British Board Of Agriculture

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6) Кино: (Bachelor of Business Administration) бакалавр делового администрирования

7) Телекоммуникации: ШПД

8) Сокращение: Basic Border Agreement, Bachelor of Business Administration

9) Банковское дело: Британская банковская ассоциация (British Bankers' Association), Британская ассоциация банкиров (British Bankers' Association)

10) Деловая лексика: Broker Accounting System of Settlement

11) Инвестиции: British Bankers' Association

12) Пластмассы: British Board Of Agriculture

13) Общественная организация: Big Brothers of America

14) NYSE. Bombay Company, Inc.

SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology, Textiles

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Edmund Cartwright, the fourth son of William Cartwright, was educated at Wakefield Grammar School, and went to University College, Oxford, at the age of 14. By special act of convocation in 1764, he was elected Fellow of Magdalen College. He married Alice Whitaker in 1772 and soon after was given the ecclesiastical living of Brampton in Derbyshire. In 1779 he was presented with the living of Goadby, Marwood, Leicestershire, where he wrote poems, reviewed new works, and began agricultural experiments. A visit to Matlock in the summer of 1784 introduced him to the inventions of Richard Arkwright and he asked why weaving could not be mechanized in a similar manner to spinning. This began a remarkable career of inventions.

Cartwright returned home and built a loom which required two strong men to operate it. This was the first attempt in England to develop a power loom. It had a vertical warp, the reed fell with the weight of at least half a hundredweight and, to quote Gartwright's own words, "the springs which threw the shuttle were strong enough to throw a Congreive [sic] rocket" (Strickland 19.71:8—for background to the "rocket" comparison, see Congreve, Sir William). Nevertheless, it had the same three basics of weaving that still remain today in modern power looms: shedding or dividing the warp; picking or projecting the shuttle with the weft; and beating that pick of weft into place with a reed. This loom he proudly patented in 1785, and then he went to look at hand looms and was surprised to see how simply they operated. Further improvements to his own loom, covered by two more patents in 1786 and 1787, produced a machine with the more conventional horizontal layout that showed promise; however, the Manchester merchants whom he visited were not interested. He patented more improvements in 1788 as a result of the experience gained in 1786 through establishing a factory at Doncaster with power looms worked by a bull that were the ancestors of modern ones. Twenty-four looms driven by steam-power were installed in Manchester in 1791, but the mill was burned down and no one repeated the experiment. The Doncaster mill was sold in 1793, Cartwright having lost £30,000, However, in 1809 Parliament voted him £10,000 because his looms were then coming into general use.

In 1789 he began working on a wool-combing machine which he patented in 1790, with further improvements in 1792. This seems to have been the earliest instance of mechanized combing. It used a circular revolving comb from which the long fibres or "top" were. carried off into a can, and a smaller cylinder-comb for teasing out short fibres or "noils", which were taken off by hand. Its output equalled that of twenty hand combers, but it was only relatively successful. It was employed in various Leicestershire and Yorkshire mills, but infringements were frequent and costly to resist. The patent was prolonged for fourteen years after 1801, but even then Cartwright did not make any profit. His 1792 patent also included a machine to make ropes with the outstanding and basic invention of the "cordelier" which he communicated to his friends, including Robert Fulton, but again it brought little financial benefit. As a result of these problems and the lack of remuneration for his inventions, Cartwright moved to London in 1796 and for a time lived in a house built with geometrical bricks of his own design.

Other inventions followed fast, including a tread-wheel for cranes, metallic packing for pistons in steam-engines, and bread-making and brick-making machines, to mention but a few. He had already returned to agricultural improvements and he put forward suggestions in 1793 for a reaping machine. In 1801 he received a prize from the Board of Agriculture for an essay on husbandry, which was followed in 1803 by a silver medal for the invention of a three-furrow plough and in 1805 by a gold medal for his essay on manures. From 1801 to 1807 he ran an experimental farm on the Duke of Bedford's estates at Woburn.

From 1786 until his death he was a prebendary of Lincoln. In about 1810 he bought a small farm at Hollanden near Sevenoaks, Kent, where he continued his inventions, both agricultural and general. Inventing to the last, he died at Hastings and was buried in Battle church.

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SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology

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He was the youngest of the three children of Dr Arthur Young, who was at one time Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. He learned Latin and Greek at Lavenham School, and at the age of 17 was apprenticed to a mercantile house, an occupation he disliked. He first published The Theatre of the Present War in North America in 1758. He then wrote four novels and began to produce the literary magazine The Universal Museum. After his father's death he returned home to manage his father's farm, and in 1765 he married Martha Allen.

Young learned farming by experiment, and three years after his return he took over the rent of a 300 acre farm, Samford Hall in Essex. He was not a practical farmer, and was soon forced to give it up in favour of one of 100 acres (40.5 hectares) in Hertfordshire. He subsidized his farming with his writing, and in 1768 published The Farmer's Letters to the People of England. The first of his books on agricultural tours, Six Weeks Tours through the Counties of England and Wales, was published in 1771. Between 1784 and 1809 he published the Annals of Agriculture, one of whose contributors was George III, who wrote under the pseudonym of Ralph Robinson.

By this time he was corresponding with all of influence in agricultural matters, both at home and abroad. George Washington wrote frequently to Young, and George III was reputed to travel always with a copy of his book. The Empress of Russia sent students to him and had his Tours published in Russian. Young made three trips to France in 1787, 1788 and 1789–90 respectively, prior to and during the French Revolution, and his Travels in France (1792) is a remarkable account of that period, made all the more fascinating by his personal contact with people differing as widely as Mirabeau, the French revolutionary leader, and King Louis XVI.

Unfortunately, in 1811 an unsuccessful cataract operation left him blind, and he moved from London to his native Bradford, where he remained until his death.

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SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology

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The son of the millwright James Meikle, who is credited with the introduction of the winnowing machine into Britain, Andrew Meikle followed in his father's footsteps. His inventive inclinations were first turned to developing his father's idea, and together with his own son George he built and patented a double-fan winnowing machine.

However, in the history of agricultural development Andrew Meikle is most famous for his invention of the threshing machine, patented in 1784. He had been presented with a model of a threshing mill designed by a Mr Ilderton of Northumberland, but after failing to make a full-scale machine work, he developed the concept further. He eventually built the first working threshing machine for a farmer called Stein at Kilbagio. The patent revolutionized farming practice because it displaced the back-breaking and soul-destroying labour of flailing the grain from the straw. The invention was of great value in Scotland and in northern England when the land was becoming underpopulated as a result of heavy industrialization, but it was bitterly opposed in the south of England until well into the nineteenth century. Although the introduction of the threshing machine led to the "Captain Swing" riots of the 1830s, in opposition to it, it shortly became universal.

Meikle's provisional patent in 1785 was a natural progression of earlier attempts by other millwrights to produce such a machine. The published patent is based on power provided by a horse engine, but these threshing machines were often driven by water-wheels or even by windmills. The corn stalks were introduced into the machine where they were fed between cast-iron rollers moving quite fast against each other to beat the grain out of the ears. The power source, whether animal, water or wind, had to cause the rollers to rotate at high speed to knock the grain out of the ears. While Meikle's machine was at first designed as a fixed barn machine powered by a water-wheel or by a horse wheel, later threshing machines became mobile and were part of the rig of an agricultural contractor.

In 1788 Meikle was awarded a patent for the invention of shuttered sails for windmills. This patent is part of the general description of the threshing machine, and whilst it was a practical application, it was superseded by the work of Thomas Cubitt.

At the turn of the century Meikle became a manufacturer of threshing machines, building appliances that combined the threshing and winnowing principles as well as the reciprocating "straw walkers" found in subsequent threshing machines and in conventional combine harvesters to the present day. However, he made little financial gain from his invention, and a public subscription organized by the President of the Board of Agriculture, Sir John Sinclair, raised £1,500 to support him towards the end of his life.

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m ministry

( gabinetto) government, ministry

pubblico ministero state prosecutor

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ministero s.m.

1 (ufficio, funzione) office, function; (eccl.) ministry: un alto ministero, a high office; svolgere un ministero di pace, to carry out a mission of peace // il sacro ministero, the (sacred) ministry

2 (ministero, dipartimento amministrativo dello Stato) Ministry, Office, Board; (negli Stati Uniti) Department // ministero dell'aeronautica, (GB) Air Ministry, (USA) Department of the Air Force // ministero degli (affari) esteri, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (GB) Foreign Office, (USA) Department of State // ministero degli (affari) interni, Ministry of the Interior, (GB) Home Office, (USA) Department of the Interior // ministero per gli affari sociali, (in Italia) Ministry for Social Affairs // ministero dell'agricoltura e foreste, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, (GB) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, (USA) Department of Agriculture // ministero dell'ambiente, Ministry of the Environment, (GB) Department of the Environment // ministero per le aree urbane, (in Italia) Ministry for Urban Development and Rehabilitation // ministero dei beni culturali, (in Italia) Ministry for Arts and Culture // ministero del bilancio, Ministry of the Budget, (GB) the Treasury, (USA) Office of Management and Budget // ministero del commercio con l'estero, Ministry of Foreign Trade, (GB) Overseas Trade Ministry, (USA) US International Trade Commission // ministero della difesa, Ministry of Defence, (USA) Department of Defense // ministero delle finanze, Ministry of Finance, (GB) Exchequer (o Ministry of Finance), (USA) Department of the Treasury // ministero della funzione pubblica, (in Italia) Ministry for the Civil Service // ministero di grazia e giustizia, Ministry of Justice, (USA) Department of Justice // ministero della guerra, Ministry of War, (GB) War Office, (USA) Department of War // ministero dell'industria, commercio e artigianato, Ministry of Industry and Trade, (GB) Department of Trade and Industry, (USA) Department of Commerce // ministero del lavoro e della previdenza sociale, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, (GB) Department of Employment, (USA) Department of Labor // ministero dei lavori pubblici, (in Italia) Ministry of Public Works // ministero della Marina, Ministry of the Navy, (GB) Admiralty, (USA) Department of the Navy // ministero della marina mercantile, Ministry of the Merchant Marine, (GB) Marine Division of the Department of Trade, (USA) Maritime Administration of the Department of Commerce // ministero delle partecipazioni statali, Ministry of State Investment, (GB) National Enterprise Board // ministero per le politiche comunitarie, (nei paesi della CEE) Ministry for EEC Policy // ministero delle poste e telecomunicazioni, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, (GB) Post Office Board, (USA) Post Office Department // ministero della protezione civile, Ministry for Civil Defence, (USA) (a livello nazionale, ma non in qualità di ministero) Federal Emergency Board // ministero della pubblica istruzione, Ministry of Education, (GB) Department of Education and Science, (USA) Department of Health, Education and Welfare // ministero per i rapporti col parlamento, (in Italia) Ministry for Parliamentary Affairs // ministero della ricerca scientifica e tecnologica, (in Italia) Ministry of Scientific Research and Technology // ministero della sanità, della salute, Ministry of Health, (GB) Department of Health, (USA) Department of Health, Education and Welfare // ministero del tesoro, Ministry of the Treasury, (GB) the Treasury, (USA) Department of the Treasury // ministero dei trasporti e dell'aviazione civile, Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, (GB) Department of Transport and Civil Aviation Authority, (USA) Department of Transportation // ministero del turismo e dello spettacolo, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, (GB) British Tourist Authority, (USA) United States Travel Service (of the Department of Commerce)

3 (Consiglio dei Ministri, governo) government, ministry; (Gabinetto) Cabinet: ministero radicale, radical government; fece parte del ministero Crispi, he served in Crispi's ministry; formare un ministero, to form a government (o a ministry o a Cabinet)

4 (dir.) pubblico ministero, Public Prosecutor; (amer.) Prosecuting Attorney; District Attorney: la difesa e il pubblico ministero, the Defence and the Prosecution.

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sostantivo maschile

1) pol. (governo) ministry, government

2) pol. (dicastero, edificio) ministry; (in GB) Office, Department; (negli USA) Department

3) dir.

4) relig.

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ministero

/minis'tεro/

sostantivo m.

 1 pol. (governo) ministry, government

 2 pol. (dicastero, edificio) ministry; (in GB) Office, Department; (negli USA) Department

 3 dir. pubblico ministero public prosecutor BE, prosecuting attorney AE

 4 relig. ministero sacerdotale ministry

COMPOUNDS

ministero dell'ambiente (in GB) Department o Ministry of the Environment; ministero per i beni culturali e ambientali = ministry of cultural heritage and environmental conservation; ministero della difesa (in GB) Ministry of Defence; (negli USA) Department of Defense; ministero degli (affari) esteri = foreign ministry, ministry of foreign affairs; ministero delle finanze = finance ministry; ministero di grazia e giustizia = ministry of Justice; (negli USA) Justice Department; ministero dell'interno (in GB) Home Office; (negli USA) Department of the Interior; ministero del lavoro = ministry of Employment; (negli USA) Labor Department; ministero delle poste e telecomunicazioni = postal and telecommunications ministry; ministero della pubblica istruzione = ministry of education; ministero della sanità (in GB) Department of Health; (negli USA) Department of Health and Human Services; ministero del tesoro (in GB) Treasury; (negli USA) Treasury Department; ministero dei trasporti (in GB) Ministry of Transport; (negli USA) Department of Transportation; ministero dell'università e della ricerca scientifica e tecnologica = ministry of university and of scientific and technological research.

college ['kɒlɪdʒ]

noun

(a) British (institution of higher education) établissement m d'enseignement supérieur;

∎ I go to college je suis étudiant;

∎ when you were at college ≃ quand tu étais à l'université;

∎ American to be college bound se destiner aux études supérieures;

∎ college of agriculture ≃ lycée m agricole;

∎ college of art école f des beaux-arts;

∎ college of music conservatoire m de musique;

∎ a college chum un (une) copain (copine) de fac;

∎ college days années fpl de fac

(b) British (within university) collège m (dans les universités traditionnelles, communauté d'enseignants et d'étudiants disposant d'une semi-autonomie administrative)

(c) (for professional training) école f professionnelle, collège m technique

(d) (organization) société f, académie f;

∎ the Royal College of Physicians/Surgeons ≃ l'Académie f de médecine/de chirurgie

►► British College of Advanced Technology ≃ institut m universitaire de technologie, IUT m;

the College of Arms = organisation statuant sur les armoiries en Grande-Bretagne;

the College of Cardinals le Sacré Collège;

American college degree diplôme m universitaire;

college education études fpl supérieures;

British College of Education ≃ institut m de formation des maîtres;

American University College Entry Examination Board = commission d'admission dans l'enseignement supérieur aux États-Unis;

British College of Further Education ≃ institut m d'éducation permanente;

the College of Heralds = organisation statuant sur les armoiries en Grande-Bretagne;

college student étudiant(e) m,f

1) General subject: act (группа исполнителей, например, рок/поп-банда) пример: Other Scottish acts, such as the Mull Historical Society who also featured in the top 50, performed at a party in Glasgow where the result was announced.), aggies (Aggies), assemblage, band (организованная; людей), (организованная) bander (людей), batch, bevy, block, body, bracket, brass choir (инструментов), bunch, circle (людей), class, cluster bar, cohorts, complex (зданий), drover, flock, gang, group, handful, hands, herd, knot (людей), lay-out, league, mob (людей), octuplicate, outfit, pack, packet, parcel, party, persuasion, plump, posse, prong, series, set, tally, team, type, automatic call distribution split (Метод маршрутизации вызовов схожего типа между агентами в операторском центре. А также группа, укомплектованная агентами, обученными обслуживать определенный тип входящих вызовов.), clutch, (лиц, людей, например) body of

2) Geology: tribe (пород)

3) Biology: bunch (животных), cluster (деревьев)

4) Naval: packet (волн)

5) Medicine: residue, (воздействия) treatment arm (в контексте клинических исследований; целесообразно оставлять просто "группа"), (испытуемых, пациентов) arm (в контексте научных исследований по сравнению групп, получающих разное лечебное воздействие)

6) Colloquial: lot (людей)

7) Obsolete: nation (a nation of newspaper readers — люди, читающие газеты)

8) Sports: bunch (велосипедистов)

9) Military: accreditation, cell, community, draft, force, group, platoon, squad

10) Engineering: array, bank (баллонов, трансформаторов и т. п.), crew, ensemble, manning, pear (конвертера), radical, train (прокатных клетей или валков)

11) Agriculture: bunch (животных или птиц), loose grasses (животных или птиц)

12) Jocular: covey, covey (людей)

13) Chemistry: board, family

14) Construction: clump (деревьев)

15) Mathematics: R-group R, assembly, cell, cluster, cohort, collection, gp (group), inquiry ensemble, item (данных), item of data (данных), pool, transvection-rich group

16) British English: group (материнская компания вместе с дочерними предприятиями)

17) Railway term: complication, row

18) Law: delinquent gang, element (людей), violent gang

19) Economy: committee, kin group, kinship group

20) Accounting: batch (требований), bracket (напр. при группировке налогоплательщиков по доходу), group (компаний), group of companies (компаний), inspection team (технического контроля), stratum

21) Automobile industry: panel

22) Artillery: straddle

23) Diplomatic term: side

24) Forestry: bunch (при посеве или посадке гнёздами или биогруппами), clump (стволов или побегов с общей корневой системой), nest (напр. при посеве или посадке гнёздами или биогруппами)

25) Metallurgy: line

26) Polygraphy: division

27) Politics: club (особ. держав)

28) Physics: ensemble (частиц)

29) Electronics: bundle

30) Jargon: crowd

31) Information technology: constellation (одинаковых элементов, образующих макроэлемент), group box (Ряд интерфейсных элементов, объединённых вместе для удобства работы с ними), group item (как элемент данных), heading, section

32) Oil: mix (сейсмоприёмников, пунктов взрыва), mix (сейсмоприемников; пунктов взрыва), patch array, pattern array

33) Immunology: type (крови)

34) Simple: caboodle

35) Geophysics: pattern

36) Coolers: bank (напр. агрегатов)

37) Seismology: template

38) Advertising: battery, network

39) Business: category, layout, nest, part, range

40) Network technologies: Computer Emergency Response Team, frame

41) Programming: set of, a set of

42) Automation: clump (напр. показаний), grouping, (рабочая) team (напр. инженеров)

43) Quality control: batch (напр- требований, поступающих в систему массового обслуживания), battery (одинаковых деталей или установок), (рабочая) committee

44) Robots: function( функциональная) (напр. разработчиков)

45) Arms production: group (артиллерии), team (боевая или тактическая)

46) Cables: bundle (модуль, пучок)

47) Makarov: aggregation, batch (частиц, волн), bath, bunch (частиц, волн), clump (предметов), cluster (однородных предметов и т.п.), cluster (частиц, волн), constellation (напр., одинаковых элементов), crew (сотрудников), drove, framework, group (сотрудников), order, pack (однородных объектов), package (однородных объектов), pattern (сейсмическая), pile (однородных объектов), quality, row (однотипных объектов), team (сотрудников), train (волн)

48) Security: frame (данных)

49) Gold mining: field crew

50) SAP.tech. corporate group, grp