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◙ n. וויטני, שם משפחה; אלי וויטני (1765-1825), ממציא אמריקאי שהמציא את מנפטת הכותנה (מכונה המפרידה את סיבי הכותנה); שם פרטי לנקבה או זכר* * *◙ רכז וא הבקנל יטרפ םש ;(הנתוכה יביס תא הדירפמה הנוכמ) הנתוכה תטפנמ תא איצמהש יאקירמא איצממ,(5281-5671) ינטיוו ילא ;החפשמ םש,ינטיוו◄ -
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Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
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• Whitney Museum of American Art, the Музей американского искусства Уитни (в Нью-Йорке, на Медисон-авеню, в районе 75- й улицы). Располагает обширной коллекцией американского искусства. Здесь постоянно проходят выставки современной живописи и художников прошлых эпох. Необычайно само здание музея: арх. Брейер придал ему форму перевёрнутой пирамиды, прямоугольные объёмы этажей увеличиваются по высоте снизу вверх и нависают друг над другомСША. Лингвострановедческий англо-русский словарь > Whitney Museum of American Art
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[br]b. 8 October 1832 Biddeford, Maine, USAd. 5 August 1920 Poland Springs, Maine, USA[br]American mechanical engineer and machine-tool manufacturer.[br]Amos Whitney was a member of the same distinguished family as Eli Whitney. His father was a locksmith and machinist and he was apprenticed at the age of 14 to the Essex Machine Company of Lawrence, Massachusetts. In 1850 both he and his father were working at the Colt Armory in Hartford, Connecticut, where he first met his future partner, F.A. Pratt. They both subsequently moved to the Phoenix Iron Works, also at Hartford, and in 1860 they started in a small way doing machine work on their own account. In 1862 they took a third partner, Monroe Stannard, and enlarged their workshop. The business continued to expand, but Pratt and Whitney remained at the Phoenix Iron Works until 1864 and in the following year they built their first new factory. The Pratt \& Whitney Company was incorporated in 1869 with a capital of $350,000, Amos Whitney being appointed General Superintendent. The firm specialized in making machine tools and tools particularly for the armament industry. Pratt \& Whitney was one of the leading firms developing the system of interchangeable manufacture which led to the need to establish national standards of measurement. The Rogers-Bond Comparator, developed with the backing of Pratt \& Whitney, played an important part in the establishment of these standards, which formed the basis of the gauges of many various types made by the firm.Amos Whitney was made Vice-President of Pratt \& Whitney Company in 1893 and was President from 1898 until 1901, when the company was acquired by the Niles- Bement-Pond Company: he then remained as one of the directors. He was elected a Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1913.[br]Further ReadingJ.W.Roe, 1916, English and American Tool Builders, New Haven; reprinted 1926, New York, and 1987, Bradley, Ill. (describes the origin and development of the Pratt \& Whitney Company).RTS -
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[br]b. 8 December 1765 Westborough, Massachusetts, USAd. 8 January 1825 New Haven, Connecticut, USA[br]American inventor of the cotton gin and manufacturer of firearms.[br]The son of a prosperous farmer, Eli Whitney as a teenager showed more interest in mechanics than school work. At the age of 15 he began an enterprise business manufacturing nails in his father's workshop, even having to hire help to fulfil his orders. He later determined to acquire a university education and, his father having declined to provide funds, he taught at local schools to obtain the means to attend Leicester Academy, Massachusetts, in preparation for his entry to Yale in 1789. He graduated in 1792 and then decided to study law. He accepted a position in Georgia as a tutor that would have given him time for study; this post did not materialize, but on his journey south he met General Nathanael Greene's widow and the manager of her plantations, Phineas Miller (1764–1803). A feature of agriculture in the southern states was that the land was unsuitable for long-staple cotton but could yield large crops of green-seed cotton. Green-seed cotton was difficult to separate from its seed, and when Whitney learned of the problem in 1793 he quickly devised a machine known as the cotton gin, which provided an effective solution. He formed a partnership with Miller to manufacture the gin and in 1794 obtained a patent. This invention made possible the extraordinary growth of the cotton industry in the United States, but the patent was widely infringed and it was not until 1807, after amendment of the patent laws, that Whitney was able to obtain a favourable decision in the courts and some financial return.In 1798 Whitney was in financial difficulties following the failure of the initial legal action against infringement of the cotton gin patent, but in that year he obtained a government contract to supply 10,000 muskets within two years with generous advance payments. He built a factory at New Haven, Connecticut, and proposed to use a new method of manufacture, perhaps the first application of the system of interchangeable parts. He failed to supply the firearms in the specified time, and in fact the first 500 guns were not delivered until 1801 and the full contract was not completed until 1809.In 1812 Whitney made application for a renewal of his cotton gin patent, but this was refused. In the same year, however, he obtained a second contract from the Government for 15,000 firearms and a similar one from New York State which ensured the success of his business.[br]Further ReadingJ.Mirsky and A.Nevins, 1952, The World of Eli Whitney, New York (a good biography). P.J.Federico, 1960, "Records of Eli Whitney's cotton gin patent", Technology and Culture 1: 168–76 (for details of the cotton gin patent).R.S.Woodbury, 1960, The legend of Eli Whitney and interchangeable parts', Technology and Culture 1:235–53 (challenges the traditional view of Eli Whitney as the sole originator of the "American" system of manufacture).See also Technology and Culture 14(1973):592–8; 18(1977):146–8; 19(1978):609–11.RTS -
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Художественный музей современного искусства в г. Нью-Йорке, основанный в 1930 скульптором Г. Уитни [ Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt]. Широко представлены живопись, графика и скульптура авангардных направлений. Основу собрания составляют произведения, приобретенные Г. Уитни. В музее представлены работы практически всех значительных американских художников XX в. С 1966 размещается в здании, построенном по проекту М. Бруэра [Breuer, Marcel] на Мэдисон-авеню [ Madison Avenue] и напоминающем по форме перевернутую пирамиду. Музей имеет филиалы в Гринич-виллидж (первоначальное местонахождение основной коллекции) и г. Стэмфорде, шт. Коннектикут.тж Whitney Museum; Whitney, TheEnglish-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Whitney Museum of American Art
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Whitney — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Benson Whitney (* 1956), US amerikanischer Diplomat; von 2006 bis 2009 US amerikanischer Botschafter in Norwegen Edward Baldwin Whitney (1857–1911), US amerikanischer Generalstaatsanwalt Eli Whitney… … Deutsch Wikipedia
WHITNEY (W. D.) — WHITNEY WILLIAM DWIGHT (1827 1894) Linguiste américain, William D. Whitney étudie d’abord à Yale, puis en Allemagne, en particulier à Berlin où il a pour professeur le comparatiste Franz Bopp. En 1854, il est professeur de sanskrit à Yale, puis,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Whitney — Whitney, NE U.S. village in Nebraska Population (2000): 87 Housing Units (2000): 40 Land area (2000): 0.157829 sq. miles (0.408774 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.157829 sq. miles (0.408774 sq … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Whitney — Whitney, William Dwight ► Monte del SO de E.U.A., en el estado de California, pico culminante de Sierra Nevada; 4 418 m. * * * (as used in expressions) Morrow, Dwight W(hitney) Whitney, Amos Whitney, Eli Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, John … Enciclopedia Universal
Whitney, NE — U.S. village in Nebraska Population (2000): 87 Housing Units (2000): 40 Land area (2000): 0.157829 sq. miles (0.408774 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.157829 sq. miles (0.408774 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Whitney, NV — U.S. Census Designated Place in Nevada Population (2000): 18273 Housing Units (2000): 7849 Land area (2000): 7.492166 sq. miles (19.404619 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 7.492166 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Whitney, TX — U.S. town in Texas Population (2000): 1833 Housing Units (2000): 770 Land area (2000): 1.618841 sq. miles (4.192778 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.618841 sq. miles (4.192778 sq. km) FIPS code … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Whitney — f, m English (mainly U.S.): transferred use of the surname, originally a local name from any of various places in England named with the Middle English phrase atten whiten ey ‘by the white island’. In the 1980s its popularity as a female name has … First names dictionary
Whitney — Whitney1 [hwit′nē, wit′nē] Eli 1765 1825; U.S. inventor, esp. of the cotton gin Whitney2 [hwit′nē, wit′nē] Mount [after J. D. Whitney (1819 96), U.S. geologist] mountain of the Sierra Nevada range, EC Calif.: highest peak in the U.S. outside of… … English World dictionary
Whitney [1] — Whitney (spr. ŭittnĭ), höchster Berg in der kalifornischen Sierra Nevada, nach dem Geologen W. genannt, nach neuer trigonometrischer Messung der U. S. Geological Survey (1905) 4419 m (nicht 4541 m) hoch … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Whitney [2] — Whitney (spr. ŭittnĭ), 1) Josiah Dwight, Geolog. geb. 23. Nov. 1819 in Northampton in Massachusetts, gest. 19. Aug. 1896 bei New London (New Hampshire), studierte am Yale College, wurde 1840 Mitglied der geologischen Landesvermessung von New… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
