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  • 1 Douglas, Donald Wills

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 6 April 1892 Brooklyn, New York, USA
    d. 1 February 1981 Palm Springs, California, USA
    [br]
    American aircraft designer best known for bis outstanding airliner', the DC-3.
    [br]
    In 1912 Donald Douglas went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study aeronautical engineering. After graduating in this relatively new subject he joined the Glenn L.Martin Company as Chief Engineer. In 1920 he founded the Davis-Douglas Company in California to build an aircraft capable of flying across America non-stop: unfortunately, the Cloudster failed to achieve its target. Douglas reorganized the company in 1921 as the Douglas Company (later it became the Douglas Aircraft Company). In 1924 a team of US Army personnel made the first round-the-world flight in specially designed Douglas World Cruisers, a feat which boosted Douglas's reputation considerably. This reputation was further enhanced by his airliner, designed in 1935, that revolutionized air travel: the Douglas Commercial 3, or DC-3, of which some 13,000 were built. A series of piston-engined airliners followed, culminating in the DC-7. Meanwhile, in the military field, Douglas aircraft played a major part in the Second World War. In the jet age Douglas continued to produce a wide range of successful civil and military aircraft, and the company also moved into the rocket and guided missile business. In 1966 Donald W. Douglas was still Chairman of the company, with Donald W.Douglas Jr as President. In 1967 the company merged with the McDonnell Aircraft Company to become the giant McDonnell Douglas Corporation.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Daniel Guggenheim Medal 1939.
    Bibliography
    1935, "The development and reliability of the modern multi-engined airliner", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, London (lecture).
    Further Reading
    B.Yenne, 1985, McDonnell Douglas: A Tale of Two Giants, London (pays some attention to both Douglas and McDonnell, but also covers the history of the companies and the aircraft they produced).
    René J.Francillon, 1979, McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920, London; 1988, 2nd edn (a comprehensive history of the company's aircraft).
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Douglas, Donald Wills

  • 2 buque de pasajeros

    (n.) = cruise liner, transatlantic liner, ocean liner, cruise ship [cruiseship], cruise, cruiser
    Ex. The article 'Literacy on the high seas: cruise ship libraries flourish' discusses the recent upsurge in the development of libraries and library facilities on cruise liners.
    Ex. It was produced in earthenware, metalwork and bone china and in its heyday was used by the great transatlantic liners and by hotel and restaurant chains.
    Ex. This is a collection of ocean liner postcards from the late 19th and early 20th century.
    Ex. The world has many cruise ships, big and small, transporting passengers to the most exotic places.
    Ex. This ostensible comedy about two straight men on a gay cruise is acutely unfunny.
    Ex. The new generation of cruisers is much lighter, thanks to modern materials and manufacturers who care about reducing weight.
    * * *
    (n.) = cruise liner, transatlantic liner, ocean liner, cruise ship [cruiseship], cruise, cruiser

    Ex: The article 'Literacy on the high seas: cruise ship libraries flourish' discusses the recent upsurge in the development of libraries and library facilities on cruise liners.

    Ex: It was produced in earthenware, metalwork and bone china and in its heyday was used by the great transatlantic liners and by hotel and restaurant chains.
    Ex: This is a collection of ocean liner postcards from the late 19th and early 20th century.
    Ex: The world has many cruise ships, big and small, transporting passengers to the most exotic places.
    Ex: This ostensible comedy about two straight men on a gay cruise is acutely unfunny.
    Ex: The new generation of cruisers is much lighter, thanks to modern materials and manufacturers who care about reducing weight.

    * * *
    passenger ship

    Spanish-English dictionary > buque de pasajeros

  • 3 crucero

    m.
    1 cruise (viaje).
    2 cruiser (barco).
    3 transept.
    4 crossroads, intersection, crossing.
    * * *
    1 (buque) cruiser
    2 (viaje) cruise
    3 ARQUITECTURA transept
    \
    hacer un crucero to go on a cruise
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=barco) cruise ship, (cruise) liner; (Mil) cruiser

    crucero de lujo — luxury cruise ship, luxury (cruise) liner

    2) (=viaje) cruise

    crucero de placer, crucero de recreo — pleasure cruise

    3) (Arquit) [de templo] transept
    4) (=viga) crosspiece
    5) (Aut) [de carreteras] crossroads; (Ferro) crossing
    6) (=persona) crossbearer
    7) (Astron)
    8) (=misil) cruise missile
    * * *
    1) ( viaje) cruise
    2) ( barco de guerra) cruiser
    3) (Méx) ( de carreteras) crossroads; (Ferr) grade crossing (AmE), level crossing (BrE)
    * * *
    = cruise liner, transatlantic liner, ocean liner, cruise ship [cruiseship], cruise, boat cruise, cruiser.
    Ex. The article 'Literacy on the high seas: cruise ship libraries flourish' discusses the recent upsurge in the development of libraries and library facilities on cruise liners.
    Ex. It was produced in earthenware, metalwork and bone china and in its heyday was used by the great transatlantic liners and by hotel and restaurant chains.
    Ex. This is a collection of ocean liner postcards from the late 19th and early 20th century.
    Ex. The world has many cruise ships, big and small, transporting passengers to the most exotic places.
    Ex. This ostensible comedy about two straight men on a gay cruise is acutely unfunny.
    Ex. A matchmaking boat cruise open only to male millionaires and 'good-looking and desirable' women is slated to set sail later this month.
    Ex. The new generation of cruisers is much lighter, thanks to modern materials and manufacturers who care about reducing weight.
    ----
    * crucero de batalla = battle cruiser.
    * crucero de combate = battle cruiser.
    * crucero del amor = love boat.
    * hacer un crucero = go on + a cruise.
    * * *
    1) ( viaje) cruise
    2) ( barco de guerra) cruiser
    3) (Méx) ( de carreteras) crossroads; (Ferr) grade crossing (AmE), level crossing (BrE)
    * * *
    = cruise liner, transatlantic liner, ocean liner, cruise ship [cruiseship], cruise, boat cruise, cruiser.

    Ex: The article 'Literacy on the high seas: cruise ship libraries flourish' discusses the recent upsurge in the development of libraries and library facilities on cruise liners.

    Ex: It was produced in earthenware, metalwork and bone china and in its heyday was used by the great transatlantic liners and by hotel and restaurant chains.
    Ex: This is a collection of ocean liner postcards from the late 19th and early 20th century.
    Ex: The world has many cruise ships, big and small, transporting passengers to the most exotic places.
    Ex: This ostensible comedy about two straight men on a gay cruise is acutely unfunny.
    Ex: A matchmaking boat cruise open only to male millionaires and 'good-looking and desirable' women is slated to set sail later this month.
    Ex: The new generation of cruisers is much lighter, thanks to modern materials and manufacturers who care about reducing weight.
    * crucero de batalla = battle cruiser.
    * crucero de combate = battle cruiser.
    * crucero del amor = love boat.
    * hacer un crucero = go on + a cruise.

    * * *
    A (viaje) cruise
    hizo un crucero por el Caribe he went on a Caribbean cruise
    C
    1 ( Arquit) crossing
    2 (cruz) stone cross
    D ( Méx) (de carreteras) crossroads; ( Ferr) grade crossing ( AmE), level crossing ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    crucero sustantivo masculino
    a) ( viaje) cruise;




    (Ferr) grade crossing (AmE), level crossing (BrE)
    crucero sustantivo masculino
    1 (viaje por mar) cruise
    hacer un crucero por el Mediterráneo, to go on a cruise in the Mediterranean
    2 (barco) cruise ship
    3 Arquit transept
    4 (cruz de piedra) stone cross
    ' crucero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    potosí
    English:
    cruise
    - cruise missile
    - cruise ship
    - cruise speed
    - cruiser
    - grade
    - level
    * * *
    1. [viaje] cruise;
    hacer un crucero to go on a cruise
    2. [barco] (battle) cruiser
    3. [de iglesias] crossing
    4. [cruz de piedra] stone cross
    5. Méx [cruce] [viario] crossroads;
    [férreo] Br level crossing, US grade crossing
    * * *
    m
    1 cruise
    2 MIL cruiser
    3 ARQUI transept
    * * *
    1) : cruise
    2) : cruiser, warship
    3) Mex : intersection
    * * *
    crucero n (viaje) cruise

    Spanish-English dictionary > crucero

  • 4 transatlántico

    adj.
    transatlantic, ocean-going, trans-atlantic, on the other side of the Atlantic.
    m.
    oceanliner, ocean liner, liner.
    * * *
    1 transatlantic
    1 liner, ocean liner
    ————————
    1 liner, ocean liner
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ transatlantic; [travesía] Atlantic
    2.
    SM (=barco) (ocean) liner
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo transatlantic
    II
    masculino ocean liner
    * * *
    = transatlantic [trans-atlantic], Atlantic, cruise liner, transatlantic liner, ocean liner, ocean-going, cruise ship [cruiseship], cruise, cruiser.
    Ex. Inspired by the 1990 International Trans-Atlantic Expedition, the librarian of the Huntsville-Madison County library's bookmobile has founded a reading club, called the Polar Trekkers Club, to familiarise children with the expedition, and the Antarctic environment.
    Ex. No one, in this purely hypothetical example, has thought that the reader might be happy with a factual account of an Atlantic convoy as well as, or in place of, a purely fictional account.
    Ex. The article 'Literacy on the high seas: cruise ship libraries flourish' discusses the recent upsurge in the development of libraries and library facilities on cruise liners.
    Ex. It was produced in earthenware, metalwork and bone china and in its heyday was used by the great transatlantic liners and by hotel and restaurant chains.
    Ex. This is a collection of ocean liner postcards from the late 19th and early 20th century.
    Ex. By mobile library we mean any system of taking books out to scattered communities and at its most basic this could be by carrying books on the librarians back right up to service on an ocean going ship.
    Ex. The world has many cruise ships, big and small, transporting passengers to the most exotic places.
    Ex. This ostensible comedy about two straight men on a gay cruise is acutely unfunny.
    Ex. The new generation of cruisers is much lighter, thanks to modern materials and manufacturers who care about reducing weight.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo transatlantic
    II
    masculino ocean liner
    * * *
    = transatlantic [trans-atlantic], Atlantic, cruise liner, transatlantic liner, ocean liner, ocean-going, cruise ship [cruiseship], cruise, cruiser.

    Ex: Inspired by the 1990 International Trans-Atlantic Expedition, the librarian of the Huntsville-Madison County library's bookmobile has founded a reading club, called the Polar Trekkers Club, to familiarise children with the expedition, and the Antarctic environment.

    Ex: No one, in this purely hypothetical example, has thought that the reader might be happy with a factual account of an Atlantic convoy as well as, or in place of, a purely fictional account.
    Ex: The article 'Literacy on the high seas: cruise ship libraries flourish' discusses the recent upsurge in the development of libraries and library facilities on cruise liners.
    Ex: It was produced in earthenware, metalwork and bone china and in its heyday was used by the great transatlantic liners and by hotel and restaurant chains.
    Ex: This is a collection of ocean liner postcards from the late 19th and early 20th century.
    Ex: By mobile library we mean any system of taking books out to scattered communities and at its most basic this could be by carrying books on the librarians back right up to service on an ocean going ship.
    Ex: The world has many cruise ships, big and small, transporting passengers to the most exotic places.
    Ex: This ostensible comedy about two straight men on a gay cruise is acutely unfunny.
    Ex: The new generation of cruisers is much lighter, thanks to modern materials and manufacturers who care about reducing weight.

    * * *
    transatlantic
    países transatlánticos countries on the other side of the Atlantic
    ocean liner
    * * *

    transatlántico 1
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    transatlantic
    transatlántico 2 sustantivo masculino
    ocean liner
    transatlántico,-a
    I adjetivo transatlantic
    II m Náut (ocean) liner

    ' transatlántico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    transatlántica
    - trasatlántica
    - trasatlántico
    - capitán
    English:
    liner
    - transatlantic
    - ocean
    * * *
    transatlántico, -a, trasatlántico, -a
    ♦ adj
    transatlantic
    ♦ nm
    Náut (ocean) liner
    * * *
    I adj transatlantic
    II m liner
    * * *
    transatlántico, -ca adj
    : transatlantic
    : ocean liner
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > transatlántico

  • 5 Fife, William

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 15 June 1857 Fairlie, Scotland
    d. 11 August 1944 Fairlie, Scotland
    [br]
    Scottish naval architect and designer of sailing yachts of legendary beauty and performance.
    [br]
    Following his education at Brisbane Academy in Largs, William Fife (the third generation of the name) became apprenticed at the age of 14 to the already famous yacht-building yard owned by his family at Fairlie in Ayrshire. On completion of his apprenticeship, he joined the Paisley shipbuilders John Fullerton \& Co. to gain experience in iron shipbuilding before going on as Manager to the Marquis of Ailsa's Culzean Steam Launch and Yacht Works. Initially the works was sited below the famous castle at Culzean, but some years later it moved a few miles along the Ayrshire Coast to Maidens. The Culzean Company was wound up in 1887 and Fife then returned to the family yard, where he remained for the rest of his working life. Many outstanding yachts were the product of his hours on the drawing board, including auxiliary sailing cruisers, motor yachts and well-known racing craft. The most outstanding designs were for two of Sir Thomas Lipton's challengers for the America's Cup: Shamrock I and Shamrock III. The latter yacht was tested at the Ship Model Experiment Tank owned by Denny of Dumbarton before being built at their Leven Shipyard in 1903. Shamrock III may have been one of the earliest America's Cup yachts to have been designed with a high level of scientific input. The hull construction was unusual for the early years of the twentieth century, being of alloy steel with decks of aluminium.
    William Fife was decorated for his service to shipbuilding during the First World War. With the onset of the Great Depression the shipyard's output slowed, and in the 1930s it was sold to other interests; this was the end of the 120-year Fife dynasty.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    OBE c.1919.
    FMW

    Biographical history of technology > Fife, William

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