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1 central
adj.central.f.1 headquarters, head office (oficina).central telefónica telephone exchange2 power station.central eléctrica power stationcentral eólica wind farmcentral hidroeléctrica o hidráulica hydroelectric power stationcentral nuclear nuclear power stationcentral térmica thermal power station3 main station, headquarters, main office, head office.m.central defender (sport).* * *► adjetivo1 central1 (oficina principal) head office, headquarters plural2 (eléctrica) power station\central de correos central post office, main post officecentral nuclear nuclear power stationcentral telefónica telephone exchangecentral térmica thermal power station* * *1. noun f.1) head office, headquarters2) plant, station•2. adj.1) central2) main* * *1. ADJ1) (=principal)a) [personaje, idea] central, maincalefacciónel personaje central de la novela — the central o main character in the novel
2) (=del medio) [región, zona] central3) (=no regional) [gobierno, administración] central2. SFcentral de abasto — Méx market
central de correos — main post office, general post office
central obrera, central sindical — trade union confederation
central azucarera — Cuba, Perú sugar mill
central térmica de fuel-oil/de gas — oil-fired/gas-fired power station
3.SMF (Ftbl) central defender* * *Iadjetivo centralIIfemenino head office* * *Iadjetivo centralIIfemenino head office* * *central11 = station.Ex: As the pointer moves, its potential is varied in accordance with a varying electrical current received over wires from a distant station.
* central de gastos = budget fund, budget head, budget heading.* central de teléfonos = telephone exchange.* central eléctrica = electric power station, electric power plant, power plant, power plant, powerhouse.* central eólica = wind farm.* central hidroeléctrica = hydroelectric plant, hydroelectric power station.* central lechera = dairy.* central nuclear = power station.* central telefónica = switchboard.central22 = central, centre.Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.
Ex: Entry words may be aligned in a centre column or in a left hand column.* Asia Central = Central Asia.* biblioteca central = main library.* Biblioteca Nacional Central = National Central Library.* calefacción central = central heating.* CIA (Agencia Central de Inteligencia) = CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).* dependencia central = main site, main site facility.* edificio central = main site.* en un lugar central = centrally located.* Europa Central = Central Europe, Mitteleurope.* Europa Central del Este = East Central Europe.* Mead Data Central = Mead Data Central.* memoria central = central memory.* ordenador central = central computer, host computer.* papel central = pivotal role.* región central de los Estados Unidos, la = American midwest, the.* sección central = midsection [mid-section].* sede central = main site.* según el huso horario de Europa Central = CET (Central European Time).* servicio central = main site service.* tema central = motif.* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.* vientre central = middle abdomen.* zona central = midsection [mid-section].* zona central de un lugar = heartland.* * *1 ‹zona/barrio› central2 (principal) ‹gobierno› central; ‹tema/personaje› mainprovienen de la oficina central they come from head officehead officeCompuestos:( Per) sugar millgeneral o main post officetelephone exchangehydroelectric power stationnuclear power stationtelephone exchangepower station (fueled by coal, oil or gas)* * *
central adjetivo
central
■ sustantivo femenino
head office;
central hidroeléctrica/nuclear hydroelectric/nuclear power station
central
I adjetivo central
II sustantivo femenino
1 (oficina principal) head office
central de correos, main post office
2 Elec (planta de generación de energía) power station
central hidroeléctrica, hydroelectric power station
central nuclear, nuclear power station
central térmica, coal-fired power station
' central' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
administración
- América
- calefacción
- Centroamérica
- centroamericana
- centroamericano
- centroeuropea
- centroeuropeo
- cierre
- energía
- granítica
- granítico
- hidroeléctrica
- hidroeléctrico
- jefatura
- jugar
- lechera
- lechero
- mediana
- reclamar
- térmica
- térmico
- céntrico
- eje
- funcionamiento
- interior
- isla
- jardín
- Mesoamérica
- plática
- platicar
- plato
- separador
- sos
- vos
English:
America
- central
- Central America
- Central Europe
- central government
- central heating
- CIA
- core memory
- CPU
- focal point
- government
- headquarters
- main
- middle
- point
- power plant
- power station
- thrust
- Central
- central reservation
- CST
- dairy
- devolution
- essence
- exchange
- focal
- focus
- head
- heart
- home
- key
- median
- Midwest
- nuclear
- OCAS
- power
- put
- telephone
* * *♦ adj1. [en el centro] central2. [principal] central, main♦ nf1. [oficina] headquarters, head office;[de correos, comunicaciones] main office2. [de energía] power stationcentral atómica nuclear power station;central de biomasa biomass power plant o station;central eléctrica power station;central eólica wind farm;central geotérmica geothermal power station;central heliotérmica solar power plant o station, solar farm;central hidráulica hydraulic generator;central hidroeléctrica hydroelectric power station;central maremotriz tidal power station o plant;central nuclear nuclear power station;central solar solar power plant o station, solar farm;central térmica power station [coal- or oil-fired]3.4. central telefónica telephone exchange5. Carib, CAm [de azúcar] sugar mill♦ nmDep central defender* * *I adj central; ( principal) main, centralII f head officecentre-back* * *central adj1) : central2) principal: main, principalcentral nf1) : main office, headquarters2)* * *central1 adj1. (en general) central2. (principal) maincentral2 n1. (instalación) power station2. (sede) head office -
2 групповая установка для насосной эксплуатации скважин
Русско-английский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > групповая установка для насосной эксплуатации скважин
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3 групповой привод
* * *( для нескольких насосных скважин) eccentric drive, ( штанговых скважинных насосов) central pumping powerРусско-английский словарь по нефти и газу > групповой привод
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4 силовая установка для группового привода насосных скважин
1) Oil: pumping well power plant2) Oil&Gas technology pumping power plant3) oil&gas: central pumping power plantУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > силовая установка для группового привода насосных скважин
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5 силовая установка для группового привода
2) Oilfield: central jack plant (насосных скважин), central pumping power plant (насосных скважин)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > силовая установка для группового привода
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6 групповой привод
1) Engineering: common drive, multibelt drive2) Railway term: group operation3) Metallurgy: group driving4) Oil: central pumping power (штанговых скважинных насосов), eccentric drive (для нескольких насосных скважин), central power, group drive5) Robots: common drill6) Makarov: central power (штанговых скважинных насосов)7) oil&gas: band wheel -
7 групповая установка для насосной эксплуатации скважин
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > групповая установка для насосной эксплуатации скважин
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8 силовая установка для группового привода скважинных насосов
Oil&Gas technology central pumping power plantУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > силовая установка для группового привода скважинных насосов
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9 станция
setup геод., work(ing) station, station, workstation* * *ста́нция ж.
stationвызыва́ть ста́нцию радио — call (up) a stationнастра́иваться на ста́нцию радио — tune in a stationопознава́ть ста́нцию навиг., радио — identify a stationразвё́ртывать ста́нцию — deploy [set up] a stationсвё́ртывать ста́нцию — ( прекращать работу) close down a station; ( размонтировать) dismantle a stationста́нция абоне́нтского телегра́фа — (tele)printer exchange (office)ста́нция абоне́нтского телегра́фа ручно́й систе́мы — manually operated (tele)printer exchange officeста́нция авиацио́нной слу́жбы свя́зи — aeronautical telecommunication stationавтозапра́вочная ста́нция — брит. petrol station; амер. gas(-filling) stationавтомати́ческая ста́нция (радио, энергетическая) — unattended stationа́томная ста́нция — atomic [nuclear] power stationацетиле́новая ста́нция свар. — acetylene generator [gas] houseбарометри́ческая ста́нция — barometric(al) stationбензозапра́вочная ста́нция — брит. petrol station; амер. gas(-filling) stationбортова́я ста́нция — ав. airborne station; мор. shipborne station; ( сухопутная) vehicle-borne [vehicular] stationведо́мая ста́нция ( гиперболической системы навигации) — slave stationведу́щая ста́нция ( гиперболической системы навигации) — master (station)ветроэлектри́ческая ста́нция — windmill-electric generating unit, windmill-electric generating [wind-electric] plantвзрывна́я ста́нция горн. — explosion [blasting] stationводоочистна́я ста́нция — water-treatment plantвоздуходу́вная ста́нция метал. — blowing houseвыпарна́я ста́нция — evaporator plantгазораспредели́тельная ста́нция — gas-distribution stationгелиоэлектри́ческая ста́нция — solar power stationгидроакусти́ческая ста́нция — брит. asdic; амер. sonarгидроэлектри́ческая ста́нция — water-power [hydroelectric] station (см. тж. гидроэлектростанция)горноспаса́тельная ста́нция — mine-rescue stationжелезнодоро́жная ста́нция — railway [railroad] stationжелезнодоро́жная, коне́чная ста́нция — terminal, end stationжелезнодоро́жная, лине́йная ста́нция — line [way] stationжелезнодоро́жная ста́нция назначе́ния — receiving station, station of destinationжелезнодоро́жная ста́нция отправле́ния — dispatch stationжелезнодоро́жная, пассажи́рская ста́нция — passenger station, passenger depotжелезнодоро́жная, перегру́зочная ста́нция — trans-shipping stationжелезнодоро́жная, переда́точная ста́нция — transfer station, transfer depotжелезнодоро́жная ста́нция прибы́тия — arrival [entry] stationжелезнодоро́жная ста́нция припи́ски — home station, home terminalжелезнодоро́жная, сортиро́вочная ста́нция — railway sorting yardжелезнодоро́жная, това́рная ста́нция — goods station, freight terminal, goods yardжелезнодоро́жная, тупико́вая ста́нция — stub [head] stationжелезнодоро́жная, узлова́я ста́нция — junction station, junction [base] depot, multiple junctionзаря́дная ста́нция ( аккумуляторных батарей) — battery-charging stationионосфе́рная ста́нция — ionospheric observation [observing] station, ionospheric sounding stationисходя́щая ста́нция тлф., телегр. — originating [sending] officeкарота́жная ста́нция — well-logging instrument truck, well-logging set, well-logging unitкислоро́дная ста́нция — oxygen plantкно́почная ста́нция — push-button stationкомпре́ссорная ста́нция — compressor plant, compressor stationкосми́ческая ста́нция — space probe, space stationкосми́ческая, орбита́льная ста́нция — orbital space probeкосми́ческая, пилоти́руемая ста́нция — manned space probeмежплане́тная ста́нция — interplanetary probeметеорологи́ческая ста́нция — meteorological [weather] stationмусоросжига́тельная ста́нция — garbage-disposal plantназе́мная ста́нция — ground stationнасо́сная ста́нция — pumping plant, pump-houseнатяжна́я, винтова́я ста́нция ( конвейера) — screw take-upнатяжна́я, грузова́я ста́нция ( конвейера) — vertical gravity take-upокеанографи́ческая ста́нция — oceanographic stationста́нция откры́той компоно́вки ( оборудование расположено под открытым небом) — outdoor station, outdoor plantста́нция отправле́ния тлф., телегр. — originating [sending] officeста́нция очи́стки сто́чных вод — sewage water treatment plantста́нция очи́стки технологи́ческой воды́ — process water treatment plantпередаю́щая ста́нция1. радио transmitting station2. тлф., телегр. originating [sending] officeпередвижна́я ста́нция — mobile stationприё́мная ста́нция1. радио receiving station2. тлф., телегр. receiving officeрадиовеща́тельная ста́нция — radio broadcast stationрадиовеща́тельная, трансляцио́нная ста́нция — radio broadcast relay stationрадиолокацио́нная ста́нция — radar installation, radar unit (см. тж. РЛС)радиометри́ческая ста́нция — radiometry stationрадиопеленга́торная ста́нция — radio direction-finding stationста́нция радиореле́йной ли́нии, оконе́чная — terminal station, final terminal, terminal repeaterста́нция радиореле́йной ли́нии, промежу́точная [трансляцио́нная] — repeater [relay] station, repeater [relay] transmitterста́нция радиореле́йной свя́зи, узлова́я — ( только с выделением части каналов) drop repeater [relay] station; ( с ответвлением линии) branching repeater [relay] stationрадиофототелегра́фная ста́нция — facsimile radio stationретрансляцио́нная ста́нция — repeater [relay] station(ре)трансляцио́нная, телевизио́нная ста́нция — television repeater [relay] stationсамолё́тная ста́нция (как функциональная единица авиационной службы связи, в отличие от оборудования) — aircraft stationсамолё́тная ста́нция обя́зана находи́ться на дежу́рном приё́ме на протяже́нии всего́ полё́та — each aircraft station will maintain continuous watch during flightсамолё́тная, радиометри́ческая ста́нция — airborne radiometry setсамолё́тная, радиотеплолокацио́нная ста́нция — airborne radiometry setтелеметри́ческая ста́нция — telemetering stationтелефо́нная ста́нция — telephone central office, telephone exchangeтелефо́нная, автомати́ческая ста́нция — automatic [dial] telephone office, automatic telephone exchange, ATX (см. тж. АТС)телефо́нная ста́нция ручно́го обслу́живания — manually operated exchangeтелефо́нная, транзи́тная ста́нция — tandem [via] office, tandem [through switching] exchangeтелефо́нная, центра́льная ста́нция — main telephone exchangeста́нция техни́ческого обслу́живания — service station, servicing depotста́нция тропосферно́й свя́зи — tropo relay stationтя́говая ста́нция — traction stationшумопеленга́торная ста́нция — passive sonarэлектри́ческая ста́нция — (electric) power station (см. тж. электростанция) -
10 estación
f.1 station, stop, terminal.2 season, season of the year.3 bus station, depot.* * *1 (del año, temporada) season2 (de tren, radio) station3 RELIGIÓN station\hacer estación to make a stopestación de esquí ski resortestación de servicio service stationestación de trabajo INFORMÁTICA work stationestación meteorológica weather station* * *noun f.* * *SF1) [gen] stationestación balnearia — [medicinal] spa; [de mar] seaside resort
estación de bomberos — Col fire station
estación de empalme, estación de enlace — junction
estación de gasolina — petrol station, gas station (EEUU)
estación de peaje — line of toll booths, toll plaza (EEUU)
estación de policía — Col police station
estación depuradora — sewage works, sewage farm
estación de rastreo, estación de seguimiento — tracking station
estación de servicio — service station, petrol station, gas station (EEUU)
estación de trabajo — (Inform) workstation
estación purificadora de aguas residuales — sewage works, sewage farm
estación transformadora, estación transmisora — transmitter
2) (Rel)3) (=parte del año) seasonestación muerta — off season, dead season
4)hacer estación — to make a stop (en at, in)
* * *1) (de tren, metro, autobús) station2) ( del año) seasonla estación seca/de las lluvias — the dry/rainy season
3) (Relig) station4) (AmL) ( emisora) radio station* * *1) (de tren, metro, autobús) station2) ( del año) seasonla estación seca/de las lluvias — the dry/rainy season
3) (Relig) station4) (AmL) ( emisora) radio station* * *estación11 = station.Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he would often hide in some nook of the station to save the fare.
* con varias estaciones de trabajo = multi-workstation.* estación de autobuses = bus station.* estación de esquí = ski resort.* estación de ferrocarril = railway station.* estación de invierno = winter resort.* estación de metro = metro station, subway station.* estación de proceso = processing station.* estación de servicio = gas station, petrol station, service station, gasoline station.* estación de trabajo = workstation [work station], desktop workstation.* estación de trabajo remota = outstation.* estación de tren = rail yard, train station, railway station.* estación espacial = space station.* estación experimental agrícola = agricultural experiment station.* estación metereológica = weather station.* estación terminal = terminus.* estación terrestre = ground station.estación22 = season.Ex: At first limited to the summer, tourism now flourishes in every season.
* de acuerdo con la estación del año = seasonally.* estación de lluvias = rainy season.* estación de lluvias, la = wet season, the.* estación de otoño = fall season.* estación de verano = summer season.* estación húmeda, la = wet season, the.* estación lluviosa = rainy season.* estación otoñal = fall season.* estación seca, la = dry season, the.* estación veraniega = summer season.* según la estación del año = seasonally.estación33 = station.Ex: As the pointer moves, its potential is varied in accordance with a varying electrical current received over wires from a distant station.
* estación de radio = radio station, broadcasting station.* estación de televisión = television station, broadcasting station.* estación repetidora = relay station.* * *A (de tren, metro) stationCompuestos:main station(Col, Méx, Ven) fire stationski resortwinter (sports) resort(Col, Ven) police stationsewage farm o plant o ( BrE) workstracking stationwork stationspace stationtriangulation point, geodesic o geodetic stationweather stationorbital space stationthermal spa● estación terminal or términoterminal, terminus ( BrE)B (del año) seasonla estación seca/de las lluvias the dry/rainy seasonfuera de estación out of seasonC ( Relig) stationrecorrer las estaciones to visit the stations of the CrossCompuestos:broadcasting stationrelay station, booster station* * *
estación sustantivo femenino
1 (de tren, metro, autobús) station;◊ estación de bomberos (Col, Méx, Ven) fire station;
estación de policía (Col, Ven) police station;
estación de esquí ski resort;
estación de servicio service station, gas (AmE) o (BrE) petrol station;
estación terminal or término terminal, terminus (BrE)
2 ( del año) season
3 (AmL) ( emisora) radio station
estación sustantivo femenino
1 station
estación de autobuses, bus station
2 (instalaciones) station
estación de invierno, winter resort
estación meteorológica/espacial, weather/space station
3 (del año) season
la estación de lluvias, rainy season
' estación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antes
- haber
- jefa
- jefe
- mozo
- seguimiento
- vía
- andén
- boletería
- bomba
- camino
- cantina
- coche
- encontrar
- fruta
- funcionamiento
- llevar
- maletero
- panel
- pasar
- primavera
- quedar
- surtidor
- tablero
- taquilla
English:
booking
- buffet
- bus station
- close
- concourse
- convenient
- depot
- direct
- draw out
- get
- meet
- miss
- near
- railway station
- resort
- season
- seasonally
- see off
- ski resort
- space
- station
- trek
- within
- beyond
- draw
- fire
- gas
- hop
- look
- petrol
- pull
- seasonal
- service
- tell
- terminus
- thunder
* * *estación nf1. [edificio] [de tren, metro, autobús] station;iré a esperarte a la estación I'll meet you at the station;te has pasado dos estaciones you've gone two stations past your stopestación de autobuses o autocares bus o coach station; Andes, Méx estación de bomberos fire station;estación climatológica weather station, Espec climatological station;estación emisora broadcasting station;estación espacial space station;la Estación Espacial Internacional the International Space Station;estación de esquí ski resort;estación invernal ski resort;estación de invierno ski resort;estación de lanzamiento launch site;estación meteorológica weather station;estación orbital space station;Andes, CAm, Méx estación de policía police station;estación de seguimiento tracking station;estación de servicio service station;2. [del año, temporada] season;las cuatro estaciones the four seasons;la estación húmeda/seca the rainy/dry season5. Am [de radio] (radio) station* * *f1 station3 L.Am. ( emisora) station* * *1) : stationestación de servicio: service station, gas station2) : season* * *estación n1. (en general) station2. (del año) seasonestación de servicio service station / petrol station -
11 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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