space and time — простір, час
with time, in (the) course of time, in (the) process of time, as time goes — із часом; з плином часу; зрештою
in the retrospect of time — крізь призму часу /минулого/; over time протягом ( багатьох) століть
time will show — час покаже; = поживемо-побачимо
time presses /is short/ — час не терпить
the unity of time — театр, єдність часу
2) час (міра тривалості, система відліку)Greenwich time — час за Гринвічем, середньоєвропейський час
sidereal [solar] time — зоряний [сонячний]час
daylight-saving /summer/ time — літній час; час виконання ( чогось)
machine time — обч. машинний час
3) період часуa long [a short] time — тривалий [короткий]час
it took him a long time to do it /in doing it/, he took a long time doing it /over it/ — йому треба було /у нього пішло/ чимало часу, щоб зробити це; він чимало з цим провозився
what a long time he's taking! — скільки ж можна копатисяє
all the time, the whole time — весь ( цей) час, завжди [порівн. 5]
they were with us all the time /the whole time/ — вони увесь час були з нами
one time and another — якось; час від часу
lead time — час із початку розробки ( зброї) до введення в бойовий склад
reaction time — час ( що лишився) для пуску ракет ( при ядерному ударі)
idle time — простій, перерва у роботі; вільніше час
time of orbiting — acтp. час оберту штучного супутника
at the /that/ time — в цей /у той/ час [порівн. 4;]
at one time — якось, колись [див. 4,;]
for a time — на якийсь час, тимчасово; якийсь час
for the time being — поки,; in time згодом [див. IV 4, 13]
in по time, in less than /next to/ no time — дуже швидко, миттю, за дві секунди
in the same flash of time — у цю ж мить, у ту ж мить
to give smb time to do smth /for smth / — дати комусь час зробити щось /для чогось/; сезон, пора, час
sowing time — час /пора/ сівби, посівний період, holiday time час канікул; довгий час
what a time it took you I — довго ж ви возилися!; невже не можна було швидшеє
4) година, точний час; колиto fix /to appoint/ a time — призначити час
to tell time — aмep. визначати час за годинником
to keep (good) [bad] time — добре [погано]іти ( про годинник) [порівн. 11]
to lose [to gain] time — відставати [спішити]( про годинник)
what is the time є, what time is it — є скільки часує, котра годинає
what time do you make it — є скільки на вашому годинникує; момент, мить; певний момент, певний час
some time — у якийсь момент, у якийсь час
some time (or other) — коли-небудь, рано чи пізно
at times — часом, час від часу
at the /that/ time — у той момент, у той час [див. 3, 1]
at one time — одночасно [див. 3, 1]
at the same time — у той же самий час, одночасно; у той же момент [див.]
at the proper time, when the time comes — у свій час, коли прийде час
between times — іноді, часом
the time has come when... — прийшов час /настав момент/, коли... [порівн. 4]; час прибуття або відправлення ( поїзд 4) строк, час
in time — у строк, вчасно [див. 3, 1 та 13, 1]
on time = in time — [ порівн. О]
to arrive exactly on time — приїхати /прибути/ хвилина у хвилину /точно в призначену годину/
in due time — у свій час, вчасно
ahead of time, before one's time — раніше строку [порівн. 5]
behind time, out of time — пізно, із запізненням [порівн. 5]
to be ten minutes behind [ahead of] time — спізнитися [прийти раніше]на десять хвилин
to make time — aмep. прийти вчасно /за розкладом/
high time — давно час, самий час6) часи, пора; чить роботу/ у строк; з метою побити рекордto run against time — намагатися побити раніше встановлений рекорд; з метою виграти час
to talk against- — говорити з метою затягти час ( при обструкції в парламенті) [див.]; у великому поспіху
at the ваше time — проте, однак [див. Й 4,;]
in good time — згодом, із часом
you'll hear from me in good time — згодом я дам про себе знати; вчасно; заздалегідь, завчасно
to start [to come]in good time — відправитися [прийти]завчасно
in bad time — не вчасно; пізно, із запізненням
on time — aмep. на виплату [порівн. Й 4, 4]
once upon a time — давним-давно; колись
to buy time — вигравати час; відтягати /тягти/ час, марудити
to have a thin time — див. thin I O
to have a time — переживати бурхливий час; зазнавати великих труднощів
to make time — поспішати, квапитися
to make a time about /over/ smth — aмep. хвилюватися, метушитися із приводу чогось; галасливо реагувати на щось
to mark time — крокувати на місці; відтягати /тягти/ час; виконувати щось чисто формально, працювати без душі
to serve /to com-filete/ one's time — відсулжити свій строк в період учнівств; відбути строк ( у в'язниці); [порівн. Й 5]
to near the end of one's time — закінчувати службу ( про солдат); закінчувати строк ( про ув'язненого)
to sell time — aмep. надавати за плату можливість виступити по радіо або телебаченню
to take /to catch/ time by the forelock — діяти негайно; скористатися з нагоди, використати слушну мить
to go with the time s — плисти за течією [див. Й 5]
it beats my time — aмep. це вище мого розуміння
a stitch in time saves nine — див. stitch I O
II [taim] atime is money — приказ. час - гроші
time advantage — cпopт., перевага у часі
3) пов'язаний з покупками в кредит або із платежами на виплатIII [taim] v1) вибирати час; розраховувати ( за часом)to time oneself well — вдало вибрати час приходу /приїзду/
2) призначати або встановлювати час; пристосовуватиto time one's watch by the time signal — виставити годинники за сигналом точного часу; задавати темп; регулювати ( механізм)
4) відзначати зо годинником; засікати; визначати час; хронометрувати5) розраховувати, встановлювати тривалість; виділити час для певного процесуto time one's exposure correctly — фoтo зробити /поставити/ потрібну витримку
6) (to, with) робити в тактto time one's steps to the music — танцювати в такт музиці; збігатися, битися в унісон
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82 Caetano, Marcello José das Neves Alves
(19061980)Marcello Caetano, as the last prime minister of the Estado Novo, was both the heir and successor of Antônio de Oliveira Salazar. In a sense, Caetano was one of the founders and sustainers of this unusual regime and, at various crucial stages of its long life, Caetano's contribution was as important as Salazar's.Born in Lisbon in 1906 to a middle-class family, Caetano was a member of the student generation that rebelled against the unstable parliamentary First Republic and sought answers to Portugal's legion of troubles in conservative ideologies such as integralism, Catholic reformism, and the Italian Fascist model. One of the most brilliant students at the University of Lisbon's Law School, Caetano soon became directly involved in government service in various ministries, including Salazar's Ministry of Finance. When Caetano was not teaching full-time at the law school in Lisbon and influencing new generations of students who became critical of the regime he helped construct, Caetano was in important government posts and working on challenging assignments. In the 1930s, he participated in reforms in the Ministry of Finance, in the writing of the 1933 Constitution, in the formation of the new civil code, of which he was in part the author, and in the construction of corporativism, which sought to control labor-management relations and other aspects of social engineering. In a regime largely directed by academics from the law faculties of Coimbra University and the University of Lisbon, Caetano was the leading expert on constitutional law, administrative law, political science, and colonial law. A prolific writer as both a political scientist and historian, Caetano was the author of the standard political science, administrative law, and history of law textbooks, works that remained in print and in use among students long after his exile and death.After his apprenticeship service in a number of ministries, Caetano rose steadily in the system. At age 38, he was named minister for the colonies (1944 47), and unlike many predecessors, he "went to see for himself" and made important research visits to Portugal's African territories. In 1955-58, Caetano served in the number-three position in the regime in the Ministry of the Presidency of the Council (premier's office); he left office for full-time academic work in part because of his disagreements with Salazar and others on regime policy and failures to reform at the desired pace. In 1956 and 1957, Caetano briefly served as interim minister of communications and of foreign affairs.Caetano's opportunity to take Salazar's place and to challenge even more conservative forces in the system came in the 1960s. Portugal's most prominent law professor had a public falling out with the regime in March 1962, when he resigned as rector of Lisbon University following a clash between rebellious students and the PIDE, the political police. When students opposing the regime organized strikes on the University of Lisbon campus, Caetano resigned his rectorship after the police invaded the campus and beat and arrested some students, without asking permission to enter university premises from university authorities.When Salazar became incapacitated in September 1968, President Américo Tomás named Caetano prime minister. His tasks were formidable: in the midst of remarkable economic growth in Portugal, continued heavy immigration of Portuguese to France and other countries, and the costly colonial wars in three African colonies, namely Angola, Guinea- Bissau, and Mozambique, the regime struggled to engineer essential social and political reforms, win the wars in Africa, and move toward meaningful political reforms. Caetano supported moderately important reforms in his first two years in office (1968-70), as well as the drafting of constitutional revisions in 1971 that allowed a slight liberalization of the Dictatorship, gave the opposition more room for activity, and decentrali zed authority in the overseas provinces (colonies). Always aware of the complexity of Portugal's colonial problems and of the ongoing wars, Caetano made several visits to Africa as premier, and he sought to implement reforms in social and economic affairs while maintaining the expensive, divisive military effort, Portugal's largest armed forces mobilization in her history.Opposed by intransigent right-wing forces in various sectors in both Portugal and Africa, Caetano's modest "opening" of 1968-70 soon narrowed. Conservative forces in the military, police, civil service, and private sectors opposed key political reforms, including greater democratization, while pursuing the military solution to the African crisis and personal wealth. A significant perspective on Caetano's failed program of reforms, which could not prevent the advent of a creeping revolution in society, is a key development in the 1961-74 era of colonial wars: despite Lisbon's efforts, the greater part of Portuguese emigration and capital investment during this period were directed not to the African colonies but to Europe, North America, and Brazil.Prime Minister Caetano, discouraged by events and by opposition to his reforms from the so-called "Rheumatic Brigade" of superannuated regime loyalists, attempted to resign his office, but President Américo Tomás convinced him to remain. The publication and public reception of African hero General Antônio Spinola's best-selling book Portugal e Futuro (Portugal and the Future) in February 1974 convinced the surprised Caetano that a coup and revolution were imminent. When the virtually bloodless, smoothly operating military coup was successful in what became known as the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Caetano surrendered to the Armed Forces Movement in Lisbon and was flown to Madeira Island and later to exile in Brazil, where he remained for the rest of his life. In his Brazilian exile, Caetano was active writing important memoirs and histories of the Estado Novo from his vantage point, teaching law at a private university in Rio de Janeiro, and carrying on a lively correspondence with persons in Portugal. He died at age 74, in 1980, in Brazil.Historical dictionary of Portugal > Caetano, Marcello José das Neves Alves
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83 view
view [vju:]1 noun∎ to come into view apparaître;∎ we came into view of the shore nous sommes arrivés en vue du rivage, nous avons aperçu le rivage;∎ he turned the corner and disappeared from view il a tourné au coin et on l'a perdu de vue ou il a disparu;∎ it happened in full view of the television cameras/police cela s'est passé juste devant les caméras de télévision/sous les yeux de la police;∎ the woods are within view of the house de la maison on voit les bois;∎ to keep sth in view ne pas perdre qch de vue(b) (prospect) vue f;∎ the house has a good view of the sea la maison a une belle vue sur la mer;∎ a room with a view une chambre avec vue;∎ there's a nice view from the window de la fenêtre il y a une très belle vue;∎ there are nice views of the coast from that hill de cette colline on a de belles vues sur la côte;∎ from here we have a side view of the cathedral d'ici nous avons une vue de profil de la cathédrale;∎ you get a better view from here on voit mieux d'ici;∎ the man in front of me blocked my view of the stage l'homme devant moi m'empêchait de voir la scène;∎ figurative a comprehensive view of English literature une vue d'ensemble de la littérature anglaise∎ in view en vue;∎ there appears to be no solution in view il semble n'y avoir aucune solution en vue;∎ what do you have in view as regards work? quelles sont vos intentions en ce qui concerne le travail?;∎ with this (end) in view avec ou dans cette intention;∎ she has in view the publication of a new book elle envisage de publier un nouveau livre;∎ to take the long view of sth voir qch à long terme(d) (aim, purpose) but m, intention f;∎ with a view to doing sth en vue de faire qch, dans l'intention de faire qch;∎ they bought the house with a view to their retirement ils ont acheté la maison en pensant à leur retraite(e) (interpretation) vue f;∎ an overall view une vue d'ensemble;∎ he has or takes a gloomy view of life il a une vue pessimiste de la vie, il envisage la vie d'une manière pessimiste(f) (picture, photograph) vue f;∎ views of Venice vues de Venise;∎ an aerial view of New York une vue aérienne de New York∎ in my view à mon avis;∎ in the view of many of our colleagues de l'avis de beaucoup de nos collègues;∎ I respect her political views je respecte ses opinions politiques;∎ that seems to be the generally accepted view ceci semble être l'opinion générale ou courante;∎ that's the official view c'est le point de vue officiel;∎ everybody has their own view of the situation chacun comprend la situation à sa façon, chacun a sa propre façon de voir la situation;∎ he takes the view that they are innocent il pense ou estime qu'ils sont innocents;∎ I don't take that view je ne partage pas cet avis;∎ she took a poor or dim view of his behaviour elle n'appréciait guère son comportement;∎ what is your view on the matter? quelle est votre opinion sur la question?;∎ she holds or has strong views on the subject elle a des opinions ou des idées bien nettes sur le sujet;∎ he's changed his views on disarmament il a changé d'avis sur le désarmement∎ viewed from above/from afar/from the outside vu d'en haut/de loin/de l'extérieur(b) (examine → slides) visionner; (→ through microscope) regarder; (→ flat, showhouse) visiter, inspecter; (exhibition, paintings) voir;∎ the house may be viewed at weekends only on peut visiter la maison pendant les week-ends uniquement∎ the committee viewed his application favourably la commission a porté un regard favorable sur sa candidature;∎ he was viewed as a dangerous maniac on le considérait comme un fou dangereux;∎ how do you view this matter? quel est votre avis sur cette affaire?;∎ the government views the latest international developments with alarm le gouvernement porte un regard inquiet sur les derniers développements internationaux;∎ I would view his departure with equanimity j'envisagerais son départ avec sérénité;∎ when viewed in this light vu sous cet angleTelevision regarder la télévisionétant donné, vu;∎ in view of his age étant donné son âge, vu son âge;∎ in view of what has happened en raison de ou étant donné ce qui s'est passé;∎ in view of this ceci étant -
84 Agricola, Georgius (Georg Bauer)
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 24 March 1494 Glauchau, Saxonyd. 21 November 1555 Chemnitz, Germany[br]German metallurgist, who wrote the book De Re Metallica under the latinized version of his name.[br]Agricola was a physician, scientist and metallurgist of note and it was this which led to the publication of De Re Metallica. He studied at Leipzig University and between 1518 and 1522 he was a school teacher in Zwickau. Eventually he settled as a physician in Chemnitz. Later he continued his medical practice at Joachimstal in the Erzgebirge. This town was newly built to serve the mining community in what was at the time the most important ore-mining field in both Germany and Europe.As a physician in the sixteenth century he would naturally have been concerned with the development of medicines, which would have led him to research the medical properties of ores and base metals. He studied the mineralogy of his area, and the mines, and the miners who were working there. He wrote several books in Latin on geology and mineralogy. His important work during that period was a glossary of mineralogical and mining terms in both Latin and German. It is, however, De Re Metallica for which he is best known. This large volume contains twelve books which deal with mining and metallurgy, including an account of glassmaking. Whilst one can understand the text of this book very easily, the quality of the illustrative woodcuts should not be neglected. These illustrations detail the mines, furnaces, forges and the plant associated with them, unfortunately the name of the artist is unknown. The importance of the work lies in the fact that it is an assemblage of information on all the methods and practices current at that time. The book was clearly intended as a textbook of mining and mineralogy and as such it would have been brought to England by German engineers when they were employed by the Mines Royal in the Keswick area in the late sixteenth century. In addition to his studies in preparation for De Re Metallica, Agricola was an "adventurer" holding shares in the Gottesgab mine in the Erzegebirge.[br]Principal Honours and Distinctions Bibliography1556, De Re Metallica, Basel; 1912, trans. H. Hoover and L.H.Hoover, London.KMBiographical history of technology > Agricola, Georgius (Georg Bauer)
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85 Bentham, Sir Samuel
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 11 January 1757 Englandd. 31 May 1831 London, England[br]English naval architect and engineer.[br]He was the son of Jeremiah Bentham, a lawyer. His mother died when he was an infant and his early education was at Westminster. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a master shipwright at Woolwich and later at Chatham Dockyard, where he made some small improvements in the fittings of ships. In 1778 he completed his apprenticeship and sailed on the Bienfaisant on a summer cruise of the Channel Fleet where he suggested and supervised several improvements to the steering gear and gun fittings.Unable to find suitable employment at home, he sailed for Russia to study naval architecture and shipbuilding, arriving at St Petersburg in 1780, whence he travelled throughout Russia as far as the frontier of China, examining mines and methods of working metals. He settled in Kritchev in 1782 and there established a small shipyard with a motley work-force. In 1784 he was appointed to command a battalion. He set up a yard on the "Panopticon" principle, with all workshops radiating from his own central office. He increased the armament of his ships greatly by strengthening the hulls and fitting guns without recoil, which resulted in a great victory over the Turks at Liman in 1788. For this he was awarded the Cross of St George and promoted to Brigadier- General. Soon after, he was appointed to a command in Siberia, where he was responsible for opening up the resources of the country greatly by developing river navigation.In 1791 he returned to England, where he was at first involved in the development of the Panopticon for his brother as well as with several other patents. In 1795 he was asked to look into the mechanization of the naval dockyards, and for the next eighteen years he was involved in improving methods of naval construction and machinery. He was responsible for the invention of the steam dredger, the caisson method of enclosing the entrances to docks, and the development of non-recoil cannonades of large calibre.His intervention in the maladministration of the naval dockyards resulted in an enquiry that brought about the clearing-away of much corruption, making him very unpopular. As a result he was sent to St Petersburg to arrange for the building of a number of ships for the British navy, in which the Russians had no intention of co-operating. On his return to England after two years he was told that his office of Inspector-General of Navy Works had been abolished and he was appointed to the Navy Board; he had several disagreements with John Rennie and in 1812 was told that this office, too, had been abolished. He went to live in France, where he stayed for thirteen years, returning in 1827 to arrange for the publication of some of his papers.There is some doubt about his use of his title: there is no record of his having received a knighthood in England, but it was assumed that he was authorized to use the title, granted to him in Russia, after his presentation to the Tsar in 1809.[br]Further ReadingMary Sophia Bentham, Life of Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Bentham, K.S.G., Formerly Inspector of Naval Works (written by his wife, who died before completing it; completed by their daughter).IMcN -
86 Burgi, Jost
SUBJECT AREA: Horology[br]b. 28 February 1552 Lichtensteig, Switzerlandd. 31 January 1632 Kassel, Germany[br]Swiss clockmaker and mathematician who invented the remontoire and the cross-beat escapement, also responsible for the use of exponential notation and the calculation of tables of anti-logarithms.[br]Burgi entered the service of Duke William IV of Hesse in 1579 as Court Clockmaker, although he also assisted William with his astronomical observations. In 1584 he invented the cross-beat escapement which increased the accuracy of spring-driven clocks by two orders of magnitude. During the last years of the century he also worked on the development of geometrical and astronomical instruments for the Royal Observatory at Kassel.On the death of Duke Wilhelm in 1603, and with news of his skills having reached the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, in 1604 he went to Prague to become Imperial Watchmaker and to assist in the creation of a centre of scientific activity, subsequently becoming Assistant to the German astronomer, Johannes Kepler. No doubt this association led to an interest in mathematics and he made significant contributions to the concept of decimal fractions and the use of exponential notation, i.e. the use of a raised number to indicate powers of another number. It is likely that he was developing the idea of logarithms at the same time (or possibly even before) Napier, for in 1620 he made his greatest contribution to mathematics, science and, eventually, engineering, namely the publication of tables of anti-logarithms.At Prague he continued the series of accurate clocks and instruments for astronomical measurements that he had begun to produce at Kassel. At that period clocks were very poor timekeepers since the controller, the foliot or balance, had no natural period of oscillation and was consequently dependent on the driving force. Although the force of the driving weight was constant, irregularities occurred during the transmission of the power through the train as a result of the poor shape and quality of the gearing. Burgi attempted to overcome this directly by superb craftsmanship and indirectly by using a remontoire. This device was wound at regular intervals by the main driving force and fed the power directly to the escape wheel, which impulsed the foliot. He also introduced the crossbeat escapement (a variation on the verge), which consisted of two coupled foliots that swung in opposition to each other. According to contemporary evidence his clocks produced a remarkable improvement in timekeeping, being accurate to within a minute a day. This improvement was probably a result of the use of a remontoire and the high quality of the workmanship rather than a result of the cross-beat escapement, which did not have a natural period of oscillation.Burgi or Prague clocks, as they were known, were produced by very few other makers and were supplanted shortly afterwards by the intro-duction of the pendulum clock. Burgi also produced superb clockwork-driven celestial globes.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsEnnobled 1611.BibliographyBurgi only published one book, and that was concerned with mathematics.Further ReadingL.von Mackensen, 1979, Die erste Sternwarte Europas mit ihren Instrumenten and Uhren—400 Jahre Jost Burgi in Kassel, Munich.K.Maurice and O.Mayr (eds), 1980, The Clockwork Universe, Washington, DC, pp. 87– 102.H.A.Lloyd, 1958, Some Outstanding Clocks Over 700 Years, 1250–1950, London. E.T.Bell, 1937, Men of Mathematics, London: Victor Gollancz.See also: Briggs, HenryKF / DV -
87 Cousteau, Jacques-Yves
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 11 June 1910 Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France[br]French marine explorer who invented the aqualung.[br]He was the son of a country lawyer who became legal advisor and travelling companion to certain rich Americans. At an early age Cousteau acquired a love of travel, of the sea and of cinematography: he made his first film at the age of 13. After an interrupted education he nevertheless passed the difficult entrance examination to the Ecole Navale in Brest, but his naval career was cut short in 1936 by injuries received in a serious motor accident. For his long recuperation he was drafted to Toulon. There he met Philippe Tailliez, a fellow naval officer, and Frédéric Dumas, a champion spearfisher, with whom he formed a long association and began to develop his underwater swimming and photography. He apparently took little part in the Second World War, but under cover he applied his photographic skills to espionage, for which he was awarded the Légion d'honneur after the war.Cousteau sought greater freedom of movement underwater and, with Emile Gagnan, who worked in the laboratory of Air Liquide, he began experimenting to improve portable underwater breathing apparatus. As a result, in 1943 they invented the aqualung. Its simple design and robust construction provided a reliable and low-cost unit and revolutionized scientific and recreational diving. Gagnan shunned publicity, but Cousteau revelled in the new freedom to explore and photograph underwater and exploited the publicity potential to the full.The Undersea Research Group was set up by the French Navy in 1944 and, based in Toulon, it provided Cousteau with the Opportunity to develop underwater exploration and filming techniques and equipment. Its first aims were minesweeping and exploration, but in 1948 Cousteau pioneered an extension to marine archaeology. In 1950 he raised the funds to acquire a surplus US-built minesweeper, which he fitted out to further his quest for exploration and adventure and named Calypso. Cousteau also sought and achieved public acclaim with the publication in 1953 of The Silent World, an account of his submarine observations, illustrated by his own brilliant photography. The book was an immediate success and was translated into twenty-two languages. In 1955 Calypso sailed through the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean, and the outcome was a film bearing the same title as the book: it won an Oscar and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival. This was his favoured medium for the expression of his ideas and observations, and a stream of films on the same theme kept his name before the public.Cousteau's fame earned him appointment by Prince Rainier as Director of the Oceanographie Institute in Monaco in 1957, a post he held until 1988. With its museum and research centre, it offered Cousteau a useful base for his worldwide activities.In the 1980s Cousteau turned again to technological development. Like others before him, he was concerned to reduce ships' fuel consumption by harnessing wind power. True to form, he raised grants from various sources to fund research and enlisted technical help, namely Lucien Malavard, Professor of Aerodynamics at the Sorbonne. Malavard designed a 44 ft (13.4 m) high non-rotating cylinder, which was fitted onto a catamaran hull, christened Moulin à vent. It was intended that its maiden Atlantic crossing in 1983 should herald a new age in ship propulsion, with large royalties to Cousteau. Unfortunately the vessel was damaged in a storm and limped to the USA under diesel power. A more robust vessel, the Alcyone, was fitted with two "Turbosails" in 1985 and proved successful, with a 40 per cent reduction in fuel consumption. However, oil prices fell, removing the incentive to fit the new device; the lucrative sales did not materialize and Alcyone remained the only vessel with Turbosails, sharing with Calypso Cousteau's voyages of adventure and exploration. In September 1995, Cousteau was among the critics of the decision by the French President Jacques Chirac to resume testing of nuclear explosive devices under the Mururoa atoll in the South Pacific.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsLégion d'honneur. Croix de Guerre with Palm. Officier du Mérite Maritime and numerous scientific and artistic awards listed in such directories as Who's Who.Bibliography1953, The Silent World.1972, The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau, 21 vols.Further ReadingR.Munson, 1991, Cousteau, the Captain and His World, London: Robert Hale (published in the USA 1989).LRD -
88 Ducos du Hauron, Arthur-Louis
SUBJECT AREA: Photography, film and optics[br]b. 1837 Langon, Bordeaux, Franced. 19 August 1920 Agen, France[br]French scientist and pioneer of colour photography.[br]The son of a tax collector, Ducos du Hauron began researches into colour photography soon after the publication of Clerk Maxwell's experiment in 1861. In a communication sent in 1862 for presentation at the Académie des Sciences, but which was never read, he outlined a number of methods for photography of colours. Subsequently, in his book Les Couleurs en photographie, published in 1869, he outlined most of the principles of additive and subtractive colour photography that were later actually used. He covered additive processes, developed from Clerk Maxwell's demonstrations, and subtractive processes which could yield prints. At the time, the photographic materials available prevented the processes from being employed effectively. The design of his Chromoscope, in which transparent reflectors could be used to superimpose three additive images, was sound, however, and formed the basis of a number of later devices. He also proposed an additive system based on the use of a screen of fine red, yellow and blue lines, through which the photograph was taken and viewed. The lines blended additively when seen from a certain distance. Many years later, in 1907, Ducos du Hauron was to use this principle in an early commercial screen-plate process, Omnicolore. With his brother Alcide, he published a further work in 1878, Photographie des Couleurs, which described some more-practical subtractive processes. A few prints made at this time still survive and they are remarkably good for the period. In a French patent of 1895 he described yet another method for colour photography. His "polyfolium chromodialytique" involved a multiple-layer package of separate red-, green-and blue-sensitive materials and filters, which with a single exposure would analyse the scene in terms of the three primary colours. The individual layers would be separated for subsequent processing and printing. In a refined form, this is the principle behind modern colour films. In 1891 he patented and demonstrated the anaglyph method of stereoscopy, using superimposed red and green left and right eye images viewed through green and red filters. Ducos du Hauron's remarkable achievement was to propose theories of virtually all the basic methods of colour photography at a time when photographic materials were not adequate for the purpose of proving them correct. For his work on colour photography he was awarded the Progress Medal of the Royal Photographic Society in 1900, but despite his major contributions to colour photography he remained in poverty for much of his later life.[br]Further ReadingB.Coe, 1978, Colour Photography: The First Hundred Years, London. J.S.Friedman, 1944, History of Colour Photography, Boston. E.J.Wall, 1925, The History of Three-Colour Photography, Boston. See also Cros, Charles.BCBiographical history of technology > Ducos du Hauron, Arthur-Louis
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89 Lind, James
SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology[br]b. 1716 Edinburgh, Scotlandd. 13 July 1794 Gosport, England[br]Scottish physician and naval surgeon whose studies and investigations led to significant improvements in the living conditions on board ships; the author of the first treatise on the nature and prevention of scurvy.[br]Lind was registered in 1731 as an apprentice at the College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. By 1739 he was serving as a naval surgeon in the Mediterranean and during the ensuing decade he experienced conditions at sea off Guinea, the West Indies and in home waters. He returned to Edinburgh, taking his MD in 1748, and in 1750 was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Edinburgh, becoming the Treasurer in 1757. In 1758 he was appointed Physician to the Naval Hospital at Haslar, Gosport, near Portsmouth, a post which he retained until his death.He had been particularly struck by the devastating consequences of scurvy during Anson's circumnavigation of the globe in 1740. At least 75 per cent of the crews had been affected (though it should be borne in mind that a considerable number of them were pensioners and invalids when posted aboard). Coupled with his own experiences, this led to the publication of A Treatise on the Scurvy, in 1754. Demonstrating that this condition accounted for many more deaths than from all the engagements with the French and Spanish in the current wars, he made it clear that by appropriate measures of diet and hygiene the disease could be entirely eliminated.Further editions of the treatise were published in 1757 and 1775, and the immense importance of his observations was immediately recognized. None the less, it was not until 1795 that an Admiralty order was issued on the supply of lime juice to ships. The efficacy of lime juice had been known for centuries, but it was Lind's observations that led to action, however tardy; that for economic reasons the relatively ineffective West Indian lime juice was supplied was in no way his responsibility. It is of interest that there is no evidence that Captain James Cook (1728–79) had any knowledge of Lind's work when arranging his own anti-scorbutic precautions in preparation for his historic first voyage.Lind's other work included observations on typhus, the proper ventilation of ships at sea, and the distilation of fresh from salt water.[br]Bibliography1754, A Treatise on the Scurvy, Edinburgh.1757, An Essay on the most effectual means of Preserving the Health of Seamen in the Royal Navy, Edinburgh.1767, An Essay on Diseases incidental to Europeans in Hot Climates, Edinburgh.Further ReadingL.Roddis, 1951, James Lind—Founder of Nautical Medicine. Records of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Records of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.MG -
90 Marshall, William
SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology[br]b. baptized 28 July 1745 Yorkshire, Englandd. 1818 Pickering, Yorkshire, England[br]English commentator and writer on agriculture who established the first agricultural college in Britain.[br]Little is known for certain about William Marshall's early life, other than that he was baptized at Sinnington in the West Riding of Yorkshire. On his own account he was involved in trade in the West Indies from the age of 15 for a period of fourteen years. It is assumed that he was financially successful in this, for on his return to England in 1774 he was able to purchase Addisham Farm in Surrey. Having sacked his bailiff he determined to keep a minute book relating to all transactions on the farm, which he was now managing for himself. On these entries he made additional comments. The publication of these writings was the beginning of a substantial review of agriculture in Britain and a criticism of existing practices. From 1779 he acted as agent on a Norfolk estate, and his five years in that position resulted in The Rural Economy of Norfolk, the first of a series of county reviews that he was to write, intending the somewhat ambitious task of surveying the whole country. By 1808 Marshall had accumulated sufficient capital to be able to purchase a substantial property in the Vale of Cleveland, where he lived for the rest of his life. At the time of his death he was engaged in the erection of a building to serve as an agricultural college; the same building is now a rural-life museum.[br]BibliographyOther titles in his Rural Economy series included Yorkshire in 1788, Gloucester in 1789, The Midland Counties in 1790, The West of England in 1796, and The Southern Counties two years later. Further titles included Experiments and Observations Concerning Agriculture and the Weather in 1779, Observations on the Different Breeds of Sheep in 1792, The General View of the Agriculture of Central HighlandScotland in 1794, and Planting and Rural Ornament in 1796. He also wrote On the Enclosure of Commonable and Intermixed Lands in 1801, On the Landed Property of England, an Elementary Practical Treatise in 1804, and On the Management of Landed Estates in 1806. He was not asked to write any of the County Surveys produced by the Board of Agriculture, despite his own claims to the origin of the idea. Instead in 1817 he wrote A Review and Complete Abstract of the Reports of the Board of Agriculture as his own criticism of them.Further ReadingJoan Thirsk, 1989, The Agrarian History of England and Wales, Vol. VI (deals with the years 1750 to 1850, the period associated with Marshall).Pamela Horn, 1982, William Marshall (1745–1818) and the Georgian Countryside, Beacon (gives a more specific account).AP -
91 Mignet, Henri
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 19 October 1893 Saintes, Franced. 31 August 1965 Bordeaux, France[br]French inventor of the Pou-du-Ciel or Flying Flea, a small aeroplane for the do-it-yourself constructor, popular in the 1930s.[br]Throughout the history of aviation there have been many attempts to produce a cheap and simple aeroplane for "the man in the street". The tiny Demoiselle built by Alberto Santos- Dumont in 1909 or the de Havilland Moth of 1925 are good examples, but the one which very nearly achieved this aim was Henri Mignet's Flying Flea of 1933. Mignet was a self-taught designer of light aircraft, which often incorporated his unorthodox ideas. His Pou-du-Ciel ("Sky Louse" or "Flying Flea") was unorthodox. The materials used in construction were conventional wood and fabric, but the control system departed from the usual wing plus tailplane (with elevators). The Flea had two wings in tandem. The rear wing was fixed, while the forward wing was hinged to allow the angle of incidence, and hence its lift, to be increased or decreased. Reducing the forward wing's lift would cause the Flea to dive. After Mignet's first flight, on 6 September 1933, and the publication of his book Le Sport de l'air, which explains how to build a Poudu-Ciel, a Pou-building craze started in France. Mignet's book was translated into English and 6,000 copies were sold in a month. During 1935 the craze spread to Britain, where a Flying Flea could be built for £50–£90, including the engine. After several fatal crashes, the aircraft was banned in 1936. A design fault in the control system was to blame, and although this was remedied the wave of popular enthusiasm vanished. Mignet continued to design light aircraft and during the Second World War he was working on a Pou- Maquis for use by the French Resistance but the war ended before the aircraft was ready. During the post-war years a series of Flying Flea derivatives appeared, but their numbers were small. However, the home-build movement in general has grown in recent years, a fact which would have pleased Henri Mignet, the "Patron Saint of Homebuilders".[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsChevalier de la Légion d'honneur. Médaille de l'Aéronautique.Bibliography1935, The Flying Flea: How to Build and Fly it, London (English edn).Further ReadingKen Ellis and Geoff Jones, 1990, Henri Mignet and His Flying Flea, Yeovil (a full account).Geoff Jones, 1992, Building and Flying Your Own Plane, Yeovil (describes the Flying Flea and its place in the homebuild story).JDS -
92 Muybridge, Eadweard
SUBJECT AREA: Photography, film and optics[br]b. 9 April 1830 Kingston upon Thames, Englandd. 8 May 1904 Kingston upon Thames, England[br]English photographer and pioneer of sequence photography of movement.[br]He was born Edward Muggeridge, but later changed his name, taking the Saxon spelling of his first name and altering his surname, first to Muygridge and then to Muybridge. He emigrated to America in 1851, working in New York in bookbinding and selling as a commission agent for the London Printing and Publishing Company. Through contact with a New York daguerreotypist, Silas T.Selleck, he acquired an interest in photography that developed after his move to California in 1855. On a visit to England in 1860 he learned the wet-collodion process from a friend, Arthur Brown, and acquired the best photographic equipment available in London before returning to America. In 1867, under his trade pseudonym "Helios", he set out to record the scenery of the Far West with his mobile dark-room, christened "The Flying Studio".His reputation as a photographer of the first rank spread, and he was commissioned to record the survey visit of Major-General Henry W.Halleck to Alaska and also to record the territory through which the Central Pacific Railroad was being constructed. Perhaps because of this latter project, he was approached by the President of the Central Pacific, Leland Stanford, to attempt to photograph a horse trotting at speed. There was a long-standing controversy among racing men as to whether a trotting horse had all four hooves off the ground at any point; Stanford felt that it did, and hoped than an "instantaneous" photograph would settle the matter once and for all. In May 1872 Muybridge photographed the horse "Occident", but without any great success because the current wet-collodion process normally required many seconds, even in a good light, for a good result. In April 1873 he managed to produce some better negatives, in which a recognizable silhouette of the horse showed all four feet above the ground at the same time.Soon after, Muybridge left his young wife, Flora, in San Francisco to go with the army sent to put down the revolt of the Modoc Indians. While he was busy photographing the scenery and the combatants, his wife had an affair with a Major Harry Larkyns. On his return, finding his wife pregnant, he had several confrontations with Larkyns, which culminated in his shooting him dead. At his trial for murder, in February 1875, Muybridge was acquitted by the jury on the grounds of justifiable homicide; he left soon after on a long trip to South America.He again took up his photographic work when he returned to North America and Stanford asked him to take up the action-photography project once more. Using a new shutter design he had developed while on his trip south, and which would operate in as little as 1/1,000 of a second, he obtained more detailed pictures of "Occident" in July 1877. He then devised a new scheme, which Stanford sponsored at his farm at Palo Alto. A 50 ft (15 m) long shed was constructed, containing twelve cameras side by side, and a white background marked off with vertical, numbered lines was set up. Each camera was fitted with Muybridge's highspeed shutter, which was released by an electromagnetic catch. Thin threads stretched across the track were broken by the horse as it moved along, closing spring electrical contacts which released each shutter in turn. Thus, in about half a second, twelve photographs were obtained that showed all the phases of the movement.Although the pictures were still little more than silhouettes, they were very sharp, and sequences published in scientific and photographic journals throughout the world excited considerable attention. By replacing the threads with an electrical commutator device, which allowed the release of the shutters at precise intervals, Muybridge was able to take series of actions by other animals and humans. From 1880 he lectured in America and Europe, projecting his results in motion on the screen with his Zoopraxiscope projector. In August 1883 he received a grant of $40,000 from the University of Pennsylvania to carry on his work there. Using the vastly improved gelatine dry-plate process and new, improved multiple-camera apparatus, during 1884 and 1885 he produced over 100,000 photographs, of which 20,000 were reproduced in Animal Locomotion in 1887. The subjects were animals of all kinds, and human figures, mostly nude, in a wide range of activities. The quality of the photographs was extremely good, and the publication attracted considerable attention and praise.Muybridge returned to England in 1894; his last publications were Animals in Motion (1899) and The Human Figure in Motion (1901). His influence on the world of art was enormous, over-turning the conventional representations of action hitherto used by artists. His work in pioneering the use of sequence photography led to the science of chronophotography developed by Marey and others, and stimulated many inventors, notably Thomas Edison to work which led to the introduction of cinematography in the 1890s.[br]Bibliography1887, Animal Locomotion, Philadelphia.1893, Descriptive Zoopraxography, Pennsylvania. 1899, Animals in Motion, London.1901, The Human Figure in Motion, London.Further Reading1973, Eadweard Muybridge: The Stanford Years, Stanford.G.Hendricks, 1975, Muybridge: The Father of the Motion Picture, New York. R.Haas, 1976, Muybridge: Man in Motion, California.B.Coe, 1992, Muybridge and the Chromophoto-graphers, London.BC -
93 Richard of Wallingford, Abbot
SUBJECT AREA: Horology[br]b. 1291/2 Wallingford, Englandd. 23 May 1336 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England[br]English cleric, mathematician and astronomer who produced the earliest mechanical clock of which there is detailed knowledge.[br]Richard, the son of a blacksmith, was adopted by the Prior of Wallingford when his father died and educated at Oxford. He then joined the monastery at St Albans and was ordained as a priest in 1317. After a further period at Oxford studying mathematics and astronomy he returned to St Albans as Abbot in 1327. Shortly after he had been elected Abbot he started work on a very elaborate astronomical clock. The escapement and the striking mechanism of this clock were unusual. The former was a variation on the verge escapement, and the hour striking (up to twenty-four) was controlled by a series of pins laid out in a helical pattern on a drum. However, timekeeping was of secondary importance as the main purpose of the clock was to show the motion of the Sun, Moon and planets (the details of the planet mechanism are lost) and to demonstrate eclipses. This was achieved in a very precise manner by a series of ingenious mechanisms, such as the elliptical wheel that was used to derive the variable motion of the sun.Richard died of leprosy, which he had contracted during a visit to obtain papal confirmation of his appointment, and the clock was completed after his death. The last recorded reference to it was made by John Leyland, shortly before the dissolution of the monasteries. It is now known only from incomplete manuscript copies of Richard's treatise. A modern reconstruction has been made based upon J.D.North's interpretation of the manuscript.[br]BibliographyFor the drafts of Richard's Treatise on the Clock, with translation and commentary, see J.D.North, 1976, Richard of Wallingford, 3 vols, Oxford.Further ReadingSee J.D.North's definitive work above: for biographical information see Vol. 2, pp. 1–16. Most of the shorter accounts appeared before the publication of North's treatise and are therefore of more limited use.G.White, 1978, "Evolution of the epicyclic gear—part 2", Chartered Mechanical Engineer (April): 85–8 (an account of Richard's use of epicyclic gearing).DVBiographical history of technology > Richard of Wallingford, Abbot
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1. Процесс нахождения экстремума функции, т.е. выбор наилучшего варианта из множества возможных, процесс выработки оптимальных решений; 2. Процесс приведения системы в наилучшее (оптимальное) состояние. Иначе говоря, первое определение трактует термин «О.» как факт выработки и принятия оптимального решения (в широком смысле этих слов); мы выясняем, какое состояние изучаемой системы будет наилучшим с точки зрения предъявляемых к ней требований (критерия оптимальности) и рассматриваем такое состояние как цель. В этом смысле применяется также термин «субоптимизация» в случаях, когда отыскивается оптимум по какому-либо одному критерию из нескольких в векторной задаче оптимизации (см. Оптимальность по Парето, Векторная оптимизация). Второе определение имеет в виду процесс выполнения этого решения: т.е. перевод системы от существующего к искомому оптимальному состоянию. В зависимости от вида используемых критериев оптимальности (целевых функций или функционалов) и ограничений модели (множества допустимых решений) различают скалярную О., векторную О., мно¬гокритериальную О., стохастическую О (см. Стохастическое программирование), гладкую и негладкую (см. Гладкая функция), дискретную и непрерывную (см. Дискретность, Непрерывность), выпуклую и вогнутую (см. Выпуклость, вогнутость) и др. Численные методы О., т.е. методы построения алгоритмов нахождения оп¬тимальных значений целевых функций и соответствующих точек области допустимых значений — развитой отдел современной вычислительной математики. См. Оптимальная задача.
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The quest for the optimumВопрос оптимизацииThroughout the history of industry, there has been one factor that has spurred on progress more than any other. That factor is productivity. From the invention of the first pump to advanced computer-based optimization methods, the key to the success of new ideas was that they permitted more to be achieved with less. This meant that consumers could, over time and measured in real terms, afford to buy more with less money. Luxuries restricted to a tiny minority not much more than a generation ago are now available to almost everybody in developed countries, with many developing countries rapidly catching up.На протяжении всей истории промышленности существует один фактор, подстегивающий ее развитие сильнее всего. Он называется «производительность». Начиная с изобретения первого насоса и заканчивая передовыми методами компьютерной оптимизации, успех новых идей зависел от того, позволяют ли они добиться большего результата меньшими усилиями. На языке потребителей это значит, что они всегда хотят купить больше, а заплатить меньше. Меньше чем поколение назад, многие предметы считались роскошью и были доступны лишь немногим. Сейчас в развитых странах, число которых быстро увеличивается, подобное может позволить себе почти каждый.With industry and consumers expecting the trend towards higher productivity to continue, engineering companies are faced with the challenge of identifying and realizing further optimization potential. The solution often lies in taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture. Rather than optimizing every step individually, many modern optimization techniques look at a process as a whole, and sometimes even beyond it. They can, for example, take into account factors such as the volatility of fuel quality and price, the performance of maintenance and service practices or even improved data tracking and handling. All this would not be possible without the advanced processing capability of modern computer and control systems, able to handle numerous variables over large domains, and so solve optimization problems that would otherwise remain intractable.На фоне общей заинтересованности в дальнейшем росте производительности, машиностроительные и проектировочные компании сталкиваются с необходимостью определения и реализации возможностей по оптимизации своей деятельности. Для того чтобы найти решение, часто нужно сделать шаг назад, поскольку большое видится на расстоянии. И поэтому вместо того, чтобы оптимизировать каждый этап производства по отдельности, многие современные решения охватывают процесс целиком, а иногда и выходят за его пределы. Например, они могут учитывать такие факторы, как изменение качества и цены топлива, результативность ремонта и обслуживания, и даже возможности по сбору и обработке данных. Все это невозможно без использования мощных современных компьютеров и систем управления, способных оперировать множеством переменных, связанных с крупномасштабными объектами, и решать проблемы оптимизации, которые другим способом решить нереально.Whether through a stunning example of how to improve the rolling of metal, or in a more general overview of progress in optimization algorithms, this edition of ABB Review brings you closer to the challenges and successes of real world computer-based optimization tasks. But it is not in optimization and solving alone that information technology is making a difference: Who would have thought 10 years ago, that a technician would today be able to diagnose equipment and advise on maintenance without even visiting the factory? ABB’s Remote Service makes this possible. In another article, ABB Review shows how the company is reducing paperwork while at the same time leveraging quality control through the computer-based tracking of production. And if you believed that so-called “Internet communities” were just about fun, you will be surprised to read how a spin-off of this idea is already leveraging production efficiency in real terms. Devices are able to form “social networks” and so facilitate maintenance.Рассказывая об ошеломляющем примере того, как был усовершенствован процесс прокатки металла, или давая общий обзор развития алгоритмов оптимизации, этот выпуск АББ Ревю знакомит вас с практическими задачами и достигнутыми успехами оптимизации на основе компьютерных технологий. Но информационные технологии способны не только оптимизировать процесс производства. Кто бы мог представить 10 лет назад, что сервисный специалист может диагностировать производственное оборудование и давать рекомендации по его обслуживанию, не выходя из офиса? Это стало возможно с пакетом Remote Service от АББ. В другой статье этого номера АББ Ревю рассказывается о том, как компания смогла уменьшить бумажный документооборот и одновременно повысить качество управления с помощью компьютерного контроля производства. Если вы считаете, что так называемые «интернет-сообщества» служат только для развлечения,то очень удивитесь, узнав, что на основе этой идеи можно реально повысить производительность. Формирование «социальной сети» из автоматов значительно облегчает их обслуживание.This edition of ABB Review also features several stories of service and consulting successes, demonstrating how ABB’s expertise has helped customers achieve higher levels of productivity. In a more fundamental look at the question of what reliability is really about, a thought-provoking analysis sets out to find the definition of that term that makes the greatest difference to overall production.В этом номере АББ Ревю есть несколько статей, рассказывающих об успешных решениях по организации дистанционного сервиса и консультирования. Из них видно, как опыт АББ помогает нашим заказчикам повысить производительность своих предприятий. Углубленные размышления о самой природе термина «надежность» приводят к парадоксальным выводам, способным в корне изменить представления об оптимизации производства.Robots have often been called “the extended arm of man.” They are continuously advancing productivity by meeting ever-tightening demands on precision and efficiency. This edition of ABB Review dedicates two articles to robots.Робот – это могучее «продолжение» человеческой руки. Применение роботов способствует постоянному повышению производительности, поскольку они отвечают самым строгим требованиям точности и эффективности. Две статьи в этом номере АББ Ревю посвящены роботам.Further technological breakthroughs discussed in this issue look at how ABB is keeping water clean or enabling gas to be shipped more efficiently.Говоря о других технологических достижениях, обсуждаемых на страницах журнала, следует упомянуть о том, как компания АББ обеспечивает чистоту воды, а также более эффективную перевозку сжиженного газа морским транспортом.The publication of this edition of ABB Review is timed to coincide with ABB Automation and Power World 2009, one of the company’s greatest customer events. Readers visiting this event will doubtlessly recognize many technologies and products that have been covered in this and recent editions of the journal. Among the new products ABB is launching at the event is a caliper permitting the flatness of paper to be measured optically. We are proud to carry a report on this product on the very day of its launch.Публикация этого номера АББ Ревю совпала по времени с крупнейшей конференцией для наших заказчиков «ABB Automation and Power World 2009». Читатели, посетившие ее, смогли воочию увидеть многие технологии и изделия, описанные в этом и предыдущих выпусках журнала. Среди новинок, представленных АББ на этой конференции, был датчик, позволяющий измерять толщину бумаги оптическим способом. Мы рады сообщить, что сегодня он готов к выпуску.Тематики
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1) Общая лексика: reference period, reports procedure, пигментный ретинит2) Компьютерная техника: Recovery Protocol, Reverse Polish, Riff Parse3) Медицина: пигментная дегенерация сетчатки (retinitis pigmentosa)4) Американизм: Really Poor, Response Paper5) Спорт: Rinks Parents, Role Playing, Runs Prevented6) Военный термин: Radar Picket, Rapid Patch, Rapid Production, Recommended Practices, Recon Party, Rendezvous Point, Review Pane, River Patrol, Russian Prick, radar plot, radiation pressure, radiation protection, rally point, ranging point, readiness potential, rear projection, recommended practice, reconnaissance patrol, reconnaissance plan, red phosphorus, reference paper, reference pattern, reference point, refilling point, regimental police, registered publication, registration point, regulation point, relay panel, release point, remote pickup, reorder point, repair parts, repair period, replacement pilot, replenishment park, reporting post, research paper, reserve personnel, reserve purchase, resolving power, restoration priority, resupply provisions, retained person, retained personnel, retrofit package, revision proposal, rocket projectile, route package, rules of procedure7) Техника: radio polarimeter, radiological protection, reactance power, reactor pool, reactor pressure, reactor project, reception poor, regulatory position, reliability program, repeat, return on parity, return on parity positive, rust-preventive, repetitively pulsed8) Сельское хозяйство: rinderpest, rock phosphate9) Математика: относительная точность (relative precision)10) Юридический термин: Rights Protected11) Бухгалтерия: Regular Price, Risk Premium12) Фармакология: (=) reporting period (\<br\>)13) Страхование: return of premium14) Биржевой термин: соглашение о покупке ценных бумаг с выкупом по обусловленной цене (repurchase agreement), сделка РЕПО (сокр.)15) Кино: Rating Pending17) Политика: Philippines, Reform Party18) Сокращение: Civil aircraft marking (Philippines), Philippines (NATO country code), Refit Period, Reformed Presbyterian, Revolver Pistol, Rocket Pod, Rocket Propelled, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, reactor plant, received pronunciation, reply paid, reprint, retail price, rules and procedures, role player19) Университет: Research And Pathfinding, Research Path20) Физиология: Rejection Probability, Rejuvenation Patch, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Retrograde Pyelogram21) Электроника: Regulated Phase, Reverse Polarity22) Вычислительная техника: Relay Party (IRC), Rendezvous Point (PIM, Multicast)23) Нефть: reciprocation, rock pressure, программа обеспечения надёжности (reliability program), rod pump (syn. inserted pump)24) Картография: revision point25) Канадский термин: Royal Provincials26) Банковское дело: соглашение о покупке ценных бумаг с последующим выкупом по обусловленной цене (repurchase agreement)28) Деловая лексика: Remote Purchase, Research Package, соглашение о продаже и обратной покупке (repurchase agreement)29) Бурение: пластовое давление (rock pressure), расхаживание (reciprocation; колонны)30) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: responsible party, методические рекомендации (recommended practice)31) Образование: Reading Pack, Reading Packet32) Инвестиции: repurchase agreement33) Сетевые технологии: Route Processor34) Полимеры: radial ply, reinforced plastic, rocket propellant35) Программирование: Register Pair, Rotate Programmers36) Автоматика: rapid-prototyping, rust preventative37) Контроль качества: relative precision38) Сахалин Р: Russian Party39) Сахалин А: reciprocating pump40) Химическое оружие: recirculation pump41) Расширение файла: Record Processor42) Нефть и газ: нефтебаза, резервуарный парк43) Каспий: return period44) Электротехника: reactive power, real power, relay protection45) Фантастика Red Pawn46) Имена и фамилии: Ralph Patterson, Rick Perry, Robert Parker47) Майкрософт: категория еще не присвоена48) Должность: Resignation Permitted49) НАСА: Reaction Plane, Rotating Platform96 Rp
1) Общая лексика: reference period, reports procedure, пигментный ретинит2) Компьютерная техника: Recovery Protocol, Reverse Polish, Riff Parse3) Медицина: пигментная дегенерация сетчатки (retinitis pigmentosa)4) Американизм: Really Poor, Response Paper5) Спорт: Rinks Parents, Role Playing, Runs Prevented6) Военный термин: Radar Picket, Rapid Patch, Rapid Production, Recommended Practices, Recon Party, Rendezvous Point, Review Pane, River Patrol, Russian Prick, radar plot, radiation pressure, radiation protection, rally point, ranging point, readiness potential, rear projection, recommended practice, reconnaissance patrol, reconnaissance plan, red phosphorus, reference paper, reference pattern, reference point, refilling point, regimental police, registered publication, registration point, regulation point, relay panel, release point, remote pickup, reorder point, repair parts, repair period, replacement pilot, replenishment park, reporting post, research paper, reserve personnel, reserve purchase, resolving power, restoration priority, resupply provisions, retained person, retained personnel, retrofit package, revision proposal, rocket projectile, route package, rules of procedure7) Техника: radio polarimeter, radiological protection, reactance power, reactor pool, reactor pressure, reactor project, reception poor, regulatory position, reliability program, repeat, return on parity, return on parity positive, rust-preventive, repetitively pulsed8) Сельское хозяйство: rinderpest, rock phosphate9) Математика: относительная точность (relative precision)10) Юридический термин: Rights Protected11) Бухгалтерия: Regular Price, Risk Premium12) Фармакология: (=) reporting period (\<br\>)13) Страхование: return of premium14) Биржевой термин: соглашение о покупке ценных бумаг с выкупом по обусловленной цене (repurchase agreement), сделка РЕПО (сокр.)15) Кино: Rating Pending17) Политика: Philippines, Reform Party18) Сокращение: Civil aircraft marking (Philippines), Philippines (NATO country code), Refit Period, Reformed Presbyterian, Revolver Pistol, Rocket Pod, Rocket Propelled, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, reactor plant, received pronunciation, reply paid, reprint, retail price, rules and procedures, role player19) Университет: Research And Pathfinding, Research Path20) Физиология: Rejection Probability, Rejuvenation Patch, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Retrograde Pyelogram21) Электроника: Regulated Phase, Reverse Polarity22) Вычислительная техника: Relay Party (IRC), Rendezvous Point (PIM, Multicast)23) Нефть: reciprocation, rock pressure, программа обеспечения надёжности (reliability program), rod pump (syn. inserted pump)24) Картография: revision point25) Канадский термин: Royal Provincials26) Банковское дело: соглашение о покупке ценных бумаг с последующим выкупом по обусловленной цене (repurchase agreement)28) Деловая лексика: Remote Purchase, Research Package, соглашение о продаже и обратной покупке (repurchase agreement)29) Бурение: пластовое давление (rock pressure), расхаживание (reciprocation; колонны)30) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: responsible party, методические рекомендации (recommended practice)31) Образование: Reading Pack, Reading Packet32) Инвестиции: repurchase agreement33) Сетевые технологии: Route Processor34) Полимеры: radial ply, reinforced plastic, rocket propellant35) Программирование: Register Pair, Rotate Programmers36) Автоматика: rapid-prototyping, rust preventative37) Контроль качества: relative precision38) Сахалин Р: Russian Party39) Сахалин А: reciprocating pump40) Химическое оружие: recirculation pump41) Расширение файла: Record Processor42) Нефть и газ: нефтебаза, резервуарный парк43) Каспий: return period44) Электротехника: reactive power, real power, relay protection45) Фантастика Red Pawn46) Имена и фамилии: Ralph Patterson, Rick Perry, Robert Parker47) Майкрософт: категория еще не присвоена48) Должность: Resignation Permitted49) НАСА: Reaction Plane, Rotating Platform97 rp
1) Общая лексика: reference period, reports procedure, пигментный ретинит2) Компьютерная техника: Recovery Protocol, Reverse Polish, Riff Parse3) Медицина: пигментная дегенерация сетчатки (retinitis pigmentosa)4) Американизм: Really Poor, Response Paper5) Спорт: Rinks Parents, Role Playing, Runs Prevented6) Военный термин: Radar Picket, Rapid Patch, Rapid Production, Recommended Practices, Recon Party, Rendezvous Point, Review Pane, River Patrol, Russian Prick, radar plot, radiation pressure, radiation protection, rally point, ranging point, readiness potential, rear projection, recommended practice, reconnaissance patrol, reconnaissance plan, red phosphorus, reference paper, reference pattern, reference point, refilling point, regimental police, registered publication, registration point, regulation point, relay panel, release point, remote pickup, reorder point, repair parts, repair period, replacement pilot, replenishment park, reporting post, research paper, reserve personnel, reserve purchase, resolving power, restoration priority, resupply provisions, retained person, retained personnel, retrofit package, revision proposal, rocket projectile, route package, rules of procedure7) Техника: radio polarimeter, radiological protection, reactance power, reactor pool, reactor pressure, reactor project, reception poor, regulatory position, reliability program, repeat, return on parity, return on parity positive, rust-preventive, repetitively pulsed8) Сельское хозяйство: rinderpest, rock phosphate9) Математика: относительная точность (relative precision)10) Юридический термин: Rights Protected11) Бухгалтерия: Regular Price, Risk Premium12) Фармакология: (=) reporting period (\<br\>)13) Страхование: return of premium14) Биржевой термин: соглашение о покупке ценных бумаг с выкупом по обусловленной цене (repurchase agreement), сделка РЕПО (сокр.)15) Кино: Rating Pending17) Политика: Philippines, Reform Party18) Сокращение: Civil aircraft marking (Philippines), Philippines (NATO country code), Refit Period, Reformed Presbyterian, Revolver Pistol, Rocket Pod, Rocket Propelled, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, reactor plant, received pronunciation, reply paid, reprint, retail price, rules and procedures, role player19) Университет: Research And Pathfinding, Research Path20) Физиология: Rejection Probability, Rejuvenation Patch, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Retrograde Pyelogram21) Электроника: Regulated Phase, Reverse Polarity22) Вычислительная техника: Relay Party (IRC), Rendezvous Point (PIM, Multicast)23) Нефть: reciprocation, rock pressure, программа обеспечения надёжности (reliability program), rod pump (syn. inserted pump)24) Картография: revision point25) Канадский термин: Royal Provincials26) Банковское дело: соглашение о покупке ценных бумаг с последующим выкупом по обусловленной цене (repurchase agreement)28) Деловая лексика: Remote Purchase, Research Package, соглашение о продаже и обратной покупке (repurchase agreement)29) Бурение: пластовое давление (rock pressure), расхаживание (reciprocation; колонны)30) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: responsible party, методические рекомендации (recommended practice)31) Образование: Reading Pack, Reading Packet32) Инвестиции: repurchase agreement33) Сетевые технологии: Route Processor34) Полимеры: radial ply, reinforced plastic, rocket propellant35) Программирование: Register Pair, Rotate Programmers36) Автоматика: rapid-prototyping, rust preventative37) Контроль качества: relative precision38) Сахалин Р: Russian Party39) Сахалин А: reciprocating pump40) Химическое оружие: recirculation pump41) Расширение файла: Record Processor42) Нефть и газ: нефтебаза, резервуарный парк43) Каспий: return period44) Электротехника: reactive power, real power, relay protection45) Фантастика Red Pawn46) Имена и фамилии: Ralph Patterson, Rick Perry, Robert Parker47) Майкрософт: категория еще не присвоена48) Должность: Resignation Permitted49) НАСА: Reaction Plane, Rotating Platform98 Costa Gomes, Francisco da
(1914-2001)Career military officer, key personality, and authority in transition from dictatorship to democracy, and president of the republic. Born in the remote, poor, Trás-Os-Montes district, Costa Gomes was trained as an army officer and gained experience and promotions in many postings in Portugal's overseas empire from Macau, China, to Angola and Mozambique. As a lieutenant colonel in the post of undersecretary of the army in April 1961, he was implicated in a military coup plot to overthrow Prime Minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar. Although he was fired, Costa Gomes rebuilt his bridges, was promoted to brigadier general in 1964, and soon was appointed to important commands in the colonial wars in Portuguese Africa: first in Mozambique (1965-69) and then in Angola (1970-72). In September 1972, he returned to Portugal as head of the joint chiefs of staff, a post he kept until he broke with Prime Minister Marcello Caetano in early 1974.During the last part of Caetano's governance, General Costa Gomes, in tandem with his senior, more famous and charismatic colleague in arms, General Antônio de Spínola, was involved in activities that led to the organization of a successful military coup on 25 April 1974, which overthrew the 48-year-old Estado Novo. Although younger officers did most of the work organizing this action, Costa Gomes played a key role, including authorizing the publication of the sensational book by General Spínola, Portugal e o Futuro, published only two months before the Revolution of Carnations in February 1974. Spinola's book acknowledged that Portugal had to find a political not a military solution to the wars in her African colonies, and the public reception of the work helped prepare the atmosphere for a bloodless coup.After the successful coup by the Armed Forces Movement and the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Costa Gomes was appointed chief of defense staff. When General Spínola resigned in September 1974, Costa Gomes became president, a post he ably filled until June 1976, when General Ramalho Eanes was elected president of the republic. Costa Gomes soon withdrew from the public eye, but in 1981 was promoted to Portugal's highest military rank of marshal.Historical dictionary of Portugal > Costa Gomes, Francisco da
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Mktga type of copyright granted as a fixed-term monopoly to an inventor by the state to prevent others copying an invention, or improvement of a product or process.The granting of a patent requires the publication of full details of the invention or improvement but the use of the patented information is restricted to the patent holder or any organizations licensed by them.A patent’s value is usually the sum of its development costs, or its purchase price if acquired from someone else. It is generally to a company’s advantage to spread the patent’s value over several years. If this is the case, the critical time period to consider is not the full life of the patent (17 years in the United States), but its estimated useful life.For example, in January 2000 a company acquired a patent issued in January 1995 at a cost of $100,000. It concludes that the patent’s useful commercial life is 10 years, not the 12 remaining before the patent expires. In turn, patent value would be $100,000, and it would be spread (or amortized in accounting terms) over 10 years, or $10,000 each year.100 Bewick, Thomas
SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing[br]b. August 1753 Cherryburn House, Ovingham, Northumberland, Englandd. 8 November 1828 Gateshead, England[br]English perfecter of wood-engraving.[br]The son of a farmer, Bewick was educated locally, but his progress was unremarkable save for demonstrating an intense love of nature and of drawing. In 1767 he was apprenticed to Ralph Beilby, an engraver in Newcastle. Wood-engraving at that time was at a low ebb, restricted largely to crude decorative devices, and Hogarth, commenting on a recent book on the art, doubted whether it would ever recover. Beilby's business was of a miscellaneous character, but Bewick's interest in wood-engraving was noticed and encouraged: Beilby submitted several of his engravings to the Royal Society of Arts, which awarded a premium of £80 for them. His apprenticeship ended in 1774 and he went to London, where he readily found employment with several printers. The call of the north was too strong, however, and two years later he returned to Newcastle, entering into partnership with Beilby. With the publication of Select Fables in 1784, Bewick really showed both his expertise in the art of wood-engraving as a medium for book illustration and his talents as an artist. His engravings for the History of British Birds mark the high point of his achievement. The second volume of this work appeared in 1804, the year in which his partnership with Beilby was dissolved.The essential feature of Bewick's wood-engravings involved cutting across the grain of the wood instead of along it, as in the old woodcut technique. The wood surface thus obtained offered a much more sensitive medium for engraving than before. It paved the way for the flowering of engraving on wood, and then on steel, for the production of illustrated material for an ever wider public through the Victorian age.[br]Bibliography1864, Memoir of Thomas Bewick (autobiography, completed by his daughter). 1784, Select Fables.Further ReadingM.Weekley, 1963, Thomas Bewick, Oxford: Oxford University Press.LRDСтраницыСм. также в других словарях:
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