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Royal apparatus

  • 1 Breathing Apparatus Search And Rescue

    Abbreviation: BASAR (UK Royal Navy)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Breathing Apparatus Search And Rescue

  • 2 аппарат королевского двора

    Русско-английский политический словарь > аппарат королевского двора

  • 3 аппарат королевского двора

    Politics: Royal apparatus

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > аппарат королевского двора

  • 4 Davis, Robert Henry

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 6 June 1870 London, England
    d. 29 March 1965 Epsom, Surrey, England
    [br]
    English inventor of breathing, diving and escape apparatus.
    [br]
    Davis was the son of a detective with the City of London police. At the age of 11 he entered the employment of Siebe, Gorman \& Co., manufacturers of diving and other safety equipment since 1819, at their Lambeth works. By good fortune, his neat handwriting attracted the notice of Mr Gorman and he was transferred to work in the office. He studied hard after working hours and rose steadily in the firm. In his twenties he was promoted to Assistant Manager, then General Manager, Managing Director and finally Governing Director. He retired in 1960, having been made Life President the previous year, and continued to attend the office regularly until May 1964.
    Davis's entire career was devoted to research and development in the firm's special field. In 1906 he perfected the first practicable oxygen-breathing apparatus for use in mine rescue; it was widely adopted and with modifications was still in use in the 1990s. With Professor Leonard Hill he designed a deep-sea diving-bell incorporating a decompression chamber. He also invented an oxygen-breathing apparatus and heated apparel for airmen flying at high altitudes.
    Immediately after the first German gas attacks on the Western Front in April 1915, Davis devised a respirator, known as the stocking skene or veil mask. He quickly organized the mass manufacture of this device, roping in members of his family and placing the work in the homes of Lambeth: within 48 hours the first consignment was being sent off to France.
    He was a member of the Admiralty Deep Sea Diving Committee, which in 1933 completed tables for the safe ascent of divers with oxygen from a depth of 300 ft (91 m). They were compiled by Davis in conjunction with Professors J.B.S.Haldane and Leonard Hill and Captain G.C.Damant, the Royal Navy's leading diving expert. With revisions these tables have been used by the Navy ever since. Davis's best-known invention was first used in 1929: the Davis Submarine Escape Apparatus. It became standard equipment on submarines until it was replaced by the Built-in Breathing System, which the firm began manufacturing in 1951.
    The firm's works were bombed during the Second World War and were re-established at Chessington, Surrey. The extensive research facilities there were placed at the disposal of the Royal Navy and the Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit. Davis worked with Haldane and Hill on problems of the underwater physiology of working divers. A number of inventions issued from Chessington, such as the human torpedo, midget submarine and human minesweeper. In the early 1950s the firm helped to pioneer the use of underwater television to investigate the sinking of the submarine Affray and the crashed Comet jet airliners.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1932.
    Bibliography
    Davis was the author of several manuals on diving including Deep Sea Diving and Submarine Operations and Breathing in Irrespirable Atmospheres. He also wrote Resuscitation: A Brief Personal History of Siebe, Gorman \& Co. 1819–1957.
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1965, The Times, 31 March, p. 16.
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Davis, Robert Henry

  • 5 Wollaston, William Hyde

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. 6 August 1766 East Dereham, Norfolk, England
    d. 22 December 1828 London, England
    [br]
    English chemist and metallurgist who discovered palladium and rhodium, pioneer in the fabrication of platinum.
    [br]
    Wollaston qualified in medicine at Cambridge University but gave up his practice in 1800 to devote himself to chemistry and metallurgy, funded from the profits from making malleable platinum. In partnership with Smithson Tennant, a friend from his Cambridge days, he worked on the extraction of platinum by dissolving it in aqua regia. In 1802 he found that in addition to platinum the solution contained a new metal, which he named palladium. Two years later he identified another new metal, rhodium.
    Wollaston developed a method of forming platinum by means of powder metallurgy and was the first to produce malleable and ductile platinum on a commercial scale. He produced platinum vessels for sulphuric acid manufacture and scientific apparatus such as crucibles. He devised an elegant method for forming fine platinum wire. He also applied his inventive talents to improving scientific apparatus, including the sextant and microscope and a reflecting goniometer for measuring crystal angles. In 1807 he was appointed Joint Secretary of the Royal Society with Sir Humphry Davy, which entailed a heavy workload and required them to referee all the papers submitted to the Society for publication.
    Wollaston's output of platinum began to decline after 1822. Due to ill health he ceased business operations in 1828 and at last made public the details of his secret platinum fabrication process. It was fully described in the Bakerian Lecture he delivered to the Royal Society on 28 November 1828, shortly before his death.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1793.
    Bibliography
    His scientific papers were published in various journals, nearly all listed in the Royal Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers.
    Further Reading
    There is no good general biography, the best general account being the entry in
    Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
    D.McDonald, 1960, A History of Platinum from the Earliest Times to the Eighteen- Eighties, London (provides a good discussion of his work on platinum).
    M.E.Weeks, 1939, "The discovery of the elements", Journal of Chemical Education: 184–5.
    ASD

    Biographical history of technology > Wollaston, William Hyde

  • 6 Regii

    rēgĭus, a, um, adj. [rex], of or belonging to a king, kingly, royal, regal.
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum esset habendus rex, quicumque genere regio natus esset,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50:

    potestas,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 15; 2, 23, 43;

    2, 32, 56: nomen,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 43;

    2, 28, 51: civitas,

    id. ib. 2, 29, 52:

    insignia,

    id. ib. 2, 17, 31:

    ornatus,

    id. ib. 2, 21, 38; id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    apparatus,

    id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

    exercitus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 104:

    praefectus,

    id. ib. 3, 104 et saep.: anni, i. e. the reign of the kings (at Rome), Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 29; 2, 30, 53:

    auctio,

    i. e. of royal property, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 96:

    ales,

    i. e. the eagle, Ov. M. 4, 362:

    genus imperii proximum similitudini regiae,

    very much resembling regal power, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

    bellum,

    with a king, id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

    regios nutus tueri,

    purposes, id. Fam 12, 1, 1:

    regia, crede mihi, res est succurrere lapsis,

    befitting kings, Ov. P. 2, 9, 11; cf.:

    regia res scelus est,

    id. F. 6, 595:

    sponsus,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 10:

    genus,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 15:

    sanguis,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 65:

    stirps,

    Curt. 6, 2, 8:

    virgo,

    princess, Ov. M. 2, 570; 13, 523:

    puer,

    Verg. A. 1, 677:

    conjux,

    id. ib. 2, 783:

    parens,

    Ov. M. 13, 484:

    legatio,

    Liv. 35, 32:

    imperium,

    Sen. Med. 189:

    cohors,

    Curt. 10, 7, 16:

    interitus regii,

    Val. Max. 1, 8, 11: superbum [p. 1551] istud et regium, nisi, etc., Plin. Pan. 7, 6.—Hence, esp.:

    lex regia,

    a law investing the emperor with all the power and authority of the Roman people, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6 Sandars ad loc.—As subst.
    A.
    Rē-gĭi, ōrum, m.
    1.
    (Sc. milites.) The royal troops, the king ' s soldiers, Nep. Dat. 1, 4.—
    2. B.
    rēgĭa, ae, f.
    1.
    (Sc. domus.) A royal palace, castle, fortress, residence, the court (cf.:

    aula, palatium): in regia regem ipsum quasi productum esse ad dignitatem,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

    in vestibulo regiae,

    Liv. 1, 40:

    exaedificata,

    id. 35, 31:

    regiam occupare,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 6; Ov. F. 4, 599:

    opulenta,

    Cat. 62, 44:

    Polycratis regia,

    Suet. Calig. 21.—
    b.
    In partic., the royal castle of Numa, situated on the Sacra Via, close by the temple of Vesta, used subsequently for priestly purposes (for appointed sacrifices, for meetings of the priests, as a residence of the Pontifex, etc.): haec est a sacris quae via nomen habet; Hic locus est Vestae, qui Pallada servat et ignem;

    Hic fuit antiqui regia parva Numae,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 30; cf. id. F. 6, 264; Varr. L. L. 6, § 12 Müll.; Fest. p. 178 ib.; Macr. S. 1, 15; 16; S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 363; Cic. Mil. 14, 37 Ascon.; id. Att. 10, 3, a, 1; Plin. 34, 8, 18, § 48 al.— Hence, atrium regium, the hall of this regia, Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
    c.
    Transf.
    (α).
    The royal tent in a camp, Liv. 2, 12, 10; cf.:

    armatus exercitus regiam obsedit,

    Curt. 9, 5, 30; 6, 2, 9:

    vestibulum regiae,

    id. 7, 1, 4. —
    (β).
    The court, i. e. the royal family, the king and his courtiers (cf. aula;

    first under Aug.): tulit et Romana regia sceleris tragici exemplum,

    Liv. 1, 46:

    quicunque propinquitate regiam contigisset,

    id. 24, 22 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 34:

    Callistus prioris quoque regiae peritus,

    id. ib. 11, 29; cf. id. ib. 14, 13; Petr. poët. 5, 4; Curt. 6, 6, 2.—
    * (γ).
    Poet., like aula, a court for the cattle, cattle-yard:

    gregis regia,

    Val. Fl. 5, 67.—
    2.
    (Sc. urbs.) A royal city, residence, capital ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

    Croesi regia Sardes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2:

    non haec dotalis regia Amatae, i. e. Laurentum,

    Verg. A. 9, 737:

    Caesarea, Jubae regia,

    Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20.—
    3.
    A pure Lat. name for basilica, a colonnade, portico, hall (not ante-Aug.): dum lectica ex regiā domum redeo, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 76:

    theatri,

    Suet. Aug. 31 fin.; Ascon. ap. Cic. Aem. Scaur. § 45 (p. 27 Orell.); cf. Vitr. 5, 7 fin.; Stat. S. 1, 1, 30. —
    4.
    A pure Lat. name for the plant basilisca (v. h. v.), App. Herb. 128. —
    II.
    Trop., royal, regal, princely, splendid, magnificent, distinguished (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. regalis):

    forma,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 10:

    moles,

    splendid edifices, Hor. C. 2, 15, 1:

    vestis,

    Vulg. Act. 12, 21.—

    As an epithet of any remarkable production of nature or art: olea,

    Col. 5, 8, 3; 12, 49, 2; 7:

    pira,

    id. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56;

    laurus,

    id. 15, 30, 39, § 129:

    charta,

    Cat. 22, 6 et saep.: regius morbus, the jaundice (because it was said to be cured by delicate remedies, by exciting to cheerfulness, etc.), Cels. 3, 24; Varr. ap. Plin. 22, 24, 53, § 114; Ser. Samm. 58, 1033; Hor. A. P. 453: regia stella, a large star in the constellation Leo, now called Regulus, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 235. — Hence, adv.: rēgĭē, royally, regally, splendidly, sumptuously, magnificently; imperiously, despotically:

    accubabo regie,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 53:

    regie polita aedificia,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10:

    quae regie seu potius tyrannice statuit in aratores Apronius,

    imperiously, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 115:

    crudeliter et regie factum,

    id. Cat. 1, 12, 30.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Regii

  • 7 regius

    rēgĭus, a, um, adj. [rex], of or belonging to a king, kingly, royal, regal.
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum esset habendus rex, quicumque genere regio natus esset,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50:

    potestas,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 15; 2, 23, 43;

    2, 32, 56: nomen,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 43;

    2, 28, 51: civitas,

    id. ib. 2, 29, 52:

    insignia,

    id. ib. 2, 17, 31:

    ornatus,

    id. ib. 2, 21, 38; id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    apparatus,

    id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

    exercitus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 104:

    praefectus,

    id. ib. 3, 104 et saep.: anni, i. e. the reign of the kings (at Rome), Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 29; 2, 30, 53:

    auctio,

    i. e. of royal property, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 96:

    ales,

    i. e. the eagle, Ov. M. 4, 362:

    genus imperii proximum similitudini regiae,

    very much resembling regal power, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

    bellum,

    with a king, id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

    regios nutus tueri,

    purposes, id. Fam 12, 1, 1:

    regia, crede mihi, res est succurrere lapsis,

    befitting kings, Ov. P. 2, 9, 11; cf.:

    regia res scelus est,

    id. F. 6, 595:

    sponsus,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 10:

    genus,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 15:

    sanguis,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 65:

    stirps,

    Curt. 6, 2, 8:

    virgo,

    princess, Ov. M. 2, 570; 13, 523:

    puer,

    Verg. A. 1, 677:

    conjux,

    id. ib. 2, 783:

    parens,

    Ov. M. 13, 484:

    legatio,

    Liv. 35, 32:

    imperium,

    Sen. Med. 189:

    cohors,

    Curt. 10, 7, 16:

    interitus regii,

    Val. Max. 1, 8, 11: superbum [p. 1551] istud et regium, nisi, etc., Plin. Pan. 7, 6.—Hence, esp.:

    lex regia,

    a law investing the emperor with all the power and authority of the Roman people, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6 Sandars ad loc.—As subst.
    A.
    Rē-gĭi, ōrum, m.
    1.
    (Sc. milites.) The royal troops, the king ' s soldiers, Nep. Dat. 1, 4.—
    2. B.
    rēgĭa, ae, f.
    1.
    (Sc. domus.) A royal palace, castle, fortress, residence, the court (cf.:

    aula, palatium): in regia regem ipsum quasi productum esse ad dignitatem,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52; Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

    in vestibulo regiae,

    Liv. 1, 40:

    exaedificata,

    id. 35, 31:

    regiam occupare,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 6; Ov. F. 4, 599:

    opulenta,

    Cat. 62, 44:

    Polycratis regia,

    Suet. Calig. 21.—
    b.
    In partic., the royal castle of Numa, situated on the Sacra Via, close by the temple of Vesta, used subsequently for priestly purposes (for appointed sacrifices, for meetings of the priests, as a residence of the Pontifex, etc.): haec est a sacris quae via nomen habet; Hic locus est Vestae, qui Pallada servat et ignem;

    Hic fuit antiqui regia parva Numae,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 30; cf. id. F. 6, 264; Varr. L. L. 6, § 12 Müll.; Fest. p. 178 ib.; Macr. S. 1, 15; 16; S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 363; Cic. Mil. 14, 37 Ascon.; id. Att. 10, 3, a, 1; Plin. 34, 8, 18, § 48 al.— Hence, atrium regium, the hall of this regia, Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
    c.
    Transf.
    (α).
    The royal tent in a camp, Liv. 2, 12, 10; cf.:

    armatus exercitus regiam obsedit,

    Curt. 9, 5, 30; 6, 2, 9:

    vestibulum regiae,

    id. 7, 1, 4. —
    (β).
    The court, i. e. the royal family, the king and his courtiers (cf. aula;

    first under Aug.): tulit et Romana regia sceleris tragici exemplum,

    Liv. 1, 46:

    quicunque propinquitate regiam contigisset,

    id. 24, 22 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 34:

    Callistus prioris quoque regiae peritus,

    id. ib. 11, 29; cf. id. ib. 14, 13; Petr. poët. 5, 4; Curt. 6, 6, 2.—
    * (γ).
    Poet., like aula, a court for the cattle, cattle-yard:

    gregis regia,

    Val. Fl. 5, 67.—
    2.
    (Sc. urbs.) A royal city, residence, capital ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

    Croesi regia Sardes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2:

    non haec dotalis regia Amatae, i. e. Laurentum,

    Verg. A. 9, 737:

    Caesarea, Jubae regia,

    Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20.—
    3.
    A pure Lat. name for basilica, a colonnade, portico, hall (not ante-Aug.): dum lectica ex regiā domum redeo, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 76:

    theatri,

    Suet. Aug. 31 fin.; Ascon. ap. Cic. Aem. Scaur. § 45 (p. 27 Orell.); cf. Vitr. 5, 7 fin.; Stat. S. 1, 1, 30. —
    4.
    A pure Lat. name for the plant basilisca (v. h. v.), App. Herb. 128. —
    II.
    Trop., royal, regal, princely, splendid, magnificent, distinguished (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. regalis):

    forma,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 10:

    moles,

    splendid edifices, Hor. C. 2, 15, 1:

    vestis,

    Vulg. Act. 12, 21.—

    As an epithet of any remarkable production of nature or art: olea,

    Col. 5, 8, 3; 12, 49, 2; 7:

    pira,

    id. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56;

    laurus,

    id. 15, 30, 39, § 129:

    charta,

    Cat. 22, 6 et saep.: regius morbus, the jaundice (because it was said to be cured by delicate remedies, by exciting to cheerfulness, etc.), Cels. 3, 24; Varr. ap. Plin. 22, 24, 53, § 114; Ser. Samm. 58, 1033; Hor. A. P. 453: regia stella, a large star in the constellation Leo, now called Regulus, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 235. — Hence, adv.: rēgĭē, royally, regally, splendidly, sumptuously, magnificently; imperiously, despotically:

    accubabo regie,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 53:

    regie polita aedificia,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10:

    quae regie seu potius tyrannice statuit in aratores Apronius,

    imperiously, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 115:

    crudeliter et regie factum,

    id. Cat. 1, 12, 30.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > regius

  • 8 Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio

    SUBJECT AREA: Electricity
    [br]
    b. 18 February 1745 Como, Italy
    d. 5 March 1827 Como, Italy
    [br]
    Italian physicist, discoverer of a source of continuous electric current from a pile of dissimilar metals.
    [br]
    Volta had an early command of English, French and Latin, and also learned to read Dutch and Spanish. After completing studies at the Royal Seminary in Como he was involved in the study of physics, chemistry and electricity. He became a teacher of physics in his native town and in 1779 was appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Pavia, a post he held for forty years.
    With a growing international reputation and a wish to keep abreast of the latest developments, in 1777 he began the first of many travels abroad. A journey started in 1781 to Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Holland, France and England lasted about one year. By 1791 he had been elected to membership of many learned societies, including those in Zurich, Berlin, Berne and Paris. Volta's invention of his pile resulted from a controversy with Luigi Galvani, Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bologna. Galvani discovered that the muscles of frogs' legs contracted when touched with two pieces of different metals and attributed this to a phenomenon of the animal tissue. Volta showed that the excitation was due to a chemical reaction resulting from the contact of the dissimilar metals when moistened. His pile comprised a column of zinc and silver discs, each pair separated by paper moistened with brine, and provided a source of continuous current from a simple and accessible source. The effectiveness of the pile decreased as the paper dried and Volta devised his crown of cups, which had a longer life. In this, pairs of dissimilar metals were placed in each of a number of cups partly filled with an electrolyte such as brine. Volta first announced the results of his experiments with dissimilar metals in 1800 in a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society. This letter, published in the Transactions of the Royal Society, has been regarded as one of the most important documents in the history of science. Large batteries were constructed in a number of laboratories soon after Volta's discoveries became known, leading immediately to a series of developments in electrochemistry and eventually in electromagnetism. Volta himself made little further contribution to science. In recognition of his achievement, at a meeting of the International Electrical Congress in Paris in 1881 it was agreed to name the unit of electrical pressure the "volt".
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1791. Royal Society Copley Medal 1794. Knight of the Iron Crown, Austria, 1806. Senator of the Realm of Lombardy 1809.
    Bibliography
    1800, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 18:744–6 (Volta's report on his discovery).
    Further Reading
    G.Polvani, 1942, Alessandro Volta, Pisa (the best account available).
    B.Dibner, 1964, Alessandro Volta and the Electric Battery, New York (a detailed account).
    C.C.Gillispie (ed.), 1976, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vol. XIV, New York, pp.
    66–82 (includes an extensive biography).
    F.Soresni, 1988, Alessandro Volta, Milan (includes illustrations of Volta's apparatus, with brief text).
    GW

    Biographical history of technology > Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio

  • 9 Acres, Birt

    [br]
    b. 23 July 1854 Virginia, USA
    d. 1918
    [br]
    American photographer, inventor and pioneer cinematographer.
    [br]
    Born of English parents and educated in Paris, Acres travelled to England in the 1880s. He worked for the photographic manufacturing firm Elliott \& Co. in Barnet, near London, and became the Manager. He became well known through his frequent lectures, demonstrations and articles in the photographic press. The appearance of the Edison kinetoscope in 1893 seems to have aroused his interest in the recording and reproduction of movement.
    At the beginning of 1895 he took his idea for a camera to Robert Paul, an instrument maker, and they collaborated on the building of a working camera, which Acres used to record the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race on 30 March 1895. He filmed the Derby at Epsom on 29 May and the opening of the Kiel Canal in June, as well as ten other subjects for the kinetoscope, which were sold by Paul. Acres's association with Paul ended in July 1895. Acres had patented the camera design, the Kinetic Lantern, on 27 May 1895 and then went on to design a projector with which he gave the first successful presentation of projected motion pictures to take place in Britain, at the Royal Photographic Society's meeting on 14 January 1896. At the end of the month Acres formed his own business, the Northern Photographic Company, to supply film stock, process and print exposed film, and to make finished film productions.
    His first shows to the public, using the renamed Kineopticon projector, started in Piccadilly Circus on 21 March 1896. He later toured the country with his show. He was honoured with a Royal Command Performance at Marlborough House on 21 July 1896 before members of the royal family. Although he made a number of films for his own use, they and his equipment were used only for his own demonstrations. His last contribution to cinematography was the design and patenting in 1898 of the first low-cost system for amateur use, the Birtac, which was first shown on 25 January 1899 and marketed in May of that year. It used half-width film, 17.5 mm wide, and the apparatus served as camera, printer and projector.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society 1895.
    Bibliography
    27 May 1895 (the Kinetic Lantern).
    9 June 1898 (the Birtac).
    Further Reading
    J.Barnes, 1976, The Beginnings of the Cinema in England, London. B.Coe, 1980, The History of Movie Photography, London.
    BC

    Biographical history of technology > Acres, Birt

  • 10 rēgius

        rēgius adj.    [rex], of a king, kingly, royal, regal: genere regio natus: potestas: apparatus: exercitus, Cs.: anni, i. e. the reign of the kings (at Rome): a<*>es, i. e. the eagle, O.: genus imperi proximum similitudini regiae, closely resembling royalty: bellum, with a king: regios nutūs tueri, the king's orders: sponsus, H.: virgo, princess, O.: parens, O.: legatio, L.— Plur m. as subst, the king's troops: regii, i. e. regia acies, L.: fama ad regios perlata, the satraps, N.— Like a king, worthy of a king, royal, kingly, magnificent: Regia res est succurrere lapsis, O.: Regia res scelus est, O.: morbus, jaundice (because the patient was to live like a king), H.— Of a palace: atrium, of the castle of Numa, L.
    * * *
    regia, regium ADJ
    royal, of a king, regal

    Latin-English dictionary > rēgius

  • 11 Maughan, Benjamin Waddy

    [br]
    fl. c. 1868 London, England
    [br]
    English inventor of the first gas geyser.
    [br]
    Maughan was a decorative painter in the Clerkenwell district of London. He invented the first instantaneous domestic water-heater, which did not utilize solid fuel. He christened his device a geyser, taking the name from the Icelandic word geysir, which is the name of a specific hot spring there and means "gusher". He patented the geyser on 23 December 1868. In his design the cold water entered from the top of the apparatus, then flowed downwards by means of constricting wires to be heated by hot gases rising from the burner below. Hot water then flowed into the bath or sink. No flue was fitted to conduct tainted air and gases from the bathroom. An impressive example of Maughan's geyser is on display in the Science Museum in London. The fittings are of brass and the casing is painted in marbled green, it stands on three curved legs and displays the Royal Arms.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1868, "Improvements in apparatus for the heating of water and other liquids, applicable for baths and other purposes", British patent no. 3,917 (provides a very long account of the details of the invention and its purpose).
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  • 12 polvo

    m.
    1 dust.
    limpiar o quitar el polvo to do the dusting
    2 powder.
    en polvo powdered
    polvos (de) picapica itching powder
    polvos de talco talcum powder
    echar un polvo to have a screw o a shag (British)
    ¡qué polvo tiene! what a babe!
    4 grit dust.
    5 pulvis.
    6 sexual act, sexual intercourse, screw, shag.
    * * *
    1 (suciedad) dust
    3 tabú screw, fuck
    1 (para maquillar) face powder
    \
    en polvo (leche, cacao) powdered 2 (nieve) powdery
    estar hecho,-a polvo familiar (persona) to be shattered 2 (coche) to be a write-off
    hacer polvo a alguien familiar to shatter somebody
    limpiar el polvo / quitar el polvo to dust
    polvo eres y en polvo te convertirás dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return
    polvos de talco talcum powder sing
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) dust
    3) fuck
    * * *
    SM
    1) [en el aire] dust

    limpiar o quitar el polvo — to dust

    estoy hecho polvo — (=cansado) I'm shattered *, I'm knackered **; (=deprimido) I feel really down

    limpio de polvo y paja —

    ganó 50 millones, limpios de polvo y paja — he won 50 million in his hand

    2) (Quím, Culin, Med) powder; [de tocador] face powder

    en polvo — [leche, canela, cocaína] powdered

    polvo(s) de hornear, polvo(s) de levadura — baking powder sing

    3) ** (=droga) snow **, coke *
    4) (=porción) pinch
    5) *** screw ***, shag ***
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( suciedad) dust

    limpiar or quitar el polvo — to do the dusting, to dust

    la noticia los hizo polvo — they were stunned o shattered by the news (colloq)

    b) (Coc, Quím) powder
    c) polvos masculino plural ( en cosmética) face powder
    2) (vulg) ( acto sexual) fuck (vulg), screw (vulg)

    echar(se) un polvo — to have a screw (vulg), to ball (AmE sl)

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( suciedad) dust

    limpiar or quitar el polvo — to do the dusting, to dust

    la noticia los hizo polvo — they were stunned o shattered by the news (colloq)

    b) (Coc, Quím) powder
    c) polvos masculino plural ( en cosmética) face powder
    2) (vulg) ( acto sexual) fuck (vulg), screw (vulg)

    echar(se) un polvo — to have a screw (vulg), to ball (AmE sl)

    * * *
    polvo1
    1 = dust.

    Ex: Dust is an enemy of microcomputers as it is with any piece of electrical apparatus, and a dust cover costing a few pounds is a worthwhile purchase.

    * acumular polvo = gather + dust, collect + dust.
    * caer hecho polvo = flake out.
    * con olor a polvo = dust smelling.
    * convertirse en polvo = turn to + dust.
    * dejar hecho polvo = screw + Nombre + up.
    * hecho polvo = wrecked, dog tired.
    * libre de polvo = dust-free.
    * limpieza del polvo = dusting.
    * morder el polvo = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt, be kaput.
    * natillas en polvo = custard powder.
    * nube de polvo = cloud of dust, dust cloud.
    * oliendo a polvo = dust smelling.
    * polvo de estrellas = stardust.
    * quedarse hecho polvo = be gutted, feel + gutted.
    * quitar el polvo = dust.
    * remolino de polvo = dust cloud.
    * sacudir el polvo = dust.
    * sentirse hecho polvo = be gutted, feel + gutted.
    * tormenta de polvo = dust storm.
    * trapo del polvo = dust cloth, duster.

    polvo2
    2 = powder.

    Ex: Next a carbon powder or toner is shaken over the selenium drum.

    * ajo en polvo = garlic powder.
    * azúcar en polvo = powdered sugar.
    * en polvo = powdered.
    * hielo seco en polvo = dry ice powder.
    * leche en polvo = dry milk, powder milk, powdered milk, milk powder.
    * leche en polvo desnatada = nonfat dry milk.
    * levadura en polvo = baking powder.
    * pintar en polvo = powder-coat.
    * polvos de talco = talcum powder, talcum.
    * polvo seco = dry powder.
    * proteínas en polvo = protein powder.
    * tabaco en polvo = snuff.

    polvo3
    3 = fuck, screw.

    Ex: When he wan't looking she took his wallet and left after a good fuck with a hefty sum of money and some credit cards.

    Ex: It sounds like you need to get laid -- you might feel better after a good screw.
    * echar un polvo = fuck, screw, screw, get + laid.

    * * *
    A
    1 (suciedad) dust
    limpia or quita el polvo todos los días she does the dusting o she dusts every day
    no le quitaste el polvo a la mesa you didn't dust the table
    la casa está llena de polvo the house is very dusty o full of dust
    el polvo que levantaban los coches al pasar the dust raised by the cars as they passed
    hacer polvo algo/a algn ( fam): lleva dos días sin dormir y está hecha polvo she hasn't slept for two days so she's all in o ( AmE) she's pooped o ( BrE) she's shattered ( colloq)
    la noticia los hizo polvo they were stunned o shattered by the news ( colloq)
    a él no le pasó nada pero el coche está hecho polvo he was all right but the car is a wreck o ( AmE) was totaled o ( BrE) is a write-off ( colloq)
    sus planes quedaron hechos polvo her plans went up in smoke o ( BrE) were scuppered ( colloq)
    morder el polvo to bite the dust ( colloq)
    sacudirle el polvo a algn ( fam); to beat sb to a pulp ( colloq), to beat hell out of sb ( colloq)
    aquellos polvos traen estos lodos you're/we're suffering the consequences now, the chickens have come home to roost ( set phrase)
    2 ( Coc, Quím) powder
    viene en rama o en polvo you can buy it in sticks or ground o in powder form
    3 polvos mpl (en cosmética) face powder
    Compuestos:
    ( arg); angel dust (sl)
    ● polvo dental or dentífrico
    tooth powder
    ● polvo limpiador or de limpieza
    ( Arg) scouring powder
    tooth powder
    ● polvo(s) Royal®
    baking powder
    mpl face powder
    mpl rice powder
    baking powder
    mpl ( fam hum); magic potion
    mpl itching powder
    mpl talcum powder, talc ( colloq)
    B ( vulg) (acto sexual) fuck ( vulg), screw ( vulg)
    echar(se) un polvo to screw ( vulg), to ball ( AmE sl), to have it off ( BrE sl)
    * * *

     

    polvo sustantivo masculino
    a) ( suciedad) dust;

    limpiar or quitar el polvo to do the dusting, to dust;
    ◊ estar hecho polvo ( agotado) to be all in (fam);


    ( deprimido) to be devastated;
    ( destruido) to be a wreck
    b) (Coc, Quím) powder

    c)

    ◊ polvos sustantivo masculino plural ( en cosmética) face powder;

    polvos de talco talcum powder, talc (colloq)
    polvo sustantivo masculino
    1 (de suciedad, tierra) dust: quítale el polvo a los libros, dust the books
    2 (de una sustancia) powder: compré leche en polvo, I bought powdered milk
    polvos de talco, talcum powder
    3 vulgar fuck, screw
    echar un polvo, to have a screw
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar estar hecho polvo, (cansado, agotado) fam to be knackered o beat
    (abatido, triste) to be depressed
    (roto, destruido) to be ruined
    hacer polvo, to spoil, ruin: nos hizo polvo el verano, it ruined our summer
    este trabajo me está haciendo polvo, this job is really knocking me out
    morder el polvo, to bite the dust: le hizo morder el polvo, it overcame him
    limpio de polvo y paja, clear: ganó dos millones limpios de polvo y paja, she earned two million net
    ' polvo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    constancia
    - gamuza
    - levadura
    - moler
    - pelusa
    - pelusilla
    - posarse
    - pulverizar
    - remolino
    - reposar
    - trapo
    - acumular
    - asentar
    - cacao
    - canela
    - carbonilla
    - curry
    - leche
    - levantar
    - limpio
    - llenar
    - lleno
    - mota
    - nube
    - película
    - sacudir
    - tierra
    - torbellino
    English:
    add in
    - baking powder
    - beat
    - blink
    - brush off
    - chilli powder
    - coat
    - collect
    - compact
    - cosmic dust
    - custard powder
    - dried
    - dust
    - dusty
    - film
    - fine
    - flick
    - fuck
    - gather
    - gold dust
    - kick up
    - mask
    - pie
    - powder
    - powdered
    - raise
    - screw
    - settle
    - shagged
    - shake off
    - shatter
    - soap powder
    - speck
    - stir up
    - suck
    - sweep away
    - trail
    - whirl
    - zonked
    - baking
    - chocolate
    - creamer
    - drinking
    - eyeful
    - gold
    - grit
    - icing
    - powdery
    - scouring
    - soap
    * * *
    polvo nm
    1. [en el aire] dust;
    limpiar o [m5] quitar el polvo to do the dusting;
    polvo cósmico cosmic dust
    2. [de un producto] powder;
    leche en polvo powdered milk;
    canela en polvo ground cinnamon
    Fam polvo de ángel angel dust; Am polvo de hornear baking powder;
    polvos (de) picapica itching powder;
    RP polvo Royal® baking powder;
    polvos de talco talcum powder
    3.
    polvos [maquillaje] powder;
    ponerse polvos to powder one's face
    4. muy Fam [coito] screw, Br shag;
    echar un polvo to have a screw, Br to have a shag;
    ¡qué polvo tiene! what a babe!
    5. Comp
    Fam
    estar hecho polvo [muy cansado] to be dead beat o Br knackered;
    [muy deprimido] to be shattered o Br gutted; Fam
    hacer polvo algo to smash sth;
    estos zapatos me están haciendo polvo los pies these shoes are killing my feet;
    el cambio de fecha me hace polvo the change of date is a bummer for me;
    Fam
    quedarse hecho polvo [agotado] to be dead beat o Br knackered;
    [deprimido] to be shattered o Br gutted; Fam
    morder el polvo to be humiliated;
    Fam
    hacer morder el polvo a alguien to make sb eat dirt
    * * *
    m
    1 del camino, de muebles dust;
    morder el polvo fam bite the dust fam ;
    hacer morder el polvo a alguien fam crush s.o., wipe the floor with s.o. fam
    2 en química, medicina etc powder
    3 fam
    :
    estar hecho polvo be all in fam
    :
    echar un polvo have a screw vulg ;
    nada de polvos durante dos semanas no nooky vulg o sex for two weeks
    * * *
    polvo nm
    1) : dust
    2) : powder
    3) polvos nmpl
    : face powder
    4)
    polvos de hornear : baking powder
    5)
    hacer polvo fam : to crush, to shatter
    vas a hacer polvo el reloj: you're going to destroy your watch
    * * *
    1. (suciedad) dust
    2. (comestible, medicina, etc) powder
    estar hecho polvo to be exhausted / to be shattered

    Spanish-English dictionary > polvo

  • 13 Gregory, Sir Charles Hutton

    [br]
    b. 14 October 1817 Woolwich, England
    d. 10 January 1898 London, England
    [br]
    English civil engineer, inventor of the railway semaphore signal.
    [br]
    Gregory's father was Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.C.H. Gregory himself, after working for Robert Stephenson, was appointed Engineer to the London \& Croydon Railway in 1839. On it, at New Cross in 1841, he installed a semaphore signal derived from signalling apparatus used by the Royal Navy; two hinged semaphore arms projected either side from the top of a post, signalling to drivers of trains in each direction of travel. In horizontal position each arm signified "danger", an arm inclined at 45° meant "caution" and the vertical position, in which the arms disappeared within a slot in the post, meant "all right". Gregory's signal was the forerunner of semaphore signals adopted on railways worldwide. In 1843 Gregory invented the stirrup frame: signal arms were connected to stirrups that were pushed down by the signalman's foot in order to operate them, while the points were operated by levers. The stirrups were connected together to prevent conflicting signals from being shown. This was a predecessor of interlocking. In 1846 Gregory became Engineer to the Bristol \& Exeter Railway, where in 1848 he co-operated with W.B. Adams in the development and operation of the first self-propelled railcar. He later did civil engineering work in Italy and France, was Engineer to the Somerset Central and Dorset Central railways and became Consulting Engineer for the government railways in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Cape of Good Hope, Straits Settlements and Trinidad.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George 1876. Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George 1883. President, Institution of Civil Engineers 1867– 8.
    Bibliography
    1841, Practical Rules for the Management of a Locomotive Engine, London (one of the earliest such textbooks).
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1898, Engineering 65 (14 January). See also Saxby, John.
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Gregory, Sir Charles Hutton

  • 14 Marconi, Marchese Guglielmo

    [br]
    b. 25 April 1874 Bologna, Italy
    d. 20 July 1937 Rome, Italy
    [br]
    Italian radio pioneer whose inventiveness and business skills made radio communication a practical proposition.
    [br]
    Marconi was educated in physics at Leghorn and at Bologna University. An avid experimenter, he worked in his parents' attic and, almost certainly aware of the recent work of Hertz and others, soon improved the performance of coherers and spark-gap transmitters. He also discovered for himself the use of earthing and of elevated metal plates as aerials. In 1895 he succeeded in transmitting telegraphy over a distance of 2 km (1¼ miles), but the Italian Telegraph authority rejected his invention, so in 1896 he moved to England, where he filed the first of many patents. There he gained the support of the Chief Engineer of the Post Office, and by the following year he had achieved communication across the Bristol Channel.
    The British Post Office was also slow to take up his work, so in 1897 he formed the Wireless Telegraph \& Signal Company to work independently. In 1898 he sold some equipment to the British Army for use in the Boer War and established the first permanent radio link from the Isle of Wight to the mainland. In 1899 he achieved communication across the English Channel (a distance of more than 31 miles or 50 km), the construction of a wireless station at Spezia, Italy, and the equipping of two US ships to report progress in the America's Cup yacht race, a venture that led to the formation of the American Marconi Company. In 1900 he won a contract from the British Admiralty to sell equipment and to train operators. Realizing that his business would be much more successful if he could offer his customers a complete radio-communication service (known today as a "turnkey" deal), he floated a new company, the Marconi International Marine Communications Company, while the old company became the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company.
    His greatest achievement occurred on 12 December 1901, when Morse telegraph signals from a transmitter at Poldhu in Cornwall were received at St John's, Newfoundland, a distance of some 2,100 miles (3,400 km), with the use of an aerial flown by a kite. As a result of this, Marconi's business prospered and he became internationally famous, receiving many honours for his endeavours, including the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909. In 1904, radio was first used to provide a daily bulletin at sea, and in 1907 a transatlantic wireless telegraphy service was inaugurated. The rescue of 1,650 passengers from the shipwreck of SS Republic in 1909 was the first of many occasions when wireless was instrumental in saving lives at sea, most notable being those from the Titanic on its maiden voyage in April 1912; more lives would have been saved had there been sufficient lifeboats. Marconi was one of those who subsequently pressed for greater safety at sea. In 1910 he demonstrated the reception of long (8 km or 5 miles) waves from Ireland in Buenos Aires, but after the First World War he began to develop the use of short waves, which were more effectively reflected by the ionosphere. By 1918 the first link between England and Australia had been established, and in 1924 he was awarded a Post Office contract for short-wave communication between England and the various parts of the British Empire.
    With his achievements by then recognized by the Italian Government, in 1915 he was appointed Radio-Communications Adviser to the Italian armed forces, and in 1919 he was an Italian delegate to the Paris Peace Conference. From 1921 he lived on his yacht, the Elettra, and although he joined the Fascist Party in 1923, he later had reservations about Mussolini.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Nobel Prize for Physics (jointly with K.F. Braun) 1909. Russian Order of S t Anne. Commander of St Maurice and St Lazarus. Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (i.e. Knight) of Italy 1902. Freedom of Rome 1903. Honorary DSc Oxford. Honorary LLD Glasgow. Chevalier of the Civil Order of Savoy 1905. Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal. Honorary knighthood (GCVO) 1914. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honour 1920. Chairman, Royal Society of Arts 1924. Created Marquis (Marchese) 1929. Nominated to the Italian Senate 1929. President, Italian Academy 1930. Rector, University of St Andrews, Scotland, 1934.
    Bibliography
    1896, "Improvements in transmitting electrical impulses and in apparatus thereof", British patent no. 12,039.
    1 June 1898, British patent no. 12,326 (transformer or "jigger" resonant circuit).
    1901, British patent no. 7,777 (selective tuning).
    1904, British patent no. 763,772 ("four circuit" tuning arrangement).
    Further Reading
    D.Marconi, 1962, My Father, Marconi.
    W.J.Baker, 1970, A History of the Marconi Company, London: Methuen.
    KF

    Biographical history of technology > Marconi, Marchese Guglielmo

  • 15 अर्थः _arthḥ

    अर्थः [In some of its senses from अर्थ्; in others from ऋ-थन् Uṇ.2.4; अर्थते ह्यसौ अर्थिभिः Nir.]
    1 Object, pur- pose, end and aim; wish, desire; ज्ञातार्थो ज्ञातसंबन्धः श्रोतुं श्रोता प्रवर्तते, सिद्ध˚, ˚परिपन्थी Mu.5; ˚वशात् 5.8; स्मर्तव्यो$स्मि सत्यर्थे Dk.117 if it be necessary; Y.2.46; M.4.6; oft. used in this sense as the last member of compounds and translated by 'for', 'intended for', 'for the sake of', 'on account of', 'on behalf of', and used like an adj. to qualify nouns; अर्थेन तु नित्य- समासो विशेष्यनिघ्रता च Vārt.; सन्तानार्थाय विधये R.1.34; तां देवतापित्रतिथिक्रियार्थाम् (धेनुम्) 2.16; द्विजार्था यवागूः Sk.; यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणो$न्यत्र Bg.3.9. It mostly occurs in this sense as अर्थम्, अर्थे or अर्थाय and has an adverbial force; (a) किमर्थम् for what purpose, why; यदर्थम् for whom or which; वेलोपलक्षणार्थम् Ś.4; तद्दर्शनादभूच्छम्भोर्भूयान्दारार्थ- मादरः Ku.6.13; (b) परार्थे प्राज्ञ उत्सृजेत् H.1.41; गवार्थे ब्राह्मणार्थे च Pt.1.42; मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः Bg.1.9; (c) सुखार्थाय Pt.4.18; प्रत्याख्याता मया तत्र नलस्यार्थाय देवताः Nala.13.19; ऋतुपर्णस्य चार्थाय 23.9.
    -2 Cause, motive, reason, ground, means; अलुप्तश्च मुनेः क्रियार्थः R. 2.55 means or cause; अतो$र्थात् Ms.2.213.
    -3 Meaning, sense, signification, import; अर्थ is of 3 kinds:-- वाच्य or expressed, लक्ष्य or indicated (secondary), and व्यङ्ग्य or suggested; तददोषौ शब्दार्थौ K. P.1; अर्थो वाच्यश्च लक्ष्यश्च व्यङ्ग्यश्चेति त्रिधा मतः S. D.2; वागर्थाविव R.1.1; अवेक्ष्य धातोर्गमनार्थमर्थवित् 3.21.
    -4 A thing, object, substance; लक्ष्मणो$र्थं ततः श्रुत्वा Rām.7.46.18; अर्थो हि कन्या परकीय एव Ś.4.22; that which can be perceived by the senses, an object of sense; इन्द्रिय˚ H.1.146; Ku.7.71; R.2.51; न निर्बद्धा उपसर्गा अर्थान्निराहुः Nir.; इन्द्रियेभ्यः परा ह्यर्था अर्थेभ्यश्च परं मनः Kaṭh. (the objects of sense are five: रूप, रस, गन्ध, स्पर्श and शब्द); शब्दः स्पर्शो रसो गन्धो रूपं चेत्यर्थजातयः Bhāg.11.22.16.
    -5 (a) An affair, business, matter, work; प्राक् प्रतिपन्नो$यमर्थो$- ङ्गराजाय Ve.3; अर्थो$यमर्थान्तरभाव्य एव Ku.3.18; अर्थो$र्था- नुबन्धी Dk.67; सङ्गीतार्थः Me.66 business of singing i. e. musical concert (apparatus of singing); सन्देशार्थाः Me. 5 matters of message, i. e. messages; (b) Interest, object; स्वार्थसाधनतत्परः Ms.4.196; द्वयमेवार्थसाधनम् R.1. 19;2.21; दुरापे$र्थे 1.72; सर्वार्थचिन्तकः Ms.7.121; माल- विकायां न मे कश्चिदर्थः M.3 I have no interest in M. (c) Subject-matter, contents (as of letters &c.); त्वामव- गतार्थं करिष्यति Mu.1 will acquaint you with the matter; उत्तरो$यं लेखार्थः ibid.; तेन हि अस्य गृहीतार्था भवामि V.2 if so I should know its contents; ननु परिगृहीतार्थो$- स्मि कृतो भवता V.5; तया भवतो$विनयमन्तरेण परिगृहीतार्था कृता देवी M.4 made acquainted with; त्वया गृहीतार्थया अत्रभवती कथं न वारिता 3; अगृहीतार्थे आवाम् Ś.6; इति पौरान् गृहीतार्थान् कृत्वा ibid.
    -6 Wealth, riches, property, money (said to be of 3 kinds: शुक्ल honestly got; शबल got by more or less doubtful means, and कृष्ण dishonestly got;) त्यागाय संभृतार्थानाम् R.1.7; धिगर्थाः कष्टसंश्रयाः Pt.1.163; अर्थानामर्जने दुःखम् ibid.; सस्यार्थास्तस्य मित्राणि1.3; तेषामर्थे नियुञ्जीत शूरान् दक्षान् कुलोद्गतान् Ms.7.62.
    -7 Attainment of riches or worldly prosperity, regarded as one of the four ends of human existence, the other three being धर्म, काम and मोक्ष; with अर्थ and काम, धर्म forms the well-known triad; cf. Ku.5.38; अप्यर्थकामौ तस्यास्तां धर्म एव मनीषिणः R.1.25.
    -8 (a) Use, advantage, profit, good; तथा हि सर्वे तस्यासन् परार्थैकफला गुणाः R.1.29 for the good of others; अर्थान- र्थावुभौ बुद्ध्वा Ms.8.24 good and evil; क्षेत्रिणामर्थः 9.52; यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः सांप्लुतोदके Bg.2.46; also व्यर्थ, निरर्थक q. v. (b) Use, want, need, concern, with instr.; को$र्थः पुत्रेण जातेन Pt.1 what is the use of a son being born; कश्च तेनार्थः Dk.59; को$र्थस्तिरश्चां गुणैः Pt.2.33 what do brutes care for merits; Bh.2.48; योग्येनार्थः कस्य न स्याज्ज- नेन Ś.18.66; नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन Bg.3.18; यदि प्राणैरिहार्थो वो निवर्तध्वम् Rām. को नु मे जीवितेनार्थः Nala.12. 65.
    -9 Asking, begging; request, suit, petition.
    -1 Action, plaint (in law); अर्थ विरागाः पश्यन्ति Rām.2.1. 58; असाक्षिकेषु त्वर्थेषु Ms.8.19.
    -11 The actual state, fact of the matter; as in यथार्थ, अर्थतः, ˚तत्वविद्, यदर्थेन विनामुष्य पुंस आत्मविपर्ययः Bhāg.3.7.1.
    -12 Manner, kind, sort.
    -13 Prevention, warding off; मशकार्थो धूमः; prohibition, abolition (this meaning may also be derived from 1 above).
    -14 Price (perhaps an incorrect form for अर्घ).
    -15 Fruit, result (फलम्). तस्य नानुभवेदर्थं यस्य हेतोः स रोपितः Rām.6.128.7; Mb.12.175.5.
    -16 N. of a son of धर्म.
    -17 The second place from the लग्न (in astr.).
    -18 N. of Viṣṇu.
    -19 The category called अपूर्व (in पूर्वमीमांसा); अर्थ इति अपूर्वं ब्रूमः । ŚB. on MS.7.1.2.
    -2 Force (of a statement or an expres- sion); अर्थाच्च सामर्थ्याच्च क्रमो विधीयते । ŚB. on MS.5.1.2. [अर्थात् = by implication].
    -21 The need, purpose, sense; व्यवधानादर्थो बलीयान् । ŚB. on MS.6.4.23.
    -22 Capacity, power; अर्थाद्वा कल्पनैकदेशत्वात् । Ms.1.4.3 (where Śabara paraphrases अर्थात् by सामर्थ्यात् and states the rule: आख्यातानामर्थं ब्रुवतां शक्तिः सहकारिणी ।), cf. अर्थो$भिधेयरैवस्तुप्रयोजननिवृत्तिषु । मोक्षकारणयोश्च...... Nm.
    -Comp. -अतिदेशः Extension (of gender, number &e.) to the objects (as against words), i. e. to treat a single object as though it were many, a female as though it were male. (तन्त्रवार्त्तिक 1.2.58.3;6.3.34.7).
    -अधिकारः charge of money, office of treasurer ˚रे न नियोक्तव्यौ H.2.
    -अधिकारिन् m. a treasurer, one charged with finan- cial duties, finance minister.
    -अनुपपत्तिः f. The difficulty of accounting for or explaining satisfactorily a particular meaning; incongruity of a particular meaning (तन्त्रवार्त्तिक 4.3.42.2).
    -अनुयायिन् a. Following the rules (शास्त्र); तत्त्रिकालहितं वाक्यं धर्म्यमर्थानुयायि च Rām.5.51.21.
    -अन्वेषणम् inquiry after a matter.
    -अन्तरम् 1 another or different meaning.
    -2 another cause or motive; अर्थो$यम- र्थान्तरभाव्य एव Ku.3.18.
    -3 A new matter or circum- stance, new affair.
    -4 opposite or antithetical meaning, difference of meaning. ˚न्यासः a figure of speech in which a general proposition is adduced to support a particular instance, or a particular instance, to support a general proposition; it is an inference from parti- cular to general and vice versa; उक्तिरर्थान्तरन्यासः स्यात् सामान्यविशेषयोः । (1) हनूमानब्धिमतरद् दुष्करं किं महात्मनाम् ॥ (2) गुणवद्वस्तुसंसर्गाद्याति नीचो$पि गौरवम् । पुष्पमालानुषङ्गेण सूत्रं शिरसि धार्यते Kuval.; cf. also K. P.1 and S. D.79. (Ins- tances of this figure abound in Sanskrit literature, especi- ally in the works of Kālidāsa, Māgha and Bhāravi).
    -अन्वित a.
    1 rich, wealthy.
    -2 significant.
    -अभिधान a.
    1 That whose name is connected with the purpose to be served by it; अर्थाभिधानं प्रयोजनसम्बद्धमभिधानं यस्य, यथा पुरोडाश- कपालमिति पुरोडाशार्थं कपालं पुरोडाशकपालम् । ŚB. on MS.4.1. 26.
    -2 Expression or denotation of the desired meaning (वार्त्तिक 3.1.2.5.).
    -अर्थिन् a. one who longs for or strives to get wealth or gain any object. अर्थार्थी जीवलोको$यम् । आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी Bg.7.16.
    -अलंकरः a figure of speech determined by and dependent on the sense, and not on sound (opp. शब्दालंकार). अलंकारशेखर of केशवमिश्र mentions (verse 29) fourteen types of अर्थालंकारs as follows:- उपमारूपकोत्प्रेक्षाः समासोक्तिरपह्नुतिः । समाहितं स्वभावश्च विरोधः सारदीपकौ ॥ सहोक्तिरन्यदेशत्वं विशेषोक्तिर्विभावना । एवं स्युरर्थालकारा- श्चतुर्दश न चापरे ॥
    -आगमः 1 acquisition of wealth, income; ˚गमाय स्यात् Pt.1. cf. also अर्थागमो नित्यमरोगिता च H.
    -2 collection of property.
    -3 conveying of sense; S. D.737.
    -आपत्तिः f. [अर्थस्य अनुक्तार्थस्य आपत्तिः सिद्धिः]
    1 an inference from circumstances, presumption, im- plication, one of the five sources of knowledge or modes of proof, according to the Mīmāṁsakas. It is 'deduc- tion of a matter from that which could not else be'; it is 'assumption of a thing, not itself perceived but necessarily implied by another which is seen, heard, or proved'; it is an inference used to account for an apparent inconsistency; as in the familiar instance पीनो देवदत्तो दिवा न भुङ्क्ते the apparent inconsistency between 'fatness' and 'not eating by day' is accounted for by the inference of his 'eating by night'. पीनत्वविशि- ष्टस्य देवदत्तस्य रात्रिभोजित्वरूपार्थस्य शब्दानुक्तस्यापि आपत्तिः. It is defined by Śabara as दृष्टः श्रुतो वार्थो$न्यथा नोपपद्यते इत्यर्थ- कल्पना । यथा जीवति देवदत्ते गृहाभावदर्शनेन बहिर्भावस्यादृष्टस्य कल्पना ॥ Ms.1.1.5. It may be seen from the words दृष्टः and श्रुतः in the above definition, that Śabara has sug- gested two varieties of अर्थापत्ति viz. दृष्टार्थापत्ति and श्रुता- र्थापत्ति. The illustration given by him, however, is of दृष्टार्थापत्ति only. The former i. e. दृष्टार्थापत्ति consists in the presumption of some अदृष्ट अर्थ to account for some दृष्ट अर्थ (or अर्थs) which otherwise becomes inexplicable. The latter, on the other hand, consists in the presump- tion of some अर्थ through अश्रुत शब्द to account for some श्रुत अर्थ (i. e. some statement). This peculiarity of श्रुतार्थापत्ति is clearly stated in the following couplet; यत्र त्वपरिपूर्णस्य वाक्यस्यान्वयसिद्धये । शब्दो$ध्याह्रियते तत्र श्रुतार्थापत्ति- रिष्यते ॥ Mānameyodaya p.129 (ed. by K. Raja, Adyar, 1933). Strictly speaking it is no separate mode of proof; it is only a case of अनुमान and can be proved by a व्यतिरेकव्याप्ति; cf. Tarka. K.17 and S. D.46.
    -2 a figure of speech (according to some rhe- toricians) in which a relevant assertion suggests an inference not actually connected with the the subject in hand, or vice versa; it corresponds to what is popularly called कैमुतिकन्याय or दण्डापूपन्याय; e. g. हारो$यं हरिणाक्षीणां लुण्ठति स्तनमण्डले । मुक्तानामप्यवस्थेयं के वयं स्मरकिङ्कराः Amaru.1; अभितप्तमयो$पि मार्दवं भजते कैव कथा शरीरिषु R.8.43.; S. D. thus defines the figure:- दण्डापूपिकन्यायार्थागमो$र्थापत्तिरिष्यते.
    -उत्पत्तिः f. acquisition of wealth; so ˚उपार्जनम्.
    -उपक्षेपकः an introductory scene (in dramas); अर्थोपक्षेपकाः पञ्च S. D.38. They are विष्कम्भ, चूलिका, अङ्कास्य, अङ्कावतार, प्रवेशक.
    -उपमा a simile dependent on sense and not on sound; see under उपमा.
    -उपार्जनम् Acquiring wealth.
    -उष्मन् m. the glow or warmth of wealth; अर्थोष्मणा विरहितः पुरुषः स एव Bh.2.4.
    -ओघः, -राशिः treasure, hoard of money.
    -कर (
    -री f.),
    -कृत a.
    1 bringing in wealth, enriching; अर्थकरी च विद्या H. Pr.3.
    -2 useful, advan- tageous.
    -कर्मन् n.
    1 a principal action (opp. गुणकर्मन्).
    -2 (as opposed to प्रतिपत्तिकर्मन्), A fruitful act (as opposed to mere disposal or प्रतिपत्ति); अर्थकर्म वा कर्तृ- संयोगात् स्रग्वत् । MS.4.2.17.
    -काम a. desirous of wealth. (-˚मौ dual), wealth and (sensual) desire or pleasure; अप्यर्थकामौ तस्यास्तां धर्म एव मनीषिणः R.1.25. ह्रत्वार्थकामास्तु गुरूनिहैव Bg.2.5.
    -कार्ष्यम् Poverty. निर्बन्धसंजातरुषार्थकार्घ्यमचिन्तयित्वा गुरुणाहमुक्तः R.5.21.
    -काशिन् a. Only apparently of utility (not really).
    -किल्बिषिन् a. dishonest in money-matters.
    -कृच्छ्रम् 1 a difficult matter.
    -2 pecuniary difficulty; व्यसनं वार्थकृच्छ्रे वा Rām.4.7.9; Mb.3.2.19; cf. also Kau. A.1.15 न मुह्येदर्थकृच्छ्रेषु Nīti.
    -कृत्यम् doing or execution of a business; अभ्युपेतार्थकृत्याः Me.4.
    -कोविद a. Expert in a matter, experienced. उवाच रामो धर्मात्मा पुनरप्यर्थकोविदः Rām.6.4.8.
    -क्रमः due order or sequ- ence of purpose.
    -क्रिया (a) An implied act, an act which is to be performed as a matter of course (as opposed to शब्दोक्तक्रिया); असति शब्दोक्ते अर्थक्रिया भवति ŚB. on MS.12.1.12. (b) A purposeful action. (see अर्थकर्मन्).
    -गत a.
    1 based on the sense (as a दोष).
    -2 devoid of sense.
    -गतिः understanding the sense.
    -गुणाः cf. भाविकत्वं सुशब्दत्वं पर्यायोक्तिः सुधर्मिता । चत्वारो$र्थगुणाः प्रोक्ताः परे त्वत्रैव संगताः ॥ अलंकारशेखर 21.
    -गृहम् A treasury. Hariv.
    -गौरवम् depth of meaning; भारवेरर्थगौरवम् Udb., Ki.2.27.
    -घ्न a. (
    घ्नी f.) extrava- gant, wasteful, prodigal; सुरापी व्याधिता धूर्ता वन्ध्यार्थघ्न्य- प्रियंवदा Y.1.73; व्याधिता वाधिवेत्तव्या हिंस्रार्थघ्नी च सर्वदा Ms.9.8.
    -चित्रम् 'variety in sense', a pun, Kāvya- prakāśa.
    -चिन्तक a.
    1 thinking of profit.
    -2 having charge of affairs; सर्वार्थचिन्तकः Ms.7.121.
    -चिन्ता, -चिन्तनम् charge or administration of (royal) affairs; मन्त्री स्यादर्थचिन्तायाम् S. D.
    -जात a.
    1 full of meaning.
    -2 wealthy (जातधन).
    (-तम्) 1 a collection of things.
    -2 large amount of wealth, considerable property; Dk.63, Ś.6; ददाति च नित्यमर्थजातम् Mk.2.7.
    -3 all matters; कवय इव महीपाश्चिन्तयन्त्यर्थजातम् Śi.11.6.
    -4 its own meaning; वहन्द्वयीं यद्यफले$र्थजाते Ki.3.48.
    -ज्ञ a. knowing the sense or purpose; अर्थज्ञ इत्सकलं भद्रमश्नुते Nir.
    -तत्त्वम् 1 the real truth, the fact of the matter; यो$र्थतत्त्वमविज्ञाय क्रोधस्यैव वशं गतः H.4.94.
    -2 the real nature or cause of anything.
    -द a.
    1 yielding wealth; Dk.41.
    -2 advantageous, productive of good, useful.
    -3 liberal, munificent Ms.2.19.
    -4 favour- able, compliant. (
    -दः) N. of Kubera.
    -दर्शकः 'one who sees law-suits'; a judge.
    -दर्शनम् perception of objects; कुरुते दीप इवार्थदर्शनम् Ki.2.33; Dk.155.
    -दूषणम् 1 extravagance, waste; H.3.18; Ms.7.48.
    -2 unjust seizure of property or withholding what is due.
    -3 finding fault with the meaning.
    -4 spoiling of another's property.
    -दृश् f. Consideration of truth; क्षेमं त्रिलोकगुरुरर्थदृशं च यच्छन् Bhāg.1.86.21.
    -दृष्टिः Seeing profit; Bhāg.
    -दोषः a literary fault or blemish with regard to the sense, one of the four doṣas or blemishes of literary composition, the other three being परदोष, पदांशदोष, वाक्यदोष; for definitions &c. see K. P.7. अलंकारशेखर of केशवमिश्र who mentions eight types of doṣas as follows: अष्टार्थदोषाः विरस, -ग्राम्य, -व्याहत, -खिन्नताः । -हीना, -धिका, सदृक्साम्यं देशादीनां विरोधि च ॥ 17
    -द्वयविधानम् Injunction of two ideas or senses; विधाने चार्थद्वयविधानं दोषः ŚB. on MS.1.8.7.
    -नित्य a. = अर्थ- प्रधान Nir.
    -निबन्धन a. dependent on wealth.
    -निश्चयः determination, decision.
    -प्रतिः 1 'the lord of riches', a a king; किंचिद् विहस्यार्थपतिं बभाषे R.2.46;1.59;9.3;18.1; Pt.1.74.
    -2 an epithet of Kubera.
    -पदम् N. of the Vārt. on Pāṇini; ससूत्रवृत्त्यर्थपदं महार्थं ससंग्रहं सिद्ध्यति वै कपीन्द्रः Rām.7.36.45.
    -पर, -लुब्ध a.
    1 intent on gaining wealth, greedy of wealth, covetous.
    -2 niggardly, parsimonious; हिंस्रा दयालुरपि चार्थपरा वदान्या Bh.2.47; Pt.1.425.
    -प्रकृतिः f. the leading source or occasion of the grand object in a drama; (the number of these 'sources' is five:-- बीजं बिन्दुः पताका च प्रकरी कार्यमेव च । अर्थप्रकृतयः पञ्च ज्ञात्वा योज्या यथाविधि S. D.317.)
    -प्रयोगः 1 usury.
    -2 administration of the affairs (of a state)
    -प्राप्त a. derived or understood from the sense included as a matter of course, implied; परिसमाप्तिः शब्दार्थः । परिसमाप्त्यामर्थप्राप्तत्वादारम्भस्य । ŚB. on MS.6.2.13.
    -˚त्वम् Inplication.
    -बन्धः 1 arrange- ment of words, composition, text; stanza, verse; संचिन्त्य गीतक्षममर्थबन्धम् Ś.7.5; ललितार्थबन्धम् V.2.14 put or expressed in elegant words.
    -2. connection (of the soul) with the objects of sense.
    -बुद्धि a. selfish.
    -बोधः indication of the (real) import.
    -भाज् a. entitled to a share in the division of property.
    -भावनम् Delibera- tion over a subject (Pātañjala Yogadarśana 1.28).
    -भृत् a. receiving high wages (as a servant).
    -भेदः distinc- tion or difference of meaning; अर्थभेदेन शब्दभेदः.
    -मात्रम्, -त्रा 1 property, wealth; Pt.2.
    -2 the whole sense or object.
    -युक्त a. significant, full of यस्यार्थयुक्तं meaning; गिरिराजशब्दं कुर्वन्ति Ku.1.13.
    -लक्षण a. As determined by the purpose or need (as opposed to शब्दलक्षण); लोके कर्मार्थलक्षणम् Ms.11.1.26.
    -लाभः acquisition of wealth.
    -लोभः avarice.
    -वशः power in the form of discrimination and knowledge. अर्थवशात् सप्तरूपविनिवृत्ताम् Sāvk.65.
    -वादः 1 declaration of any purpose.
    -2 affirmation, declaratory assertion, an explanatory remark, exegesis; speech or assertion having a certain object; a sentence. (It usually recommends a विधि or precept by stating the good arising from its proper observance, and the evils arising from its omission, and also by adducing historical instances in its support; स्तुतिर्निन्दा परकृतिः पुराकल्प इत्यर्थवादः Gaut. Sūt.; said by Laugākṣi to be of 3 kinds:- गुणवादो विरोधे स्यादनु वादो$वधारिते । भूतार्थवादस्तद्धानादर्थ- वादस्त्रिधा मतः; the last kind includes many varieties.)
    -3 one of the six means of finding out the tātparya (real aim and object) of any work.
    -4 praise, eulogy; अर्थवाद एषः । दोषं तु मे कंचित्कथय U.1.
    -विकरणम् = अर्थ- विक्रिया change of meaning.
    -विकल्पः 1 deviation from truth, perversion of fact.
    -2 prevarication; also ˚वैकल्प्यम्
    -विज्ञानम् comprehending the sense, one of the six exercises of the understanding (धीगुण).
    -विद् a. sensible, wise, sagacious. भुङ्क्ते तदपि तच्चान्यो मधुहेवार्थविन्मधु Bhāg.11.18.15. विवक्षतामर्थविदस्तत्क्षणप्रतिसंहृताम् Śi.
    -विद्या knowledge of practical life; Mb.7.
    -विपत्तिः Failing of an aim; समीक्ष्यतां चार्थविपत्तिमार्गताम् Rām.2.19.4.
    -विभावक a. money-giver; विप्रेभ्यो$र्थविभावकः Mb.3.33. 84.
    -विप्रकर्षः difficulty in the comprehension of the sense.
    -विशेषणम् a reprehensive repetition of something uttered by another; S. D.49.
    -वृद्धिः f. accumulation of wealth.
    -व्ययः expenditure; ˚ज्ञ a. conversant with money-matters.
    -शब्दौ Word and sense.
    -शालिन् a. Wealthy.
    -शास्त्रम् 1 the science of wealth (political economy).
    -2 science of polity, political science, politics; अर्थशास्त्रविशारदं सुधन्वानमुपाध्यायम् Rām.2.1.14. Dk.12; इह खलु अर्थशास्त्रकारास्त्रिविधां सिद्धिमुपवर्णयन्ति Mu.3; ˚व्यवहारिन् one dealing with politics, a politician; Mu.5.
    -3 science giving precepts on general conduct, the science of practical life; Pt.1.
    -शौचम् purity or honesty in money-matters; सर्वेषां चैव शौचानामर्थशौचं परं स्मृतं Ms. 5.16.
    -श्री Great wealth.
    -संस्थानम् 1 accumulation of wealth.
    -2 treasury.
    -संग्रहः, -संचयः accumulation or acquisition of wealth, treasure, property. कोशेनाश्रयणी- यत्वमिति तस्यार्थसंग्रहः R.17.6. कुदेशमासाद्य कुतो$र्थसंचयः H.
    -संग्रहः a book on Mīmāṁsā by Laugākṣi Bhāskara.
    -सतत्त्वम् truth; किं पुनरत्रार्थसतत्त्वम् । देवा ज्ञातुमर्हन्ति MBh. or P.VIII.3.72.
    -समाजः aggregate of causes.
    -समाहारः 1 treasure.
    -2 acquisition of wealth.
    -संपद् f. accomplishment of a desired object; उपेत्य संघर्ष- मिवार्थसंपदः Ki.1.15.
    -संपादनम् Carrying out of an affair; Ms.7.168.
    -संबन्धः connection of the sense with the word or sentence.
    -संबन्धिन् a. Concerned or interested in an affair; Ms.8.64.
    -साधक a.
    1 accomplishing any object.
    -2 bringing any matter to a conclusion.
    -सारः considerable wealth; Pt.2.42.
    -सिद्ध a. understood from the very context (though not expressed in words), inferable from the connection of words.
    -सिद्धिः f. fulfilment of a desired object, success. द्वारमिवार्थसिद्धेः R.2.21.
    -हानिः Loss of wealth
    -हारिन् a. stealing money Ks.
    -हर a. inheriting wealth.
    -हीन a.
    1 deprived of wealth, poor.
    -2 unmeaning, nonsensical.
    -3 failing.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > अर्थः _arthḥ

  • 16 puer

        puer erī, m    [3 PV-], a male child, boy, lad, young man (usu. till the age of seventeen): aliquam puero nutricem para, T.: id est semper esse puerum: laudator temporis acti Se puero, when he was a boy, H.: puerum filium regis secum adducentes, L.: doctus a puero, from a boy: ad eas artīs, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus, from boyhood: ex pueris excessit, ceased to be a child: miserande puer, i. e. Pallas, V.: semper fac puer esse velis, i. e. a bachelor, O.: de te largitor, puer, boy, T.— Plur, children: infantium puerorum incunabula: Dum pueris omnis pater pallet, H.— A little son, son: Ascanius puer, V.: Venerem et illi haerentem puerum canebat, H.: deorum pueri, H.— A boy, attendant, servant, slave: unus ex tantā familiā: Persicos odi, puer, apparatūs, H.: Cena ministratur pueris tribus, H.: pueri regii aput Macedonas, royal pages, L.
    * * *
    boy, lad, young man; servant; (male) child

    Latin-English dictionary > puer

  • 17 puer

    pŭer, ĕri (old voc. puere, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 2; 5, 2, 42; id. Most. 4, 2, 32 et saep.; Caecil. and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.; gen. plur. puerūm, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50), m. (v. infra) [root pu-, to beget; v. pudes; and cf. pupa, putus], orig. a child, whether boy or girl:

    pueri appellatione etiam puella significatur,

    Dig. 50, 16, 163.—Thus, as fem.: sancta puer Saturni filia, regina, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.:

    prima incedit Cereris Proserpina puer,

    i.e. daughter of Ceres, Naev. ib. p. 697 P.: mea puer, mea puer, Poët. ap. Charis. p. 64 P.; Ael. Stil. and As. ib. p. 64 P.—Hence, freq. in the plur. pueri, children, in gen., Plaut. Poen. prol. 28; 30:

    infantium puerorum incunabula,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

    cinis eorum pueros tarde dentientes adjuvat cum melle,

    Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 22; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7; id. C. 4, 9, 24.—
    II.
    In partic.
    1.
    A male child, a boy, lad, young man (strictly till the seventeenth year, but freq. applied to those who are much older):

    puero isti date mammam,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 1:

    aliquam puero nutricem para,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 104; 5, 2, 4:

    homini ilico lacrimae cadunt Quasi puero,

    id. Ad. 4, 1, 21:

    quo portas puerum?

    id. And. 4, 3, 7:

    nescire quid antea quam natus sis, acciderit, id est semper esse puerum,

    Cic. Or. 34, 120; Ov. P. 4, 12, 20:

    laudator temporis acti Se puero,

    when he was a boy, Hor. A. P. 173; cf.:

    foeminae praetextatique pueri et puellae,

    Suet. Claud. 35.—A puero, and with plur. verb, a pueris (cf. Gr. ek paidos, ek paidôn), from a boy, boyhood, or childhood (cf. ab):

    doctum hominem cognovi, idque a puero,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4; id. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

    diligentiā matris a puero doctus,

    id. Brut. 27, 104;

    Hor S. 1, 4, 97: ad eas artes, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2.—In like manner: ut primum [p. 1487] ex pueris excessit Archias, as soon as he ceased to be a child, Cic. Arch. 3, 4.—
    2.
    A grown-up youth, young man, Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 2:

    puer egregius praesidium sibi primum et nobis, deinde summae rei publicae comparavit, of Octavian at the age of nineteen,

    id. ib. 12, 25, 4 (cf. Vell. 2, 61, 1; Tac. A. 13, 6); cf.

    of the same: nomen clarissimi adulescentis vel pueri potius,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 1, 3;

    of Scipio Africanus, at the age of twenty,

    Sil. 15, 33; 44 (coupled with juvenis, id. 15, 10 and 18);

    of Pallas, in military command,

    Verg. A. 11, 42.—
    3.
    An unmarried man, a bachelor, Ov. F. 4, 226.—
    4.
    As a pet name, or in familiar address, boy, fellow, Cat. 12, 9; Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A little son, a son ( poet.), Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 72:

    Ascanius puer,

    Verg. A. 2, 598:

    tuque (Venus) puerque tuus (Cupido),

    id. ib. 4, 94; cf. Hor. C. 1, 32, 10:

    Latonae puer,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 37:

    Semeles puer,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 2:

    deorum pueri,

    id. A. P. 83; 185.—
    2.
    A boy for attendance, a servant, slave:

    cedo aquam manibus, puer,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150; Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

    Persicos odi, puer, apparatus,

    Hor. C. 1, 38, 1; 2, 11, 18; 4, 11, 10:

    hic vivum mihi cespitem ponite, pueri,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 14:

    cena ministratur pueris tribus,

    id. S. 1, 6, 116:

    tum pueri nautis, pueris convicia nautae Ingerere,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 11:

    regii,

    royal pages, Liv. 45, 6; Curt. 5, 2, 13:

    litteratissimi,

    Nep. Att. 13, 3; Juv. 11, 59; Dig. 50, 16, 204.—
    * 3.
    As adj., youthful:

    puera facies,

    Paul. Nol. Carm. 25, 217.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > puer

  • 18 Blackett, William Cuthbert

    [br]
    b. 18 November 1859 Durham, England
    d. 13 June 1935 Durham, England
    [br]
    English mine manager, expert in preventing mine explosions and inventor of a coal-face conveyor.
    [br]
    After leaving Durham college of Physical Science and having been apprenticed in different mines, he received the certificate for colliery managers and subsequently, in 1887, was appointed Manager of all the mines of Charlaw and Sacriston collieries in Durham. He remained in this position for the rest of his working life.
    Frequent explosions in mines led him to investigate the causes. He was among the first to recognize the role contributed by coal-dust on mine roads, pioneered the use of inert rock-or stone-dust to render the coal-dust harmless and was the originator of many technical terms on the subject. He contributed many papers on explosion and was appointed a member of many advisory committees on prevention measures. A liquid-air rescue apparatus, designed by him and patented in 1910, was installed in various parts of the country.
    Blackett also developed various new devices in mining machinery. He patented a wire-rope socket which made use of a metal wedge; invented a rotary tippler driven by frictional contact instead of gearing and which stopped automatically; and he designed a revolving cylindrical coal-washer, which also gained interest among German mining engineers. His most important invention, the first successful coal-face conveyor, was patented in 1902. It was driven by compressed air and consisted of a trough running along the length of the race through which ran an endless scraper chain. Thus fillers cast the coal into the trough, and the scraper chain drew it to the main gate to be loaded into trams.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. OBE. Honorary MSc University of Durham; Honorary LLD University of Birmingham. Honorary Member, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Honorary Member, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. Royal Humane Society Medal.
    Further Reading
    Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers (1934–5) 89:339–41.
    Mining Association of Great Britain (ed.), 1924, Historical Review of Coal Mining London (describes early mechanical devices for the extraction of coal).
    WK

    Biographical history of technology > Blackett, William Cuthbert

  • 19 Garforth, William Edward

    [br]
    b. 1845 Dukinfield, Cheshire, England
    d. 1 October 1921 Pontefract, Yorkshire, England
    [br]
    English colliery manager, pioneer in machine-holing and the safety of mines.
    [br]
    After Menzies conceived his idea of breaking off coal with machines in 1761, many inventors subsequently followed his proposals through into the practice of underground working. More than one century later, Garforth became one of the principal pioneers of machine-holing combined with the longwall method of working in order to reduce production costs and increase the yield of coal. Having been appointed agent to Pope \& Pearson's Collieries, West Yorkshire, in 1879, of which company he later became Managing Director and Chairman, he gathered a great deal of experience with different methods of cutting coal. The first disc machine was exhibited in London as early as 1851, and ten years later a pick machine was invented. In 1893 he introduced an improved type of deep undercutting machine, his "diamond" disc coal-cutter, driven by compressed air, which also became popular on the European continent.
    Besides the considerable economic advantages it created, the use of machinery for mining coal increased the safety of working in hard and thin seams. The improvement of safety in mining technology was always his primary concern, and as a result of his inventions and his many publications he became the leading figure in the British coal mining industry at the beginning of the twentieth century; safety lamps still carry his name. In 1885 he invented a firedamp detector, and following a severe explosion in 1886 he concentrated on coal-dust experiments. From the information he obtained of the effect of stone-dust on a coal-dust explosion he proposed the stone-dust remedy to prevent explosions of coal-dust. As a result of discussions which lasted for decades and after he had been entrusted with the job of conducting the British coal-dust experiments, in 1921 an Act made it compulsory in all mines which were not naturally wet throughout to treat all roads with incombustible dust so as to ensure that the dust always consisted of a mixture containing not more than 50 per cent combustible matter. In 1901 Garforth erected a surface gallery which represented the damaged roadways of a mine and could be filled with noxious fumes to test self-contained breathing apparata. This gallery formed the model from which all the rescue-stations existing nowadays have been developed.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1914. LLD Universities of Birmingham and Leeds 1912. President, Midland Institute 1892–4. President, The Institution of Mining Engineers 1911–14. President, Mining Association of Great Britain 1907–8. Chairman, Standing Committee on Mining, Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Fellow of the Geological Society of London. North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers Greenwell Silver Medal 1907. Royal Society of Arts Fothergill Gold Medal 1910. Medal of the Institution of Mining Engineers 1914.
    Bibliography
    1901–2, "The application of coal-cutting machines to deep mining", Transactions of the Federated Institute of Mining Engineers 23: 312–45.
    1905–6, "A new apparatus for rescue-work in mines", Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers 31:625–57.
    1902, "British Coal-dust Experiments". Paper communicated to the International Congress on Mining, Metallurgy, Applied Mechanics and Practical Geology, Dusseldorf.
    Further Reading
    Garforth's name is frequently mentioned in connection with coal-holing, but his outstanding achievements in improving safety in mines are only described in W.D.Lloyd, 1921, "Memoir", Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers 62:203–5.
    WK

    Biographical history of technology > Garforth, William Edward

  • 20 Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph

    [br]
    b. 22 February 1857 Hamburg, Germany
    d. 1 January 1894 Bonn, Germany
    [br]
    German physicist who was reputedly the first person to transmit and receive radio waves.
    [br]
    At the age of 17 Hertz entered the Gelehrtenschule of the Johaneums in Hamburg, but he left the following year to obtain practical experience for a year with a firm of engineers in Frankfurt am Main. He then spent six months at the Dresden Technical High School, followed by year of military service in Berlin. At this point he decided to switch from engineering to physics, and after a year in Munich he studied physics under Helmholtz at the University of Berlin, gaining his PhD with high honours in 1880. From 1883 to 1885 he was a privat-dozent at Kiel, during which time he studied the electromagnetic theory of James Clerk Maxwell. In 1885 he succeeded to the Chair in Physics at Karlsruhe Technical High School. There, in 1887, he constructed a rudimentary transmitter consisting of two 30 cm (12 in.) rods with metal balls separated by a 7.5 mm (0.3 in.) gap at the inner ends and metallic plates at the outer ends, the whole assembly being mounted at the focus of a large parabolic metal mirror and the two rods being connected to an induction coil. At the other side of his laboratory he placed a 70 cm (27½ in.) diameter wire loop with a similar air gap at the focus of a second metal mirror. When the induction coil was made to create a spark across the transmitter air gap, he found that a spark also occurred at the "receiver". By a series of experiments he was not only able to show that the invisible waves travelled in straight lines and were reflected by the parabolic mirrors, but also that the vibrations could be refracted like visible light and had a similar wavelength. By this first transmission and reception of radio waves he thus confirmed the theoretical predictions made by Maxwell some twenty years earlier. It was probably in his experiments with this apparatus in 1887 that Hertz also observed that the voltage at which a spark was able to jump a gap was significantly reduced by the presence of ultraviolet light. This so-called photoelectric effect was subsequently placed on a theoretical basis by Albert Einstein in 1905. In 1889 he became Professor of Physics at the University of Bonn, where he continued to investigate the nature of electric discharges in gases at low pressure until his death after a long and painful illness. In recognition of his measurement of radio and other waves, the international unit of frequency of an oscillatory wave, the cycle per second, is now universally known as the Hertz.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Royal Society Rumford Medal 1890.
    Bibliography
    Much of Hertz's work, including his 1890 paper "On the fundamental equations of electrodynamics for bodies at rest", is recorded in three collections of his papers which are available in English translations by D.E.Jones et al., namely Electric Waves (1893), Miscellaneous Papers (1896) and Principles of Mechanics (1899).
    Further Reading
    J.G.O'Hara and W.Pricha, 1987, Hertz and the Maxwellians, London: Peter Peregrinus. J.Hertz, 1977, Heinrich Hertz, Memoirs, Letters and Diaries, San Francisco: San Francisco Press.
    KF

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