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1 Ayrshire
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2 ayrshire
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3 Ayrshire
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4 Ayrshire Breeders Association
Non-profit-making organization: ABAУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Ayrshire Breeders Association
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5 Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
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6 Ayrshire Yeomanry
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7 Blanket (Ayrshire)
A blanket in 2 X 2 twill, milled, but not raised. Woven from all-wool yams (see Blankets)Dictionary of the English textile terms > Blanket (Ayrshire)
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8 Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment
Military: PMOGARУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment
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9 Quality Fitness in Ayrshire
Sports: QFAУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Quality Fitness in Ayrshire
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10 Эршир
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11 iskoç sığırı
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12 айрширский скот
Русско-английский сельскохозяйственный словарь > айрширский скот
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13 McAdam, John Loudon
[br]b. 21 September 1756 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 26 November 1836 Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland[br]Scottish road builder, inventor of the macadam road surface.[br]McAdam was the son of one of the founder of the first bank in Ayr. As an infant, he nearly died in a fire which destroyed the family's house of Laywyne, in Carsphairn parish; the family then moved to Blairquhan, near Straiton. Thence he went to the parish school in Maybole, where he is said to have made a model section of a local road. In 1770, when his father died, he was sent to America where he was brought up by an uncle who was a merchant in New York. He stayed in America until the close of the revolution, becoming an agent for the sale of prizes and managing to amass a considerable fortune. He returned to Scotland where he settled at Sauchrie in Ayrshire. There he was a magistrate, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county and a road trustee, spending thirteen years there. In 1798 he moved to Falmouth in Devon, England, on his appointment as agent for revictualling of the Royal Navy in western ports.He continued the series of experiments started in Ayrshire on the construction of roads. From these he concluded that a road should be built on a raised foundation with drains formed on either side, and should be composed of a number of layers of hard stone broken into angular fragments of roughly cubical shape; the bottom layer would be larger rocks, with layers of progressively smaller rocks above, all bound together with fine gravel. This would become compacted and almost impermeable to water by the action of the traffic passing over it. In 1815 he was appointed Surveyor-General of Bristol's roads and put his theories to the test.In 1823 a Committee of the House of Commons was appointed to consider the use of "macadamized" roads in larger towns; McAdam gave evidence to this committee, and it voted to give him £10,000 for his past work. In 1827 he was appointed Surveyor-General of Roads and moved to Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. From there he made yearly visits to Scotland and it was while returning from one of these that he died, at Moffat in the Scottish Borders. He had married twice, both times to American women; his first wife was the mother of all seven of his children.McAdam's method of road construction was much cheaper than that of Thomas Telford, and did much to ease travel and communications; it was therefore adopted by the majority of Turnpike Trusts in Britain, and the macadamization process quickly spread to other countries.[br]Bibliography1819. A Practical Essay on the Scientific Repair and Preservation of Roads.1820. Present State of Road-Making.Further ReadingR.Devereux, 1936, John Loudon McAdam: A Chapter from the History of Highways, London: Oxford University Press.IMcN -
14 айрширская (или) эрширская порода
Australian slang: Ayrshire (одна из наиболее распространённых пород молочного скота в Новой Зеландии красно-пёстрой масти. Завезена из Шотландии в 1848; полн. Ayrshire cattle)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > айрширская (или) эрширская порода
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15 айрширская эрширская порода
Australian slang: (или) Ayrshire (одна из наиболее распространённых пород молочного скота в Новой Зеландии красно-пёстрой масти. Завезена из Шотландии в 1848; полн. Ayrshire cattle)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > айрширская эрширская порода
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16 Fife, William
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 15 June 1857 Fairlie, Scotlandd. 11 August 1944 Fairlie, Scotland[br]Scottish naval architect and designer of sailing yachts of legendary beauty and performance.[br]Following his education at Brisbane Academy in Largs, William Fife (the third generation of the name) became apprenticed at the age of 14 to the already famous yacht-building yard owned by his family at Fairlie in Ayrshire. On completion of his apprenticeship, he joined the Paisley shipbuilders John Fullerton \& Co. to gain experience in iron shipbuilding before going on as Manager to the Marquis of Ailsa's Culzean Steam Launch and Yacht Works. Initially the works was sited below the famous castle at Culzean, but some years later it moved a few miles along the Ayrshire Coast to Maidens. The Culzean Company was wound up in 1887 and Fife then returned to the family yard, where he remained for the rest of his working life. Many outstanding yachts were the product of his hours on the drawing board, including auxiliary sailing cruisers, motor yachts and well-known racing craft. The most outstanding designs were for two of Sir Thomas Lipton's challengers for the America's Cup: Shamrock I and Shamrock III. The latter yacht was tested at the Ship Model Experiment Tank owned by Denny of Dumbarton before being built at their Leven Shipyard in 1903. Shamrock III may have been one of the earliest America's Cup yachts to have been designed with a high level of scientific input. The hull construction was unusual for the early years of the twentieth century, being of alloy steel with decks of aluminium.William Fife was decorated for his service to shipbuilding during the First World War. With the onset of the Great Depression the shipyard's output slowed, and in the 1930s it was sold to other interests; this was the end of the 120-year Fife dynasty.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsOBE c.1919.FMW -
17 Роберт Бернс
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18 Собственный принцессы Маргарет Глазго-эрширский полк
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Собственный принцессы Маргарет Глазго-эрширский полк
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19 Эршир
Geography: Ayr (графство Шотландии), Ayrshire (графство Шотландии) -
20 Эрширский йоменский полк
Military: Ayrshire Yeomanry (территориальной армии)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Эрширский йоменский полк
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