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21 Ayre, Sir Amos Lowrey
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 23 July 1885 South Shields, Englandd. 13 January 1952 London, England[br]English shipbuilder and pioneer of the inter-war "economy" freighters; Chairman of the Shipbuilding Conference.[br]Amos Ayre grew up on the Tyne with the stimulus of shipbuilding and seafaring around him. After an apprenticeship as a ship draughtsman and distinction in his studies, he held responsible posts in the shipyards of Belfast and later Dublin. His first dramatic move came in 1909 when he accepted the post of Manager of the new Employment Exchange at Govan, then just outside Glasgow. During the First World War he was in charge of fleet coaling operations on the River Forth, and later was promoted Admiralty District Director for shipyard labour in Scotland.Before the conclusion of hostilities, with his brother Wilfrid (later Sir Wilfrid Ayre) he founded the Burntisland Shipbuilding Company in Fife. Setting up on a green field site allowed the brothers to show innovation in design, production and marketing. Such was their success that the new yard was busy throughout the Depression, building standard ships which incorporated low operating costs with simplicity of construction.Through public service culminating in the 1929 Safety of Life at Sea Conference, Amos Ayre became recognized not only as an eminent naval architect, but also as a skilled negotiator. In 1936 he was invited to become Chairman of the Shipbuilding Conference and thereby virtual leader of the industry. As war approached he planned with meticulous care the rearrangement of national shipbuilding capacity, enabling Britain to produce standard hulls ranging from the legendary TID tugs to the standard freighters built in Sunderland or Port Glasgow. In 1939 he became Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, a position he held until 1944, when with typical foresight he asked to be released to plan for shipbuilding's return to normality.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1937. KBE 1943. Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.Bibliography1919, "The theory and design of British shipbuilding", The Syren and Shipping, London.Further ReadingWilfrid Ayre, 1968, A Shipbuilders Yesterdays, Fife (published privately). James Reid, 1964, James Lithgow, Master of Work, London.Maurice E.Denny, 1955, "The man and his work" (First Amos Ayre Lecture), Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects vol. 97.FMW -
22 Gibbons, John
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]fl. 1800–50 Staffordshire, England[br]English ironmaster who introduced the round hearth in the blastfurnace.[br]Gibbons was an ironmaster in the Black Country, South Staffordshire, in charge of six blast furnaces owned by the family business. Until Gibbons's innovation in 1832, small changes in the form of the furnace had at times been made, but no one had seriously questioned the square shape of the hearth. Gibbons noticed that a new furnace often worked poorly by improved as time went on. When it was "blown out", i.e. taken out of commission, he found that the corners of the hearth had been rounded off and the sides gouged out, so that it was roughly circular in shape. Gibbons wisely decided to build a blast furnace with a round hearth alongside an existing one with a traditionally shaped hearth and work them in exactly the same conditions. The old furnace produced 75 tons of iron in a week, about normal for the time, while the new one produced 100 tons. Further improvements followed and in 1838 a fellow ironmaster in the same district, T. Oakes, considerably enlarged the furnace, its height attaining no less than 60ft (18m). As a result, output soared to over 200 tons a week. Most other ironmasters adopted the new form with enthusiasm and it proved to be the basis for the modern blast furnace. Gibbons made another interesting innovation: he began charging his furnace with the "rubbish", slag or cinder, from earlier ironmaking operations. It contained a significant amount of iron and was cheaper to obtain than iron ore, as it was just lying around in heaps. Some ironmasters scorned to use other people's throw-outs, but Gibbons sensibly saw it as a cheap source of iron; it was a useful source for some years during the nineteenth century but its use died out when the heaps were used up. Gibbons published an account of his improvements in ironmaking in a pamphlet entitled Practical Remarks on the Construction of the Staffordshire Blast Furnace.[br]Bibliography1839, Practical Remarks on the Construction of the Staffordshire Blast Furnace, Birmingham; reprinted 1844.Further ReadingJ.Percy, 1864, Metallurgy. Iron and Steel, London, p. 476. W.K.V.Gale, 1969, Iron and Steel, London: Longmans, pp. 44–6.LRD -
23 Levers (Leavers), John
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]fl. 1812–21 Englandd. after 1821 Rouen, France[br]English improver of lace-making machines that formed the basis for many later developments.[br]John Heathcote had shown that it was possible to make lace by machine with his patents of 1808 and 1809. His machines were developed and improved by John Levers. Levers was originally a hosiery frame-smith and setter-up at Sutton-in-Ashfield but moved to Nottingham, where he extended his operations to the construction of point-net and warp-lace machinery. In the years 1812 and 1813 he more or less isolated himself in the garret of a house in Derby Road, where he assembled his lacemaking machine by himself. He was helped by two brothers and a nephew who made parts, but they saw it only when it was completed. Financial help for making production machines came from the firm of John Stevenson \& Skipwith, lace manufacturers in Nottingham. Levers never sought a patent, as he was under the mistaken impression that additions or improvements to an existing patented machine could not be protected. An early example of the machine survives at the Castle Museum in Nottingham. Although his prospects must have seemed good, for some reason Levers dissolved his partnership with Stevenson \& Co. and continued to work on improving his machine. In 1817 he altered it from the horizontal to the upright position, building many of the machines each year. He was a friendly, kind-hearted man, but he seems to have been unable to apply himself to his business, preferring the company of musicians—he was a bandmaster of the local militia—and was soon frequently without money, even to buy food for his family. He emigrated in 1821 to Rouen, France, where he set up his lace machines and where he subsequently died; when or in what circumstances is unknown. His machine continued to be improved and was adapted to work with the Jacquard mechanism to select the pattern.[br]Further ReadingW.Felkin, 1967, History of the Machine-wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures, reprint, Newton Abbot (orig. pub. 1867) (the main account of the Levers machine).W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (a brief account of the Levers lace machine).D.M.Smith, 1965, Industrial Archaeology of the East Midlands, Dawlish (includes an illustration of Levers's machine).RLH -
24 sequence
- sequence
- nпоследовательность; очерёдность
- sequence of building operations
- sequence of pours
- sequence of prestressing
- sequence of shipping
- sequence of trades
- sequence of work
- concreting sequence
- construction sequence
- erection sequence
- placing sequence
- time sequence
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
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25 PPR
1) Общая лексика: hum. сокр. Putative Promoter Region, чума мелких жвачных (Peste des petits ruminants)2) Американизм: Principle Policy And Rule3) Спорт: Power Point Rating4) Военный термин: Product Process And Resource, periodic performance report, periodic personnel report, permanent pay record, postproduction remarks, prior permission required, procurement problem report, procurement proposal request, production parts release, production performance report, program progress review, proprietary procurement request, purchased parts request5) Техника: photopolarizing radiometer, plant performance review6) Юридический термин: Pre- Parole Report7) Финансы: project performance report8) Сокращение: paper, parity progression ration, Photopolarimeter-Radiometer, импульсов на оборот (pulses per revolution), pounds per rotation9) Физиология: paired-pulse ratio10) Биотехнология: paired pulse ratio11) Фирменный знак: Plover Portage Rendezvous12) Деловая лексика: Performance Planning And Review, Process Product Resource13) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: proportionate permeability reduction, Work Execution Plan (Russian)14) Программирование: PostScript printer spooler (Linux)15) Пластмассы: полипропилен (в частн., в маркировке пластиковых труб)16) Макаров: plan-position ( indicator) repeater, (plan-position indicator repeater) выносной радиолокационный индикатор кругового обзора17) Нефть и газ: project for implementation of construction operations, ППР, проект производства строительных работ18) Должность: Performance Percentage Rank19) NYSE. Pilgrim Prime Rate Trust -
26 ppr
1) Общая лексика: hum. сокр. Putative Promoter Region, чума мелких жвачных (Peste des petits ruminants)2) Американизм: Principle Policy And Rule3) Спорт: Power Point Rating4) Военный термин: Product Process And Resource, periodic performance report, periodic personnel report, permanent pay record, postproduction remarks, prior permission required, procurement problem report, procurement proposal request, production parts release, production performance report, program progress review, proprietary procurement request, purchased parts request5) Техника: photopolarizing radiometer, plant performance review6) Юридический термин: Pre- Parole Report7) Финансы: project performance report8) Сокращение: paper, parity progression ration, Photopolarimeter-Radiometer, импульсов на оборот (pulses per revolution), pounds per rotation9) Физиология: paired-pulse ratio10) Биотехнология: paired pulse ratio11) Фирменный знак: Plover Portage Rendezvous12) Деловая лексика: Performance Planning And Review, Process Product Resource13) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: proportionate permeability reduction, Work Execution Plan (Russian)14) Программирование: PostScript printer spooler (Linux)15) Пластмассы: полипропилен (в частн., в маркировке пластиковых труб)16) Макаров: plan-position ( indicator) repeater, (plan-position indicator repeater) выносной радиолокационный индикатор кругового обзора17) Нефть и газ: project for implementation of construction operations, ППР, проект производства строительных работ18) Должность: Performance Percentage Rank19) NYSE. Pilgrim Prime Rate Trust -
27 department
1) структурное подразделение, административный орган (министерство, департамент, управление, отдел)2) секция (в торговом предприятии)3) функциональный отдел (напр. кадров, финансов)4) факультет (университета) -
28 sequence
последовательность, чередование (напр. выполнения строительных операций)- assembly sequence - laying sequence* * *последовательность; очерёдность- sequence of building operations
- sequence of pours
- sequence of prestressing
- sequence of shipping
- sequence of trades
- sequence of work
- concreting sequence
- construction sequence
- erection sequence
- placing sequence
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1. расчетная таблица; план работ по проекту2. таблица для расчета3. план работ по проекту; расчетная таблица -
30 works
1. n pl работающие части механизма2. n pl шутл. машина3. n pl технические сооруженияpublic works — общественные работы; общественные сооружения
4. n pl строительные работы5. n pl воен. укрепления6. n употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч. завод, фабрика, мастерскиеСинонимический ряд:1. factories (noun) factories; mills; plants2. factory (noun) assembly plant; factory; foundry; industrial operations; manufactory; mill; plant; sawmill; steelworks; waterworks3. labours (noun) drudgeries; labours; moils; sweats; toils; travail4. pieces (noun) compositions; pieces; productions5. volumes (noun) operas; publications; titles; volumes6. working parts (noun) clockwork; gears; guts; innards; inner workings; insides; pistons; pulleys; working parts7. workmanship (noun) craftsmanship; workmanship8. works (noun) businesses; callings; employment; jobs; lines; occupations; pursuits; trades; vocations; works9. acts (verb) acts; behaves; performs; reacts; takes10. drives (verb) drives; fags; labors; labours; moils; strains; strives; sweats; tasks; taxes; toils; travails; tugs11. goes (verb) functions; goes; handles; operates; runs; uses12. kneads (verb) kneads; manipulates13. solves (verb) fixes; resolves; solves; work out; works; works out14. tends (verb) cultivates; cultures; dresses; tends; tills -
31 Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 8 July 1838 Konstanz, Germanyd. 8 March 1917 Berlin, Germany[br]German designer of rigid airships, which became known as Zeppelins.[br]Zeppelin served in the German Army and retired with the rank of General in 1890. While in the army, he was impressed by the use of balloons in the American Civil War and during the Siege of Paris. By the time he retired, non-rigid airships were just beginning to make their mark. Zeppelin decided to build an airship with a rigid framework to support the gas bags. Plans were drawn up in 1893 with the assistance of Theodore Kober, an engineer, but the idea was rejected by the authorities. A company was founded in 1898 and construction began. The Luftschiff Zeppelin No. 1 (LZ1) made its first flight on 2 July 1900. Modifications were needed and the second flight took place in October. A reporter called Hugo Eckener covered this and later flights: his comments and suggestions so impressed Zeppelin that Eckener eventually became his partner, publicist, fund-raiser and pilot.The performance of the subsequent Zeppelins gradually improved, but there was limited military interest. In November 1909 a company with the abbreviated name DELAG was founded to operate passenger-carrying Zeppelins. The service was opened by LZ 7 Deutschland in mid-June 1910, and the initial network of Frankfurt, Baden- Baden and Düsseldorf was expanded. Eckener became a very efficient Director of Flight Operations, and by the outbreak of war in 1914 some 35,000 passengers had been carried without any fatalities. During the First World War many Zeppelins were built and they carried out air-raids on Britain. Despite their menacing reputation, they were very vulnerable to attack by fighters. Zeppelin, now in his seventies, turned his attention to large bombers, following the success of Sikorsky's Grand, but he died in 1917. Eckener continued to instruct crews and improve the Zeppelin designs. When the war ended Eckener arranged to supply the Americans with an airship as part of German reparations: this became the Los Angeles. In 1928 a huge new airship, the Graf Zeppelin, was completed and Eckener took command. He took the Graf Zeppelin on many successful flights, including a voyage around the world in 1929.[br]Bibliography1908, Erfahrungen beim Bau von Luftschiffen, Berlin. 1908, Die Eroberung der Luft, Stuttgart.Further ReadingThere are many books on the history of airships, and on Graf von Zeppelin in particular. Of note are: H.Eckener, 1938, Count Zeppelin: The Man and His Work, London.——1958, My Zeppelins, London.P.W.Brooks, 1992, Zeppelin: Rigid Airships 1893–1940, London.T.Nielson, 1955, The Zeppelin Story: The Life of Hugo Eckener, English edn, London (written as a novel in direct speech).M.Goldsmith, 1931, Zeppelin: A Biography, New York.W.R.Nitshe, 1977, The Zeppelin Story, New York.F.Gütschow, 1985, Das Luftschiff, Stuttgart (a record of all the airships).JDSBiographical history of technology > Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von
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