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Общая лексика: значительные достижения, значительные успехиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > considerable achievements
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значительные успехи / достиженияEnglish-russian dctionary of diplomacy > considerable achievements
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1. n амер. разг. масса, множество; значительное количество2. a значительный; большой3. a важный, видныйa person of considerable prominence — человек, занимающий видное положение
Синонимический ряд:1. bountiful (adj.) abundant; appreciable; bountiful; huge; lavish2. esteemed (adj.) distinguished; esteemed; extraordinary; noteworthy; venerable3. good (adj.) good; respectable; sensible; sizable4. great (adj.) big; extensive; great; healthy; hefty; large-scale; major5. large (adj.) ample; consequential; essential; historic; important; large; material; meaningful; momentous; significant; substantial; weightyАнтонимический ряд:insignificant; meager; small; trivial -
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[əʹtʃi:vmənt] n1. 1) достижение, успех, победаconsiderable achievements - значительные успехи /достижения/
achievement sheet - ведомость оценок; сведения об успеваемости
achievement test - тест, определяющий качество работы учащегося и преподавателя ( в цифрах)
sense of achievement - удовлетворение сделанным /достигнутым/, сознание своего успеха
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1. n достижение, успех, победаachievement sheet — ведомость оценок; сведения об успеваемости
achievement test — тест, определяющий качество работы учащегося и преподавателя
2. n подвиг3. n выполнениеСинонимический ряд:1. accomplishment (noun) accomplishment; acquirement; acquisition; attainment; consummation; finish; realisation; realization; stroke; triumph; victory2. feat (noun) deed; exploit; feat; fulfillment; fulfilment; masterstroke; stunt; tour de force; workАнтонимический ряд:defeat; failure; forfeiture; injury; loss; misfortune; neglect; negligence; waste -
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nдостижение, завоевание, успех, победаto display the achievements of the national economy — демонстрировать достижения национальной экономики
to pay tribute to smb's achievements — воздавать должное чьим-л. достижениям
to popularize the achievements — популяризировать (чьи-л.) достижения
to sum up the achievements — суммировать достижения, обобщать достижения
- achievement of mutually acceptable and effective agreementsto undersell one's political achievements — принижать свои успехи в области политики
- brilliant achievement
- considerable achievement
- conspicuous achievement
- crowning achievement
- cultural achievements
- dazzling achievement
- economic achievements
- environmental achievements
- epic achievement
- fruits of achievements
- glorious achievement
- great achievement
- heroic achievements
- high achievements
- labor achievements
- lasting achievement
- latest achievements in science and technology
- magnificent achievement
- major achievement
- memorable achievement
- modest record of achievements
- monumental achievement
- notable achievement
- outstanding achievements
- phenomenal achievement
- practical achievement
- remarkable achievement
- scientific achievements
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əˈtʃi:vmənt сущ.
1) достижение, успех( в чем-л. - in) crowning achievement ≈ главное достижение epic achievement ≈ достижения исторической важности great, major achievements ≈ великие достижения memorable achievement ≈ памятный успех outstanding, remarkable achievement ≈ выдающиеся достижения, потрясающий успех outstanding achievements in science ≈ выдающиеся научные достижения It was a great achievement that a month later a global agreement was reached. ≈ Подписание общего договора месяц спустя явилось огромным достижением.
2) выполнение, исполнение, совершение Syn: fulfilment, execution
3) подвиг Syn: feat, exploitдостижение, успех, победа;
- considerable *s значительные успехи;
- * sheet ведомость оценок;
сведения об успеваемости;
- * test тест, определяющий качество работы учащегося и преподавателя;
- the *s of science достижения науки;
- to be proud of one's *s гордиться достигнутым;
- sense of * удовлетворение сделанным, сознание своего успеха подвиг;
- heroic *s героические дела выполнение;
- impossible of * невыполнимыйachievement выполнение ~ достижение ~ подвиг ~ успехtop ~ наивысшее достижениеБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > achievement
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sum n1 ( amount of money) somme f ; a considerable/paltry sum une somme considérable/dérisoire ; a large/small sum of money une grosse/petite somme ;2 ( calculation) calcul m ; to be good at sums être bon en calcul or en arithmétique ; to do one's sums fig faire ses comptes ;3 ( total) lit somme f, total m ; the sum of fig la somme de [experience, happiness] ; l'ensemble m de [achievements] ; the whole is greater than the sum of its parts l'ensemble est plus grand que la somme de ses parties ;■ sum up:▶ sum up1 gen [person] récapituler ; to sum up, I'd like to say… pour récapituler or en résumé, je voudrais dire… ;2 Jur [judge] résumer ;▶ sum up [sth]1 ( summarize) résumer [argument, point of view] ; that sums it up exactly ça résume parfaitement la situation ;the sum and substance of sth l'essentiel de qch. -
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ɡreit1) (of a better quality than average; important: a great writer; Churchill was a great man.) grande, gran (antes del nombre), importante2) (very large, larger etc than average: a great crowd of people at the football match.) grande, gran (antes del nombre)3) (of a high degree: Take great care of that book.) mucho; especial4) (very pleasant: We had a great time at the party.) maravilloso, espléndido, fantástico5) (clever and expert: John's great at football.) excelente, buenísimo•- greatly- greatness
great adj1. gran / grande2. gran / importante3. estupendo / fenomenalyou look great! ¡te veo fenomenal!tr[greɪt]1 (large) grande; (before sing noun) gran2 (considerable, profound, intense) grande; (before sing noun) gran■ it gives me great pleasure to... tengo el gran placer de...3 (famous, important, outstanding) grande, importante; (before sing noun) gran, importante4 familiar (excellent, wonderful) estupendo,-a, fantástico,-a, sensacional, fabuloso,-a■ it's great to see you! ¡me alegro mucho de verte!■ how was the film? - great! ¿qué tal la película! - ¡fenomenal!■ what a great idea! ¡qué idea más buena!5 (for emphasis) grande; (before sing noun) gran■ you great brute! ¡pedazo de animal!1 familiar muy bien, estupendamente, fenomenal1 (person) grande nombre masulino o femenino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be no great shakes no ser gran cosato go great guns ir a las mil maravillas, ir viento en popathe Great Barrier Reef la Gran Barrera de Coralgreat circle círculo máximoGreat Dane gran danés nombre masculinothe Great War la Gran Guerra, la primera Guerra Mundialgreat ['greɪt] adj1) large: grandea great mountain: una montaña grandea great crowd: una gran muchedumbre2) intense: intenso, fuerte, grandegreat pain: gran dolor3) eminent: grande, eminente, distinguidoa great poet: un gran poeta4) excellent, terrific: excelente, estupendo, fabulosoto have a great time: pasarlo en grande5)a great while : mucho tiempoadj.• enorme adj.• garrafal adj.• gran adj.• grande adj.• importante adj.• largo, -a adj.• magno, -a adj.• mucho, -a adj.• pistonudo, -a adj.• principal adj.• solemne adj.• vasto, -a adj.
I greɪt1) (before n)a) ( large in size) (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)b) <number/quantity> (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)we discussed it in great detail — lo discutimos muy minuciosamente or punto por punto
there's a dirty great hole in my sock — (BrE colloq) tengo un agujerazo en el calcetín (fam)
2) (before n)a) ( important) <landowner/occasion> (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)b) (genuine, real) (before n) <friend/rival> (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)I'm in no great hurry — no tengo mucha prisa, no estoy muy apurado (AmL)
you're a great help! — (colloq & iro) valiente ayuda la tuya! (iró)
he's a great one for starting arguments — (colloq) es único para empezar discusiones!, para empezar discusiones es (como) mandado a hacer (CS fam)
3) ( excellent) (colloq) <goal/movie/meal> sensacional, fabulosohe's a really great guy — es un tipo or (Esp tb) tío sensacional (fam)
to be great AT something: she's great at organizing things/getting people together para organizar las cosas/juntar a la gente, no hay nadie como ella; he's great at mending things se da mucha maña para hacer arreglos; (as interj) (that's) great! — qué bien!, fenomenal!, bárbaro! (fam), estupendo! (fam)
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noun ( outstanding person) (colloq) estrella f, grande mf
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adverb (esp AmE colloq) fenomenal (fam)[ɡreɪt]1. ADJ(compar greater) (superl greatest)1) (=huge) (in size) [house, room, object] enorme, inmenso; (in amount, number) [effort, variety] grande; [shock, surprise] verdadero, enorme•
I'll take great care of it — lo cuidaré muchoa great deal of time/money/effort — mucho tiempo/dinero/esfuerzo
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great heavens! — † ¡Cielo Santo! †, ¡Válgame el cielo!well, you've been a great help! — iro ¡vaya ayuda la tuya!, ¡pues sí que has sido una ayuda!
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you great idiot! * — ¡pedazo de idiota! *•
a great many people believe he was right — mucha gente cree que tenía razóna great many of us are uneasy about these developments — a muchos de nosotros estos sucesos nos tienen intranquilos
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it was a great pity you didn't come — fue una verdadera pena que no viniesesit's my great pleasure to introduce... — es un gran placer para mí presentar a...
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great progress has been made — se han hecho grandes progresosgun 1., 1)•
great Scott! — † ¡Cielo Santo! †, ¡Válgame el cielo!2) (=important) [achievement, occasion, event] grande•
the great cultural achievements of the past — los grandes logros culturales del pasado•
one of the great issues of the day — uno de los temas más importantes del día3) (=outstanding) [person, nation, skill] grande•
she has a great eye for detail — tiene muy buen ojo para los detalles4) (with names)Frederick/Peter the Great — Federico/Pedro el Grande
5) (=real) (as intensifier) grande•
she is a great believer in hard work — es una gran partidaria del trabajo duro•
she's a great one for antique shops — le encantan las tiendas de antigüedades, es una fanática de las tiendas de antigüedadeshe's a great one for criticizing others — es único para criticar a los demás, se las pinta solo para criticar a los demás *
6) * (=excellent) [person, thing, idea] estupendo, genial *they're a great bunch of guys — son un grupo de tíos estupendos or geniales *
you were great! — ¡estuviste genial! *
it's a great idea — es una idea estupenda, es una idea genial *
"how was the movie?" - "it was great!" — -¿que tal fue la película? -¡genial! *
(that's) great! — ¡eso es estupendo!
wouldn't it be great to do that? — ¿no sería fabuloso or genial hacer eso?
camping holidays are great for kids — las vacaciones en un camping son estupendas para los críos, las vacaciones en un camping son geniales para los críos *
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she was just great about it — se lo tomó muy bien•
he's great at football — juega estupendamente al fútbol•
to feel great — sentirse fenómeno or fenomenal *•
she's great on jazz — sabe un montón de jazz *•
the great thing is that you don't have to iron it — lo mejor de todo es que no tienes que plancharlo7) (Bot, Zool) grande2. EXCL1) * (=excellent)(oh) great! — ¡fenómeno! *, ¡fenomenal!, ¡qué bien!
2) iro(oh) great! that's all I need! — ¡maravilloso! ¡eso es lo que me faltaba!
if that's what you want to believe, great! — si es eso lo que quieres creer, allá tú
3.ADVgreat big * — grandísimo
4.N (=person) grande mfthe great and the good — hum los abonados a las buenas causas
5.CPDgreat ape N — antropoide mf
the Great Barrier Reef N — la Gran Barrera de Coral, el Gran Arrecife Coralino
the Great Bear N — (Astron) la Osa Mayor
Great Britain N — Gran Bretaña f
GREAT, BIG, LARGEGreat Dane N — gran danés m
"Grande" shortened to "gran"
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Great Britain (La) Gran Bretaña
Position of "grande"
► Put gran/ grandes before the noun in the sense of "great":
It's a great step forward in the search for peace Es un gran paso en la búsqueda de la paz
He is a (very) great actor Es un gran actor ► In the sense of big or large, the adjective will precede the noun in the context of a general, subjective comment. However, when there is implicit or explicit comparison with other things or people that are physically bigger or smaller, it will follow the noun:
It's a big problem Es un gran problema
... the difference in price between big flats and small ones...... la diferencia de precio entre los pisos grandes y pequeños...
... a certain type of large passenger plane...... cierto tipo de avión grande para el transporte de pasajeros... ► Compare the following examples:
... a great man...... un gran hombre...
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I [greɪt]1) (before n)a) ( large in size) (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)b) <number/quantity> (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)we discussed it in great detail — lo discutimos muy minuciosamente or punto por punto
there's a dirty great hole in my sock — (BrE colloq) tengo un agujerazo en el calcetín (fam)
2) (before n)a) ( important) <landowner/occasion> (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)b) (genuine, real) (before n) <friend/rival> (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)I'm in no great hurry — no tengo mucha prisa, no estoy muy apurado (AmL)
you're a great help! — (colloq & iro) valiente ayuda la tuya! (iró)
he's a great one for starting arguments — (colloq) es único para empezar discusiones!, para empezar discusiones es (como) mandado a hacer (CS fam)
3) ( excellent) (colloq) <goal/movie/meal> sensacional, fabulosohe's a really great guy — es un tipo or (Esp tb) tío sensacional (fam)
to be great AT something: she's great at organizing things/getting people together para organizar las cosas/juntar a la gente, no hay nadie como ella; he's great at mending things se da mucha maña para hacer arreglos; (as interj) (that's) great! — qué bien!, fenomenal!, bárbaro! (fam), estupendo! (fam)
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1. n прохлада; прохладное время2. n шквал, порыв3. n шотл. оттепель4. a свежий, только что полученный или появившийсяfresh information — новая информация; свежая информация
5. a натуральный; свежий; неконсервированный6. a неиспорченный, свежий7. a новый, дополнительный, ещё одинfresh supplies — новые поступления; новые поставки
8. a оригинальный, новый; неожиданный9. a новый, незнакомыйa considerable number of fresh Lincoln letters were turned up — было обнаружено много неизвестных ранее писем Линкольна
10. a свежий, цветущий11. a яркий, невыцветший; свежий12. a чистый, свежий13. a чистый, незаношенный14. a бодрый, неуставший, полный сил15. a неопытный, необученный16. a разг. новенький17. a прохладный, освежающий18. a свежий, крепкий19. a амер. разг. нахальный; дерзкий20. a разг. слегка выпивший, «тёпленький»21. a шотл. трезвый22. v редк. освежать23. v редк. свежетьСинонимический ряд:1. additional (adj.) added; additional; another; else; extra; farther; further; more; other2. different (adj.) brand-new; different3. drinkable (adj.) clean; clear; drinkable; potable; safe; sweet4. glowing (adj.) blooming; creamy; glowing; peaches-and-cream5. healthy (adj.) hardy; healthy; hearty; robust; strong; vigourous; well; youthful6. inexperienced (adj.) artless; callow; inexperienced; inexpert; unconversant; uncultivated; unexperienced; unfleshed; unpracticed; unseasoned; unskilled; untrained; untried; unversed; young7. new (adj.) innovative; inventive; modern; modernistic; neoteric; new; newfangled; new-fashioned; new-sprung; novel; unfamiliar; unprecedented8. pure (adj.) pure; untouched; virgin9. recent (adj.) contemporary; creative; crisp; current; farm-fresh; green; late; newborn; original; raw; recent; unique10. refreshed (adj.) freshened; refreshed; rehabilitated; relayed; relieved; rested; restored; revived; stimulated11. refreshing (adj.) bracing; cool; invigorating; quickening; refreshing; steady; stimulating12. spry (adj.) active; alert; energetic; sprightly; spry; vigorous13. vivid (adj.) bright; colourful; definite; sharp; vivid14. wise (adj.) bold; bold-faced; cheeky; forward; impertinent; impudent; nervy; pert; procacious; rude; sassy; saucy; smart; smart-alecky; wiseАнтонимический ряд:courteous; decayed; deferential; experienced; faded; former; fusty; hackneyed; impaired; impure; jaded; musty; obsolete; old; ordinary; polite; stale; trite; used; weary -
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SUBJECT AREA: Mining and extraction technology[br]b. 24 January 1787 Hannover, Germanyd. 4 July 1846 Clausthal, Harz, Germany[br]German mining official, successful applier of wire cable.[br]After studying law at the University of Göttingen, Albert turned to the mining industry and in 1806 started his career in mining administration in the Harz district, where he became Chief Inspector of mines thirty years later. His influence on the organization of the mining industry was considerable and he contributed valuable ideas for the development of mining technology. For example, he initiated experiments with Reichenbach's water-column pump in Harz when it had been working successfully in the transportation of brine in Bavaria, and he encouraged Dörell to work on his miner's elevator.The increasing depths of shafts in the Harz district brought problems with hoisting as the ropes became too heavy and tended to break. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, iron link chains replaced the hempen ropes which were expensive and wore out too quickly, especially in the wet conditions in the shafts. After he had experimented for six years using counterbalancing iron link chains, which broke too easily, in 1834 he conceived the idea of producing stranded cables from iron wires. Their breaking strength and flexibility depended greatly on the softness of the iron and the way of laying the strands. Albert produced the cable by attaching the wires to strings which he turned evenly; this method became known as "Albert lay". He was not the first to conceive the idea of metal cables: there exists evidence for such cables as far back as Pompeii; Leonardo da Vinci made sketches of cables made from brass wires; and in 1780 the French engineer Reignier applied iron cables for lightning conductors. The idea also developed in various other mining areas, but Albert cables were the first to gain rapidly direct common usage worldwide.[br]Bibliography1835, "Die Anfertigung von Treibseilen aus geflochtenem Eisendraht", Karstens Archiv 8: 418–28.Further ReadingK.Karmarsch, "W.A.J.Albert", Allgemeine deutsche Biographie 1:212–3.W.Bornhardt, 1934, W.A.J.Albert und die Erfindung der Eisendrahtseile, Berlin (a detailed description of his inventions, based on source material).C.Bartels, 1992, Vom frühneuzeitlichen Montangewerbe zur Bergbauindustrie, Bochum: Deut sches Bergbau-Museum (evaluates his achievements within the framework of technological development in the Harz mining industry).WKBiographical history of technology > Albert, Wilhelm August Julius
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[br]b. c.1860 Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, Englandd. 1906 England[br]English engineer who developed and manufactured the first commercially successful lightweight tractor.[br]The son of a market gardener, Albone's interest lay in mechanics, and by 1880 he had established his own business as a cycle maker and repairer. His inventive mind led to a number of patents relating to bicycle design, but his commercial success was particularly assisted by his achievements in cycle racing. From this early start he diversified his business, designing and supplying, amongst other things, axle bearings for the Great Northern Railway, and also building motor cycles and several cars. It is possible that he began working on tractors as early as 1896. Certainly by 1902 he had built his first prototype, to the three-wheeled design that was to remain in later production models. Weighing only 30 cwt, yet capable of pulling two binders or a two-furrow plough, Albone's Ivel tractor was ahead of anything in its time, and its power-to-weight ratio was to be unrivalled for almost a decade. Albone's commercial success was not entirely due to the mechanical tractor's superiority, but owed a considerable amount to his ability as a showman and demonstrator. He held two working demonstrations a month in the village of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, where the tractors were made. The tractor was named after the river Ivel, which flowed through the village. The Ivel tractor gained twenty-six gold and silver medals at agricultural shows between 1902 and 1906, and was a significant contributor to Britain's position as the world's largest exporter of tractors between 1904 and 1914. Albone tried other forms of his tractor to increase its sales. He built a fire engine, and also an armoured vehicle, but failed to impress the War Office with its potential.Albone died at the age of 46. His tractor continued in production but remained essentially unimproved, and the company finally lost its sales to other designs, particularly those of American origin.[br]Further ReadingDetailed contemporary accounts of tractor development occur in the British periodical Implement and Machinery Review. Accounts of the Ivel appear in "The Trials of Agricultural Motors", Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England (1910), pp. 179–99. A series of general histories by Michael Williams have been published by Blandfords, of which Classic Farm Tractors (1984) includes an entry on the Ivel.AP -
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SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 13 October 1776 Norwich, Englandd. 1 March 1862 Kent, England[br]English mathematician, physicist and optician.[br]Barlow had little formal academic education, but by his own efforts rectified this deficiency. His contributions to various periodicals ensured that he became recognized as a man of considerable scientific understanding. In 1801, through competitive examination, he became Assistant Mathematics Master at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and some years later was promoted to Professor. He resigned from this post in 1847, but retained full salary in recognition of his many public services.He is remembered for several notable achievements, and for some experiments designed to overcome problems such as the deviation of compasses in iron ships. Here, he proposed the use of small iron plates designed to overcome other attractions: these were used by both the British and Russian navies. Optical experiments commenced around 1827 and in later years he carried out tests to optimize the size and shape of many parts used in the railways that were spreading throughout Britain and elsewhere at that time.In 1814 he published mathematical tables of squares, cubes, square roots, cube roots and reciprocals of all integers from 1 to 10,000. This volume was of great value in ship design and other engineering processes where heavy numerical effort is required; it was reprinted many times, the last being in 1965 when it had been all but superseded by the calculator and the computer. In the preface to the original edition, Barlow wrote, "the only motive which prompted me to engage in this unprofitable task was the utility that I conceived might result from my labour… if I have succeeded in facilitating abstruse arithmetical calculations, then I have obtained the object in view."[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1823; Copley Medal (for discoveries in magnetism) 1825. Honorary Member, Institution of Civil Engineers 1820.Bibliography1811, An Elementary Investigation of the Theory of Numbers.1814, Barlow's Tables (these have continued to be published until recently, one edition being in 1965 (London: Spon); later editions have taken the integers up to 12,500).1817, Essay on the Strength of Timber and Other Materials.Further ReadingDictionary of National Biography.FMW -
18 Garforth, William Edward
SUBJECT AREA: Mining and extraction technology[br]b. 1845 Dukinfield, Cheshire, Englandd. 1 October 1921 Pontefract, Yorkshire, England[br]English colliery manager, pioneer in machine-holing and the safety of mines.[br]After Menzies conceived his idea of breaking off coal with machines in 1761, many inventors subsequently followed his proposals through into the practice of underground working. More than one century later, Garforth became one of the principal pioneers of machine-holing combined with the longwall method of working in order to reduce production costs and increase the yield of coal. Having been appointed agent to Pope \& Pearson's Collieries, West Yorkshire, in 1879, of which company he later became Managing Director and Chairman, he gathered a great deal of experience with different methods of cutting coal. The first disc machine was exhibited in London as early as 1851, and ten years later a pick machine was invented. In 1893 he introduced an improved type of deep undercutting machine, his "diamond" disc coal-cutter, driven by compressed air, which also became popular on the European continent.Besides the considerable economic advantages it created, the use of machinery for mining coal increased the safety of working in hard and thin seams. The improvement of safety in mining technology was always his primary concern, and as a result of his inventions and his many publications he became the leading figure in the British coal mining industry at the beginning of the twentieth century; safety lamps still carry his name. In 1885 he invented a firedamp detector, and following a severe explosion in 1886 he concentrated on coal-dust experiments. From the information he obtained of the effect of stone-dust on a coal-dust explosion he proposed the stone-dust remedy to prevent explosions of coal-dust. As a result of discussions which lasted for decades and after he had been entrusted with the job of conducting the British coal-dust experiments, in 1921 an Act made it compulsory in all mines which were not naturally wet throughout to treat all roads with incombustible dust so as to ensure that the dust always consisted of a mixture containing not more than 50 per cent combustible matter. In 1901 Garforth erected a surface gallery which represented the damaged roadways of a mine and could be filled with noxious fumes to test self-contained breathing apparata. This gallery formed the model from which all the rescue-stations existing nowadays have been developed.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1914. LLD Universities of Birmingham and Leeds 1912. President, Midland Institute 1892–4. President, The Institution of Mining Engineers 1911–14. President, Mining Association of Great Britain 1907–8. Chairman, Standing Committee on Mining, Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Fellow of the Geological Society of London. North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers Greenwell Silver Medal 1907. Royal Society of Arts Fothergill Gold Medal 1910. Medal of the Institution of Mining Engineers 1914.Bibliography1901–2, "The application of coal-cutting machines to deep mining", Transactions of the Federated Institute of Mining Engineers 23: 312–45.1905–6, "A new apparatus for rescue-work in mines", Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers 31:625–57.1902, "British Coal-dust Experiments". Paper communicated to the International Congress on Mining, Metallurgy, Applied Mechanics and Practical Geology, Dusseldorf.Further ReadingGarforth's name is frequently mentioned in connection with coal-holing, but his outstanding achievements in improving safety in mines are only described in W.D.Lloyd, 1921, "Memoir", Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers 62:203–5.WKBiographical history of technology > Garforth, William Edward
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19 Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von
SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology[br]b. 31 August 1821 Potsdam, Germanyd. 8 September 1894 Berlin, Germany[br]German physicist and man of science, inventor of the ophthalmoscope.[br]Constrained by poverty despite displaying considerable gifts, particularly in the realm of mathematics, he became a surgeon in the Prussian Army but was able to undertake research; in 1842 he wrote a thesis on the discovery of nerve cells in ganglia. He became Professor of Physiology in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia) in 1849. moving to a similar post in Bonn in 1855, to Heidelberg in 1858, and the Chair of Physic in Berlin in 1871. This latter included the directorship of the physicotechnical institute at Charlottenburg.His investigations over the years encompassed almost the whole field of science, including physiology, physiological optics, physiological acoustics, chemistry, mathematics, electricity and magnetism, meteorology and theoretical mechanics. He also made important additions to the understanding of putrefaction and fermentation.Helmholtz's contributions to the understanding of vision and optics ranged widely, but one of the most significant was the definitive development of the ophthalmoscope in 1851. Incorporating some of the aspects of Babbage's original suggestions (which were not brought to practical fruition), his instrument inaugurated a new diagnostic era in ophthalmology, particularly when his method of direct ophthalmoscopy was supplemented by the indirect method of Ruete. His personal life was uneventful, in contrast to his inventive achievements, which were perhaps unequalled in scope in his century. Michael Faraday's tribute, "the absolute simplicity, modesty and untroubled purity of his disposition had a charm such as I have never encountered in another man", is therefore all the more to be valued.[br]Bibliography1850. "The ophthalmoscope", Physikalische Gesellschaft, Berlin.1851. Beschreibung eines Augen-Spiegels zur Untersuchung der Netzhaut im lebenden Auge, Berlin. 1856–66, Physiological Optics (2 vols).Further ReadingL.Konigsberger, 1906, trans. F.A.Welby, Hermann von Helmholtz, Oxford.MGBiographical history of technology > Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von
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20 Henry, James J.
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 22 June 1913 Ancon, Panama Canal Zoned. 1986 USA[br]American naval architect, innovator in specialist cargo-ship design.[br]After graduating in 1935 from the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, New York, Henry served in different government agencies until 1938 when he joined the fast expanding US Maritime Commission. He assisted in the design and construction of troop-carrying vessels, Cl cargo ships, and he supervised the construction of two wartime attack transports. At the end of hostilities, he set up as a consultant naval architect and by 1951 had incorporated the business as J.J.Henry \& Company Inc. The opportunities that consultancy gave him were grasped eagerly; he became involved in the conversion of war-built tonnage to peaceful purposes (such as T2 tankers to ore carriers), the development of the new technologies of the carriage of liquefied gases at cryogenic temperatures and low pressures and, possibly the greatest step forward of all, the development of containerization. Containerization and the closely related field of barge transportation were to provide considerable business during the 1960s and the 1970s. The company designed the wonderful 33-knot container ships for Sea-Land and the auspicious Sea-bee barge carriers for the Lykes Brothers of New Orleans. James Henry's professional achievements were recognized internationally when he was elected President of the (United States) Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in 1969. By then he had served on many boards and committees and was especially honoured to be Chairman of the Board of Trustees of his graduating college, the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture of New York.FMW
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