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1 Roebling, John Augustus
Рёблинг, Джон Огастес (1806—69), инженер, мостостроитель. Руководил строительством Бруклинского моста в Нью-Йорке, сооружаемого по его проекту (1861—69). Строительство было завершено в 1883 под руководством его сына, полковника Вашингтона А. Рёблинга [Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837—1920]США. Лингвострановедческий англо-русский словарь > Roebling, John Augustus
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SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering[br]b. 12 July 1806 Muhlhausen, Prussiad. 22 July 1869 Brooklyn, New York, USA[br]German/American bridge engineer and builder.[br]The son of Polycarp Roebling, a tobacconist, he studied mathematics at Dr Unger's Pedagogium in Erfurt and went on to the Royal Polytechnic Institute in Berlin, from which he graduated in 1826 with honours in civil engineering. He spent the next three years working for the Prussian government on the construction of roads and bridges. With his brother and a group of friends, he emigrated to the United States, sailing from Bremen on 23 May 1831 and docking in Philadelphia eleven weeks later. They bought 7,000 acres (2,800 hectares) in Butler County, western Pennsylvania, and established a village, at first called Germania but later known as Saxonburg. Roebling gave up trying to establish himself as a farmer and found work for the state of Pennsylvania as Assistant Engineer on the Beaver River canal and others, then surveying a railroad route across the Allegheny Mountains. During his canal work, he noted the failings of the hemp ropes that were in use at that time, and recalled having read of wire ropes in a German journal; he built a rope-walk at his Saxonburg farm, bought a supply of iron wire and trained local labour in the method of wire twisting.At this time, many canals crossed rivers by means of aqueducts. In 1844, the Pennsylvania Canal aqueduct across the Allegheny River was due to be renewed, having become unsafe. Roebling made proposals which were accepted by the canal company: seven wooden spans of 162 ft (49 m) each were supported on either side by a 7 in. (18 cm) diameter cable, Roebling himself having to devise all the machinery required for the erection. He subsequently built four more suspension aqueducts, one of which was converted to a toll bridge and was still in use a century later.In 1849 he moved to Trenton, New Jersey, where he set up a new wire rope plant. In 1851 he started the construction (completed in 1855) of an 821 ft (250 m) long suspension railroad bridge across the Niagara River, 245 ft (75 m) above the rapids; each cable consisted of 3,640 wrought iron wires. A lower deck carried road traffic. He also constructed a bridge across the Ohio River between Cincinnati and Covington, a task which was much protracted due to the Civil War; this bridge was finally completed in 1866.Roebling's crowning achievement was to have been the design and construction of the bridge over the Hudson River between Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York, but he did not live to see its completion. It had a span of 1,595 ft (486 m), designed to bear a load of 18,700 tons (19,000 tonnes) with a headroom of 135 ft (41 m). The work of building had barely started when, at the Brooklyn wharf, a boat crushed Roebling's foot against the timbering and he died of tetanus three weeks later. His son, Washington Augustus Roebling, then took charge of this great work.[br]Further ReadingD.B.Steinman and S.R.Watson, 1941, Bridges and their Builders, New York: Dover Books.D.McCullough, 1982, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge, New York: Simon \& Schuster.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Roebling, John Augustus
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(1806-1869) Роублинг, Джон ОгастесИнженер. Изобретатель металлического троса и строитель подвесных мостов. Автор проекта и строитель Бруклинского моста [ Brooklyn Bridge] в г. Нью-ЙоркеEnglish-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Roebling, John Augustus
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(1837-1926) Роублинг, Вашингтон ОгастесИнженер. Сын Дж. Роублинга [ Roebling, John Augustus], в 1869-83 принимал участие в строительстве Бруклинского моста [ Brooklyn Bridge], после смерти отца стал главным инженером стройкиEnglish-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Roebling, Washington Augustus
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SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering[br]b. 26 May 1837 Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, USAd. 21 July 1926 Trenton, New Jersey, USA.[br]American civil engineer.[br]The son of John Augustus Roebling, he graduated in 1857 from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a civil engineer, and joined his father in his suspension bridge construction work. He served in the Civil War as a colonel of engineers in the Union Army, and in 1867, two years after the end of the war, he went to Europe to study new methods of sinking underwater foundations by means of compressed air. These new methods were employed in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, of which he took charge on his father's death in 1869. Timber pneumatic caissons were used, with a maximum pressure of 34 psi (2.4 kg/cm2) above atmospheric pressure. Two years after work on the piers had started in the caissons, Roebling, who had been working constantly with the men on the foundations of the piers, was carried unconscious out of the caisson, a victim of decompression sickness, then known as “caisson disease”. He was paralysed and lost the use of his voice. From then on he directed the rest of the work from the sickroom of his nearby house, his wife, Emily Warren Roebling, helping with his instructions and notes and carrying them out to the workforce; she even read a statement from him to the American Society of Civil Engineers. The erection of the cables, which were of steel, began in August 1876 and took twenty-six months to complete. In 1881 eleven trustees and Emily Warren Roebling walked across temporary planking, but the decking of the total span was not completed until 1885, fourteen years after construction of the bridge had started. The Brooklyn Bridge was Roebling's last major work, although following the death of his nephew in 1921 he was forced to head again the management of Roebling \& Company, though aged 84 and an invalid.[br]Further ReadingD.B.Steinman and S.R.Watson, 1941, Bridges and their Builders, New York: Dover Books.D.McCullough, 1982, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the BrooklynBridge, New York: Simon \& Schuster.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Roebling, Washington Augustus
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Висячий мост через пролив Ист-Ривер [ East River] в г. Нью-Йорке, соединяющий Бруклин [ Brooklyn] и Манхэттен [ Manhattan]. Сооружен в 1869-83. Длина пролета (рекордная для того времени) - 478 м; высота - 40,5 м. Авторы проекта - инженеры Дж. А. Реблинг [ Roebling, John Augustus], умерший в начале работ в 1869, и его сын В. Реблинг [ Roebling, Washington Augustus] - были пионерами использования стального кабеля, придающего мосту характерный паутинообразный облик. Им принадлежит и конструкция пилонов моста, поддерживаемых пневматическими кессонами. Мост не только вошел в мировую историю мостостроения, но и способствовал вхождению г. Бруклина в состав г. Нью-Йорка, став одним из наиболее известных и любимых символов городаEnglish-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Brooklyn Bridge
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Город на востоке штата Техас, южнее г. Далласа, на р. Бразос [Brazos River]. 113,7 тыс. жителей (2000), с пригородами - 213,5 тыс. Торговый центр сельскохозяйственного района (выращивание хлопка, скотоводство). Производство шин, авиадеталей; стекольная и деревообрабатывающая промышленность. Университет Бейлора [Baylor University] (1845), Технический институт штата Техас [Texas State Technical Institute]. Среди достопримечательностей: Художественный центр Уэйко [Waco Art Center], университетский художественный музей [Baylor Art Museum], Галерея славы техасских рейнджеров [Texas Ranger Hall of Fame], Старый висячий мост [Old Suspension Bridge] (построен в 1870 по проекту инженера Дж. Реблинга [ Roebling, John Augustus], самый длинный в США висячий мост до завершения строительства Бруклинского моста [ Brooklyn Bridge]). Город основан в 1849 на месте одноименного индейского поселения, рядом с которым с 1837 существовал форт техасских рейнджеров [ Texas Rangers]. Статус города с 1856. Через Уэйко проходили дороги на запад, и во времена Фронтира [ Frontier] он был известен как "перекресток шестизарядных кольтов" ["Six-shooter Junction"]. Центр крупной баптистской общины, одно из прозвищ - Баптистский Рим [Baptists' Rome]. В 1993 город стал печально известен событиями в укрепленной базе воинственной секты "Ветвь Давидова" [Branch Davidians], которой руководил Д. Кореш [Koresh, David]. База сгорела во время штурма, предпринятого федеральными агентами. В огне погибло около 80 человек, в том числе дети. С тех пор "Уэйко" стало для многих символом превышения власти
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Roebling,John Augustus — Roeb·ling (rōʹblĭng), John Augustus. 1806 1869. German born American engineer who designed and began the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, a project completed (1883) by his son Washington Augustus Roebling (1837 1926). * * * … Universalium
Roebling, John Augustus — born , June 12, 1806, Mühlhausen, Prussia died July 22, 1869, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., U.S. German U.S. civil engineer, a pioneer in the design of suspension bridges. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1831. His best known work is New York s Brooklyn… … Universalium
ROEBLING, John Augustus — (1806 1869) and Washington Augustus ROEBLING (1837 1926) See STEEL … Historical Dictionary of Architecture
Roebling, John Augustus — (12 jun. 1806, Mühlhausen, Prusia–22 jul. 1869, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., EE.UU.). Ingeniero civil alemán estadounidense, un pionero en el diseño de puentes colgantes. Emigró a EE.UU. en 1831. Su obra más conocida es el puente de Brooklyn de Nueva… … Enciclopedia Universal
ROEBLING, Washington Augustus — See ROEBLING, John Augustus … Historical Dictionary of Architecture
Roebling, John Augustus — (1806–1869) American engineer, designer of Brooklyn Bridge … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
John Augustus Roebling — Este artículo o sección necesita referencias que aparezcan en una publicación acreditada, como revistas especializadas, monografías, prensa diaria o páginas de Internet fidedignas. Puedes añadirlas así o avisar … Wikipedia Español
Roebling, Washington Augustus — ▪ American engineer born May 26, 1837, Saxonburg, Pa., U.S. died July 21, 1926, Trenton, N.J. U.S. civil engineer under whose direction the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, was completed in 1883; the bridge was designed by Roebling with his… … Universalium
John Augustus Roebling — vers 1847–1848. John Augustus Roebling (né Johann August Röbling le 12 juin 1806 à Mühlhausen, Allemagne mort le 22 juillet 1869 à New York, États Unis) était un ingénieur civil né allemand, connu pour ses ponts suspendus à des câbles d acier … Wikipédia en Français
John Augustus Roebling — noun United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806 1869) • Syn: ↑Roebling, ↑John Roebling • Instance Hypernyms: ↑engineer, ↑applied scientist, ↑technologist … Useful english dictionary
ROEBLING (J. A.) — ROEBLING JOHN AUGUSTUS (1806 1869) Les ponts ne relèvent pas à proprement parler de l’architecture: on confie généralement leur construction à des ingénieurs n’ayant aucune formation architecturale, Maillart étant l’exception la plus remarquable… … Encyclopédie Universelle
