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ПриспособленияБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > contrivances
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6 her contrivances to get herself invited
Общая лексика: ухищрения, на которые она пускается, чтобы добиться приглашенияУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > her contrivances to get herself invited
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ˈfɪksɪŋz сущ.;
мн.;
разг.
1) амер. оборудование, оснастка, принадлежности, снаряжение, экипировка neat fixings and other contrivances ≈ мелкие детали и другие приспособления Syn: equipment, outfit, apparatus
2) отделка( на одежде) Syn: trimming
3) кул. гарнир Syn: garnishing
4) австрал., разг. очень крепкий ликер( кулинарное) гарнир - chicken * гарнир к курице (американизм) (сленг) нечто изысканное, неординарное fixings pl разг. кул. гарнир ~ pl разг. отделка (платья) ~ pl разг. снаряжение, принадлежности, оборудование -
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[kənʹtraıv(ə)ns] n1. выдумка, затея; план, особ. предательскийher contrivances to get herself invited - ухищрения, на которые она пускается, чтобы добиться приглашения
2. 1) тех. изобретение; приспособление (обыкн. сложное)2) разг. хитрая штуковина3. изобретательностьto be beyond human contrivance - быть недоступным человеку, быть выше человеческих возможностей
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сущ.1) общ. выдумка, затея, планher contrivances to get herself invited — ухищрения, на которые она пускается, чтобы добиться приглашения
2)а) общ., разг. изобретение, хитрая штуковинаб) тех. устройство, (механическое) приспособление ( как правило технически сложное)contrivance used for gambling — приспособление для азартных игр (рулетка и т. п.)
Syn:instrument 1)3) общ. изобретательность, находчивостьto be beyond human contrivance — быть недоступным человеку, быть выше человеческих возможностей
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1) (the act of contriving.) invenção2) (something contrived (especially something mechanical): a contrivance for making the door open automatically.) dispositivo* * *con.triv.ance[kəntr'aivəns] n 1 aparelho, dispositivo, instrumento. 2 idéia, habilidade de invenção, sagacidade, perspicácia. 3 plano, artifício. full of contrivances cheio de idéias ou de invenções. -
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1) (the act of contriving.) iznajdba2) (something contrived (especially something mechanical): a contrivance for making the door open automatically.) izum* * *[kəntráivəns]nounizum, naprava, aparat; domislek, bistroumnost, umetnija, iznajdljivost; zvijačafull of contrivances — domiseln, iznajdljiv, spreten -
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['fɪksɪŋz]сущ.; мн.; разг.1) амер.а) ингредиенты (для приготовления какого-л. блюда)б) гарнирSyn:2) брит. крепёж (болты и т. п.)3) амер. принадлежности; снаряжение, экипировка; оборудование, оснасткаSyn:Syn:5) австрал.; разг. очень крепкий ликёр -
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1. n выдумка, затея; план,her contrivances to get herself invited — ухищрения, на которые она пускается, чтобы добиться приглашения
2. n тех. изобретение; приспособление3. n разг. хитрая штуковина4. n изобретательностьto be beyond human contrivance — быть недоступным человеку, быть выше человеческих возможностей
Синонимический ряд:1. ingenious plan (noun) artifice; expedient; ingenious plan; plan; ruse; scheme; stratagem2. invention (noun) brainchild; coinage; invention3. mechanical device (noun) apparatus; appliance; contraption; device; gadget; instrument; jigger; machine; mechanical device; mechanism; thing -
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приборы; аппаратыСинонимический ряд:1. apparatuses (noun) apparatuses; appliances; contraptions; contrivances; inventions2. figures (noun) designs; figures; motifs; motives; patterns3. inclination (noun) abilities; aptitudes; bent; desire; inclination; will4. tricks (noun) artifices; feints; gambits; gimmicks; jigs; maneuvers; manoeuvres; plays; ploys; ruses; shenanigans; sleights; stratagems; tricks; wiles -
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int вор. жарг. берегись!jiggers, the cops are coming — шухер! Полиция идёт!
Синонимический ряд:1. gadgets (noun) businesses; concerns; gadgets; gimmicks; widgets2. things (noun) contraptions; contrivances; things -
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1. n механизмы; машины; оборудование2. n детали машины3. n механизм, структура4. n аппаратwe need the machinery to introduce these reforms — чтобы ввести эти реформы, нужно создать особый аппарат
Синонимический ряд:1. devices (noun) artifices; contrivances; devices; means; method; plans; shifts2. equipment (noun) accouterments; apparatus; appliances; contraption; device; engine; equipment; gadget; gear; habiliments; implements; machines; material; materials; materiel; mechanisms; outfit; paraphernalia; tackle; tackling; tools -
17 Hero of Alexandria
SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building, Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering, Photography, film and optics, Steam and internal combustion engines[br]fl. c.62 AD Alexandria[br]Alexandrian mathematician and mechanician.[br]Nothing is known of Hero, or Heron, apart from what can be gleaned from the books he wrote. Their scope and style suggest that he was a teacher at the museum or the university of Alexandria, writing textbooks for his students. The longest book, and the one with the greatest technological interest, is Pneumatics. Some of its material is derived from the works of the earlier writers Ctesibius of Alexandria and Philo of Byzantium, but many of the devices described were invented by Hero himself. The introduction recognizes that the air is a body and demonstrates the effects of air pressure, as when air must be allowed to escape from a closed vessel before water can enter. There follow clear descriptions of a variety of mechanical contrivances depending on the effects of either air pressure or heated gases. Most of the devices seem trivial, but such toys or gadgets were popular at the time and Hero is concerned to show how they work. Inventions with a more serious purpose are a fire pump and a water organ. One celebrated gadget is a sphere that is set spinning by jets of steam—an early illustration of the reaction principle on which modern jet propulsion depends.M echanics, known only in an Arabic version, is a textbook expounding the theory and practical skills required by the architect. It deals with a variety of questions of mechanics, such as the statics of a horizontal beam resting on vertical posts, the theory of the centre of gravity and equilibrium, largely derived from Archimedes, and the five ways of applying a relatively small force to exert a much larger one: the lever, winch, pulley, wedge and screw. Practical devices described include sledges for transporting heavy loads, cranes and a screw cutter.Hero's Dioptra describes instruments used in surveying, together with an odometer or device to indicate the distance travelled by a wheeled vehicle. Catoptrics, known only in Latin, deals with the principles of mirrors, plane and curved, enunciating that the angle of incidence is equal to that of reflection. Automata describes two forms of puppet theatre, operated by strings and drums driven by a falling lead weight attached to a rope wound round an axle. Hero's mathematical work lies in the tradition of practical mathematics stretching from the Babylonians through Islam to Renaissance Europe. It is seen most clearly in his Metrica, a treatise on mensuration.Of all his works, Pneumatics was the best known and most influential. It was one of the works of Greek science and technology assimilated by the Arabs, notably Banu Musa ibn Shakir, and was transmitted to medieval Western Europe.[br]BibliographyAll Hero's works have been printed with a German translation in Heronis Alexandrini opera quae supersunt omnia, 1899–1914, 5 vols, Leipzig. The book on pneumatics has been published as The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria, 1851, trans. and ed. Bennet Wood-croft, London (facs. repr. 1971, introd. Marie Boas Hall, London and New York).Further ReadingA.G.Drachmann, 1948, "Ktesibios, Philon and Heron: A Study in Ancient Pneumatics", Acta Hist. Sci. Nat. Med. 4, Copenhagen: Munksgaard.T.L.Heath, 1921, A History of Greek Mathematics, Oxford (still useful for his mathematical work).LRD -
18 Savery, Thomas
SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering[br]b. c. 1650 probably Shilston, near Modbury, Devonshire, Englandd. c. 15 May 1715 London, England[br]English inventor of a partially successful steam-driven pump for raising water.[br]Little is known of the early years of Savery's life and no trace has been found that he served in the Army, so the title "Captain" is thought to refer to some mining appointment, probably in the West of England. He may have been involved in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, for later he was well known to William of Orange. From 1705 to 1714 he was Treasurer for Sick and Wounded Seamen, and in 1714 he was appointed Surveyor of the Water Works at Hampton Court, a post he held until his death the following year. He was interested in mechanical devices; amongst his early contrivances was a clock.He was the most prolific inventor of his day, applying for seven patents, including one in 1649, for polishing plate glass which may have been used. His idea for 1697 for propelling ships with paddle-wheels driven by a capstan was a failure, although regarded highly by the King, and was published in his first book, Navigation Improved (1698). He tried to patent a new type of floating mill in 1707, and an idea in 1710 for baking sea coal or other fuel in an oven to make it clean and pure.His most famous invention, however, was the one patented in 1698 "for raising water by the impellent force of fire" that Savery said would drain mines or low-lying land, raise water to supply towns or houses, and provide a source of water for turning mills through a water-wheel. Basically it consisted of a receiver which was first filled with steam and then cooled to create a vacuum by having water poured over the outside. The water to be pumped was drawn into the receiver from a lower sump, and then high-pressure steam was readmitted to force the water up a pipe to a higher level. It was demonstrated to the King and the Royal Society and achieved some success, for a few were installed in the London area and a manufactory set up at Salisbury Court in London. He published a book, The Miner's Friend, about his engine in 1702, but although he made considerable improvements, due to excessive fuel consumption and materials which could not withstand the steam pressures involved, no engines were installed in mines as Savery had hoped. His patent was extended in 1699 until 1733 so that it covered the atmospheric engine of Thomas Newcomen who was forced to join Savery and his other partners to construct this much more practical engine.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1706.Bibliography1698, Navigation Improved.1702, The Miner's Friend.Further ReadingThe entry in the Dictionary of National Biography (1897, Vol. L, London: Smith Elder \& Co.) has been partially superseded by more recent research. The Transactions of the Newcomen Society contain various papers; for example, Rhys Jenkins, 1922–3, "Savery, Newcomen and the early history of the steam engine", Vol. 3; A.Stowers, 1961–2, "Thomas Newcomen's first steam engine 250 years ago and the initial development of steam power", Vol. 34; A.Smith, 1977–8, "Steam and the city: the committee of proprietors of the invention for raising water by fire", 1715–1735, Vol. 49; and J.S.P.Buckland, 1977–8, "Thomas Savery, his steam engine workshop of 1702", Vol. 49. Brief accounts may be found in H.W. Dickinson, 1938, A Short History of the Steam Engine, Cambridge University Press, and R.L. Hills, 1989, Power from Steam. A History of the Stationary Steam Engine, Cambridge University Press. There is another biography in T.I. Williams (ed.), 1969, A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, London: A. \& C.Black.RLH
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