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1 General Service Medal
GSM, Бр General Service Medalмедаль "За службу в строевых частях"English-Russian dictionary of planing, cross-planing and slotting machines > General Service Medal
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2 General Service Medal
Военный термин: медаль За службу в строевых частях, общевойсковая медаль -
3 General Service Medal
[,dʒenərəl'səːvɪs,medl]меда́ль "За слу́жбу" (после 2-й мировой войны ею награждались рядовые ВВС и сухопутных войск за участие в военных действиях. Учреждена в 1918)English-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь) > General Service Medal
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4 African General Service Medal
['æfrɪkən,dʒenərəl,səːvɪs,medl]ист.меда́ль "За слу́жбу в А́фрике" (ею награждался личный состав колониальных войск в Африке. Была учреждена в 1902)English-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь) > African General Service Medal
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5 Naval General Service Medal
[,neɪvəl'dʒenərəl'səːvɪsmedl]меда́ль "За слу́жбу во фло́те" (в наст. вр. ею награждаются служащие ВМС за участие в военных действиях после 2-й мировой войны. Учреждена в 1915)English-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь) > Naval General Service Medal
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6 Generals Medal
[,dʒenərəlz'medl]разг.меда́ль "За слу́жбу" (см. General Service Medal, African General Service Medal, Naval General Service Medal)English-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь) > Generals Medal
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7 GSM
1) Военный термин: Garrison Sergeant Major, General Service Medal, Generic Simulation Manager, Ground Support Module, general situation map, general stores material, general support maintenance, Ground Support Module (JSTARS)2) Строительство: ГПС (гравийно-песчаная смесь) (gravel sand mixture)3) Математика: Generalized Second Moment4) Метеорология: Geocentric Solar Magnetospheric5) Железнодорожный термин: Great Smokey Mountains Railway6) Грубое выражение: Good Shit Man7) Телекоммуникации: Global System for Mobile, Global System for Mobile telecommunications, глобальная система связи с подвижными объектами8) Сокращение: Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Global System for Mobile (communications), Granite State Manufacturing (USA), Ground Station Module, Group System Mobile, Groupe Speciale Mobile (Committee Designing preceding), Groupe Special Mobile (Fr.), Global System for Mobile Communication9) Университет: Graduate School Of Management10) Электроника: Global Systems for Mobile (communications)11) Вычислительная техника: Global System Mobile12) Связь: group special mobile13) Деловая лексика: Good Source Of Money14) Сетевые технологии: Global System for Mobile communications, глобальная система мобильных коммуникаций, глобальная сотовая система цифровой радиосвязи, стандарт GSM15) Полимеры: good sound marketable16) Расширение файла: Global Shared Memory, Global System for Mobiles, Sound (GSM 6.10 prI-ETS 300 036 13kbit/s, Internet phones), Global System for Mobile-Communications (network)17) Нефть и газ: fuel and lubricants, ГСМ, горюче-смазочные материалы -
8 gsm
1) Военный термин: Garrison Sergeant Major, General Service Medal, Generic Simulation Manager, Ground Support Module, general situation map, general stores material, general support maintenance, Ground Support Module (JSTARS)2) Строительство: ГПС (гравийно-песчаная смесь) (gravel sand mixture)3) Математика: Generalized Second Moment4) Метеорология: Geocentric Solar Magnetospheric5) Железнодорожный термин: Great Smokey Mountains Railway6) Грубое выражение: Good Shit Man7) Телекоммуникации: Global System for Mobile, Global System for Mobile telecommunications, глобальная система связи с подвижными объектами8) Сокращение: Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Global System for Mobile (communications), Granite State Manufacturing (USA), Ground Station Module, Group System Mobile, Groupe Speciale Mobile (Committee Designing preceding), Groupe Special Mobile (Fr.), Global System for Mobile Communication9) Университет: Graduate School Of Management10) Электроника: Global Systems for Mobile (communications)11) Вычислительная техника: Global System Mobile12) Связь: group special mobile13) Деловая лексика: Good Source Of Money14) Сетевые технологии: Global System for Mobile communications, глобальная система мобильных коммуникаций, глобальная сотовая система цифровой радиосвязи, стандарт GSM15) Полимеры: good sound marketable16) Расширение файла: Global Shared Memory, Global System for Mobiles, Sound (GSM 6.10 prI-ETS 300 036 13kbit/s, Internet phones), Global System for Mobile-Communications (network)17) Нефть и газ: fuel and lubricants, ГСМ, горюче-смазочные материалы -
9 GSM
GSM, Garrison Sergeant Major————————GSM, Бр General Service Medalмедаль "За службу в строевых частях"————————GSM, general situation map————————GSM, general stores material————————GSM, general support maintenanceобщее техническое обеспечение; ТО в рамках общего обеспеченияEnglish-Russian dictionary of planing, cross-planing and slotting machines > GSM
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10 Lemnitzer, Lyman (Louis)
(1899-1988) Лемницер, Лаймен (Луис)Военный деятель. С 1955 - четырехзвездный генерал [ Four-star General]. В 1952-55 - заместитель начальника штаба сухопутных сил [Army deputy chief of staff] по планированию и исследовательским работам. В 1959-60 - начальник штаба сухопутных сил. В 1960-62 - председатель Объединенного комитета начальников штабов [ Joint Chiefs of Staff]. В 1963-69 Верховный главнокомандующий силами НАТО в Европе [Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)]. Первый человек награжденный одновременно медалями "За выдающиеся заслуги" [ Distinguished Service Medal] всех родов войск (в июле 1969)English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Lemnitzer, Lyman (Louis)
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11 Gomes da Costa, Manuel de Oliveira
(1863-1929)Marshal of the Portuguese Army, commander of Portugal's forces in Flanders in World War I, and leader of the military coup that overthrew the First Republic in May 1926. Trained at the Military College, Gomes da Costa rose from the rank of private to general during the period 1883-1917. His career began with important colonial service in Portuguese India and Mozambique in suppressing insurgencies in the 1890s. He served with Mousinho de Albuquerque in the Gaza campaigns (1896-97), in Mozambique, and later in Angola and São Tomé. His most notable service was in Portugal's intervention in World War I as he helped organize the first brigade and commanded the first division of Portugal's Expeditionary Corps (CEP), which entered combat on the western front in May 1917. For his role in the battle of Lys, in April 1918, when German forces badly mauled the Portuguese sector, Gomes da Costa was decorated by Portugal with the Tower and Sword medal. During the latter part of the First Republic, he was dispatched to the colonies on missions to divert him from domestic politics, since he had joined the Reformist Party (PR).As the most senior and best-known career army officer, Gomes da Costa was invited by former CEP comrades to join in military conspiracies to overthrow the democrat-dominated First Republic. On 28 May 1926, in Braga, he launched the military coup with the pronouncement "To Arms, Portugal!" The general's famous name and forceful personality gave the military movement the necessary prestige and won public opinion's confidence for the political moment. Gomes da Costa, however, was not suited for political maneuvering and administrative efficiency and, on 9 July 1926, he was dismissed as minister of war by other generals, including future president Óscar Carmona, and then exiled to the Azores. For political effect and as a consolation prize to the leader whose individual daring had helped create the abertura (opening) that allowed the coup to succeed, the military dictatorship honored Gomes da Costa, even in exile, with promotion to marshal of the army. In ill health on his return from the isolated Azores in late 1927, he died less than two years later in Lisbon. There is a statue of Gomes da Costa in a square in Braga, designed by Barata Feyo, which honors the general of the Twenty- eighth of May coup d'etat.Historical dictionary of Portugal > Gomes da Costa, Manuel de Oliveira
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12 Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy
SUBJECT AREA: Automotive engineering, Land transport, Mining and extraction technology, Steam and internal combustion engines[br]b. 14 February 1793 Treator, near Padstow, Cornwall, Englandd. 28 February 1875 Reeds, near Bude, Cornwall, England[br]English pioneer of steam road transport.[br]Educated at Truro Grammar School, he then studied under Dr Avery at Wadebridge to become a doctor of medicine. He settled as a surgeon in Wadebridge, spending his leisure time in building an organ and in the study of chemistry and mechanical science. He married Elizabeth Symons in 1814, and in 1820 moved with his wife to London. He delivered a course of lectures at the Surrey Institution on the elements of chemical science, attended by, amongst others, the young Michael Faraday. While there, Gurney made his first invention, the oxyhydrogen blowpipe. For this he received the Gold Medal of the Society of Arts. He experimented with lime and magnesia for the production of an illuminant for lighthouses with some success. He invented a musical instrument of glasses played like a piano.In 1823 he started experiments related to steam and locomotion which necessitated taking a partner in to his medical practice, from which he resigned shortly after. His objective was to produce a steam-driven vehicle to run on common roads. His invention of the steam-jet of blast greatly improved the performance of the steam engine. In 1827 he took his steam carriage to Cyfarthfa at the request of Mr Crawshaw, and while there applied his steam-jet to the blast furnaces, greatly improving their performance in the manufacture of iron. Much of the success of George Stephenson's steam engine, the Rocket was due to Gurney's steam blast.In July 1829 Gurney made a historic trip with his road locomotive. This was from London to Bath and back, which was accomplished at a speed of 18 mph (29 km/h) and was made at the instigation of the Quartermaster-General of the Army. So successful was the carriage that Sir Charles Dance started to run a regular service with it between Gloucester and Cheltenham. This ran for three months without accident, until Parliament introduced prohibitive taxation on all self-propelled vehicles. A House of Commons committee proposed that these should be abolished as inhibiting progress, but this was not done. Sir Goldsworthy petitioned Parliament on the harm being done to him, but nothing was done and the coming of the railways put the matter beyond consideration. He devoted his time to finding other uses for the steam-jet: it was used for extinguishing fires in coal-mines, some of which had been burning for many years; he developed a stove for the production of gas from oil and other fatty substances, intended for lighthouses; he was responsible for the heating and the lighting of both the old and the new Houses of Parliament. His evidence after a colliery explosion resulted in an Act of Parliament requiring all mines to have two shafts. He was knighted in 1863, the same year that he suffered a stroke which incapacitated him. He retired to his house at Reeds, near Bude, where he was looked after by his daughter, Anna.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1863. Society of Arts Gold Medal.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy
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13 cross
I 1. [krɒs] [AE krɔːs]1) (shape) croce f.the Cross — relig. la Croce
to put a cross against — segnare con una croce [name, item]
"put a cross in the box" — "sbarrate la casella", "segnate la casella con una croce"
a cross between Hitler and Napoleon — fig. un incrocio fra Hitler e Napoleone
3) sart. sbieco m.to cut sth. on the cross — tagliare qcs. di sbieco
4) sport (in football) cross m., traversone m.2.1) (angry) arrabbiato, irritato, di cattivo umoreto be cross with sb. — essere seccato con qcn.
to be cross about sth. — essere di cattivo umore per qcs.
to get cross — arrabbiarsi o adirarsi ( with con)
2) (transverse) [ timber] trasversale, obliquo3) (contrary to general direction) [breeze, swell] contrario••II 1. [krɒs] [AE krɔːs]1) (go across) attraversare [road, country, room]; passare, attraversare [ river]; superare, oltrepassare [border, line, mountains]; [ bridge] attraversare, scavalcare [river, road]; [road, railway line, river] tagliare, attraversare [country, desert]; [ line] attraversare, tagliare [ page]2) fig. superare, oltrepassare [limit, boundary]3) (meet) [road, railway line] incrociare, intersecare [road, railway line, river]4) (place in shape of a cross) incrociareto cross one's legs — incrociare o accavallare le gambe
5) biol. bot. zool. incrociare, ibridare7) (draw line across) (s)barrare [ cheque]2.1) (anche cross over) (go across) fare una traversata3.to cross oneself — relig. segnarsi, farsi il segno della croce
••* * *[kros] I adjective(angry: I get very cross when I lose something.)- crosslyII 1. plural - crosses; noun1) (a symbol formed by two lines placed across each other, eg + or x.)2) (two wooden beams placed thus (+), on which Christ was nailed.)3) (the symbol of the Christian religion.)4) (a lasting cause of suffering etc: Your rheumatism is a cross you will have to bear.)5) (the result of breeding two varieties of animal or plant: This dog is a cross between an alsatian and a labrador.)6) (a monument in the shape of a cross.)7) (any of several types of medal given for bravery etc: the Victoria Cross.)2. verb1) (to go from one side to the other: Let's cross (the street); This road crosses the swamp.)2) ((negative uncross) to place (two things) across each other: He sat down and crossed his legs.)3) (to go or be placed across (each other): The roads cross in the centre of town.)4) (to meet and pass: Our letters must have crossed in the post.)5) (to put a line across: Cross your `t's'.)6) (to make (a cheque or postal order) payable only through a bank by drawing two parallel lines across it.)7) (to breed (something) from two different varieties: I've crossed two varieties of rose.)8) (to go against the wishes of: If you cross me, you'll regret it!)•- cross-- crossing
- crossbow
- cross-breed
- cross-bred
- crosscheck 3. noun(the act of crosschecking.) controllo accurato, riscontro- cross-country skiing
- cross-examine
- cross-examination
- cross-eyed
- cross-fire
- at cross-purposes
- cross-refer
- cross-reference
- crossroads
- cross-section
- crossword puzzle
- crossword
- cross one's fingers
- cross out* * *cross (1) /krɒs/n.1 croce ( segno, oggetto, simbolo): Maltese Cross, croce di Malta; the Cross and the Crescent, la Croce e la Mezzaluna; (mil., in GB) the Distinguished Service Cross, la Croce al Valor Militare; to mark with a cross, segnare con una croce; to put a cross against a name, segnare un nome con una croce4 (zool., bot.) incrocio; ibrido: The mule is a cross between a mare and an ass, il mulo è l'incrocio d'una cavalla con un asino5 (fig.) incrocio; via di mezzo; (un) misto: The taste is a cross between yoghurt and cream cheese, il sapore è una via di mezzo tra lo yogurt e il formaggio burroso7 (mecc.) crociera; raccordo a croce● (relig.) cross-bearer, portatore di croce; crocifero □ cross-shaped, cruciforme □ to make one's cross, fare una croce ( in luogo della firma) □ on the cross, diagonalmente; ( anche sartoria) di sbieco; (fam. USA) (in modo) disonesto □ (stor.) to take the cross, farsi crociato □ (fig.) to take up one's cross, accettare (con rassegnazione) la propria croce.cross (2) /krɒs/a.1 arrabbiato; irritato; di cattivo umore; iroso: to be cross with sb., essere arrabbiato con q.; a cross word, una parola irosa● ( Si veda anche sotto i singoli lemmi) (leg.) cross appeal, appello incidentale □ (naut.) cross bearing, rilevamento incrociato □ (geol.) cross-bedding, stratificazione incrociata □ (polit., GB) cross bench, banco di deputato indipendente ( alla Camera dei Lord) □ (polit., GB) cross-bencher, deputato indipendente □ cross-border, transfrontaliero; tra Stati confinanti; con l'estero; estero; straniero: (fin.) cross-border merger, incorporazione di società straniere; cross-border worker, frontaliere □ (edil.) cross bracing, controvento □ (leg.) cross-claim, domanda riconvenzionale □ (comput.) cross compiler, compilatore incrociato □ ( boxe) cross counter, colpo d'incontro □ (GB) cross-curricular, multidisciplinare □ cross-dating, datazione incrociata □ (med.) cross-dominance, lateralità incrociata □ (rag.) cross entry, trasferimento d'una somma ad altro conto □ cross hairs, reticolo ( di arma da fuoco o su schermo di computer) □ (mecc.) cross-head screwdriver, giravite a testa obliqua □ (fin.) cross holding, partecipazione incrociata □ (chim.) cross link, legame trasversale □ (med.) cross-matching technique, tecnica della prova crociata ( del sangue) □ (fin.) cross participation, partecipazione incrociata □ (mecc.) cross-peen hammer, martello da meccanico □ (mat.) cross product, prodotto vettoriale □ (fin.) cross rate, corso ( di cambio) indiretto; parità indiretta □ (mat.) cross ratio, birapporto □ ( sport) cross shot, ( calcio) tiro trasversale, traversone; ( tennis, ecc.) tiro angolato □ ( USA) cross street, (strada) traversa □ cross stroke, frego ( a penna); ( sport: golf, ecc.) tiro trasversale □ (polit.) cross voting, voto trasversale □ cross wires, reticolo □ (fam. GB) as cross as two sticks, irritatissimo; d'umore nero □ at cross purposes, senza capirsi; fraintendendosi: to talk at cross purposes, parlare senza capirsi; fraintendersi.♦ (to) cross /krɒs/A v. t.1 attraversare: to cross a road [the sea], attraversare una strada [il mare]2 attraversare; passare su; passare per: A worried look crossed her face, un'espressione preoccupata le si disegnò sul viso; It has never crossed my mind, non mi è mai passato per la testa3 oltrepassare; superare: to cross the gender divide, superare le differenze di sesso; to cross the bounds of decency, superare i limiti della decenza4 incrociare; intersecare; tagliare; sbarrare: to cross two wires, incrociare due fili; Broadway crosses Seventh Avenue at Times Square, Broadway interseca la Settima Avenue a Times Square; to cross one's «t's», tagliare le (o fare il taglietto alle) «t»; to cross one's arms, incrociare le braccia; to cross one's legs, incrociare le gambe; ( su una sedia) accavallare le gambe; to cross one's fingers, incrociare le dita ( per scaramanzia); My previous letter crossed yours, la mia lettera precedente ha incrociato la tua; to cross each other, incrociarsi; intersecarsi5 fare una croce su; sbarrare: to cross a name, fare una croce su un nome; to cross a ballot paper, mettere la croce su una scheda elettorale; ( banca) to cross a cheque, sbarrare un assegno6 contrariare; contrastare; opporsi a: Nobody likes to be crossed, a nessuno piace essere contrariato; to cross sb. 's plans, contrastare i piani di q.7 (bot., zool.) incrociare, ibridareB v. i.1 fare una traversata: I crossed by hovercraft from Ramsgate to Calais, feci la traversata sull'hovercraft da Ramsgate a Calais2 andare, recarsi ( attraversando un confine, il mare, ecc.); passare; entrare: We crossed into Austria, siamo entrati in Austria3 incrociarsi: We crossed on the street, ci siamo incrociati per strada; Our letters crossed in the post, le nostre lettere si sono incrociate● Cross!, avanti! ( ai semafori pedonali) □ (polit., GB) to cross the floor, passare all'opposizione (o dalla parte del governo); votare per il partito avverso □ to cross sb. 's hand = to cross sb.'s palm ► sotto □ to cross one's heart, mettersi una mano sul cuore ( per asseverare): Cross my heart ( and hope to die)!, mi venga un colpo ( se non è vero, se sono stato io, ecc.) □ (relig.) to cross oneself, farsi il segno della croce; segnarsi □ (fig.) to cross sb. 's palm with silver, dare soldi a ( una chiromante, ecc., che legge la mano); (scherz.) ungere q., allungare una bustarella a q. □ to cross sb. 's path, trovarsi sulla strada di q.; sbarrare la strada a q. □ (fig.) to cross one's «t's» and dot one's «i's», controllare tutti i dettagli; essere molto preciso □ ( anche fig.) to cross swords with sb., incrociare la spada con q. □ (fig.) We'll cross that bridge when we come to it, ci occuperemo di quella faccenda quando sarà il momento.* * *I 1. [krɒs] [AE krɔːs]1) (shape) croce f.the Cross — relig. la Croce
to put a cross against — segnare con una croce [name, item]
"put a cross in the box" — "sbarrate la casella", "segnate la casella con una croce"
a cross between Hitler and Napoleon — fig. un incrocio fra Hitler e Napoleone
3) sart. sbieco m.to cut sth. on the cross — tagliare qcs. di sbieco
4) sport (in football) cross m., traversone m.2.1) (angry) arrabbiato, irritato, di cattivo umoreto be cross with sb. — essere seccato con qcn.
to be cross about sth. — essere di cattivo umore per qcs.
to get cross — arrabbiarsi o adirarsi ( with con)
2) (transverse) [ timber] trasversale, obliquo3) (contrary to general direction) [breeze, swell] contrario••II 1. [krɒs] [AE krɔːs]1) (go across) attraversare [road, country, room]; passare, attraversare [ river]; superare, oltrepassare [border, line, mountains]; [ bridge] attraversare, scavalcare [river, road]; [road, railway line, river] tagliare, attraversare [country, desert]; [ line] attraversare, tagliare [ page]2) fig. superare, oltrepassare [limit, boundary]3) (meet) [road, railway line] incrociare, intersecare [road, railway line, river]4) (place in shape of a cross) incrociareto cross one's legs — incrociare o accavallare le gambe
5) biol. bot. zool. incrociare, ibridare7) (draw line across) (s)barrare [ cheque]2.1) (anche cross over) (go across) fare una traversata3.to cross oneself — relig. segnarsi, farsi il segno della croce
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14 Domagk, Gerhard Johannes Paul
SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology[br]b. 30 October 1895 Lagow, Brandenburg, Germanyd. 24 April 1964 Burgberg, Germany[br]German physician, biochemist and pharmacologist, pioneer of antibacterial chemotherapy.[br]Domagk's studies in medicine were interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War and his service in the Army, delaying his qualification at Kiel until 1921. For a short while he worked at the University of Greifswald, but in 1925 he was appointed Reader in Pathology at the University of Munster, where he remained as Extraordinary Professor of General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy (1928) and Professor (1958).In 1924 he published a paper on the role of the reticulo-endothelial system against infection. This led to his appointment as Director of Research by IG Farbenindustrie in their laboratory for experimental pathology and bacteriology. The planned programme of research into potential antibacterial chemotherapeutic drugs led, via the discovery of the dye Prontosil rubrum by his colleagues, to his reporting in 1936 the clinical antistreptococcal effects of the sulphonamide drugs. These results were confirmed in other countries, but owing to problems with the Nazi authorities he was unable to receive until 1947 the Nobel Prize that he was awarded in 1939.Domagk turned his interest to the chemotherapy of tuberculosis, and in 1946 he was able to report the therapeutic activity of the thiosemicarbazones, which, although too toxic for general use, in their turn led to the discovery of the potent and effective isoniazid. In his later years he moved into the field of cancer chemotherapy, but interestingly he wrote, "One should not have too great expectations of the future of cytostatic agents." His only daughter was one of the first patients to have a severe streptococcal infection successfully treated with Prontosil rubrum.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsNobel Prize for Medicine 1939. Foreign Member of the Royal Society. Paul Ehrlich Gold Medal.Bibliography1935, "Ein Beitrag zur Chemotherapie der bakteriellen Infektionen", Deutsche med. Woch.1924, Virchows Archiv für Path. Anat. und Physiol. u.f. klin. Med. 253:294–638.Further Reading1964, Biographical Memoirs of the Royal Society: Gerhard Domagk, London.MGBiographical history of technology > Domagk, Gerhard Johannes Paul
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15 Harwood, John
SUBJECT AREA: Horology[br]b. 1893 Bolton, Englandd. 9 August 1964[br]English watchmaker, inventor and producer of the first commercial self-winding wrist watch.[br]John Harwood served an apprenticeship as a watch repairer in Bolton, and after service in the First World War he obtained a post with a firm of jewellers in Douglas, Isle of Man. He became interested in the self-winding wrist watch, not because of the convenience of not having to wind it, but because of its potential to keep the mainspring fully wound and to exclude dust and moisture from the watch movement. His experience at the bench had taught him that these were the most common factors to affect adversely the reliability of watches. Completely unaware of previous work in this area, in 1922 he started experimenting and two years later he had produced a serviceable model for which he was granted a patent in 1924. The watch operated on the pedometer principle, the mainspring being wound by a pivoted weight that oscillated in the watch case as a result of the motion of the arm. The hands of his watch were set by rotating the bezel surrounding the dial, dispensing with the usual winding/hand-setting stem which allowed dust and moisture to enter the watch case. He took the watch to Switzerland, but he was unable to persuade the watchmaking firms to produce it until he had secured independent finance to cover the cost of tooling. The Harwood Self-Winding Watch Company Ltd was set up in 1928 to market the watches, but although several thousand were produced the company became a victim of the slump and closed down in 1932. The first practical self-winding watch also operated on the pedometer principle and is attributed to Abraham-Louis Perrellet (1770). The method was refined by Breguet in France and by Recordon, who patented the device in England, but it proved troublesome and went out of fashion. There was a brief revival of interest in self-winding watches towards the end of the nineteenth century, but they never achieved great popularity until after the Second World War, when they used either self-winding mechanisms similar to that devised by Harwood or weights which rotated in the case.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsBritish Horological Institute Gold Medal 1957.Bibliography1 September 1924, Swiss patent no. 106,582.Further ReadingA.Chapuis and E.Jaquet, 1956, The History of the Self-Winding Watch, London (provides general information)."How the automatic wrist watch was invented", 1957, Horological Journal 99:612–61 (for specific information).DV -
16 Kapp, Gisbert Johann Eduard Karl
SUBJECT AREA: Electricity[br]b. 2 September 1852 Mauer, Vienna, Austriad. 10 August 1922 Birmingham, England[br]Austrian (naturalized British in 1881) engineer and a pioneer of dynamo design, being particularly associated with the concept of the magnetic circuit.[br]Kapp entered the Polytechnic School in Zurich in 1869 and gained a mechanical engineering diploma. He became a member of the engineering staff at the Vienna International Exhibition of 1873, and then spent some time in the Austrian navy before entering the service of Gwynne \& Co. of London, where he designed centrifugal pumps and gas exhausters. Kapp resolved to become an electrical engineer after a visit to the Paris Electrical Exhibition of 1881 and in the following year was appointed Manager of the Crompton Co. works at Chelmsford. There he developed and patented the dynamo with compound field winding. Also at that time, with Crompton, he patented electrical measuring instruments with over-saturated electromagnets. He became a naturalized British subject in 1881.In 1886 Kapp's most influential paper was published. This described his concept of the magnetic circuit, providing for the first time a sound theoretical basis for dynamo design. The theory was also developed independently by J. Hopkinson. After commencing practice as a consulting engineer in 1884 he carried out design work on dynamos and also electricity-supply and -traction schemes in Germany, Italy, Norway, Russia and Switzerland. From 1891 to 1894 much of his time was spent designing a new generating station in Bristol, officially as Assistant to W.H. Preece. There followed an appointment in Germany as General Secretary of the Verband Deutscher Electrotechniker. For some years he edited the Electrotechnische Zeitschrift and was also a part-time lecturer at the Charlottenberg Technical High School in Berlin. In 1904 Kapp was invited to accept the new Chair of Electrical Engineering at the University of Birmingham, which he occupied until 1919. He was the author of several books on electrical machine and transformer design.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsInstitution of Civil Engineers Telford Medal 1886 and 1888. President, Institution of Electrical Engineers 1909.Bibliography10 October 1882, with R.E.B.Crompton, British patent no. 4,810; (the compound wound dynamo).1886, "Modern continuous current dynamo electric machines and their engines", Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 83: 123–54.Further ReadingD.G.Tucker, 1989, "A new archive of Gisbert Kapp papers", Proceedings of the Meeting on History of Electrical Engineering, IEE 4/1–4/11 (a transcript of an autobiography for his family).D.G.Tucker, 1973, Gisbert Kapp 1852–1922, Birmingham: Birmingham University (includes a bibliography of his most important publications).GWBiographical history of technology > Kapp, Gisbert Johann Eduard Karl
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17 Laithwaite, Eric Roberts
[br]b. 14 June 1921 Atherton, Lancashire, England[br]English engineer, notable contributor to the development of linear electric motors.[br]Laithwaite's education at Kirkham Grammar School and Regent Street Polytechnic, London, was followed by service in the Royal Air Force. After entering Manchester University in 1946 and graduating in 1949, he joined the university staff and became Secretary to the Inaugural Conference of the Ferranti Mark I computer. In 1964 he moved to Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, and became Professor of Heavy Electrical Engineering. From 1967 to 1976 he also held the post of External Professor of Applied Electricity at the Royal Institution. Research into the use of linear induction motors as shuttle drives in weaving looms was followed by investigations into their application to conveyors in industrial processes and as high-speed propulsion units for railway vehicles. With considerable involvement in a tracked hovercraft project in the 1960s and 1970s, he proposed the concept of transverse flux and the magnetic river high-speed linear induction machine. Linear motors and electromagnetic levitation have been applied to high-speed propulsion in the United States, France and Japan.Laithwaite has written five books and over one hundred papers on the subjects of linear motors and electromagnetic levitation. Two series of Christmas lectures were presented by him at the Royal Institution.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsRoyal Society S.G.Brown Medal 1966. Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers Nikola Tesla Award 1986.Bibliography1966, Induction Machines for Special Purposes, London.1970, Propulsion Without Wheels, London (discusses properties and applications of linear induction motors).1977 (ed.), Transport Without Wheels, London (describes the design and applications of linear electric motors).1987, A History of Linear Electric Motors, London (provides a general historical survey).Further ReadingB.Bowers, 1982, A History of Electric Light and Power, London, pp. 261–4 (provides an account of early linear motors).M.Poloujadoff, 1980, The Theory of Linear Induction Motors, Oxford (for a comparison of analytical methods recommended by various investigators).GWBiographical history of technology > Laithwaite, Eric Roberts
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