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21 good man
••I. В первом томе старого издания Стрелка:Some years later, Susan would tell him the story of Oedipus, and he would absorb it in quiet thoughtfulness, thinking of the odd and bloody triangle formed by his father, his mother, and by Marten—known in some quarters as the good man. — Несколько лет спустя Сюзан рассказала ему легенду об Эдипе, и он слушал её в глубокой задумчивости, размышляя о чудовищном и кровавом треугольнике, образованным его отцом, его матерью и Мартеном – известном в некоторых кругах как нужный человек. (ТБ 1)
II. в новом издании Стрелка и более поздних томах:см. тж John Farson“… the good man,” the Guard was saying. / “In Farson?” / “In two weeks,” the Guard replied. “Maybe three. — …добрый человек, – говорил Страж. / – В Фарсоне? / – За две недели, – отозвался Страж. – Может быть, за три. (ТБ 1)
“… the good man,” the Guard was saying. / “Farson?” / “In two weeks,” the Guard replied. “Maybe three. — …добрый друг, – закончил свою фразу стражник. / – Фарсон? / – Через две недели, – ответил стражник. – Может быть, через три. (ТБ 1, r.)
She didn’t think it was Depape, or the one named Reynolds, either. The only thing she could tell about the fellow for sure was that he wore a flat-brimmed hat, the sort she associated with men of the Inner Baronies, back when travel between east and west had been more common than it was now. Back before John Farson came—the Good Man—and the bloodletting began. — Девушка уже понимала, что перед ней не Дипейп, не Рейнолдс, но пока различала только шляпу с широкими полями, какие ассоциировались у нее с людьми, приезжавшими из Внутренних феодов в те дни, когда поездки с востока на запад и наоборот были обычным делом. До нынешних лихих времен, до того, как появился Джон Фарсон, Благодетель, и началась резня. (ТБ 4)
English-Russian dictionary of neologisms from a series of books by Stephen King "Dark Tower" > good man
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22 Allen, Horatio
[br]b. 10 May 1802 Schenectady, New York, USAd. 1 January 1890 South Orange, New Jersey, USA[br]American engineer, pioneer of steam locomotives.[br]Allen was the Resident Engineer for construction of the Delaware \& Hudson Canal and in 1828 was instructed by J.B. Jervis to visit England to purchase locomotives for the canal's rail extension. He drove the locomotive Stourbridge Lion, built by J.U. Rastrick, on its first trial on 9 August 1829, but weak track prevented its regular use.Allen was present at the Rainhill Trials on the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway in October 1829. So was E.L.Miller, one of the promoters of the South Carolina Canal \& Rail Road Company, to which Allen was appointed Chief Engineer that autumn. Allen was influential in introducing locomotives to this railway, and the West Point Foundry built a locomotive for it to his design; it was the first locomotive built in the USA for sale. This locomotive, which bore some resemblance to Novelty, built for Rainhill by John Braithwaite and John Ericsson, was named Best Friend of Charleston. On Christmas Day 1830 it hauled the first scheduled steam train to run in America, carrying 141 passengers.In 1832 the West Point Foundry built four double-ended, articulated 2–2–0+0–2–2 locomotives to Horatio Allen's design for the South Carolina railroad. From each end of a central firebox extended two boiler barrels side by side with common smokeboxes and chimneys; wheels were mounted on swivelling sub-frames, one at each end, beneath these boilers. Allen's principal object was to produce a powerful locomotive with a light axle loading.Allen subsequently became a partner in Stillman, Allen \& Co. of New York, builders of marine engines, and in 1843 was President of the Erie Railroad.[br]Further ReadingJ.Marshall, 1978, A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.Dictionary of American Biography.R.E.Carlson, 1969, The Liverpool \& Manchester Railway Project 1821–1831, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.J.F.Stover, 1961, American Railroads, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.J.H.White Jr, 1994, "Old debts and new visions", in Common Roots—Separate Branches, London: Science Museum, 79–82.PJGR -
23 Hooke, Robert
[br]b. 18 July 1635 Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Englandd. 3 March 1703 London, England[br]English physicist, astronomer and mechanician.[br]Son of Revd John Hooke, minister of the parish, he was a sickly child who was subject to headaches which prevented protracted study. He devoted his time while alone to making mechanical models including a wooden clock. On the death of his father in October 1648 he was left £100 and went to London, where he became a pupil of Sir Peter Lely and then went to Westminster School under Dr Busby. There he learned the classical languages, some Hebrew and oriental languages while mastering six books of Euclid in one week. In 1653 he entered Christ Church College, Oxford, where he graduated MA in 1663, after studying chemistry and astronomy. In 1662 he was appointed Curator of Experiments to the Royal Society and was elected a Fellow in 1663. In 1665 his appointment was made permanent and he was given apartments in Gresham College, where he lived until his death in 1703. He was an indefatigable experimenter, perhaps best known for the invention of the universal joint named after him. The properties of the atmosphere greatly engaged him and he devised many forms of the barometer. He was the first to apply the spiral spring to the regulation of the balance wheel of the watch in an attempt to measure longitude at sea, but he did not publish his results until after Huygens's reinvention of the device in 1675. Several of his "new watches" were made by Thomas Tompion, one of which was presented to King Charles II. He is said to have invented, among other devices, thirty different ways of flying, the first practical system of telegraphy, an odometer, a hearing aid, an arithmetical machine and a marine barometer. Hooke was a small man, somewhat deformed, with long, lank hair, who went about stooped and moved very quickly. He was of a melancholy and mistrustful disposition, ill-tempered and sharp-tongued. He slept little, often working all night and taking a nap during the day. John Aubrey, his near-contemporary, wrote of Hooke, "He is certainly the greatest Mechanick this day in the World." He is said to have been the first to establish the true principle of the arch. His eyesight failed and he was blind for the last year of his life. He is best known for his Micrographia, or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies, first published in 1665. After the Great Fire of London, he exhibited a model for the rebuilding of the City. This was not accepted, but it did result in Hooke's appointment as one of two City Surveyors. This proved a lucrative post and through it Hooke amassed a fortune of some thousands of pounds, which was found intact after his death some thirty years later. It had never been opened in the interim period. Among the buildings he designed were the new Bethlehem (Bedlam) Hospital, the College of Physicians and Montague House.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1663; Secretary 1677–82.IMcN -
24 Watt, James
SUBJECT AREA: Steam and internal combustion engines[br]b. 19 January 1735 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotlandd. 19 August 1819 Handsworth Heath, Birmingham, England[br]Scottish engineer and inventor of the separate condenser for the steam engine.[br]The sixth child of James Watt, merchant and general contractor, and Agnes Muirhead, Watt was a weak and sickly child; he was one of only two to survive childhood out of a total of eight, yet, like his father, he was to live to an age of over 80. He was educated at local schools, including Greenock Grammar School where he was an uninspired pupil. At the age of 17 he was sent to live with relatives in Glasgow and then in 1755 to London to become an apprentice to a mathematical instrument maker, John Morgan of Finch Lane, Cornhill. Less than a year later he returned to Greenock and then to Glasgow, where he was appointed mathematical instrument maker to the University and was permitted in 1757 to set up a workshop within the University grounds. In this position he came to know many of the University professors and staff, and it was thus that he became involved in work on the steam engine when in 1764 he was asked to put in working order a defective Newcomen engine model. It did not take Watt long to perceive that the great inefficiency of the Newcomen engine was due to the repeated heating and cooling of the cylinder. His idea was to drive the steam out of the cylinder and to condense it in a separate vessel. The story is told of Watt's flash of inspiration as he was walking across Glasgow Green one Sunday afternoon; the idea formed perfectly in his mind and he became anxious to get back to his workshop to construct the necessary apparatus, but this was the Sabbath and work had to wait until the morrow, so Watt forced himself to wait until the Monday morning.Watt designed a condensing engine and was lent money for its development by Joseph Black, the Glasgow University professor who had established the concept of latent heat. In 1768 Watt went into partnership with John Roebuck, who required the steam engine for the drainage of a coal-mine that he was opening up at Bo'ness, West Lothian. In 1769, Watt took out his patent for "A New Invented Method of Lessening the Consumption of Steam and Fuel in Fire Engines". When Roebuck went bankrupt in 1772, Matthew Boulton, proprietor of the Soho Engineering Works near Birmingham, bought Roebuck's share in Watt's patent. Watt had met Boulton four years earlier at the Soho works, where power was obtained at that time by means of a water-wheel and a steam engine to pump the water back up again above the wheel. Watt moved to Birmingham in 1774, and after the patent had been extended by Parliament in 1775 he and Boulton embarked on a highly profitable partnership. While Boulton endeavoured to keep the business supplied with capital, Watt continued to refine his engine, making several improvements over the years; he was also involved frequently in legal proceedings over infringements of his patent.In 1794 Watt and Boulton founded the new company of Boulton \& Watt, with a view to their retirement; Watt's son James and Boulton's son Matthew assumed management of the company. Watt retired in 1800, but continued to spend much of his time in the workshop he had set up in the garret of his Heathfield home; principal amongst his work after retirement was the invention of a pantograph sculpturing machine.James Watt was hard-working, ingenious and essentially practical, but it is doubtful that he would have succeeded as he did without the business sense of his partner, Matthew Boulton. Watt coined the term "horsepower" for quantifying the output of engines, and the SI unit of power, the watt, is named in his honour.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1785. Honorary LLD, University of Glasgow 1806. Foreign Associate, Académie des Sciences, Paris 1814.Further ReadingH.W.Dickinson and R Jenkins, 1927, James Watt and the Steam Engine, Oxford: Clarendon Press.L.T.C.Rolt, 1962, James Watt, London: B.T. Batsford.R.Wailes, 1963, James Watt, Instrument Maker (The Great Masters: Engineering Heritage, Vol. 1), London: Institution of Mechanical Engineers.IMcN -
25 figure
ˈfɪɡə
1. сущ.
1) а) фигура (физический облик человека) ;
телосложение;
внешние очертания, форма тела The gown showed off her lovely figure. ≈ Платье подчеркнуло ее прекрасную фигуру. figures moving in the dusk ≈ фигуры, движущиеся в темноте Syn: form, shape, outline, silhouette, body, physique, build;
contour, cut, cast;
configuration, frame, anatomy б) внешний вид;
облик, образ;
производимое впечатление dashing figure ≈ энергичный вид imposing figure ≈ импозантный вид ridiculous figure ≈ смешной вид sorry figure ≈ виноватый вид striking figure ≈ потрясающий вид trim figure ≈ аккуратный вид a figure of fun ≈ нелепая, смешная фигура to keep one's figure ≈ следить за фигурой to cut a (fine) figure ≈ производить( сильное) впечатление to cut no figure ≈ не производить никакого впечатления cut a poor figure Syn: form, impression, appearance
2) личность, фигура Michelangelo was one of the great figures of the Renaissance. ≈Микельанджело был одной из величайших фигур эпохи Возрождения. familiar figure ≈ знакомый человек national figure ≈ видный деятель( человек, которого знает вся страна) political figure ≈ политический деятель prominent figure, well-known figure ≈ выдающаяся личность religious figure ≈ религиозный деятель underworld figure ≈ представитель социальных низов father figure ≈ (тж. father-figure) человек, обладающий качествами отца;
человек, которого ребенок хотел бы видеть в качестве отца mother figure ≈ (тж. mother-figure) лицо, обладающее качествами матери;
лицо, которое ребенок хотел бы видеть в качестве матери parental figure ≈ лицо, обладающее качествами отца или матери;
лицо, которое ребенок хотел бы видеть в качестве родителя person of figure ≈ выдающаяся личность public figure ≈ общественный деятель Syn: person, personage, character, notable, eminence, force, leader
3) а) изображение, картина, статуя( особ. человеческой фигуры) б) иллюстрация, рисунок( в книге и т. п.) ;
узор( на ткани, бумаге) ;
диаграмма, чертеж She bought a scarf printed with a spiral figure. ≈ Она купила шарф с рисунком в виде спиралек. в) эмблема, символ ∙ Syn: pattern, design, device, motif, emblem;
sign, symbol, plan, schema;
diagram, illustration, drawing
4) риторическая фигура, стилистический прием, троп figure of speech
5) фигура (в танцах, фигурном катании, полете в воздухе и т. п.)
6) муз. ритмико-мелодический элемент, украшающий музыкальное произведение
7) мат. фигура, тело
8) гороскоп
9) а) цифра The figure for "one" is "1". ≈ Цифра для "единицы" - это "1". in round figures ≈ круглым счетом, округляя Syn: digit, number, cipher, numeral, numerical symbol б) мн. цифровые данные, количественные данные approximate, round figures ≈ приблизительные результаты available figures ≈ доступная информация/статистика exact figures ≈ точные цифры official figures ≈ официальные данные reliable figures ≈ надежные данные в) мн. арифметика I was never much good at figures. ≈ Я всегда был слаб в арифметике. Syn: arithmetic, sums, calculations, computations
10) разг. цена to sell at a low figure ≈ продавать по дешевой цене He named a figure that was much more than we could pay. ≈ Он назвал цену, которая оказалась намного больше, чем мы могли бы заплатить. Syn: price, amount, rate, cost, quotation, sum, value
2. гл.
1) изображать (графически, диаграммой и т. п.) ;
изображать на картине, рисовать;
набрасывать( контуры, силуэт и т. п.)
2) украшать( рисунками, узором и т. п.) The wallpaper was figured with rosebuds. ≈ На обоях был рисунок из бутонов роз. Syn: embellish, adorn, ornament, mark, pattern, variegate, diversify
3) разг. а) считать, думать, полагать I figure it must be close to three miles. ≈ Я полагаю, это должно быть где-то близко к трем милям. I figured that you wanted me to stay. ≈ Я думал, что ты хочешь, чтобы я остался. Syn: calculate, reckon, think, suppose, conjecture;
presume, believe, judge, imagine, guess б) быть логичным, обоснованным, понятным;
казаться вероятным It figures: when I have the time to travel, I don't have the money. ≈ Вполне логично: когда у меня есть время для путешествий, у меня нет денег.
4) а) появляться, фигурировать Real historical events figure in Tolstoy's novel 'War and Peace'. ≈ В романе Толстого "Война и мир" фигурируют реальные исторические события. б) играть заметную роль, играть важную роль She figured prominently in history. ≈ Она сыграла значительную роль в истории. ∙ Syn: appear, have a part, play a part, be mentioned;
be conspicuous, be prominent, be placed, count, shine forth
5) служить символом, символизировать
6) использовать риторические фигуры
7) выполнять фигуры (в фигурном катании и т. п.)
8) придавать форму
9) амер.;
разг. подсчитывать, оценивать;
исчислять (тж. figure in) Have you figured in the cost of the hotel? ≈ Ты включил в подсчеты стоимость жилья в отеле? We figured that he would arrive at around two o'clock. ≈ Мы подсчитали, что приедем около двух часов. Figure the total and I'll pay it with a check. ≈ Подсчитайте общую сумму, и я оплачу чек. Syn: calculate, compute, count up, add up, sum, reckon, cast, find the amount of, total, tot up, foot;
assess, appraise, estimate
10) выражать в цифрах;
обозначать цифрами;
муз. обозначать цифрами (снизу или сверху басового голоса) аккорды сопровождения ∙ figure on figure out figure up цифра;
число - double *s двузначные числа - target /control, key/ *s контрольные цифры - in round *s в круглых цифрах - income running into six *s доход, выраженный шестизначным числом pl количественная информация, количественные данные;
цифры pl (разговорное) арифметика - to be smart at *s хорошо считать - to be a poor hand at *s быть не в ладах с арифметикой диаграмма, рисунок, чертеж (в книге) - see * 2 on page 5 смотрите рис.2 на с.5 фигура, внешний вид;
телосложение;
облик, образ - a fine * of a man видный /представительный/ мужчина - the girl had a nice slender * у девушки была красивая стройная фигура - a garment adjusted to the * одежда по фигуре - to keep one's * следить за фигурой фигура, персона, личность - he was one of the greatest *s of his age он был одним из самых выдающихся людей своего времени - public * общественный деятель - a person of * выдающаяся /замечательная/ личность человек;
кто-то, некто - I saw *s moving in the dusk в полутьме я видел какие-то движущиеся фигуры;
я видел, что в темноте кто-то ходит изображение;
портрет;
статуя - lay * манекен( художника) - the wall was decorated with *s of beasts, birds, flowers стена была украшена изображениями животных, птиц, цветов - a * of a deer stood on the mantelpiece на камине стояла фигурка оленя (of) воплощение или предмет( чего-л.) - a * of fun предмет всеобщего осмеяния;
посмешище - she was a * of distress она была само отчаяние впечатление - the couple cut quite a * эта пара произвела большое впечатление риторическая фигура, троп (тж. * of speech) фигура (в танцах, фигурном катании, пилотаже) узор (на ткани, бумаге) - a polka-dot * рисунок в горошек( разговорное) цена - to buy at a high * покупать по высокой цене - what's the *? сколько я вам должен?, сколько это стоит? (математика) фигура, тело гороскоп (в астрологии) - to cast a * составить гороскоп > to cut /to make/ a conspicuous /good, great/ * играть важную роль > to cut /to make/ a little * играть незначительную роль > to cut no * преим. (американизм) не играть никакой роли, не иметь никакого значения;
не производить никакого впечатления > to do things on the big * (американизм) делать что-л. в большом масштабе, поставить что-л. на широкую ногу > to miss a /one's/ * (американизм) допустить грубую ошибку /просчет/, просчитаться изображать (графически, диаграммой и т. п.) представлять себе - how do you * it to yourself? как вы это себе представляете? (американизм) (разговорное) считать, полагать - I * that it will take three years я считаю, что на это понадобится три года - I * that you'd want your tea я полагаю, что вам пора пить чай - will it explode? - John *s not а оно не взорвется? - Джон думает, что нет - they backed him because they *d him an upright man они поддерживали его, так как считали его честным человеком (on) рассчитывать на - they *d on extra income они рассчитывали на дополнительный доход полагаться - I *d on him leaving early я надеялся, что он рано уйдет планировать, собираться - I * on going into town я думаю поехать в город играть важную роль - the vice-president really *d in the company в этой фирме вице-президент был (важной) фигурой - he will certainly * in history он, несомненно, войдет в историю - the envoy *d often at court посланник часто появлялся при дворе фигурировать, участвовать - his name *s on the list его фамилия есть в списке - persons who *d in a robbery лица, замешанные в ограблении украшать ( фигурами) обозначать цифрами (разговорное) (часто * up) считать, подсчитывать;
вычислять складывать - to * smth. in включать что-л. в подсчет - have you *d in the cost of the hotel? а вы учли расходы на гостиницу? выполнять фигуры (в танцах, фигурном катании и т. п.) придавать форму( американизм) (разговорное) быть подходящим - that *s! это меня устраивает! ~ цена;
at a high (low) figure дорого (дешево) balance ~ статья баланса confidence ~ вчт. доверительная вероятность confidence ~ вчт. доверительный уровень to cut a poor ~ казаться жалким;
to cut a figure амер. привлекать внимание, производить впечатление to cut a poor ~ играть незначительную роль to cut a poor ~ казаться жалким;
to cut a figure амер. привлекать внимание, производить впечатление to cut no ~ не производить никакого впечатления;
a figure of fun нелепая, смешная фигура figure pl арифметика to cut no ~ не производить никакого впечатления;
a figure of fun нелепая, смешная фигура fun: ~ шутка;
веселье;
забава;
figure of fun смешная фигура, предмет насмешек;
he is great fun он очень забавен ~ придавать форму;
figure on амер. разг. рассчитывать на;
делать расчеты ~ выполнять фигуры (в фигурном катании и т. п.) ~ гороскоп ~ диаграмма ~ изображать (графически, диаграммой и т. п.) ~ изображать ~ изображение, картина, статуя ~ изображение ~ иллюстрация, рисунок (в книге) ;
диаграмма, чертеж ~ личность, фигура;
a person of figure выдающаяся личность;
public figure общественный деятель ~ обозначать цифрами ~ амер. разг. подсчитывать, оценивать;
исчислять ~ полагаться ~ представлять себе (часто figure to oneself) ~ придавать форму;
figure on амер. разг. рассчитывать на;
делать расчеты ~ рассчитывать на ~ рисунок (в книге) ~ риторическая фигура ~ служить символом, символизировать ~ украшать (фигурами) ~ фигура (в танцах, фигурном катании, пилотаже) ~ геом. фигура, тело ~ фигура;
внешний вид;
облик, образ;
to keep one's figure следить за фигурой ~ фигурировать;
играть видную роль ~ цена;
at a high (low) figure дорого (дешево) ~ цифра;
pl цифровые данные;
in round figures круглым счетом ~ цифра ~ чертеж ~ число ~ of speech преувеличение, неправда ~ of speech риторическая фигура ~ out вычислять ~ out понимать, постигать ~ out разгадывать ~ up подсчитывать ~ work полигр. табличный набор financial key ~ ключевой финансовый показатель ~ цифра;
pl цифровые данные;
in round figures круглым счетом index ~ статистический показатель ~ фигура;
внешний вид;
облик, образ;
to keep one's figure следить за фигурой key ~ эк.произ. главный количественный показатель key ~ эк.произ. основная цифра key ~ цифровая клавиша lay ~ манекен (художника) lay ~ неправдоподобный персонаж;
нереальный образ lay ~ ничтожество;
человек, лишенный индивидуальности или значения lump sum ~ единовременно выплачиваемая сумма lump sum ~ паушальная сумма order ~ сумма заказа peak ~ максимальное значение ~ личность, фигура;
a person of figure выдающаяся личность;
public figure общественный деятель pro memoria ~ мемориальная стоимость ~ личность, фигура;
a person of figure выдающаяся личность;
public figure общественный деятель public ~ общественный деятель record ~ рекордная величина refined ~s вчт. обработанные данные significant ~ вчт. значащая цифра significant ~s вчт. значащие цифры target ~ контрольная цифра target ~ плановая величина -
26 so
səu
1. нареч.
1) настолько, столь;
так, до такой степени She is so beautiful. ≈ Она так красива.
2) так же, таким же образом;
тоже, также I like French wine. - So do I. ≈ Мне нравятся французские вина. - И мне тоже.
3) итак;
значит (в начале предложения) So we are not going away this weekend after all? ≈ Значит, мы никуда не поедем в эти выходные?
4) так, таким образом Is that really so? ≈ Это действительно так? I 've so arranged my trip that I'll be home on Friday evening. ≈ Я таким образом распланировал мою поездку, чтобы быть дома в пятницу вечером.
5) примерно, приблизительно I'll be out two days or so. ≈ Меня не будет дома дня два.
6) поэтому, по этой причине;
таким образом;
так что I was getting tired so I came home. ≈ Я устал и поэтому пошел домой. ∙ so as to so that so far as so far ≈ до сих пор;
пока so to say ≈ так сказать and so on, and so forth ≈ и так далее, и тому подобное
2. межд. ладно!, ну!, так! указывает на способ совершения действия - (именно) так, таким, подобным образом - you mustn't behave so вы не должны так себя вести - stand just so стой вот так - speak so that you are understood говори так, чтобы тебя можно было понять (см. тж. so that) - so, and so only так, и только так - so and in no other way только так (и не иначе) ;
только таким образом (способом) - quite so! совершенно верно!, правильно!;
именно (так) ! - it is not so это не так - why so? почему же?, отчего же?, каким образом? - how so? как (же) так?, как же это? - and so on и так далее, и тому подобное - I need some paper, pencils, ink, and so on мне нужна бумага, карандаши, чернила и тому подобное - and so on and so on, and so on and so forth и так далее и тому подобное - so there! так-то вот! - that being so I have nothing more to say раз (поскольку) это так, мне больше нечего добавить - so to say, so to speak так сказать указывает на степень качества или на количество - так, до такой степени, столь;
столько, так много - why in the train so crowded today? почему сегодня в поезде столько народу? - she isn't so very old она не так уж стара - I am not so sure of that я не очень-то уверен в этом - so much так много - it takes so much time на это уходит столько времени - I have got so much to do and so little time! мне нужно сделать так много, а времени (у меня) так мало! - not so much sugar, please не (кладите) столько сахару, пожалуйста - be so good to continue tp write me letters пишите мне, пожалуйста, и впредь - it was so hot (that) I took my coat off было так жарко, что я снял пиджак - a little girl so high девочка (девушка) вот такого роста - I am so tired! я так (очень) устал! - so kind of you! как это мило с вашей стороны! - I am so pleased to meet you! я так (очень) рад познакомиться с вами! (разговорное) указывает на интенсивность действия - так (сильно) - she so wants to go ей так хочется поехать (пойти) - why do you cry so? почему вы так плачете? - I'd better not go out, my head aches co! я лучше не буду выходить, у меня так болит голова! указывает на эмфатическое выделение качества - такой - so good a dinner! такое хороший обед! - so severe a discipline такая строгая дисциплина - in so distant a place as Australia в столь отдаленном месте, как Австралия в начале предложения указывает на подтверждение предшествующего высказывания - действительно, да, в самом деле, именно;
так (это) и есть - you look tired. - So I am у вас усталый вид. - Да, я действительно устал - you could have come here earlier. - So I could вы могли бы прийти сюда пораньше. - Верно (Да, конечно), мог бы - I thought you were French. - So I am я думал, что вы француз. - Так оно и есть в начале предложения указывает на распространение предшествующего высказывания на другое лицо или предмет - тоже, также - you are late, (and) so am I вы опоздали, (и) я тоже - we were wrong, so were you мы ошиблись, и вы также ( тоже) в начале предложения указывает на вывод из сказанного ранее - итак, значит, так - so you are going to the North итак, вы отправляетесь на север - so you have come after all! значит, вы все-таки пришли! - and so the work is finished at last! ну, наконец работа закончена! в начале предложения указывает на продолжение повествования - ну - so he said we chouldn't bother. So we didn't потом он сказал, чтобы мы не беспокоились, ну, мы и не стали (беспокоиться) (устаревшее) в начале предложения указывает на последовательность действия (в эллиптических предложениях) - затем, потом - and so to bed итак, (теперь) спать - "say goodbye", and so be off скажи(те) "до свидания" и (затем) марш ступай(те) (устаревшее) перед прямой речью или после нее( в эллиптических предложениях) - так - so Achilles так сказал Ахиллес указывает на соответствие тому, что было сказано - так, в таком случае - it is so так оно и есть;
это так - so it is действительно, правильно - that's so именно так;
в самом деле так - is that so? разве?, неужели?, правда? не может быть! - that's (it is) not so! это не так!, неправда! - so be it! да будет так в сочетаниях (см. примеры) - so far до сих пор, пока (еще) - so far I'm bored пока что мне скучно - I've heard nothing so far пока я еще ничего не слышал - so far you have been lucky до сих пор вам везло - so far as насколько, поскольку - so far as I know насколько я знаю( мне известно) - in so far as - so far as - in so much as - insomuch as - so far from вместо того, чтобы - so far from abating, the epidemic spread эпидемия отнюдь не затихала, а напротив, распространялась - so... as так (настолько)..., чтобы, так... что - it is so natural as hardly to be noticeable это так естественно, что почти незаметно - be so good (would you be so kind) as to send me word не откажите в любезности известить меня - not so... as не так... как (при сравнении) - it is not so hot as yesterday сегодня не так жарко, как вчера - he is not so bright as his brother он не такой способный, как его брат - so... that так (таким образом)... что;
так... что;
настолько... чтобы - he is so ill that he cannot speak он так болен, что не может говорить - not so... but не настолько... чтобы - he is not so degraded but he has a sense of shame он не настолько опустился, чтобы потерять чувство стыда - so much so that настолько, что;
до такой степени, что - are you satisfied now? - So much so that words fail me теперь вы довольны? - Так доволен, что и сказать не могу - so many такое-то число, такое-то количество, столько-то (штук) - so many shillings and so many pence столько-то шиллингов и столько-то пенсов - they turn out so many typewriters a day они выпускают столько-то пишущих машинок в день so much столько-то, такое-то количество;
так много, так, в такой степени;
просто, не что иное как;
тем более;
(for) довольно, хватит;
все уже сказано или сделано - so much and no more столько и не больше - he allowed his son so much a month for pocket money он давал своему сыну ежемесячно определенную сумму (столько-то) на карманные расходы - he is so much respected его так уважают - so much rubbish (nonsense) ! просто чепуха! - I regard it as so much lost time я считаю это просто потерянным временем - so much the better( the worse) тем лучше (тем хуже) - I agree, so much more that I have seen her я согласен, тем более, что я видел ее - so much for that довольно говорить об этом - so much for your childhood ideals с твоими детскими мечтаниями покончено - so much for the history of the case вот и все, что можно сказать об истории этого дела - not (never) so much as даже не - he didn't so much as ask me to sit down он даже не предложил мне сесть - he never so much as thanked me он даже не поблагодарил меня - not so much... as не столько... сколько;
не так... как - he is not so much angry as upset он скорее огорчен, чем рассержен - oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it океаны не столько разъединяют мир, сколько объединяют его > just so как нужно, как полагается > her room is always just * ее комната всегда в порядке > you don't say so!, do you asy so? неужели?, не может быть! > so please your Majesty как будет угодно вашему величеству > so help me (God) ! честное слово! (в уверениях, клятвах) > I have never seen him, so help me (God) ! я никогда не видел его, честное слово! употребляется вместо предшествующего предложения - это так, да - has the train gone? - I thind (believe) so поезд уже ушел? - Думаю, что да - he promised to ring us up but has not jet done so он обещал позвонить нам, но еще не звонил - many people would have run away. Not so he многие бы убежали, но он не таков - did he promise it? - Yes, he did so! он (это) обещал? - Да, конечно! - he is clever. - I am glad you think so он умен. - Я рад, что вы так считаете - he goes to the club. - So he says! (ироничное) он ходит в клуб. - Как же! употребляется вместо предшествующего прилагательного - таковой, такой - your friend is diligent, but you are not so ваш друг прилежен, не то, что вы - both brothers are talented, but the elder is more so оба брата талантливы, но старший особенно - he isn't handsome, but he thinks himself so он некрасив, но считает себя красивым - he is ill and has been so for a long time он болен и уже давно( после глаголов call, name) употребляется вместо предшествующего имени собственного - так - John. He was named so after his father его назвали Джоном. В честь отца. более менее;
приблизительно - at three o'clock or * примерно в три часа, около трех - I've known him 15 years or so я знаю его лет пятнадцать (часто and so) вводит предложения, указывающие на заключение или вывод из предшествующего высказывания - так что, поэтому;
следовательно - it was raining and so I did not go out шел дождь, и поэтому я не выходил - it was late, so we went home было поздно, поэтому (и) мы пошли домой - the train leaves in half an hour, so you had better hurry поезд отходит через полчаса, вам нужно поторопиться вводит придаточные предолжения цели - (для того), (с тем) чтобы - he opened the door so he could see them come он открыл дверь, чтобы видеть, как они придут ( разговорное) вводит придаточные предложения результата - так что, поэтому (см. также so that) в сочетаниях (см. примеры) - so what? ну и что?, ну так что?;
подумаешь! - so what of it? ну и что (в этом) особенного? - (so) that's that так-то вот так!, ладно!, хватит!, ну! (выражает удивление, однобрение, неодобрение, торжество, сомнение и т. п.) - he went off yesterday. - So? он уехал вчера. - Ну? (Ах, вот как!) or ~ (после указания количества) приблизительно, около этого;
a day or so денька два;
he must be forty or so ему лет сорок или что-то в этом роде or ~ (после указания количества) приблизительно, около этого;
a day or so денька два;
he must be forty or so ему лет сорок или что-то в этом роде ~ as to, ~ that с тем чтобы;
I tell you that so as to avoid trouble я предупреждаю вас об этом, с тем чтобы избежать неприятностей;
so far as настолько, насколько ~ поэтому, таким образом;
так что;
I was ill and so I could not come я был болен, поэтому я не мог прийти ~ так, таким образом;
that's not so это не так;
that's certainly so это, безусловно, так;
if so! раз так!;
is that so? разве? so употр. для усиления: why so? почему?;
how so? как так?;
so what? ну и что?, ну так что? ~ итак;
so you are back итак, вы вернулись ~ поэтому, таким образом;
так что;
I was ill and so I could not come я был болен, поэтому я не мог прийти ~ int так!, ладно!, ну! ~ так, настолько;
why are you so late? почему вы так опоздали? ~ так, таким образом;
that's not so это не так;
that's certainly so это, безусловно, так;
if so! раз так!;
is that so? разве? ~ тоже, также;
you are young and so am I вы молоды и я тоже ~ as to, ~ that с тем чтобы;
I tell you that so as to avoid trouble я предупреждаю вас об этом, с тем чтобы избежать неприятностей;
so far as настолько, насколько ~ far as I know насколько мне известно;
so be it быть по сему;
so far до сих пор;
пока ~ far as I know насколько мне известно;
so be it быть по сему;
so far до сих пор;
пока ~ as to, ~ that с тем чтобы;
I tell you that so as to avoid trouble я предупреждаю вас об этом, с тем чтобы избежать неприятностей;
so far as настолько, насколько ~ far as I know насколько мне известно;
so be it быть по сему;
so far до сих пор;
пока ~ much for that довольно (говорить) об этом;
so that's that разг. так-то вот ~ as to, ~ that с тем чтобы;
I tell you that so as to avoid trouble я предупреждаю вас об этом, с тем чтобы избежать неприятностей;
so far as настолько, насколько ~ much for that довольно (говорить) об этом;
so that's that разг. так-то вот ~ to say так сказать;
and so on, and so forth и так далее, и тому подобное so употр. для усиления: why so? почему?;
how so? как так?;
so what? ну и что?, ну так что? what: ~ of...? = ~ about...?;
well, ~ of it?, разг. so ~? ну и что из того?, ну, так что ж? ~ итак;
so you are back итак, вы вернулись ~ так, таким образом;
that's not so это не так;
that's certainly so это, безусловно, так;
if so! раз так!;
is that so? разве? ~ так, таким образом;
that's not so это не так;
that's certainly so это, безусловно, так;
if so! раз так!;
is that so? разве? ~ так, настолько;
why are you so late? почему вы так опоздали? so употр. для усиления: why so? почему?;
how so? как так?;
so what? ну и что?, ну так что? why: ~ adv inter. почему?;
why so? по какой причине?;
на каком основании? ~ тоже, также;
you are young and so am I вы молоды и я тоже -
27 so
1. [səʋ] adv1. указывает на способ совершения действия (именно) так, таким, подобным образомspeak so that you are understood - говори так, чтобы тебя можно было понять [см. тж. so that]
so, and so only - так, и только так
so and in no other way - только так (и не иначе); только таким образом /способом/
quite so! - совершенно верно!, правильно!; именно (так)!
why so? - почему же?, отчего же?; каким образом?
how so? - как (же) так?, как же это?
and so on - и так далее, и тому подобное
I need some paper, pencils, ink, and so on - мне нужна бумага, карандаши, чернила и тому подобное
and so on and so on, and so on and so forth - и так далее и тому подобное
so there! - так-то вот!
that being so I have nothing more to say - раз /поскольку/ это так, мне больше нечего добавить
so to say, so to speak - так сказать
2. указывает на1) степень качества или на количество так, до такой степени, столь; столько, так многоwhy is the train so crowded today? - почему сегодня в поезде столько народу?
I have got so much to do and so little time! - мне нужно сделать так много, а времени (у меня) так мало!
not so much sugar, please - не (кладите) столько сахару, пожалуйста
be so good to continue to write me letters - пишите мне, пожалуйста, и впредь
it was so hot (that) I took my coat off - было так жарко, что я снял пиджак
a little girl so high - девочка /девушка/ вот такого роста
I am so tired! - я так /очень/ устал!
so kind of you! - как это мило с вашей стороны!
I am so pleased to meet you! - я так /очень/ рад познакомиться с вами!
2) разг. интенсивность действия так (сильно)she so wants to go - ей так хочется поехать /пойти/
why do you cry so? - почему вы так плачете?
I'd better not go out, my head aches so! - я лучше не буду выходить, у меня так болит голова!
3) эмфатическое выделение качества такойso good a dinner! - такой хороший обед!
in so distant a place as Australia - в столь отдалённом месте, как Австралия
1) подтверждение предшествующего высказывания действительно, да, в самом деле, именно; так (это) и естьyou look tired. - So I am - у вас усталый вид. - Да, я действительно устал
you could have come here earlier. - So I could - вы могли бы прийти сюда пораньше. - Верно /Да, конечно/, мог бы
I thought you were French. - So I am - я думал, что вы француз. - Так оно и есть
you are late, (and) so am I - вы опоздали, (и) я тоже
we were wrong, so were you - мы ошиблись, и вы также /тоже/
3) вывод из сказанного ранее итак, значит, такso you are going to the North - итак, вы отправляетесь на север
so you have come after all! - значит, вы всё-таки пришли!
and so the work is finished at last! - ну, наконец работа закончена!
so he said we shouldn't bother. So we didn't - потом он сказал, чтобы мы не беспокоились, ну, мы и не стали (беспокоиться)
and so to bed - итак, (теперь) спать
❝say goodbye❞, and so be off - скажи(те) «до свидания» и (затем) марш /ступай(те)/4. указывает на соответствие тому, что было сказано так, в таком случаеit is so - так оно и есть; это так
so it is - действительно, правильно
that's so - именно так; в самом деле так
is that so? - разве?, неужели?, правда?; не может быть!
that's /it is/ not so! - это не так!, неправда!
so be it! - да будет так!
5. в сочетаниях:so far - до сих пор, пока (ещё)
so far as - насколько, поскольку
so far as I know - насколько я знаю /мне известно/
in so far as = so far as
in so much as = insomuch as
so far from - вместо того, чтобы
so far from abating, the epidemic spread - эпидемия отнюдь не затихала, а напротив, распространялась
so... as - так /настолько/... чтобы, так... что
it is so natural as hardly to be noticeable - это так естественно, что почти незаметно
be so good /would you be so kind/ as to send me word - не откажите в любезности известить меня
not so... as - не так... как ( при сравнении)
it is not so hot as yesterday - сегодня не так жарко, как вчера
he is not so bright as his brother - он не такой способный, как его брат
so... that - а) так /таким образом/... что; б) так... что; настолько... чтобы; he is so ill that he cannot speak - он так болен, что не может говорить
not so... but - не настолько... чтобы
he is not so degraded but he has a sense of shame - он не настолько опустился, чтобы потерять чувство стыда
so much so that - настолько, что; до такой степени, что
are you satisfied now? - So much so that words fail me - теперь вы довольны? - Так доволен, что и сказать не могу
so many - такое-то число, такое-то количество, столько-то (штук)
so many shillings and so many pence - столько-то шиллингов и столько-то пенсов
they turn out so many typewriters a day - они выпускают столько-то пишущих машинок в день
so much - а) столько-то, такое-то количество; so much and no more - столько и не больше; he allowed his son so much a month for pocket money - он давал своему сыну ежемесячно определённую сумму /столько-то/ на карманные расходы; б) так много, так, в такой степени; he is so much respected - его так уважают; в) просто, не что иное как; so much rubbish /nonsense/! - просто чепуха!; I regard it as so much lost time - я считаю это просто потерянным временем; г) тем более; so much the better [the worse] - тем лучше [тем хуже]; I agree, so much more that I have seen her - я согласен, тем более, что я видел её; д) (for) довольно, хватит; всё уже сказано или сделано; so much for that - довольно говорить об этом; so much for your childhood ideals - с твоими детскими мечтаниями покончено; so much for the history of the case - вот и всё, что можно сказать об истории этого дела
not /never/ so much as - даже не
not so much... as - не столько... сколько; не так... как
he is not so much angry as upset - он скорее огорчён, чем рассержен
oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it - океаны не столько разъединяют мир, сколько объединяют его
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just so - как нужно, как полагаетсяyou don't say so!, do you say so? - неужели?, не может быть!
so help me (God)! - честное слово! (в уверениях, клятвах)
2. [səʋ] pronI have never seen him, so help me (God)! - я никогда не видел его, честное слово!
1. употребляется вместо предшествующего предложения это так, даhas the train gone? - I think /believe/ so - поезд уже ушёл? - Думаю, что да
he promised to ring us up but has not yet done so - он обещал позвонить нам, но ещё не звонил
many people would have run away. Not so he - многие бы убежали, но он не таков
did he promise it? - Yes, he did so! - он (это) обещал? - Да, конечно!
he is clever. - I am glad you think so - он умён. - Я рад, что вы так считаете
he goes to the club. - So he says! - ирон. он ходит в клуб. - Как же!
2. употребляется вместо предшествующего прилагательного таковой, такойyour friend is diligent, but you are not so - ваш друг прилежен, не то, что вы
both brothers are talented, but the elder is more so - оба брата талантливы, но старший особенно
he isn't handsome, but he thinks himself so - он некрасив, но считает себя красивым
3. ( после глаголов call, name) употребляется вместо предшествующего имени собственного такJohn. He was named so after his father - его назвали Джоном. В честь отца
4. более менее; приблизительно3. [səʋ] cjat three o'clock or so - примерно в три часа, около трёх
1. ( часто and so) вводит предложения, указывающие на заключение или вывод из предшествующего высказывания так что, поэтому; следовательноit was raining and so I did not go out - шёл дождь, и поэтому я не выходил
it was late, so we went home - было поздно, поэтому /и/ мы пошли домой
the train leaves in half an hour, so you had better hurry - поезд отходит через полчаса, вам нужно поторопиться
2. вводит1) придаточные предложения цели (для того) чтобы, (с тем) чтобыhe opened the door so he could see them come - он открыл дверь, чтобы видеть, как они придут
3. в сочетаниях:so what? - ну и что?, ну так что?; подумаешь!
4. [səʋ] intso what of it? - ну и что (в этом) особенного?
так!, ладно!; хватит!, ну! (выражает удивление, одобрение, неодобрение, торжество, сомнение и т. п.)he went off yesterday. - So? - он уехал вчера. - Ну? /Ах, вот как!/
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28 name
1. n1) ім'я (тж Christian name; амер. first (given) name); прізвищеwhat is your name? — як тебе (вас) звуть?
to put one's name to smth. — підписати щось, поставити підпис під чимсь
in the name of smb. (smth.) — в ім'я когось (чогось)
2) назва, найменування; позначенняtrade name — назва фірми, фірма
a mere name, only a name — одна назва, пустий звук
3) репутація, слава; добре ім'яto make a good name for oneself — заслужити добре ім'я; стати відомим
4) особистість, велика людина5) рід, родина, фамілія6) pl лайка, лайливі слова7) грам. іменникproper name — власна назва, власне ім'я
8) лог. термін; логічне поняттяtheir name is legion — бібл. ім'я їм легіон; їх сила-силенна
to take smb.'s name off the books — виключити когось з організації (клубу, навчального закладу тощо)
to lend one's name to smb. — підтримати когось, дати комусь рекомендацію
2. adj амер., розм.відомий, з ім'ям3. v1) називати, давати ім'яto name a child John — назвати (наріктй) дитину Джоном
to name the States of the Union — називати всі штати, що входять до складу США
2) указувати, призначатиto name one's price — призначати (називати) свою ціну
3) згадувати; наводиті (як приклад)4) парл. закликати до порядку* * *I [neim] n1) ім'я; прізвище2) назва, найменування; позначення3) тк.; sing репутація; слава; ( добре) ім'я4) рід, прізвище5) pl лайка6) гpaм. іменник7) термін; логічне поняттяII [neim] a1) іменний2) авторський3) заголовний4) aмep. відомий; з іменемIII [neim] v1) називати, давати ім'я; давати назву; називати, перераховувати поіменно2) указувати, призначати ( дату)3) призначати ( на посаду)4) згадувати; наводити ( як приклад) -
29 name
n. 1. нэр. 2. юмны нэр. 3. нэр хүнд. 4. алдартан, суут хүн. by name нэрээр нь. in the name of sb/ sth нэрийн өмнөөс, нэр барьж, -ний төлөө. in name only нэр төдий, нэрэн дээрээ болохоос биш. name of the game гол зорилго, хамгийн чухал зүйл. v. 1. нэр өгөх. They \named their son John. Тэд хүүгээ Жон гэж нэрлэв. 2. нэрлэх, нэрий нь хэлэх. 3. өдөр товлох, үнэ тогтоох. 4. албан тушаалд нэрий нь дэвшүүлэх. -
30 at large
1. adj phr1) на свободе, свободныйIf I see a bobby, I'll hand him over; he's not fit to be at large. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Man of Property’, part III, ch. IV) — Увижу полисмена и сдам ему на руки этого субъекта, его нельзя оставлять на свободе.
‘Ruffians like that,’ muttered Soames, ‘oughtn't to be at large.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘Swan Song’, part I, ch. 6) — - Таких бандитов надо сажать в тюрьму, - проговорил Сомс.
2) свободный, ничем не занятый; не имеющий определённых занятий (особ. gentleman at large см. a gentleman at large)Down upon the river that was black and thick with dye, some Coketown boys who were at large - a rare sight there - rowed a crazy boat... (Ch. Dickens, ‘Hard Times’, book II, ch. I) — По реке, черной и жирной от краски, несколько коктаунских мальчишек, ничем не занятых - редкое зрелище здесь, - гребли на утлом челноке.
3) целый, в целом, весь (обыкн. употр. со словами country, people, public, society, world, etc.: country at large вся страна; people at large широкие слои населения; public at large широкая публика)He knew this scheme of the city politicians was not honest. He knew the public at large were being hoodwinked... (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. XXIV) — Он знал, что этот план городских политиканов был бесчестным. Он знал, что широкую публику обманывают...
Christopher loved Frances dearly, though he had always treated her, even as a child, in the cool ironical manner which he used to the world at large. (I. Murdoch, ‘The Red and the Green’, ch. 5) — Кристофер всем сердцем любил дочь, хотя всегда, даже когда она была ребенком, обращался с ней суховато-иронически, как и со всеми.
4) амер. имеющий широкие или не ограниченные полномочия (напр., ambassador at large посол по особым поручениям, особ. личный представитель президента США; congressman или representative at large член палаты представителей США, представляющий не отдельный округ, а ряд округов или весь штат)2. adv phrIt began with a squat grizzled figure named Murphy whom Asquith introduced as an Australian Ambassador at large in Europe. (J. Aldridge, ‘The Diplomat’, ch. 41) — Первым Асквит представил Мак-Грегору приземистого седеющего человека по фамилии Мэрфи, которого он отрекомендовал как австралийского посла, путешествующего по Западной Европе.
1) без определённой цели, бесцельно; случайно, наудачу; без разборуHe never scatters accusations at large. — Он никогда не бросается беспочвенными обвинениями.
2) пространно, детально, подробно, обстоятельно‘Monsieur Cerf, that is my friend, you know...’ Laurence proceeded, impelled by a desire to impress Sophia and to gossip at large. (A. Bennett, ‘The Old Wives' Tale’, book III, ch. V) — - Мосье Серф - это мой друг, знаете ли... - продолжала мадам Лауренсия, которой очень хотелось произвести впечатление на Софию и вдосталь посплетничать.
Getliffe assumed responsibility for my success. He came into my room in Chambers and spoke at large as though he had done it himself. (C. P. Snow, ‘Time of Hope’, ch. XXXVI) — А Гетлиф приписал мой успех исключительно своим заслугам. Зайдя ко мне в комнату, он принялся столь детально обсуждать процесс, будто сам его провел.
3) вообще, в общем смысле, в целом, не входя в подробности, не вдаваясь в деталиDrop pessimism; people who talk at large like that, never get trusted in this country. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Silver Spoon’, part II, ch. XII) — Бросьте ваши пессимистические теории. Люди, которые говорят общими фразами, никогда не пользовались доверием в нашей стране.
As he talked at large, she had been half-polite, half-sulking. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Affair’, ch. I) — Пока Том Орбелл болтал о том о сем, Лаура слушала его хмуро, но вежливо.
The pleadings are at large and do not tend to definite issues. (OED) — Выступления сторон в суде носят крайне общий характер и не затрагивают сути дела.
4) редк. свободно; на большом пространствеSoon the child could walk abroad with him at first on the terrace, hand in hand, and afterwards at large about the policies. (R. L. Stevenson, ‘The Master of Ballantrae’, ch. VI) — Вскоре ребенок, держась за руку отца стал ходить по террасе, а потом и по всему парку.
...a stealthy noise between three and four, as of someone at large in the house (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Silver Spoon’, part I, ch. VII) —...между тремя и четырьмя послышался шорох, словно кто-то бродил по дому.
...he wafts a wreath of cigar smoke at large across the hill. (B. Shaw, ‘John Bull's Other Island’, act IV) —...он выпускает облако сигарного дыма, которое легко уплывает за гребень холма.
...we've been at large together for some years, and I've found you sober, trustworthy, and honest. (H. Lawson, ‘On the Track’, ‘How Steelman Told His Story’) —...мы несколько лет подряд бродяжничали с тобой, и ты всегда был трезвомыслящим, надежным и честным человеком.
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31 Methuen Treaty
(1703)Named for the English envoy to Lisbon, John Methuen, the commercial treaty that came to be known by his name was signed on 27 December 1703. This treaty followed the May 1703 treaties of alliance between Portugal, England, and the Low Countries and the Hapsburg Empire that were related to the War of Spanish Succession. The Methuen Treaty stipulated that thenceforth Portuguese wines would be favored as exports to England in the same way that English woolen imports to Portugal would have advantages. Since England was not importing French wines due to a war with France, and since English merchant-shippers in Portugal would benefit from the agreement, the Methuen Treaty was viewed as advantageous to all parties involved. With only three articles, the treaty agreed that both Portuguese wines and English woolens would be exempt from custom duties and that each nation had to ratify the treaty within two months. The Methuen Treaty became the keystone of Anglo-Portuguese commercial relations for at least the next century, but several historians have suggested that it favored England more than Portugal. -
32 Appleton, Sir Edward Victor
[br]b. 6 September 1892 Bradford, Englandd. 21 April 1965 Edinburgh, Scotland[br]English physicist awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of the ionospheric layer, named after him, which is an efficient reflector of short radio waves, thereby making possible long-distance radio communication.[br]After early ambitions to become a professional cricketer, Appleton went to St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied under J.J.Thompson and Ernest Rutherford. His academic career interrupted by the First World War, he served as a captain in the Royal Engineers, carrying out investigations into the propagation and fading of radio signals. After the war he joined the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, as a demonstrator in 1920, and in 1924 he moved to King's College, London, as Wheatstone Professor of Physics.In the following decade he contributed to developments in valve oscillators (in particular, the "squegging" oscillator, which formed the basis of the first hard-valve time-base) and gained international recognition for research into electromagnetic-wave propagation. His most important contribution was to confirm the existence of a conducting ionospheric layer in the upper atmosphere capable of reflecting radio waves, which had been predicted almost simultaneously by Heaviside and Kennelly in 1902. This he did by persuading the BBC in 1924 to vary the frequency of their Bournemouth transmitter, and he then measured the signal received at Cambridge. By comparing the direct and reflected rays and the daily variation he was able to deduce that the Kennelly- Heaviside (the so-called E-layer) was at a height of about 60 miles (97 km) above the earth and that there was a further layer (the Appleton or F-layer) at about 150 miles (240 km), the latter being an efficient reflector of the shorter radio waves that penetrated the lower layers. During the period 1927–32 and aided by Hartree, he established a magneto-ionic theory to explain the existence of the ionosphere. He was instrumental in obtaining agreement for international co-operation for ionospheric and other measurements in the form of the Second Polar Year (1932–3) and, much later, the International Geophysical Year (1957–8). For all this work, which made it possible to forecast the optimum frequencies for long-distance short-wave communication as a function of the location of transmitter and receiver and of the time of day and year, in 1947 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.He returned to Cambridge as Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy in 1939, and with M.F. Barnett he investigated the possible use of radio waves for radio-location of aircraft. In 1939 he became Secretary of the Government Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, a post he held for ten years. During the Second World War he contributed to the development of both radar and the atomic bomb, and subsequently served on government committees concerned with the use of atomic energy (which led to the establishment of Harwell) and with scientific staff.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted (KCB 1941, GBE 1946). Nobel Prize for Physics 1947. FRS 1927. Vice- President, American Institute of Electrical Engineers 1932. Royal Society Hughes Medal 1933. Institute of Electrical Engineers Faraday Medal 1946. Vice-Chancellor, Edinburgh University 1947. Institution of Civil Engineers Ewing Medal 1949. Royal Medallist 1950. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honour 1962. President, British Association 1953. President, Radio Industry Council 1955–7. Légion d'honneur. LLD University of St Andrews 1947.Bibliography1925, joint paper with Barnett, Nature 115:333 (reports Appleton's studies of the ionosphere).1928, "Some notes of wireless methods of investigating the electrical structure of the upper atmosphere", Proceedings of the Physical Society 41(Part III):43. 1932, Thermionic Vacuum Tubes and Their Applications (his work on valves).1947, "The investigation and forecasting of ionospheric conditions", Journal of theInstitution of Electrical Engineers 94, Part IIIA: 186 (a review of British work on the exploration of the ionosphere).with J.F.Herd \& R.A.Watson-Watt, British patent no. 235,254 (squegging oscillator).Further ReadingWho Was Who, 1961–70 1972, VI, London: A. \& C.Black (for fuller details of honours). R.Clark, 1971, Sir Edward Appleton, Pergamon (biography).J.Jewkes, D.Sawers \& R.Stillerman, 1958, The Sources of Invention.KFBiographical history of technology > Appleton, Sir Edward Victor
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33 Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering, Land transport, Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering, Ports and shipping, Public utilities, Railways and locomotives[br]b. 9 April 1806 Portsea, Hampshire, Englandd. 15 September 1859 18 Duke Street, St James's, London, England[br]English civil and mechanical engineer.[br]The son of Marc Isambard Brunel and Sophia Kingdom, he was educated at a private boarding-school in Hove. At the age of 14 he went to the College of Caen and then to the Lycée Henri-Quatre in Paris, after which he was apprenticed to Louis Breguet. In 1822 he returned from France and started working in his father's office, while spending much of his time at the works of Maudslay, Sons \& Field.From 1825 to 1828 he worked under his father on the construction of the latter's Thames Tunnel, occupying the position of Engineer-in-Charge, exhibiting great courage and presence of mind in the emergencies which occurred not infrequently. These culminated in January 1828 in the flooding of the tunnel and work was suspended for seven years. For the next five years the young engineer made abortive attempts to find a suitable outlet for his talents, but to little avail. Eventually, in 1831, his design for a suspension bridge over the River Avon at Clifton Gorge was accepted and he was appointed Engineer. (The bridge was eventually finished five years after Brunel's death, as a memorial to him, the delay being due to inadequate financing.) He next planned and supervised improvements to the Bristol docks. In March 1833 he was appointed Engineer of the Bristol Railway, later called the Great Western Railway. He immediately started to survey the route between London and Bristol that was completed by late August that year. On 5 July 1836 he married Mary Horsley and settled into 18 Duke Street, Westminster, London, where he also had his office. Work on the Bristol Railway started in 1836. The foundation stone of the Clifton Suspension Bridge was laid the same year. Whereas George Stephenson had based his standard railway gauge as 4 ft 8½ in (1.44 m), that or a similar gauge being usual for colliery wagonways in the Newcastle area, Brunel adopted the broader gauge of 7 ft (2.13 m). The first stretch of the line, from Paddington to Maidenhead, was opened to traffic on 4 June 1838, and the whole line from London to Bristol was opened in June 1841. The continuation of the line through to Exeter was completed and opened on 1 May 1844. The normal time for the 194-mile (312 km) run from Paddington to Exeter was 5 hours, at an average speed of 38.8 mph (62.4 km/h) including stops. The Great Western line included the Box Tunnel, the longest tunnel to that date at nearly two miles (3.2 km).Brunel was the engineer of most of the railways in the West Country, in South Wales and much of Southern Ireland. As railway networks developed, the frequent break of gauge became more of a problem and on 9 July 1845 a Royal Commission was appointed to look into it. In spite of comparative tests, run between Paddington-Didcot and Darlington-York, which showed in favour of Brunel's arrangement, the enquiry ruled in favour of the narrow gauge, 274 miles (441 km) of the former having been built against 1,901 miles (3,059 km) of the latter to that date. The Gauge Act of 1846 forbade the building of any further railways in Britain to any gauge other than 4 ft 8 1/2 in (1.44 m).The existence of long and severe gradients on the South Devon Railway led to Brunel's adoption of the atmospheric railway developed by Samuel Clegg and later by the Samuda brothers. In this a pipe of 9 in. (23 cm) or more in diameter was laid between the rails, along the top of which ran a continuous hinged flap of leather backed with iron. At intervals of about 3 miles (4.8 km) were pumping stations to exhaust the pipe. Much trouble was experienced with the flap valve and its lubrication—freezing of the leather in winter, the lubricant being sucked into the pipe or eaten by rats at other times—and the experiment was abandoned at considerable cost.Brunel is to be remembered for his two great West Country tubular bridges, the Chepstow and the Tamar Bridge at Saltash, with the latter opened in May 1859, having two main spans of 465 ft (142 m) and a central pier extending 80 ft (24 m) below high water mark and allowing 100 ft (30 m) of headroom above the same. His timber viaducts throughout Devon and Cornwall became a feature of the landscape. The line was extended ultimately to Penzance.As early as 1835 Brunel had the idea of extending the line westwards across the Atlantic from Bristol to New York by means of a steamship. In 1836 building commenced and the hull left Bristol in July 1837 for fitting out at Wapping. On 31 March 1838 the ship left again for Bristol but the boiler lagging caught fire and Brunel was injured in the subsequent confusion. On 8 April the ship set sail for New York (under steam), its rival, the 703-ton Sirius, having left four days earlier. The 1,340-ton Great Western arrived only a few hours after the Sirius. The hull was of wood, and was copper-sheathed. In 1838 Brunel planned a larger ship, some 3,000 tons, the Great Britain, which was to have an iron hull.The Great Britain was screwdriven and was launched on 19 July 1843,289 ft (88 m) long by 51 ft (15.5 m) at its widest. The ship's first voyage, from Liverpool to New York, began on 26 August 1845. In 1846 it ran aground in Dundrum Bay, County Down, and was later sold for use on the Australian run, on which it sailed no fewer than thirty-two times in twenty-three years, also serving as a troop-ship in the Crimean War. During this war, Brunel designed a 1,000-bed hospital which was shipped out to Renkioi ready for assembly and complete with shower-baths and vapour-baths with printed instructions on how to use them, beds and bedding and water closets with a supply of toilet paper! Brunel's last, largest and most extravagantly conceived ship was the Great Leviathan, eventually named The Great Eastern, which had a double-skinned iron hull, together with both paddles and screw propeller. Brunel designed the ship to carry sufficient coal for the round trip to Australia without refuelling, thus saving the need for and the cost of bunkering, as there were then few bunkering ports throughout the world. The ship's construction was started by John Scott Russell in his yard at Millwall on the Thames, but the building was completed by Brunel due to Russell's bankruptcy in 1856. The hull of the huge vessel was laid down so as to be launched sideways into the river and then to be floated on the tide. Brunel's plan for hydraulic launching gear had been turned down by the directors on the grounds of cost, an economy that proved false in the event. The sideways launch with over 4,000 tons of hydraulic power together with steam winches and floating tugs on the river took over two months, from 3 November 1857 until 13 January 1858. The ship was 680 ft (207 m) long, 83 ft (25 m) beam and 58 ft (18 m) deep; the screw was 24 ft (7.3 m) in diameter and paddles 60 ft (18.3 m) in diameter. Its displacement was 32,000 tons (32,500 tonnes).The strain of overwork and the huge responsibilities that lay on Brunel began to tell. He was diagnosed as suffering from Bright's disease, or nephritis, and spent the winter travelling in the Mediterranean and Egypt, returning to England in May 1859. On 5 September he suffered a stroke which left him partially paralysed, and he died ten days later at his Duke Street home.[br]Further ReadingL.T.C.Rolt, 1957, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, London: Longmans Green. J.Dugan, 1953, The Great Iron Ship, Hamish Hamilton.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
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34 Fulton, Robert
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 14 November 1765 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USAd. 24 February 1815 New York, USA[br]American pioneer of steamships and of North American steam navigation.[br]The early life of Fulton is documented sparsely; however, it is clear that he was brought up in poor circumstances along with three sisters and one brother by a widowed mother. The War of Independence was raging around them for some years, but despite this it is believed that he spent some time learning the jeweller's trade in Philadelphia and had by then made a name for himself as a miniaturist. Throughout his life he remained skilled with his hands and well able to record technical detail on paper. He witnessed many of the early trials of American steamboats and saw the work of William Henry and John Fitch, and in 1787 he set off for the first time to Europe. For some years he examined steamships in Paris and without doubt saw the Charlotte Dundas on the Forth and Clyde Canal near Glasgow. In 1803 he built a steamship that ran on the Seine at 4 1/2 mph (7.25 km/h), and when it was lost, another to replace it. All his designs were based on principles that had been tried and proved elsewhere, and in this respect he was more of a developer than an inventor. After some time experimenting with submersibles and torpedoes for the British and French governments, in 1806 he returned to the United States. In 1807 he took delivery of the 100 ton displacement paddle steamer Clermont from the yard of Charles Browne of East River, New York. In August of that year it started the passenger services on the Hudson River and this can be claimed as the commencement of world passenger steam navigation. Again the ship was traditional in shape and the machinery was supplied by Messrs Boulton and Watt. This was followed by other ships, including Car of Neptune, Paragon and the world's first steam warship, Demolgos, launched in New York in October 1814 and designed by Fulton for coastal defence and the breaking of the British blockade. His last and finest boat was named Chancellor Livingston after his friend and patron Robert Livingston (1746–1813); the timber hull was launched in 1816, some months after Fulton's death.[br]Further ReadingH.P.Spratt, 1958, The Birth of the Steamboat, London: Griffin. J.T.Flexner, 1978, Steamboats Come True, Boston: Little, Brown."Robert Fulton and the centenary of steam navigation", Engineer (16 August 1907).FMW -
35 Gresley, Sir Herbert Nigel
[br]b. 19 June 1876 Edinburgh, Scotlandd. 5 April 1941 Hertford, England[br]English mechanical engineer, designer of the A4-class 4–6–2 locomotive holding the world speed record for steam traction.[br]Gresley was the son of the Rector of Netherseale, Derbyshire; he was educated at Marlborough and by the age of 13 was skilled at making sketches of locomotives. In 1893 he became a pupil of F.W. Webb at Crewe works, London \& North Western Railway, and in 1898 he moved to Horwich works, Lancashire \& Yorkshire Railway, to gain drawing-office experience under J.A.F.Aspinall, subsequently becoming Foreman of the locomotive running sheds at Blackpool. In 1900 he transferred to the carriage and wagon department, and in 1904 he had risen to become its Assistant Superintendent. In 1905 he moved to the Great Northern Railway, becoming Superintendent of its carriage and wagon department at Doncaster under H.A. Ivatt. In 1906 he designed and produced a bogie luggage van with steel underframe, teak body, elliptical roof, bowed ends and buckeye couplings: this became the prototype for East Coast main-line coaches built over the next thirty-five years. In 1911 Gresley succeeded Ivatt as Locomotive, Carriage \& Wagon Superintendent. His first locomotive was a mixed-traffic 2–6–0, his next a 2–8–0 for freight. From 1915 he worked on the design of a 4–6–2 locomotive for express passenger traffic: as with Ivatt's 4 4 2s, the trailing axle would allow the wide firebox needed for Yorkshire coal. He also devised a means by which two sets of valve gear could operate the valves on a three-cylinder locomotive and applied it for the first time on a 2–8–0 built in 1918. The system was complex, but a later simplified form was used on all subsequent Gresley three-cylinder locomotives, including his first 4–6–2 which appeared in 1922. In 1921, Gresley introduced the first British restaurant car with electric cooking facilities.With the grouping of 1923, the Great Northern Railway was absorbed into the London \& North Eastern Railway and Gresley was appointed Chief Mechanical Engineer. More 4–6– 2s were built, the first British class of such wheel arrangement. Modifications to their valve gear, along lines developed by G.J. Churchward, reduced their coal consumption sufficiently to enable them to run non-stop between London and Edinburgh. So that enginemen might change over en route, some of the locomotives were equipped with corridor tenders from 1928. The design was steadily improved in detail, and by comparison an experimental 4–6–4 with a watertube boiler that Gresley produced in 1929 showed no overall benefit. A successful high-powered 2–8–2 was built in 1934, following the introduction of third-class sleeping cars, to haul 500-ton passenger trains between Edinburgh and Aberdeen.In 1932 the need to meet increasing road competition had resulted in the end of a long-standing agreement between East Coast and West Coast railways, that train journeys between London and Edinburgh by either route should be scheduled to take 8 1/4 hours. Seeking to accelerate train services, Gresley studied high-speed, diesel-electric railcars in Germany and petrol-electric railcars in France. He considered them for the London \& North Eastern Railway, but a test run by a train hauled by one of his 4–6–2s in 1934, which reached 108 mph (174 km/h), suggested that a steam train could better the railcar proposals while its accommodation would be more comfortable. To celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V, a high-speed, streamlined train between London and Newcastle upon Tyne was proposed, the first such train in Britain. An improved 4–6–2, the A4 class, was designed with modifications to ensure free running and an ample reserve of power up hill. Its streamlined outline included a wedge-shaped front which reduced wind resistance and helped to lift the exhaust dear of the cab windows at speed. The first locomotive of the class, named Silver Link, ran at an average speed of 100 mph (161 km/h) for 43 miles (69 km), with a maximum speed of 112 1/2 mph (181 km/h), on a seven-coach test train on 27 September 1935: the locomotive went into service hauling the Silver Jubilee express single-handed (since others of the class had still to be completed) for the first three weeks, a round trip of 536 miles (863 km) daily, much of it at 90 mph (145 km/h), without any mechanical troubles at all. Coaches for the Silver Jubilee had teak-framed, steel-panelled bodies on all-steel, welded underframes; windows were double glazed; and there was a pressure ventilation/heating system. Comparable trains were introduced between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh in 1937 and to Leeds in 1938.Gresley did not hesitate to incorporate outstanding features from elsewhere into his locomotive designs and was well aware of the work of André Chapelon in France. Four A4s built in 1938 were equipped with Kylchap twin blast-pipes and double chimneys to improve performance still further. The first of these to be completed, no. 4468, Mallard, on 3 July 1938 ran a test train at over 120 mph (193 km/h) for 2 miles (3.2 km) and momentarily achieved 126 mph (203 km/h), the world speed record for steam traction. J.Duddington was the driver and T.Bray the fireman. The use of high-speed trains came to an end with the Second World War. The A4s were then demonstrated to be powerful as well as fast: one was noted hauling a 730-ton, 22-coach train at an average speed exceeding 75 mph (120 km/h) over 30 miles (48 km). The war also halted electrification of the Manchester-Sheffield line, on the 1,500 volt DC overhead system; however, anticipating eventual resumption, Gresley had a prototype main-line Bo-Bo electric locomotive built in 1941. Sadly, Gresley died from a heart attack while still in office.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1936. President, Institution of Locomotive Engineers 1927 and 1934. President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1936.Further ReadingF.A.S.Brown, 1961, Nigel Gresley, Locomotive Engineer, Ian Allan (full-length biography).John Bellwood and David Jenkinson, Gresley and Stanier. A Centenary Tribute (a good comparative account).See also: Bulleid, Oliver Vaughan SnellPJGRBiographical history of technology > Gresley, Sir Herbert Nigel
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36 Jacquard, Joseph-Marie
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]b. 7 July 1752 Lyons, Franced. 7 August 1834 Oullines, France[br]French developer of the apparatus named after him and used for selecting complicated patterns in weaving.[br]Jacquard was apprenticed at the age of 12 to bookbinding, and later to type-founding and cutlery. His parents, who had some connection with weaving, left him a small property upon their death. He made some experiments with pattern weaving, but lost all his inheritance; after marrying, he returned to type-founding and cutlery. In 1790 he formed the idea for his machine, but it was forgotten amidst the excitement of the French Revolution, in which he fought for the Revolutionists at the defence of Lyons. The machine he completed in 1801 combined earlier inventions and was for weaving net. He was sent to Paris to demonstrate it at the National Exposition and received a bronze medal. In 1804 Napoleon granted him a patent, a pension of 1,500 francs and a premium on each machine sold. This enabled him to study and work at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers to perfect his mechanism for pattern weaving. A method of selecting any combination of leashes at each shoot of the weft had to be developed, and Jacquard's mechanism was the outcome of various previous inventions. By taking the cards invented by Falcon in 1728 that were punched with holes like the paper of Bouchon in 1725, to select the needles for each pick, and by placing the apparatus above the loom where Vaucanson had put his mechanism, Jacquard combined the best features of earlier inventions. He was not entirely successful because his invention failed in the way it pressed the card against the needles; later modifications by Breton in 1815 and Skola in 1819 were needed before it functioned reliably. However, the advantage of Jacquard's machine was that each pick could be selected much more quickly than on the earlier draw looms, which meant that John Kay's flying shuttle could be introduced on fine pattern looms because the weaver no longer had to wait for the drawboy to sort out the leashes for the next pick. Robert Kay's drop box could also be used with different coloured wefts. The drawboy could be dispensed with because the foot-pedal operating the Jacquard mechanism could be worked by the weaver. Patterns could be changed quickly by replacing one set of cards with another, but the scope of the pattern was more limited than with the draw loom. Some machines that were brought into use aroused bitter hostility. Jacquard suffered physical violence, barely escaping with his life, and his machines were burnt by weavers at Lyons. However, by 1812 his mechanism began to be generally accepted and had been applied to 11,000 draw-looms in France. In 1819 Jacquard received a gold medal and a Cross of Honour for his invention. His machines reached England c.1816 and still remain the basic way of weaving complicated patterns.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFrench Cross of Honour 1819. National Exposition Bronze Medal 1801.Further ReadingA.Barlow, 1878, The History and Principles of Weaving by Hand and by Power, London.C.Singer (ed.), 1958, A History of Technology, Vol. IV, Oxford: Clarendon Press.R.L.Hills, 1970, Power in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester (covers the introduction of pattern weaving and the power loom).RLH -
37 Johnson, Percival Norton
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 29 September 1792 London, Englandd. 1 June 1866 Stoke Fleming, Devon, England[br]English chemist, assayer, mining engineer and founder of the firm Johnson Matthey.[br]He was the son of John Johnson, then sole Commercial Assayer in London, from whom he inherited his aptitude for chemistry and metallurgy. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to his father by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. Ore samples then being analysed in Johnson's office introduced him to the new metal platinum, and resulted in a paper to Philosophical Magazine in 1812. Johnson established himself as a "practical mineralogist" in Maiden Lane, London, in 1818 and in Hatton Garden after 1822. He was greatly assisted by a fellow metallurgist, Thomas Cock (1787–1842), who developed the platinum fabrication and pigment sides of die business. In 1827 Johnson was consulted by the Russian government about the exploitation of the rich platinum deposits that had been discovered in the Urals in 1819. Between 1829 and 1832 Johnson became the first in England to manufacture nickel, extracted from nickel-bearing material imported from Germany at his plant at Bow Common on the Regent's Canal. In 1832 he began to réfine gold imported from the Imperial Brazilian Association by a process which separated without loss the metals silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium and iridium. This profitable activity continued until the Brazilian company was wound up in 1852. Since 1824, Johnson had been named "assay master" by a number of mining companies. From 1843 until the mid-1850s he had a considerable mining interest in the West Country. Meanwhile, the Hatton Garden establishment continued to prosper. In 1839 he was joined by George Matthey, who particularly fostered the Russian platinum business, and in 1851 he was taken unto partnership and the firm became the celebrated Johnson Matthey. In the following year the firm was officially recognized as one of the four Assayers to the Bank of England appointed to handle the flood of gold dust then arriving in England from the Australian gold fields. Soon after, however, ill health compelled him to retire to his Devon country house.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1846.Bibliography1812, "Experiments which prove platina, when combined with gold and silver, to be soluble in nitric acid", Philosophical Magazine (1st series) 40(171):3–4.Further ReadingD.McDonald, 1951, Percival Norton Johnson, London: Johnson Matthey (includes lists of his publications and his honours and awards).——1964, The Johnsons of Morden Lane, London: Martins.——1960, A History of Platinum, London: Johnson Matthey.ASDBiographical history of technology > Johnson, Percival Norton
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38 Ramsden, Jesse
SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering[br]b. 6 October 1735 (?) Halifax, Yorkshire, Englandd. 5 November 1800 Brighton, Sussex, England[br]English instrument-maker who developed machines for accurately measuring angular and linear scales.[br]Jesse Ramsden was the son of an innkeeper but received a good general education: after attending the free school at Halifax, he was sent at the age of 12 to his uncle for further study, particularly in mathematics. At the age of 16 he was apprenticed to a cloth-worker in Halifax and on completion of the apprenticeship in 1755 he moved to London to work as a clerk in a cloth warehouse. In 1758 he became an apprentice in the workshop of a London mathematical instrument-maker named Burton. He quickly gained the skill, particularly in engraving, and by 1762 he was able to set up on his own account. He married in 1765 or 1766 the youngest daughter of the optician John Dollond FRS (1706– 61) and received a share of Dollond's patent for making achromatic lenses.Ramsden's experience and reputation increased rapidly and he was generally regarded as the leading instrument-maker of his time. He opened a shop in the Haymarket and transferred to Piccadilly in 1775. His staff increased to about sixty workers and apprentices, and by 1789 he had constructed nearly 1,000 sextants as well as theodolites, micrometers, balances, barometers, quadrants and other instruments.One of Ramsden's most important contributions to precision measurement was his development of machines for obtaining accurate division of angular and linear scales. For this work he received a premium from the Commissioners of the Board of Longitude, who published his descriptions of the machines. For the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain, initiated by General William Roy FRS (1726–90) and continued by the Board of Ordnance, Ramsden supplied a 3 ft (91 cm) theodolite and steel measuring chains, and was also engaged to check the glass tubes used to measure the fundamental base line.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1786; Royal Society Copley Medal 1795. Member, Imperial Academy of St Petersburg 1794. Member, Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers 1793.Bibliography1774, Description of a New Universal Equatorial Instrument, London; repub. 1791. 1777, Description of an Engine for Dividing Mathematical Instruments, London. 1779, Description of an Engine for Dividing Straight Lines on MathematicalInstruments, London.1779, "Description of two new micrometers", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 69:419–31.1782, "A new construction of eyeglasses for such telescopes as may be applied to mathematical instruments", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 73:94–99.Further ReadingR.S.Woodbury, 1961, History of the Lathe to 1850, Cleveland, Ohio; W.Steeds, 1969, A History of Machine Tools 1700–1910, Oxford (both provide a brief description of Ramsden's dividing machines).RTS -
39 Shannon, Claude Elwood
[br]b. 30 April 1916 Gaylord, Michigan, USA[br]American mathematician, creator of information theory.[br]As a child, Shannon tinkered with radio kits and enjoyed solving puzzles, particularly crypto-graphic ones. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1936 with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and electrical engineering, and earned his Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1937. His thesis on applying Boolean algebra to switching circuits has since been acclaimed as possibly the most significant this century. Shannon earned his PhD in mathematics from MIT in 1940 with a dissertation on the mathematics of genetic transmission.Shannon spent a year at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, then in 1941 joined Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he began studying the relative efficiency of alternative transmission systems. Work on digital encryption systems during the Second World War led him to think that just as ciphers hide information from the enemy, "encoding" information could also protect it from noise. About 1948, he decided that the amount of information was best expressed quantitatively in a two-value number system, using only the digits 0 and 1. John Tukey, a Princeton colleague, named these units "binary digits" (or, for short, "bits"). Almost all digital computers and communications systems use such on-off, or two-state logic as their basis of operation.Also in the 1940s, building on the work of H. Nyquist and R.V.L. Hartley, Shannon proved that there was an upper limit to the amount of information that could be transmitted through a communications channel in a unit of time, which could be approached but never reached because real transmissions are subject to interference (noise). This was the beginning of information theory, which has been used by others in attempts to quantify many sciences and technologies, as well as subjects in the humanities, but with mixed results. Before 1970, when integrated circuits were developed, Shannon's theory was not the preferred circuit-and-transmission design tool it has since become.Shannon was also a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, claiming that computing machines could be used to manipulate symbols as well as do calculations. His 1953 paper on computers and automata proposed that digital computers were capable of tasks then thought exclusively the province of living organisms. In 1956 he left Bell Laboratories to join the MIT faculty as Professor of Communications Science.On the lighter side, Shannon has built many devices that play games, and in particular has made a scientific study of juggling.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsNational Medal of Science. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honor, Kyoto Prize.BibliographyHis seminal paper (on what has subsequently become known as information theory) was entitled "The mathematical theory of communications", first published in Bell System Technical Journal in 1948; it is also available in a monograph (written with Warren Weaver) published by the University of Illinois Press in 1949, and in Key Papers in the Development of Information Theory, ed. David Slepian, IEEE Press, 1974, 1988. For readers who want all of Shannon's works, see N.J.A.Sloane and A.D.Wyner, 1992, TheCollected Papers of Claude E.Shannon.HO -
40 Taylor, David Watson
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 4 March 1864 Louisa County, Virginia, USAd. 29 July 1940 Washington, DC, USA[br]American hydrodynamicist and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy Construction Corps.[br]Taylor's first years were spent on a farm in Virginia, but at the age of 13 he went to RandolphMacon College, graduating in 1881, and from there to the US Naval Academy, Annapolis. He graduated at the head of his class, had some sea time, and then went to the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, England, where in 1888 he again came top of the class with the highest-ever marks of any student, British or overseas.On his return to the United States he held various posts as a constructor, ending this period at the Mare Island Navy Yard in California. In 1894 he was transferred to Washington, where he joined the Bureau of Construction and started to interest the Navy in ship model testing. Under his direction, the first ship model tank in the United States was built at Washington and for fourteen years operated under his control. The work of this establishment gave him the necessary information to write the highly acclaimed text The Speed and Power of Ships, which with revisions is still in use. By the outbreak of the First World War he was one of the world's most respected naval architects, and had been retained as a consultant by the British Government in the celebrated case of the collision between the White Star Liner Olympic and HMS Hawke.In December 1914 Taylor became a Rear-Admiral and was appointed Chief Constructor of the US Navy. His term of office was extremely stressful, with over 1,000 ships constructed for the war effort and with the work of the fledgling Bureau for Aeronautics also under his control. The problems were not over in 1918 as the Washington Treaty required drastic pruning of the Navy and a careful reshaping of the defence force.Admiral Taylor retired from active service at the beginning of 1923 but retained several consultancies in aeronautics, shipping and naval architecture. For many years he served as consultant to the ship-design company now known as Gibbs and Cox. Many honours came his way, but the most singular must be the perpetuation of his name in the David Taylor Medal, the highest award of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in the United States. Similarly, the Navy named its ship test tank facility, which was opened in Maryland in 1937, the David W. Taylor Model Basin.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsPresident, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers 1925–7. United States Distinguished Service Medal. American Society of Civil Engineers John Fritz Medal. Institution of Naval Architects Gold Medal 1894 (the first American citizen to receive it). Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers David W.Taylor Medal 1936 (the first occasion of this award).BibliographyResistance of Ships and Screw Propulsion. 1911, The Speed and Power of Ships, New York: Wiley.Taylor gave many papers to the Maritime Institutions of both the United States and the United Kingdom.FMW
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