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  • 101 Appleton, Sir Edward Victor

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    b. 6 September 1892 Bradford, England
    d. 21 April 1965 Edinburgh, Scotland
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    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.
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    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.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted (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.
    Bibliography
    1925, 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 the
    Institution 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 Reading
    Who 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.
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  • 102 Armstrong, Edwin Howard

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    b. 18 December 1890 New York City, New York, USA
    d. 31 January 1954 New York City, New York, USA
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    American engineer who invented the regenerative and superheterodyne amplifiers and frequency modulation, all major contributions to radio communication and broadcasting.
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    Interested from childhood in anything mechanical, as a teenager Armstrong constructed a variety of wireless equipment in the attic of his parents' home, including spark-gap transmitters and receivers with iron-filing "coherer" detectors capable of producing weak Morse-code signals. In 1912, while still a student of engineering at Columbia University, he applied positive, i.e. regenerative, feedback to a Lee De Forest triode amplifier to just below the point of oscillation and obtained a gain of some 1,000 times, giving a receiver sensitivity very much greater than hitherto possible. Furthermore, by allowing the circuit to go into full oscillation he found he could generate stable continuous-waves, making possible the first reliable CW radio transmitter. Sadly, his claim to priority with this invention, for which he filed US patents in 1913, the year he graduated from Columbia, led to many years of litigation with De Forest, to whom the US Supreme Court finally, but unjustly, awarded the patent in 1934. The engineering world clearly did not agree with this decision, for the Institution of Radio Engineers did not revoke its previous award of a gold medal and he subsequently received the highest US scientific award, the Franklin Medal, for this discovery.
    During the First World War, after some time as an instructor at Columbia University, he joined the US Signal Corps laboratories in Paris, where in 1918 he invented the superheterodyne, a major contribution to radio-receiver design and for which he filed a patent in 1920. The principle of this circuit, which underlies virtually all modern radio, TV and radar reception, is that by using a local oscillator to convert, or "heterodyne", a wanted signal to a lower, fixed, "intermediate" frequency it is possible to obtain high amplification and selectivity without the need to "track" the tuning of numerous variable circuits.
    Returning to Columbia after the war and eventually becoming Professor of Electrical Engineering, he made a fortune from the sale of his patent rights and used part of his wealth to fund his own research into further problems in radio communication, particularly that of receiver noise. In 1933 he filed four patents covering the use of wide-band frequency modulation (FM) to achieve low-noise, high-fidelity sound broadcasting, but unable to interest RCA he eventually built a complete broadcast transmitter at his own expense in 1939 to prove the advantages of his system. Unfortunately, there followed another long battle to protect and exploit his patents, and exhausted and virtually ruined he took his own life in 1954, just as the use of FM became an established technique.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Institution of Radio Engineers Medal of Honour 1917. Franklin Medal 1937. IERE Edison Medal 1942. American Medal for Merit 1947.
    Bibliography
    1922, "Some recent developments in regenerative circuits", Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers 10:244.
    1924, "The superheterodyne. Its origin, developments and some recent improvements", Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers 12:549.
    1936, "A method of reducing disturbances in radio signalling by a system of frequency modulation", Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers 24:689.
    Further Reading
    L.Lessing, 1956, Man of High-Fidelity: Edwin Howard Armstrong, pbk 1969 (the only definitive biography).
    W.R.Maclaurin and R.J.Harman, 1949, Invention \& Innovation in the Radio Industry.
    J.R.Whitehead, 1950, Super-regenerative Receivers.
    A.N.Goldsmith, 1948, Frequency Modulation (for the background to the development of frequency modulation, in the form of a large collection of papers and an extensive bibliog raphy).
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  • 103 Beyer, Charles Frederick

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    b. 14 May 1813 Plauen, Saxony, Germany
    d. 2 June 1876 Llantysilio, Denbighshire, Wales
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    German (naturalized British in 1852) engineer, founder of locomotive builders Beyer, Peacock \& Co.
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    Beyer came from a family of poor weavers, but showed talent as an artist and draftsman and was educated at Dresden Polytechnic School. He was sent to England in 1834 to report on improvements in cotton spinning machinery and settled in Manchester, working for the machinery manufacturers Sharp Roberts \& Co., initially as a draftsman. When the firm started to build locomotives he moved to this side of the business. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers was founded at his house in 1847. In 1853 Beyer entered into a partnership with Richard Peacock, Locomotive Engineer to the Manchester, Sheffield \& Lincolnshire Railway, and Henry Robertson to establish Beyer, Peacock \& Co. The company soon established a reputation for soundly designed, elegant locomotives: it exported worldwide, and survived until the 1960s.
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    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1877, Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 47. R.L.Hills, 1967–8 "Some contributions to locomotive development by Beyer, Peacock \& Co.", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 40 (a good description of Beyer, Peacock \& Co's locomotive work).
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  • 104 Daniell, John Frederick

    SUBJECT AREA: Electricity
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    b. 12 March 1790 London, England
    d. 13 March 1845 London, England
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    English chemist, inventor of the Daniell primary electric cell.
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    With an early bias towards science, Daniell's interest in chemistry was formed when he joined a relative's sugar-refining business. He formed a lifelong friendship with W.T.Brande, Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, and together they revived the journal of the Royal Institution, to which Daniell submitted many of his early papers on chemical subjects. He made many contributions to the science of meteorology and in 1820 invented a hydrometer, which became widely used and gave precision to the measurement of atmospheric moisture. As one of the originators of the Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Daniell edited several of its early publications. His work on crystallization established his reputation as a chemist and in 1831 he was appointed the first Professor of Chemistry at King's College, London, where he was largely responsible for establishing its department of applied science. He was also involved in the Chemical Society of London and served as its Vice-President. At King's College he began the research into current electricity with which his name is particularly associated. His investigations into the zinc-copper cell revealed that the rapid decline in power was due to hydrogen gas being liberated at the positive electrode. Daniell's cell, invented in 1836, employed a zinc electrode in dilute sulphuric acid and a copper electrode in a solution of copper sulphate, the electrodes being separated by a porous membrane, typically an unglazed earthenware pot. He was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society for his invention which avoided the "polarization" of the simple cell and provided a further source of current for electrical research and for commercial applications such as electroplating. Although the high internal resistance of the Daniell cell limited the current and the potential was only 1.1 volts, the voltage was so unchanging that it was used as a reference standard until the 1870s, when J. Lattimer Clark devised an even more stable cell.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1814. Royal Society Rumford Medal 1832, Copley Medal 1837, Royal Medal 1842.
    Bibliography
    1836, "On voltaic combinations", Phil. Transactions of the Royal Society 126:107–24, 125–9 (the first report of his experiments).
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1845, Proceedings of the Royal Society, 5:577–80.
    J.R.Partington, 1964, History of Chemistry, Vol. IV, London (describes the Daniell cell and his electrical researches).
    B.Bowers, 1982, History of Electric Light and Power, London.
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    Biographical history of technology > Daniell, John Frederick

  • 105 Mavor, Henry Alexander

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    b. 1858 Stranraer, Scotland
    d. 16 July 1915 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland
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    Scottish engineer who pioneered the use of electricity for lighting, power and the propulsion of ships.
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    Mavor came from a distinguished Scottish family with connections in medicine, industry and the arts. On completion of his education at Glasgow University, he joined R.J.Crompton \& Co.; then in 1883, along with William C.Muir, he established the Glasgow firm which later became well known as Mavor and Coulson. It pioneered the supply of electricity to public undertakings and equipped the first two generating stations in Scotland. Mavor and his fellow directors appreciated the potential demand by industry in Glasgow for electricity. Two industries were especially well served; first, the coal-mines, where electric lighting and power transformed efficiency and safety beyond recognition; and second, marine engineering. Here Mavor recognized the importance of the variable-speed motor in working with marine propellers which have a tighter range of efficient working speeds. In 1911 he built a 50 ft (15 m) motor launch, appropriately named Electric Arc, at Dumbarton and fitted it with an alternating-current motor driven by a petrol engine and dynamo. Within two years British shipyards were building electrically powered ships, and by the beginning of the First World War the United States Navy had a 20,000-ton collier with this new form of propulsion.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Vice-President, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland 1894–6.
    Bibliography
    Mavor published several papers on electric power supply, distribution and the use of electricity for marine purposes in the Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland between the years 1890 and 1912.
    Further Reading
    Mavor and Coulson Ltd, 1911, Electric Propulsion of Ships, Glasgow.
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  • 106 Merz, Charles Hesterman

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    b. 5 October 1874 Gateshead, England
    d. 14 October 1940 London, England
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    English engineer who pioneered large-scale integration of electricity-supply networks, which led to the inauguration of the British grid system.
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    Merz was educated at Bootham School in York and Armstrong College in Newcastle. He served an apprenticeship with the Newcastle Electric Supply Company at their first power station, Pandon Dene, and part of his training was at Robey and Company of Lincoln, steam engine builders, and the British Thomson-Houston Company, electrical equipment manufacturers. After working at Bankside in London and at Croydon, he became Manager of the Croydon supply undertaking. In 1898 he went to Cork on behalf of BTH to build and manage a tramway and electricity company. It was there that he met William McLellan, who later joined him in establishing a firm of consulting engineers. Merz, with his vision of large-scale electricity supply, pioneered an integrated traction and electricity scheme in north-eastern England. He was involved in the reorganization of electricity schemes in many countries and established a reputation as a leading parliamentary witness. Merz was appointed Director of Experiments and Research at the Admiralty, where his main contribution was the creation of an organization of outstanding engineers and scientists during the First World War. In 1925 he was largely responsible for a report of the Weir Committee which led to the Electricity (Supply) Act of 1926, the formation of the Central Electricity Board and the construction of the National Grid. The choice of 132 kV as the original grid voltage was that of Merz and his associates, as was the origin of the term "grid". Merz and his firm produced many technical innovations, including the first power-system control room and Merz-Price and Merz-Hunter forms of cable and transformer protection.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Institution of Electrical Engineers Faraday Medal 1931.
    Bibliography
    1903–4, with W.McLennan, "Power station design", Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers 33:696–742 (a classic on its subject).
    1929, "The national scheme of electricity supply in Great Britain", Proceedings of the British Association, Johannesburg.
    Further Reading
    J.Rowland, 1960, Progress in Power. The Contribution of Charles Merz and His Associates to Sixty Years of Electrical Development 1899–1959, London (the most detailed account).
    L.Hannah, 1979, Electricity Before Nationalisation, London.
    ——, 1985, Dictionary of Business Biography, ed. J.Jeremy, London, pp. 221–7 (a short account).
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  • 107 Roberts, Richard

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    b. 22 April 1789 Carreghova, Llanymynech, Montgomeryshire, Wales
    d. 11 March 1864 London, England
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    Welsh mechanical engineer and inventor.
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    Richard Roberts was the son of a shoemaker and tollkeeper and received only an elementary education at the village school. At the age of 10 his interest in mechanics was stimulated when he was allowed by the Curate, the Revd Griffith Howell, to use his lathe and other tools. As a young man Roberts acquired a considerable local reputation for his mechanical skills, but these were exercised only in his spare time. For many years he worked in the local limestone quarries, until at the age of 20 he obtained employment as a pattern-maker in Staffordshire. In the next few years he worked as a mechanic in Liverpool, Manchester and Salford before moving in 1814 to London, where he obtained employment with Henry Maudslay. In 1816 he set up on his own account in Manchester. He soon established a reputation there for gear-cutting and other general engineering work, especially for the textile industry, and by 1821 he was employing about twelve men. He built machine tools mainly for his own use, including, in 1817, one of the first planing machines.
    One of his first inventions was a gas meter, but his first patent was obtained in 1822 for improvements in looms. His most important contribution to textile technology was his invention of the self-acting spinning mule, patented in 1825. The normal fourteen-year term of this patent was extended in 1839 by a further seven years. Between 1826 and 1828 Roberts paid several visits to Alsace, France, arranging cottonspinning machinery for a new factory at Mulhouse. By 1826 he had become a partner in the firm of Sharp Brothers, the company then becoming Sharp, Roberts \& Co. The firm continued to build textile machinery, and in the 1830s it built locomotive engines for the newly created railways and made one experimental steam-carriage for use on roads. The partnership was dissolved in 1843, the Sharps establishing a new works to continue locomotive building while Roberts retained the existing factory, known as the Globe Works, where he soon after took as partners R.G.Dobinson and Benjamin Fothergill (1802–79). This partnership was dissolved c. 1851, and Roberts continued in business on his own for a few years before moving to London as a consulting engineer.
    During the 1840s and 1850s Roberts produced many new inventions in a variety of fields, including machine tools, clocks and watches, textile machinery, pumps and ships. One of these was a machine controlled by a punched-card system similar to the Jacquard loom for punching rivet holes in plates. This was used in the construction of the Conway and Menai Straits tubular bridges. Roberts was granted twenty-six patents, many of which, before the Patent Law Amendment Act of 1852, covered more than one invention; there were still other inventions he did not patent. He made his contribution to the discussion which led up to the 1852 Act by publishing, in 1830 and 1833, pamphlets suggesting reform of the Patent Law.
    In the early 1820s Roberts helped to establish the Manchester Mechanics' Institute, and in 1823 he was elected a member of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. He frequently contributed to their proceedings and in 1861 he was made an Honorary Member. He was elected a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1838. From 1838 to 1843 he served as a councillor of the then-new Municipal Borough of Manchester. In his final years, without the assistance of business partners, Roberts suffered financial difficulties, and at the time of his death a fund for his aid was being raised.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Member, Institution of Civil Engineers 1838.
    Further Reading
    There is no full-length biography of Richard Roberts but the best account is H.W.Dickinson, 1945–7, "Richard Roberts, his life and inventions", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 25:123–37.
    W.H.Chaloner, 1968–9, "New light on Richard Roberts, textile engineer (1789–1864)", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 41:27–44.
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    Biographical history of technology > Roberts, Richard

  • 108 Vignoles, Charles Blacker

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    b. 31 May 1793 Woodbrook, Co. Wexford, Ireland
    d. 17 November 1875 Hythe, Hampshire, England
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    English surveyor and civil engineer, pioneer of railways.
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    Vignoles, who was of Huguenot descent, was orphaned in infancy and brought up in the family of his grandfather, Dr Charles Hutton FRS, Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. After service in the Army he travelled to America, arriving in South Carolina in 1817. He was appointed Assistant to the state's Civil Engineer and surveyed much of South Carolina and subsequently Florida. After his return to England in 1823 he established himself as a civil engineer in London, and obtained work from the brothers George and John Rennie.
    In 1825 the promoters of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway (L \& MR) lost their application for an Act of Parliament, discharged their engineer George Stephenson and appointed the Rennie brothers in his place. They in turn employed Vignoles to resurvey the railway, taking a route that would minimize objections. With Vignoles's route, the company obtained its Act in 1826 and appointed Vignoles to supervise the start of construction. After Stephenson was reappointed Chief Engineer, however, he and Vignoles proved incompatible, with the result that Vignoles left the L \& MR early in 1827.
    Nevertheless, Vignoles did not sever all connection with the L \& MR. He supported John Braithwaite and John Ericsson in the construction of the locomotive Novelty and was present when it competed in the Rainhill Trials in 1829. He attended the opening of the L \& MR in 1830 and was appointed Engineer to two railways which connected with it, the St Helens \& Runcorn Gap and the Wigan Branch (later extended to Preston as the North Union); he supervised the construction of these.
    After the death of the Engineer to the Dublin \& Kingstown Railway, Vignoles supervised construction: the railway, the first in Ireland, was opened in 1834. He was subsequently employed in surveying and constructing many railways in the British Isles and on the European continent; these included the Eastern Counties, the Midland Counties, the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyme \& Manchester (which proved for him a financial disaster from which he took many years to recover), and the Waterford \& Limerick. He probably discussed rail of flat-bottom section with R.L. Stevens during the winter of 1830–1 and brought it into use in the UK for the first time in 1836 on the London \& Croydon Railway: subsequently rail of this section became known as "Vignoles rail". He considered that a broader gauge than 4 ft 8½ in. (1.44 m) was desirable for railways, although most of those he built were to this gauge so that they might connect with others. He supported the atmospheric system of propulsion during the 1840s and was instrumental in its early installation on the Dublin \& Kingstown Railway's Dalkey extension. Between 1847 and 1853 he designed and built the noted multi-span suspension bridge at Kiev, Russia, over the River Dnieper, which is more than half a mile (800 m) wide at that point.
    Between 1857 and 1863 he surveyed and then supervised the construction of the 155- mile (250 km) Tudela \& Bilbao Railway, which crosses the Cantabrian Pyrenees at an altitude of 2,163 ft (659 m) above sea level. Vignoles outlived his most famous contemporaries to become the grand old man of his profession.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society 1829. FRS 1855. President, Institution of Civil Engineers 1869–70.
    Bibliography
    1830, jointly with John Ericsson, British patent no. 5,995 (a device to increase the capability of steam locomotives on grades, in which rollers gripped a third rail).
    1823, Observations upon the Floridas, New York: Bliss \& White.
    1870, Address on His Election as President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
    Further Reading
    K.H.Vignoles, 1982, Charles Blacker Vignoles: Romantic Engineer, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (good modern biography by his great-grandson).
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    Biographical history of technology > Vignoles, Charles Blacker

  • 109 correspondent account

    "An account established by a banking institution to make transactions on behalf of another financial institution, usually for international transactions."

    English-Arabic terms dictionary > correspondent account

  • 110 солидный

    прил.
    1) solid, strong, firm, sound
    2) (надежный) reliable, sedate;
    respectable
    3) (значительный) considerable
    4) разг. (о возрасте) middle-aged
    5) разг. (большой - о человеке) massive, stout
    солидн|ый -
    1. (прочный, крепкий) solid, substantial;
    ~ое здание substantial building;

    2. (основательный, глубокий) thorough, extensive, considerable;
    ~ые знания thorough/wide knowledge sg. ;
    ~ журнал serious magazine;

    3. (серьезный, значительный) established, serious, recognized;
    ~ учёный serious/established scientist;
    ~оe учреждение recognized institution;

    4. (важный, представительный) impressive, imposing, weighty;
    ~ человек impressive person;
    ~ тон lofty tone;

    5. (крупный, полный) massive, big;

    6. (не очень молодой) ;
    ~ возраст fair age;

    7. разг. (значительный no величине) fair- sized, considerable;
    ~ая сумма sizeable amount, considerable sum of money.

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > солидный

  • 111 Neugründung

    f
    1. new establishment
    2. erneute: re-establishment
    3. Neugründung eines Vereins etc. (recent) establishment of a new association etc.
    * * *
    Neu|grün|dung
    f
    (= Wiederbegründung) re-establishment, refoundation

    die Néúgründung von Universitäten — the founding of new universities

    der Verein ist eine Néúgründung — the club was only recently founded

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    Neu·grün·dung
    f
    1. (erstmalige Gründung) new establishment; (Firma) newly establishment business
    2. (neu gegründeter Ort) new establishment; (neu gegründete Institution) new foundation
    3. (Prozess) business start-up
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    1)

    die Neugründung eines Vereins — usw. the founding or establishment of a new club etc.

    3) (erneute Gründung) refoundation; re-establishment
    * * *
    1. new establishment
    2. erneute: re-establishment
    3.
    Neugründung eines Vereins etc (recent) establishment of a new association etc
    * * *
    1)

    die Neugründung eines Vereins — usw. the founding or establishment of a new club etc.

    3) (erneute Gründung) refoundation; re-establishment

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Neugründung

  • 112 academia

    f.
    1 school, academy (colegio).
    academia de idiomas language school
    academia militar military academy
    2 academy.
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    1 (institución) academy
    2 (escuela) school, academy
    \
    Academia de Bellas Artes ≈ Royal Academy of Arts
    academia de comercio business school
    academia de idiomas language school
    academia militar military academy
    La Real Academia Española the Spanish Academy
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    noun f.
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    SF
    1) (=establecimiento) academy; (Escol) (private) school

    academia de música — school of music, conservatoire

    2) (=sociedad) learned society
    ACADEMIA In Spain academias are private schools catering for students of all ages and levels outside normal school and working hours. Some specialize in particular skills such as computing, languages and music while others offer extra tuition in core school subjects and syllabuses. For people hoping to do well enough in the oposiciones to get a post in the public sector, there are academias offering special preparatory courses for these notoriously difficult competitive examinations.
    See:
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    a) ( sociedad) academy
    b) (Educ) school
    c) (RPl) ( mundo académico)

    la academia — academia, the academic world

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    Ex. An academy is a learned society for the promotion of art, literature, science, etc., established to provide instruction, to engage in intellectual life or the practice of an art, to set standards, disseminate information, and to confer prestige on its members.
    ----
    * academia de conducir = driving school.
    * academia de las ciencias = academy of sciences.
    * academia militar = military academy.
    * * *
    a) ( sociedad) academy
    b) (Educ) school
    c) (RPl) ( mundo académico)

    la academia — academia, the academic world

    * * *

    Ex: An academy is a learned society for the promotion of art, literature, science, etc., established to provide instruction, to engage in intellectual life or the practice of an art, to set standards, disseminate information, and to confer prestige on its members.

    * academia de conducir = driving school.
    * academia de las ciencias = academy of sciences.
    * academia militar = military academy.

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    1 (sociedad) academy
    Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española Association of Academies of the Spanish Language
    2 ( Educ) school
    3
    ( RPl) (mundo académico): la academia academia, the academic world
    Compuestos:
    dance academy, school of dancing
    ● academia de conductores or ( AmL) choferes
    driving school
    dressmaking school
    language school, school of languages
    music school
    hairdressing school ( BrE), ≈ beauty academy ( AmE)
    military academy
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    academia sustantivo femenino

    b) (Educ) school;

    academia de conductores or (AmL) choferes driving school;

    academia sustantivo femenino
    1 academy
    Real Academia Española de la Lengua, the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language
    academia de policía, police academy
    2 (escuela) school: da clases en una academia, she gives classes in an academy

    ' academia' also found in these entries:
    English:
    academy
    - centre
    - dojo
    - school
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    1. [colegio] school, academy
    academia de baile dance school; RP academia de choferes driving school;
    academia de idiomas language school;
    academia de informática = private institution offering courses in computing;
    voy a una academia de informática I'm doing a computer course;
    academia militar military academy
    2. [sociedad] academy;
    la Academia de las Ciencias the Academy of Science
    3. RP [universidad]
    la academia university, academia
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    f academy
    * * *
    : academy
    * * *
    1. (sociedad) academy [pl. academies]
    2. (escuela) school

    Spanish-English dictionary > academia

  • 113 manicomio

    m.
    1 mental or psychiatric hospital (British), insane asylum (United States).
    2 insane asylum, lunatic asylum, asylum, crazy house.
    * * *
    1 mental hospital
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM lunatic asylum, insane asylum (EEUU), mental hospital
    * * *
    masculino mental hospital, lunatic asylum
    * * *
    = asylum, mental asylum, lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.
    Ex. Most of the early asylums for the insane in the USA established libraries for their patients.
    Ex. The book starts with the author's mother being taken away for committal to a mental asylum.
    Ex. The writer argues that the steady growth in lunatic asylums in early-19th-century British India played an important role in the making of colonial society.
    Ex. In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.
    Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.
    * * *
    masculino mental hospital, lunatic asylum
    * * *
    = asylum, mental asylum, lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.

    Ex: Most of the early asylums for the insane in the USA established libraries for their patients.

    Ex: The book starts with the author's mother being taken away for committal to a mental asylum.
    Ex: The writer argues that the steady growth in lunatic asylums in early-19th-century British India played an important role in the making of colonial society.
    Ex: In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.
    Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

    * * *
    mental hospital, lunatic asylum
    ¡esta casa es un manicomio! this is a madhouse!
    si sigue así, va a terminar en el manicomio if he carries on the way he is, he'll end up in the loony bin ( colloq)
    * * *

    manicomio sustantivo masculino
    mental hospital, lunatic asylum
    manicomio sustantivo masculino mental hospital
    ' manicomio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    internar
    English:
    asylum
    - commit
    - institution
    - lunatic asylum
    - madhouse
    - snakepit
    * * *
    Br mental o psychiatric hospital, US insane asylum; Fam
    esta oficina es un manicomio this office is a madhouse
    * * *
    m lunatic asylum
    * * *
    : insane asylum, madhouse
    * * *
    manicomio n mental hospital

    Spanish-English dictionary > manicomio

  • 114 settle

    1. transitive verb
    1) (place) (horizontally) [sorgfältig] legen; (vertically) [sorgfältig] stellen; (at an angle) [sorgfältig] lehnen

    he settled himself comfortably on the couch — er machte es sich (Dat.) auf der Couch bequem

    2) (establish) (in house or business) unterbringen; (in country or colony) ansiedeln [Volk]
    3) (determine, resolve) aushandeln, sich einigen auf [Preis]; beilegen [Streit, Konflikt, Meinungsverschiedenheit]; beseitigen, ausräumen [Zweifel, Bedenken]; entscheiden [Frage, Spiel]; regeln, in Ordnung bringen [Angelegenheit]

    that settles it — dann ist ja alles klar (ugs.); (expr. exasperation) jetzt reicht's! (ugs.)

    settle one's affairs — seine Angelegenheiten in Ordnung bringen; seinen Nachlass regeln

    4) (deal with, dispose of) fertig werden mit
    5) bezahlen, (geh.) begleichen [Rechnung, Betrag]; erfüllen [Forderung, Anspruch]; ausgleichen [Konto]
    6) (cause to sink) sich absetzen lassen [Bodensatz, Sand, Sediment]
    7) (calm) beruhigen [Nerven, Magen]
    8) (colonize) besiedeln
    9) (bestow)

    settle money/property on somebody — jemandem Geld/Besitz übereignen

    2. intransitive verb
    1) (become established) sich niederlassen; (as colonist) sich ansiedeln
    2) (end dispute) sich einigen
    3) (pay what is owed) abrechnen
    4) (in chair etc.) sich niederlassen; (to work etc.) sich konzentrieren (to auf + Akk.); (into way of life etc.) sich gewöhnen ( into an + Akk.)

    the snow/dust settled on the ground — der Schnee blieb liegen/der Staub setzte sich [am Boden] ab

    darkness/silence/fog settled over the village — Dunkelheit/Stille/Nebel legte od. senkte sich über das Dorf

    5) (subside) [Haus, Fundament, Boden:] sich senken; [Sediment:] sich ablagern
    6) (be digested) [Essen:] sich setzen; (become calm) [Magen:] sich beruhigen
    7) (become clear) [Wein, Bier:] sich klären
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/91431/settle_back">settle back
    * * *
    ['setl]
    1) (to place in a position of rest or comfort: I settled myself in the armchair.) sich niederlassen
    2) (to come to rest: Dust had settled on the books.) sich legen
    3) (to soothe: I gave him a pill to settle his nerves.) beruhigen
    4) (to go and live: Many Scots settled in New Zealand.) sich niederlassen
    5) (to reach a decision or agreement: Have you settled with the builders when they are to start work?; The dispute between management and employees is still not settled.) klären
    6) (to pay (a bill).) begleichen
    •
    - settlement
    - settler
    - settle down
    - settle in
    - settle on
    - settle up
    * * *
    set·tle
    [ˈsetl̩, AM ˈset̬l̩]
    I. vi
    1. (get comfortable) es sich dat bequem machen
    we \settled in front of the television wir machten es uns vor dem Fernseher bequem fam
    2. (calm down) person sich akk beruhigen; anger, excitement sich akk legen; weather beständig werden
    3. AUS, BRIT (apply oneself)
    ▪ to \settle to sth sich akk etw dat widmen
    to \settle to work sich akk an die Arbeit machen
    4. (end dispute) sich akk einigen
    ▪ to \settle on sth sich akk für etw akk entscheiden; (agree on) sich akk auf etw akk einigen
    to \settle on a name sich akk für einen Namen entscheiden
    ▪ to \settle for sth mit etw dat zufrieden sein
    I'll \settle for chicken and chips ich nehme Hähnchen mit Pommes frites
    6. ( form: pay) begleichen geh
    ▪ to \settle with sb mit jdm abrechnen [o fam Kasse machen
    7. (take up residence) sich akk niederlassen
    after they got married, they \settled in Brighton nach ihrer Hochzeit zogen sie nach Brighton
    8. (get used to)
    ▪ to \settle into sth sich akk an etw akk gewöhnen
    it took Ed a long time to \settle into living in London es dauerte lange, bis sich Ed an das Leben in London gewöhnt hatte
    9. (alight on surface) sich akk niederlassen; (build up) sich akk anhäufen [o ansammeln]; (sink) [ab]sinken; particles in liquid sich senken; house, wall, dust sich setzen
    do you think the snow will \settle? glaubst du, dass der Schnee liegen bleibt?
    a peaceful expression \settled on her face ( fig) ein friedlicher Ausdruck legte sich auf ihr Gesicht
    II. vt
    1. (calm down)
    ▪ to \settle sb/sth jdn/etw beruhigen
    to \settle the children for the night die Kinder für die Nacht zurechtmachen
    to \settle one's stomach seinen Magen beruhigen
    ▪ to \settle sth etw entscheiden; (deal with) etw regeln; (in writing) etw [schriftlich] festlegen
    it's been \settled that we'll spend Christmas at home wir haben vereinbart, Weihnachten zu Hause zu verbringen
    ▪ to \settle when/where/why... entscheiden, wann/wo/warum...
    to \settle the details of a contract die Einzelheiten eines Vertrags aushandeln
    3. (bring to conclusion)
    ▪ to \settle sth etw erledigen; (resolve) etw beilegen; business transaction abwickeln
    that \settles that damit hat sich das erledigt, und damit hat sich's! fam
    to \settle one's affairs ( form) seine Angelegenheiten regeln [o in Ordnung bringen]
    to \settle an argument [or a dispute] /differences einen Streit/Unstimmigkeiten beilegen
    to \settle a crisis/a problem eine Krise/ein Problem lösen
    to \settle a grievance einen Missstand beseitigen
    to \settle a lawsuit einen Prozess durch einen Vergleich beilegen
    to \settle a matter eine Angelegenheit regeln
    to \settle a strike einen Streik beenden
    ▪ to \settle sth etw begleichen geh
    ▪ to \settle sth on sb (bequeath) jdm etw hinterlassen [o vererben] [o fam vermachen]
    to \settle an account ein Konto ausgleichen
    to \settle money/property on sb jdm Geld/Besitz übertragen
    to \settle a place einen Ort besiedeln
    6. ECON
    to \settle a property in trust Eigentum einer Treuhänderschaft übertragen [o überschreiben]
    \settled property in Treuhänderschaft überschriebenes Eigentum
    7.
    ▶ to \settle an account [or a score] [or old scores] [with sb] [mit jdm] abrechnen fig
    * * *
    I ['setl]
    n
    (Wand)bank f II
    1. vt
    1) (= decide) entscheiden; (= sort out) regeln, erledigen; problem, question, points klären; dispute, differences, quarrel beilegen, schlichten; doubts ausräumen, beseitigen; date, place vereinbaren, ausmachen (inf); venue festlegen or -setzen; deal abschließen; price sich einigen auf (+acc), aushandeln; terms aushandeln

    the result of the game was settled in the first half — das Ergebnis des Spiels stand schon in der ersten Halbzeit fest

    that's settled then — das ist also klar or geregelt

    that settles it — damit wäre der Fall (ja wohl) erledigt; (angry) jetzt reichts

    2) (= pay) bill begleichen, bezahlen; account ausgleichen
    3) (= calm) nerves, stomach beruhigen

    we need rain to settle the dust — wir brauchen Regen, damit sich der Staub setzt

    4) (= place carefully) legen; (in upright position) stellen; (= make comfortable for sleep etc) child, invalid versorgen; pillow zurechtlegen

    to settle oneself comfortably in an armchair — es sich (dat) in einem Sessel bequem machen

    to settle oneself to doing sth — sich daranmachen, etw zu tun

    to settle one's gaze on sb/sth — seinen Blick auf jdm/etw ruhen lassen

    5) (= establish in house) unterbringen
    6)

    to settle sb into a house/job — jdm helfen, sich häuslich einzurichten/sich in eine Stellung einzugewöhnen

    See:
    7) (= colonize) land besiedeln; (= set up) people ansiedeln
    8) (form)

    to settle money/property on sb — jdm Geld/Besitz überschreiben or übertragen; (in will) jdm Geld/Besitz vermachen

    9) (inf

    = put an end to) I'll soon settle his nonsense —

    I'll soon settle him (verbally also) — dem werd ichs geben (inf) dem werd ich was erzählen (inf)

    that settled him! — da hatte er sein Fett weg (inf)

    2. vi
    1) (= put down roots) sesshaft werden; (in country, town, profession) sich niederlassen; (as settler) sich ansiedeln; (in house) sich häuslich niederlassen, sich einrichten; (= feel at home) (in house, town, country) sich einleben (into in +dat); (in job, surroundings) sich eingewöhnen (into in +dat)

    to settle into a habit — sich (dat) etw angewöhnen

    as he settled into middle age — als er älter und reifer wurde

    2) (= become less variable weather) beständig werden
    3) (= become calm child, matters, stomach) sich beruhigen; (panic, excitement) sich legen; (= become less excitable or restless) zur Ruhe kommen, ruhiger werden
    4) (= come to rest, sit down person, bird, insect) sich niederlassen or setzen; (dust) sich setzen or legen; (= sink slowly, subside, building, walls) sich senken; (ground, liquid, sediment, coffee grounds) sich setzen; (wine) sich beruhigen

    to settle comfortably in an armchair — es sich (dat) in einem Sessel gemütlich or bequem machen

    fog/silence settled over the city — Nebel/Stille legte sich über die Stadt or breitete sich über der Stadt aus

    See:
    → dust
    5) (JUR)

    to settle ( out of court) — sich vergleichen

    6) (= pay) bezahlen → also settle with
    See:
    → also settle with
    * * *
    settle1 [ˈsetl]
    A v/t
    1. vereinbaren, (gemeinsam) festsetzen, sich einigen auf (akk):
    it is as good as settled es ist so gut wie abgemacht; → hash1 C 3
    2. ein Zimmer etc richten, in Ordnung bringen
    3. auch settle up WIRTSCH erledigen, in Ordnung bringen, regeln:
    a) bezahlen, eine Rechnung etc auch begleichen
    b) ein Konto ausgleichen
    c) eine Transaktion etc abwickeln
    d) einen Anspruch befriedigen: → account C 1, book A 9
    4. a) Menschen ansiedeln, ansässig machen
    b) Land besiedeln, kolonisieren
    c) Handelsniederlassungen etc errichten, etablieren
    5. a) jemanden (beruflich, häuslich etc) etablieren, unterbringen
    b) ein Kind etc versorgen, ausstatten
    c) seine Tochter verheiraten
    6. die Füße, den Hut etc (fest) setzen (on auf akk)
    7. settle o.s. sich niederlassen (in in einen od einem Sessel etc; on auf einen od einem Stuhl)
    8. settle o.s. to sich an eine Arbeit etc machen, sich anschicken zu
    9. auch settle down jemanden, den Magen, die Nerven etc beruhigen
    10. den Boden, auch fig jemanden, den Glauben, die Ordnung festigen:
    settle a road eine Straße befestigen
    11. a) eine Institution etc gründen, aufbauen (on auf dat)
    b) eine Sprache regeln
    12. eine Frage etc klären, regeln, entscheiden, erledigen:
    a) damit ist der Fall erledigt,
    b) iron jetzt ist es endgültig aus
    13. a) einen Streit beilegen, schlichten: → court A 10
    14. umg jemanden fertigmachen, zum Schweigen bringen (auch weitS. töten)
    15. a) eine Flüssigkeit ablagern lassen, klären
    b) Trübstoffe sich setzen lassen
    16. den Inhalt eines Sackes etc sich setzen lassen, zusammenstauchen: shake the bag to settle the flour damit sich das Mehl setzt
    17. seine Angelegenheiten (vor dem Tod) ordnen, in Ordnung bringen, seinen Nachlass regeln
    18. (on, upon)
    a) den Besitz etc übertragen (dat oder auf akk)
    b) (letztwillig) vermachen (dat)
    c) ein Legat, eine Rente etc aussetzen (dat oder für)
    19. die Erbfolge regeln, bestimmen
    B v/i
    1. → A 7:
    settle back sich (gemütlich) zurücklehnen
    2. a) sich ansiedeln oder niederlassen (in in dat)
    b) settle in sich einrichten
    c) settle in sich einleben, sich eingewöhnen:
    settle into a new job sich an einem neuen Arbeitsplatz eingewöhnen
    a) sich niederlassen (in in dat),
    b) sich (häuslich) niederlassen (in in dat),
    c) auch marry and settle down einen Hausstand gründen
    d) sesshaft werden, zur Ruhe kommen
    e) es sich gemütlich machen
    4. meist settle down fig sich legen (Zorn etc), (auch Person) sich beruhigen
    5. settle down to sich widmen (dat), sich an eine Arbeit etc machen
    6. settle on fallen auf (akk), sich zuwenden (dat), sich konzentrieren auf (akk):
    7. MED sich festsetzen (on, in in dat), sich legen (on auf akk)
    8. beständig(er) werden (Wetter):
    it settled in for rain es regnete sich ein;
    it is settling for a frost es wird Frost geben
    9. sich senken oder setzen (Grundmauern etc)
    10. auch settle down SCHIFF langsam absacken (Schiff)
    11. sich setzen (Trübstoffe), sich (ab)klären (Flüssigkeit)
    12. sich legen (Staub)
    13. sich einigen:
    settle (up)on
    a) sich entscheiden für, sich entschließen zu,
    b) sich einigen auf (akk); → court A 10
    a) sich zufriedengeben mit, sich begnügen mit,
    b) sich abfinden mit
    15. eine Vereinbarung treffen
    a) zahlen,
    b) abrechnen ( with mit) (a. fig)
    a) abrechnen mit (a. fig),
    b) WIRTSCH einen Vergleich schließen mit,
    c) WIRTSCH einen Gläubiger abfinden
    settle2 [ˈsetl] s Sitz-, Ruhebank f (mit hoher Rückenlehne)
    * * *
    1. transitive verb
    1) (place) (horizontally) [sorgfältig] legen; (vertically) [sorgfältig] stellen; (at an angle) [sorgfältig] lehnen
    3) (determine, resolve) aushandeln, sich einigen auf [Preis]; beilegen [Streit, Konflikt, Meinungsverschiedenheit]; beseitigen, ausräumen [Zweifel, Bedenken]; entscheiden [Frage, Spiel]; regeln, in Ordnung bringen [Angelegenheit]

    that settles it — dann ist ja alles klar (ugs.); (expr. exasperation) jetzt reicht's! (ugs.)

    settle one's affairs — seine Angelegenheiten in Ordnung bringen; seinen Nachlass regeln

    4) (deal with, dispose of) fertig werden mit
    5) bezahlen, (geh.) begleichen [Rechnung, Betrag]; erfüllen [Forderung, Anspruch]; ausgleichen [Konto]
    6) (cause to sink) sich absetzen lassen [Bodensatz, Sand, Sediment]
    7) (calm) beruhigen [Nerven, Magen]
    8) (colonize) besiedeln

    settle money/property on somebody — jemandem Geld/Besitz übereignen

    2. intransitive verb
    1) (become established) sich niederlassen; (as colonist) sich ansiedeln
    2) (end dispute) sich einigen
    3) (pay what is owed) abrechnen
    4) (in chair etc.) sich niederlassen; (to work etc.) sich konzentrieren (to auf + Akk.); (into way of life etc.) sich gewöhnen ( into an + Akk.)

    the snow/dust settled on the ground — der Schnee blieb liegen/der Staub setzte sich [am Boden] ab

    darkness/silence/fog settled over the village — Dunkelheit/Stille/Nebel legte od. senkte sich über das Dorf

    5) (subside) [Haus, Fundament, Boden:] sich senken; [Sediment:] sich ablagern
    6) (be digested) [Essen:] sich setzen; (become calm) [Magen:] sich beruhigen
    7) (become clear) [Wein, Bier:] sich klären
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    v.
    abmachen v.
    bereinigen (Konto) v.
    bereinigen (Streit) v.
    besiedeln v.
    sich einen Wohnsitz nehmen ausdr.
    sich niederlassen v.

    English-german dictionary > settle

  • 115 body

    ['bɔdɪ]
    n
    1) тело, туловище, фигура (человека или животного), корпус

    His aching body trembled. — Все его тело дрожало и болело.

    Sobs shook her whole body. — Рыдания сотрясали все ее тело.

    Her body shuddered. — Ее всю передернуло.

    His whole body aches. — У него болит все тело.

    A shiver runs through the body. — По телу пробежала дрожь.

    He had a body of iron. — У него железное тело.

    He could clearly see the bodies of the men sleeping in the tant. — Он хорошо видел фигуры мужчин, которые спали в палатке.

    - human body
    - strong body
    - bare body
    - angular body
    - white body
    - feeble body
    - sweating body
    - supple body
    - long body
    - woman's body
    - fat body
    - short body
    - light body
    - rigid body
    - tender body
    - stout body
    - thick body
    - resilient body
    - sickly body
    - crippled body
    - disfugured body
    - trembling body
    - slim body
    - well-developed body
    - body language
    - body clock
    - body carriage
    - body linen
    - body guard
    - body frozen stiff
    - body covered with wounds
    - body in motion
    - body of a girl
    - body of a horse
    - body of a dog
    - weight of the body
    - temperature of the body
    - part of a body
    - care of the body
    - strength of the body
    - pains of the mind and of the body
    - disease of the body
    - desires of the body
    - spot on the body
    - rash on the body
    - scar on one's body
    - keep one's body strong
    - strain the body
    - feel the body all over
    - rub the body
    - relax the body
    - examine the body
    - mutilate smb's body
    - lean heavily with one's body
    - take care of one's body
    - protect with one's own body
    - slip smth on one's bare body
    - every nerve in smb's body feels smth
    - train a healthy body
    - lean one's body back
    - keep one's body warm
    - lie with one's body stretched
    - feel smb's body stiffen
    - smb's body shakes violently
    - smb's whole body grows cold
    2) труп, мёртвое тело (человека или животного), останки

    His body was brought back to England for burial. — Его тело было возвращено в Англию для захоронения.

    They buried the two bodies in one grave. — Оба трупа были захоронены в одной могиле.

    Several lifeless bodies were washed ashore from the wreck. — После кораблекрушения несколько мертвых тел/мертвецов прибило к берегу.

    - dead body
    - unidentified body
    - bury the dead body
    - give the body a decent burial
    - identify the body
    - drag the river for a drowned body
    - lay out a body
    - turn up a body
    - dig out the body
    - dispose of the body
    3) вещество, тело

    There was a foreign body in his eye. — У него в глазу было инородное тело.

    All material bodies tend to fall toward the earth. — Все физические/материальные тела падают на землю.

    - liquid body
    - opaque body
    - metalic bodies
    - gaseous bodies
    - visible heavenly bodies
    - speed at which a falling body travels amounts to...
    4) группа людей (объединённых общей целью, задачей), общество, ассоциация, лига, сообщество

    A body of settlers established themselves on the island. — Группа поселенцев устроилась на острове.

    She belongs to a rapidly disappearing body of street caterers. — Она принадлежит к быстро исчезающему классу уличных торговцев.

    - learned body
    - school governing body
    - examining body
    - illustrous body
    - long-established body
    - charitable body
    - prosperous body
    - body corporate
    - judges as a body
    - come in a body
    - resign in a body
    5) орган, организация, совет, инстанция

    The commission is a five-member body. — Эта комиссия - орган, состоящий из пяти человек.

    The association is becoming a numerous and powerful body. — Ассоциация становится многочисленной и мощной организацией.

    - public body
    - legislative body
    - executive body
    - diplomatic body
    - policy making body
    - bargaining body
    - permanent body
    - confirming body
    - elected body
    - research body
    - underground body
    - arbitration body
    - sister body
    - parent body
    - governing body of the institution
    - recognize the Congress as the governing body
    - leave the meeting in a body in a body
    6) основная часть (чего-либо), главная часть (чего-либо)

    We sat in the body of the hall and the actors performed on the stage. — Мы сидели в центральной части зала, а актеры играли на сцене.

    The important news comes in the body of the letter. — Самые важные известия изложены в основной части письма.

    It was incorporated in the main body of the dictionary. — Это было включено в корпус словаря.

    - body of a car
    - body of a ship
    - body of a watch
    - body of an airplane
    - body of a tree
    - body of the letter
    - student body of a college
    - body of a structure
    - main body of the citizens
    - general body of creditors
    - main body of an army
    - body of flame
    7) консистенция, густота, плотность

    The soup has no body — суп жидкий. /Суп - "одна вода".

    - body of oil
    - wine with plenty of body
    - wine of full body
    - wine has a good body
    - wine has no body
    8) совокупность, масса, количество, массив

    Numerous large bodies of unemployed men marched through the streets. — Безработные многочисленными группами шли по улицам.

    He has a great body of facts (of information) to prove his theory (his statement). — Он собрал массу фактов (информации), подтверждающих его теорию (его утверждение).

    The hotel stands beside a body of water. — Гостиница стоит у воды.

    Only over my dead body! — ◊ Только через мой труп!

    To keep one's body and sout together. /To keep body and soul together. — ◊ Еле-еле душа в теле.

    A healthy mind goes with a healthy body. /A sound mind in a sound body. — ◊ В здоровом теле, здоровый дух

    - body of cold air
    - body of land
    - body of fuel
    - body of laws
    - strong body of evidence
    - large body of water
    - narrow body of water
    - large body of graduates
    - stop a little distance from the main body of the the crowd

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  • 116 Hopkinson, John

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    b. 27 July 1849 Manchester, England
    d. 27 August 1898 Petite Dent de Veisivi, Switzerland
    [br]
    English mathematician and electrical engineer who laid the foundations of electrical machine design.
    [br]
    After attending Owens College, Manchester, Hopkinson was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1867 to read for the Mathematical Tripos. An appointment in 1872 with the lighthouse department of the Chance Optical Works in Birmingham directed his attention to electrical engineering. His most noteworthy contribution to lighthouse engineering was an optical system to produce flashing lights that distinguished between individual beacons. His extensive researches on the dielectric properties of glass were recognized when he was elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Society at the age of 29. Moving to London in 1877 he became established as a consulting engineer at a time when electricity supply was about to begin on a commercial scale. During the remainder of his life, Hopkinson's researches resulted in fundamental contributions to electrical engineering practice, dynamo design and alternating current machine theory. In making a critical study of the Edison dynamo he developed the principle of the magnetic circuit, a concept also arrived at by Gisbert Kapp around the same time. Hopkinson's improvement of the Edison dynamo by reducing the length of the field magnets almost doubled its output. In 1890, in addition to-his consulting practice, Hopkinson accepted a post as the first Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head of the Siemens laboratory recently established at King's College, London. Although he was not involved in lecturing, the position gave him the necessary facilities and staff and student assistance to continue his researches. Hopkinson was consulted on many proposals for electric traction and electricity supply, including schemes in London, Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds. He also advised Mather and Platt when they were acting as contractors for the locomotives and generating plant for the City and South London tube railway. As early as 1882 he considered that an ideal method of charging for the supply of electricity should be based on a two-part tariff, with a charge related to maximum demand together with a charge for energy supplied. Hopkinson was one the foremost expert witnesses of his day in patent actions and was himself the patentee of over forty inventions, of which the three-wire system of distribution and the series-parallel connection of traction motors were his most successful. Jointly with his brother Edward, John Hopkinson communicated the outcome of his investigations to the Royal Society in a paper entitled "Dynamo Electric Machinery" in 1886. In this he also described the later widely used "back to back" test for determining the characteristics of two identical machines. His interest in electrical machines led him to more fundamental research on magnetic materials, including the phenomenon of recalescence and the disappearance of magnetism at a well-defined temperature. For his work on the magnetic properties of iron, in 1890 he was awarded the Royal Society Royal Medal. He was a member of the Alpine Club and a pioneer of rock climbing in Britain; he died, together with three of his children, in a climbing accident.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1878. Royal Society Royal Medal 1890. President, Institution of Electrical Engineers 1890 and 1896.
    Bibliography
    7 July 1881, British patent no. 2,989 (series-parallel control of traction motors). 27 July 1882, British patent no. 3,576 (three-wire distribution).
    1901, Original Papers by the Late J.Hopkinson, with a Memoir, ed. B.Hopkinson, 2 vols, Cambridge.
    Further Reading
    J.Greig, 1970, John Hopkinson Electrical Engineer, London: Science Museum and HMSO (an authoritative account).
    —1950, "John Hopkinson 1849–1898", Engineering 169:34–7, 62–4.
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  • 117 Hornby, Frank

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    b. 15 May 1863 Liverpool, England
    d. 21 September 1936 Liverpool, England
    [br]
    English toy manufacturer and inventor of Meccano kits.
    [br]
    Frank Hornby left school at the age of 16 and worked as a clerk, at first for his father, a provision merchant, and later for D.H.Elliott, an importer of meat and livestock, for whom he became Managing Clerk. As a youth he was interested in engineering and in his own small workshop he became a skilled amateur mechanic. He made toys for his children and c.1900 he devised a constructional toy kit consisting of perforated metal strips which could be connected by bolts and nuts. He filed a patent application in January 1901 and, having failed to interest established toy manufacturers, he set up a small business in partnership with his employer, D.H. Elliott, who provided financial support. The kits were sold at first under the name of Mechanics Made Easy, but by 1907 the name Meccano had been registered as a trade mark. The business expanded rapidly and in 1908 Elliott withdrew from the partnership and Hornby continued on his own account, the company being incorporated as Meccano Ltd. Although parts for Meccano were produced at first by various manufacturers, Hornby soon acquired premises to produce all the components under his own control, and between 1910 and 1913 he established his own factory on a 5-acre (2-hectare) site at Binn's Road, Liverpool. The Meccano Magazine, a monthly publication with articles of general engineering interest, developed from a newsletter giving advice on the use of Meccano, and from the first issue in 1916 until 1924 was edited by Frank Hornby. In 1920 he introduced the clockwork Hornby trains, followed by the electric version five years later. These were gauge "0" (1 1/4 in./32 mm); the smaller gauge "00", or Hornby Dublo, was a later development. Another product of Meccano Ltd was the series of model vehicles known as Dinky toys, introduced in 1934.
    Frank Hornby served as a Member of Parliament for the Everton Division of Liverpool from 1931 to 1935.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    MP, 1931–5.
    Further Reading
    D.J.Jeremy (ed.), 1984–6, Dictionary of Business Biography, Vol. 3, London, 345–9 (a useful biography).
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 127(1934):140–1 (describes the Binn's Road factory).
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  • 118 Mannesmann, Reinhard

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. 13 May 1856 Remscheid, Bleidinghausen, Germany
    d. 22 February 1922 Remscheid, Bleidinghausen, Germany
    [br]
    German metallurgical engineer.
    [br]
    Reinhard Mannesmann and his four brothers developed the engineering works at Remscheid that had been founded by their father. With his brother Max, Reinhard devised c. 1885 a method of producing seamless tubes by a rolling process. Factories for manufacturing tubes by this process were established at Remscheid, at Bous in the Saar district and at Komotau in Bohemia. Further developments of the process were patented by the brothers in the years following the initial patent of 1885. The British patent rights for the Mannesmann process were purchased by the Landore Siemens Steel Company in 1888, and the Mannesmann Tube Company was established at Landore in South Wales. This company went into liquidation in 1899 after ten years of production and the Tube Works was then purchased by the Mannesmann family, and a new company, the British Mannesmann Tube Company, was formed. Reinhard and Max Mannesmann took up residence near the Landore works and the business prospered so that by 1914 Landore was employing 1,500 men and producing 35,000 tons of tubing each year. The company was taken over during the First World War by the Custodian of Enemy Property, and after the war a new tube works which had been planned in 1914 was built at Newport, Monmouthshire. The Mannesmann family were able to resume control in 1926 for some ten years, but in 1938 the company became part of the Stewarts \& Lloyds organization.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    G.Evans, 1934, Manufacture of Seamless Tubes Ferrous and Non-Ferrous, London; 1940, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 143:62–3 (both provide technical details of the Mannesmann process for forming seamless tubes).
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  • 119 Renold, Hans

    [br]
    b. 31 July 1852 Aarau, Switzerland
    d. 2 May 1943 Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, England
    [br]
    Swiss (naturalized British 1881) mechanical engineer, inventor and pioneer of the precision chain industry.
    [br]
    Hans Renold was educated at the cantonal school of his native town and at the Polytechnic in Zurich. He worked in two or three small workshops during the polytechnic vacations and served an apprenticeship of eighteen months in an engineering works at Neuchâtel, Switzerland. After a short period of military service he found employment as a draughtsman in an engineering firm at Saint-Denis, near Paris, from 1871 to 1873. In 1873 Renold moved first to London and then to Manchester as a draughtsman and inspector with a firm of machinery exporters. From 1877 to 1879 he was a partner in his own firm of machine exporters. In 1879 he purchased a small firm in Salford making chain for the textile industry. At about this time J.K.Starley introduced the "safety" bicycle, which, however, lacked a satisfactory drive chain. Renold met this need with the invention of the bush roller chain, which he patented in 1880. The new chain formed the basis of the precision chain industry: the business expanded and new premises were acquired in Brook Street, Manchester, in 1881. In the same year Renold became a naturalized British subject.
    Continued expansion of the business necessitated the opening of a new factory in Brook Street in 1889. The factory was extended in 1895, but by 1906 more accommodation was needed and a site of 11 ½ acres was acquired in the Manchester suburb of Burnage: the move to the new building was finally completed in 1914. Over the years, further developments in the techniques of chain manufacture were made, including the invention in 1895 of the inverted tooth or silent chain. Renold made his first visit to America in 1891 to study machine-tool developments and designed for his own works special machine tools, including centreless grinding machines for dealing with wire rods up to 10 ft (3 m) in length.
    The business was established as a private limited company in 1903 and merged with the Coventry Chain Company Ltd in 1930. Good industrial relations were always of concern to Renold and he established a 48-hour week as early as 1896, in which year a works canteen was opened. Joint consultation with shop stewards date2 from 1917. Renold was elected a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1902 and in 1917 he was made a magistrate of the City of Manchester.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Honorary DSc University of Manchester 1940.
    Further Reading
    Basil H.Tripp, 1956, Renold Chains: A History of the Company and the Rise of the Precision Chain Industry 1879–1955, London.
    J.J.Guest, 1915, Grinding Machinery, London, pp. 289, 380 (describes grinding machines developed by Renold).
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  • 120 Sellers, William

    [br]
    b. 19 September 1824 Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
    d. 24 January 1905 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    [br]
    American mechanical engineer and inventor.
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    William Sellers was educated at a private school that had been established by his father and other relatives for their children, and at the age of 14 he was apprenticed for seven years to the machinist's trade with his uncle. At the end of his apprenticeship in 1845 he took charge of the machine shop of Fairbanks, Bancroft \& Co. in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1848 he established his own factory manufacturing machine tools and mill gearing in Philadelphia, where he was soon joined by Edward Bancroft, the firm becoming Bancroft \& Sellers. After Bancroft's death the name was changed in 1856 to William Sellers \& Co. and Sellers served as President until the end of his life. His machine tools were characterized by their robust construction and absence of decorative embellishments. In 1868 he formed the Edgemoor Iron Company, of which he was President. This company supplied the structural ironwork for the Centennial Exhibition buildings and much of the material for the Brooklyn Bridge. In 1873 he reorganized the William Butcher Steel Works, renaming it the Midvale Steel Company, and under his presidency it became a leader in the production of heavy ordnance. It was at the Midvale Steel Company that Frederick W. Taylor began, with the encouragement of Sellers, his experiments on cutting tools.
    In 1860 Sellers obtained the American rights of the patent for the Giffard injector for feeding steam boilers. He later invented his own improvements to the injector, which numbered among his many other patents, most of which related to machine tools. Probably Sellers's most important contribution to the engineering industry was his proposal for a system of screw threads made in 1864 and later adopted as the American national standard.
    Sellers was a founder member in 1880 of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and was also a member of many other learned societies in America and other countries, including, in Britain, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Iron and Steel Institute.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur 1889. President, Franklin Institute 1864–7.
    Further Reading
    J.W.Roe, 1916, English and American Tool Builders, New Haven; reprinted 1926, New York, and 1987, Bradley, Ill. (describes Sellers's work on machine tools).
    Bruce Sinclair, 1969, "At the turn of a screw: William Sellers, the Franklin Institute, and a standard American thread", Technology and Culture 10:20–34 (describes his work on screw threads).
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