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GM, Бр George MedalEnglish-Russian dictionary of planing, cross-planing and slotting machines > George Medal
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subst. eller GM( i Storbritannia og Det britiske samveldet) Georgsmedaljen (utmerkelse til sivilpersoner) -
6 George Medal
['dʒɔːdʒ,medl]меда́ль Гео́ргия (военная; ею награждаются отличившиеся во время войны гражданские лица. Учреждена в 1940)на медали изображён св. Георгий, убивающий драконаEnglish-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь) > George Medal
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8 George Cross
¿ Kultur?In Großbritannien sind das George Cross (GC) und die George Medal (GM) zwei Auszeichnungen, die 1940 eingeführt und nach König George VI. benannt wurden. Die beiden Orden werden Zivilisten für besondere Tapferkeit verliehen. -
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George ['dʒɔ:dʒ]∎ by George! sapristi!►► George Cross = décoration britannique décernée aux civils pour des actes de bravoure;George Medal = décoration britannique décernée aux civils ou aux militaires pour des actes de bravoure -
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[dZɔːdZ]nGeorg mby George! ( dated Brit ) — potz Blitz! (dated inf); (indicating determination) bei Gott! (dated)
* * *George [dʒɔː(r)dʒ] sSt George’s day Sankt-Georgs-Tag m (23. April);St George’s cross Georgskreuz n;George Cross, George Medal MIL Br Georgskreuz n, -medaille f (Orden);by George! obs Donnerwetter! (Fluch od Ausruf);let George do it US fig das soll machen, wer Lust hat! -
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[dʒɔːdʒ]nome proprio Giorgio* * *George /dʒɔ:dʒ/n.1 Giorgio● George Cross, croce di San Giorgio ( la più alta decorazione militare britannica) □ George Medal, Medaglia di San Giorgio ( la seconda decorazione al valore britannica) □ (arc.) by George!, perbacco! □ St George, San Giorgio ( patrono dell' Inghilterra) □ St George's cross, la croce di San Giorgio □ St George's day, il 23 aprile.(First names) George /dʒɔ:dʒ/m.(Surnames) George /dʒɔ:dʒ/* * *[dʒɔːdʒ]nome proprio Giorgio -
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Ѓурѓовден, George's Cross; George's Medal brit. орден за храброст (во Велика Британија) -
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крест Георгия (орден, кот. награждаются гражданские лица в Австралии, Новой Зеландии и др. странах Британского содружества за выдающиеся подвиги во время войны. Учреждён королём Георгом VI в 1940 вместо медали Альберта {Albert Medal} и некоторых других наград)Australia and New Zealand. English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > George Cross
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14 Boole, George
SUBJECT AREA: Electronics and information technology[br]b. 2 November 1815 Lincoln, Englandd. 8 December 1864 Ballintemple, Coounty Cork, Ireland[br]English mathematician whose development of symbolic logic laid the foundations for the operating principles of modern computers.[br]Boole was the son of a tradesman, from whom he learned the principles of mathematics and optical-component manufacturing. From the early age of 16 he taught in a number of schools in West Yorkshire, and when only 20 he opened his own school in Lincoln. There, at the Mechanical Institute, he avidly read mathematical journals and the works of great mathematicians such as Lagrange, Laplace and Newton and began to tackle a variety of algebraic problems. This led to the publication of a constant stream of original papers in the newly launched Cambridge Mathematical Journal on topics in the fields of algebra and calculus, for which in 1844 he received the Royal Society Medal.In 1847 he wrote The Mathematical Analysis of Logic, which applied algebraic symbolism to logical forms, whereby the presence or absence of properties could be represented by binary states and combined, just like normal algebraic equations, to derive logical statements about a series of operations. This laid the foundations for the binary logic used in modern computers, which, being based on binary on-off devices, greatly depend on the use of such operations as "and", "nand" ("not and"), "or" and "nor" ("not or"), etc. Although he lacked any formal degree, this revolutionary work led to his appointment in 1849 to the Chair of Mathematics at Queen's College, Cork, where he continued his work on logic and also produce treatises on differential equations and the calculus of finite differences.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsRoyal Society Medal 1844. FRS 1857.BibliographyBoole's major contributions to logic available in republished form include George Boole: Investigation of the Laws of Thought, Dover Publications; George Boole: Laws of Thought, Open Court, and George Boole: Studies in Logic \& Probability, Open Court.1872, A Treatise on Differential Equations.Further ReadingW.Kneale, 1948, "Boole and the revival of logic", Mind 57:149.G.C.Smith (ed.), 1982, George Boole \& Augustus de Morgan. Correspondence 1842– 1864, Oxford University Press.—, 1985, George Boole: His Life and Work, McHale.E.T.Bell, 1937, Men of Mathematics, London: Victor Gollancz.KF -
15 Scheutz, George
SUBJECT AREA: Electronics and information technology[br]b. 23 September 1785 Jonkoping, Swedend. 27 May 1873 Stockholm, Sweden[br]Swedish lawyer, journalist and self-taught engineer who, with his son Edvard Raphael Scheutz (b. 13 September 1821 Stockholm, Sweden; d. 28 January 1881 Stockholm, Sweden) constructed a version of the Babbage Difference Engine.[br]After early education at the Jonkoping elementary school and the Weixo Gymnasium, George Scheutz entered the University of Lund, gaining a degree in law in 1805. Following five years' legal work, he moved to Stockholm in 1811 to work at the Supreme Court and, in 1814, as a military auditor. In 1816, he resigned, bought a printing business and became editor of a succession of industrial and technical journals, during which time he made inventions relating to the press. It was in 1830 that he learned from the Edinburgh Review of Babbage's ideas for a difference engine and started to make one from wood, pasteboard and wire. In 1837 his 15-yearold student son, Edvard Raphael Scheutz, offered to make it in metal, and by 1840 they had a working machine with two five-digit registers, which they increased the following year and then added a printer. Obtaining a government grant in 1851, by 1853 they had a fully working machine, now known as Swedish Difference Engine No. 1, which with an experienced operator could generate 120 lines of tables per hour and was used to calculate the logarithms of the numbers 1 to 10,000 in under eighty hours. This was exhibited in London and then at the Paris Great Exhibition, where it won the Gold Medal. It was subsequently sold to the Dudley Observatory in Albany, New York, for US$5,000 and is now in a Chicago museum.In England, the British Registrar-General, wishing to produce new tables for insurance companies, and supported by the Astronomer Royal, arranged for government finance for construction of a second machine (Swedish Difference Engine No. 2). Comprising over 1,000 working parts and weighing 1,000 lb (450 kg), this machine was used to calculate over 600 tables. It is now in the Science Museum.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsMember of the Swedish Academy of Sciences, Paris Exhibition Medal of Honour (jointly with Edvard) 1856. Annual pension of 1,200 marks per annum awarded by King Carl XV 1860.Bibliography1825, "Kranpunpar. George Scheutz's patent of 14 Nov 1825", Journal for Manufacturer och Hushallning 8.1855, with E.S.Scheutz, Machine à calcul qui présente les résultats en les imprimantellemême, Stockholm.Further ReadingR.C.Archibald, 1947, "P.G.Scheutz, publicist, author, scientific mechanic and Edvard Scheutz, engineer. Biography and Bibliography", MTAC 238.U.C.Merzbach, 1977, "George Scheutz and the first printing calculator", SmithsonianStudies in History and Technology 36:73.M.Lindgren, 1990, Glory and Failure (the Difference Engines of Johan Muller, Charles Babbage and George \& Edvard Scheutz), Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.KF -
16 Clymer, George E.
SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing[br]b. 1754 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USAd. 27 August 1834 London, England[br]American inventor of the Columbian printing press.[br]Clymer was born on his father's farm, of a family that emigrated from Switzerland in the early eighteenth century. He attended local schools, helping out on the farm in his spare time, and he showed a particular talent for maintaining farm machinery. At the age of 16 he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, which he followed in the same district for over twenty-five years. During that time, he showed his talent for mechanical invention in many ways, including the invention of a plough specially adapted to the local soils. Around 1800, he moved to Philadelphia, where his interest was aroused by the erection of the first bridge over the Schuylkill River. He devised a pump to remove water from the cofferdams at a rate of 500 gallons per day, superior to any other pumps then in use. He obtained a US patent for this in 1801, and a British one soon after.Clymer then turned his attention to the improvement of the printing press. For three and a half centuries after its invention, the old wooden-framed press had remained virtually unchanged except in detail. The first real change came in 1800 with the introduction of the iron press by Earl Stanhope. Modified versions were developed by other inventors, notably George Clymer, who after more than ten years' effort achieved his Columbian press. With its new system of levers, it enabled perfect impressions to be obtained with far less effort by the pressman. The Columbian was also notable for its distinctive cast-iron ornamentation, including a Hermes on each pillar and alligators and other reptiles on the levers. Most spectacular, it was surmounted by an American spread eagle, usually covered in gilt, which also served as a counterweight to raise the platen. The earliest known Columbian, surviving only in an illustration, bears the inscription Columbian Press/No.25/invented by George Clymer/Anno Domini 1813/Made in Philadelphia 1816. Few American printers could afford the US$400 selling price, so in 1817 Clymer went to England, where it was taken up enthusiastically. He obtained a British patent for it the same year, and by the following March it was being manufactured by the engineering firm R.W.Cope, although Clymer was probably making it on his own account soon afterwards. The Columbian was widely used for many years and continued to be made even into the twentieth century. The King of the Netherlands awarded Clymer a gold medal for his invention and the Tsar of Russia gave him a present for installing the press in Russia. Doubtless for business reasons, Clymer spent most of his remaining years in England and Europe.[br]Further ReadingJ.Moran, 1973, Printing Presses, London: Faber \& Faber.—1969, contributed a thorough survey of the press in J. Printing Hist. Soc., no. 3.LRD -
17 Rickover, Admiral Hyman George
[br]b. 27 January 1900 Russian Polandd. 8 July 1986 Arlington, Virginia, USA[br]Polish/American naval officer, one of the principal architects of the United States nuclear submarine programme.[br]Born in Poland, Rickover was brought to the United States early in his life by his father, who settled in Chicago as a tailor. Commissioned into the US Navy in 1922, he specialized in electrical engineering (graduating from the US Naval Postgraduate School, Columbia, in 1929), quali-fied as a Submariner in 1931 and then held various posts until appointed Head of the Electrical Section of the Bureau of Ships in 1939. He held this post until the end of the Second World War.Rickover was involved briefly in the "Manhattan" atomic bomb project before being assigned to an atomic energy submarine project in 1946. Ultimately he was made responsible for the development and building of the world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus. He was convinced of the need to make the nuclear submarine an instrument of strategic importance, and this led to the development of the ballistic missile submarine and the Polaris programme.Throughout his career he was no stranger to controversy; indeed, his remaining on the active service list as a full admiral until the age of 82 (when forced to retire on the direct intervention of the Navy Secretary) indicates a man beyond the ordinary. He imposed his will on all around him and backed it with a brilliant and clear-thinking brain; his influence was even felt by the Royal Navy during the building of the first British nuclear submarine, HMS Dreadnought. He made many friends, but he also had many detractors.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsUS Distinguished Service Medal with Gold Star. Honorary CBE. US Congress Special Gold Medal 1959. Numerous awards and honorary degrees.BibliographyRickover wrote several treatises on education and on the education of engineers. He also wrote on several aspects of the technical history of the US Navy.Further ReadingW.R.Anderson and C.Blair, 1959, Nautilus 90 North, London: Hodder \& Stoughton. E.L.Beach, 1986, The United States Navy, New York: Henry Holt.FMWBiographical history of technology > Rickover, Admiral Hyman George
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18 Air Medal
Учреждена в 1942, вручается всем военнослужащим, отличившимся во время полетов. Этой медалью награжден астронавт Дж. Гленн [ Glenn, John Herschel, Jr.], а также президент Дж. Буш [ Bush, George Herbert Walker] -
19 Patton, George Smith, Jr.
(1885-1945) Паттон, Джордж Смит, мл.Видный военный деятель. Учился в Вирджинском военном институте [ Virginia Military Institute] и в Академии Уэст-Пойнт [ West Point], которую окончил в 1909. Под командованием генерала Першинга [ Pershing, John Joseph] принял участие в военной интервенции в Мексику в 1916 [Mexican Border Campaign], был в составе Американских экспедиционных сил в Европе в 1917. Затем командовал танковой бригадой. Был ранен, награжден Крестом и медалью "За выдающиеся заслуги" [ Distinguished Service Cross; Distinguished Service Medal]. В 1938, 1940 занимал командные посты в бронетанковых частях. В 1942 участвовал в кампании в Северной Африке. В 1943 командовал 7-й Армией вторжения в Италию. В июне 1944 генерал-лейтенант Паттон командовал 3-й бронетанковой армией, наступавшей в Германии, был военным комендантом оккупированной Баварии. Погиб в автокатастрофе в Германии 21 декабря 1945. Как мужественный человек и способный руководитель, заслужил прозвище Беспощадный Паттон ["Old Blood and Guts"]English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Patton, George Smith, Jr.
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20 Speare, Elizabeth George
(1908-1994) Спир, Элизабет ДжорджДетская писательница. Дважды награждалась медалью Ньюбери [ Newbery Medal], присуждаемой Ассоциацией библиотечного обслуживания детей [Association for Library Service to Children]: в 1959 за повесть "Колдунья из Пруда черных дроздов" ["The Witch of Blackbird Pond"] (1958) и в 1962 за "Бронзовый бушприт" ["The Bronze Bow"] (1961), действие которых разворачивается, соответственно, в колониальной Новой Англии и в оккупированной римлянами Палестине. Среди других ее книг: "Жизнь в колониальной Америке" ["Life in Colonial America"] (1963), "Знак бобра" ["The Sign of the Beaver"] (1983) и др.English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Speare, Elizabeth George
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George Medal — /dʒɔdʒ ˈmɛdl/ (say jawj medl) noun a medal for heroism, awarded mainly to civilians. {founded by King George VI in 1940} …
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