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  • 1 freeman of the city

    noun citoyen m d'honneur d'une ville

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  • 2 freeman

    freeman n ( also freeman of the city) citoyen m d'honneur d'une ville.

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  • 3 freeman

    freeman ['fri:mən] (pl freemen [-mən])
    History homme m libre; (citizen) citoyen m;
    ∎ he's a freeman of the city il est citoyen d'honneur de la ville

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  • 4 freeman

    ['friːmən]
    nome (pl. - men) (anche freeman of the city) cittadino m. onorario
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    freeman (def. 1 /ˈfri:mæn/, def. 2 /ˈfri:mən/)
    n. (pl. freemen)
    1 (stor.) uomo libero; cittadino
    2 cittadino onorario: a freeman of the City of Oxford, un cittadino onorario della città di Oxford.
    * * *
    ['friːmən]
    nome (pl. - men) (anche freeman of the city) cittadino m. onorario

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  • 5 Freeman

    ['friːmən]
    nome (pl. - men) (anche freeman of the city) cittadino m. onorario
    * * *
    (Surnames) Freeman /ˈfri:mən/
    * * *
    ['friːmən]
    nome (pl. - men) (anche freeman of the city) cittadino m. onorario

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  • 6 freeman

    ˈfree·man
    n
    1. ( hist: not enslaved) freier Mann
    2. (honorary citizen) Ehrenbürger m
    * * *
    freeman [-mən] s irr
    1. [-mæn, -mən] freier Mann
    2. Ehrenbürger m:
    he was made freeman of the city er wurde zum Ehrenbürger ernannt
    3. freier Bürger
    * * *
    n.
    freier Mann m.

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  • 7 freeman

    (pl.freemen)
    N
    1. स्वाधीन\freemanनागरिक
    He will be made a freeman of the city of Vieana.

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  • 8 Campbell-Swinton, Alan Archibald

    [br]
    b. 18 October 1863 Kimmerghame, Berwickshire, Scotland
    d. 19 February 1930 London, England
    [br]
    Scottish electrical engineer who correctly predicted the development of electronic television.
    [br]
    After a time at Cargilfield Trinity School, Campbell-Swinton went to Fettes College in Edinburgh from 1878 to 1881 and then spent a year abroad in France. From 1882 until 1887 he was employed at Sir W.G.Armstrong's works in Elswick, Newcastle, following which he set up his own electrical contracting business in London. This he gave up in 1904 to become a consultant. Subsequently he was an engineer with many industrial companies, including the W.T.Henley Telegraph Works Company, Parson Marine Steam Turbine Company and Crompton Parkinson Ltd, of which he became a director. During this time he was involved in electrical and scientific research, being particularly associated with the development of the Parson turbine.
    In 1903 he tried to realize distant electric vision by using a Braun oscilloscope tube for the. image display, a second tube being modified to form a synchronously scanned camera, by replacing the fluorescent display screen with a photoconductive target. Although this first attempt at what was, in fact, a vidicon camera proved unsuccessful, he was clearly on the right lines and in 1908 he wrote a letter to Nature with a fairly accurate description of the principles of an all-electronic television system using magnetically deflected cathode ray tubes at the camera and receiver, with the camera target consisting of a mosaic of photoconductive elements that were scanned and discharged line by line by an electron beam. He expanded on his ideas in a lecture to the Roentgen Society, London, in 1911, but it was over twenty years before the required technology had advanced sufficiently for Shoenberg's team at EMI to produce a working system.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS (Member of Council 1927 and 1929). Freeman of the City of London. Liveryman of Goldsmiths' Company. First President, Wireless Society 1920–1. Vice-President, Royal Society of Arts, and Chairman of Council 1917–19,1920–2. Chairman, British Scientific Research Association. Vice-President, British Photographic Research Association. Member of the Broadcasting Board 1924. Vice-President, Roentgen Society 1911–12. Vice-President, Institution of Electrical Engineers 1921–5. President, Radio Society of Great Britain 1913–21. Manager, Royal Institution 1912–15.
    Bibliography
    1908, Nature 78:151; 1912, Journal of the Roentgen Society 8:1 (both describe his original ideas for electronic television).
    1924, "The possibilities of television", Wireless World 14:51 (gives a detailed description of his proposals, including the use of a threestage valve video amplifier).
    1926, Nature 118:590 (describes his early experiments of 1903).
    Further Reading
    The Proceedings of the International Conference on the History of Television. From Early Days to the Present, November 1986, Institution of Electrical Engineers Publication No. 271 (a report of some of the early developments in television). A.A.Campbell-Swinton FRS 1863–1930, Royal Television Society Monograph, 1982, London (a biography).
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  • 9 Herbert, Sir Alfred Edward

    [br]
    b. 5 September 1866 Leicester, England
    d. 26 May 1957 Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England
    [br]
    English mechanical engineer and machine-tool manufacturer.
    [br]
    Alfred Herbert was educated at Stoneygate School, Leicester, and served an apprenticeship with Joseph Jessop \& Sons, also of Leicester, from 1881 to 1886. In 1887 he was engaged as Manager of a small engineering firm in Coventry, and before the end of that year he purchased the business in partnership with William Hubbard. They commenced the manufacture of machine-tools especially for the cycle industry. Hubbard withdrew from the partnership in 1890 and Herbert continued on his own account, the firm being established as a limited liability company, Alfred Herbert Ltd, in 1894. A steady expansion of the business continued, especially after the introduction of their capstan lathe, and by 1914 it was the largest manufacturer of machine-tools in Britain. In addition to making machine-tools of all types for the home and export market, the firm acted as an agent for the import of specialist machine-tools from abroad. During the First World War Alfred Herbert was in 1915 appointed head of machine-tool production at the War Office and when the Ministry of Munitions was set up he was transferred to that Ministry as Controller of Machine Tools. He was President of the Machine Tools Trades Association from 1919 to 1934. He was elected a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1892 and in 1921 was a founder member of the Institution of Production Engineers. Almost to the end of his long life he continued to take an active part in the direction of his company. He expressed his views on current events affecting industry in the technical press and in his firm's house journal.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    KBE 1917. Officier de la Légion d'honneur 1917. Order of St Stanislas of Russia 1918. Order of Leopold of Belgium 1918. Freeman of the City of Coventry 1933. President, Institution of Production Engineers 1927–9. Honorary Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1941.
    Bibliography
    1948, Shots at the Truth, Coventry (a selection of his speeches and writings).
    Further Reading
    D.J.Jeremy (ed.), 1984–6, Dictionary of Business Biography, Vol. 3, London, pp. 174–7 (a useful account).
    Obituary, 1957, Engineering, 183:680.
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  • 10 Short, Hugh Oswald

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 16 January 1883 Derbyshire, England
    d. 4 December 1969 Haslemere, England
    [br]
    English co-founder, with his brothers Horace Short (1872–1917) and Eustace (1875–1932), of the first company to design and build aeroplanes in Britain.
    [br]
    Oswald Short trained as an engineer; he was largely self-taught but was assisted by his brothers Eustace and Horace. In 1898 Eustace and the young Oswald set up a balloon business, building their first balloon in 1901. Two years later they sold observation balloons to the Government of India, and further orders followed. Meanwhile, in 1906 Horace designed a high-altitude balloon with a spherical pressurized gondola, an idea later used by Auguste Piccard, in 1931. Horace, a strange genius with a dominating character, joined his younger brothers in 1908 to found Short Brothers. Their first design, based on the Wright Flyer, was a limited success, but No. 2 won a Daily Mail prize of £1,000. In the same year, 1909, the Wright brothers chose Shorts to build six of their new Model A biplanes. Still using the basic Wright layout, Horace designed the world's first twin-engined aeroplane to fly successfully: it had one engine forward of the pilot, and one aft. During the years before the First World War the Shorts turned to tractor biplanes and specialized in floatplanes for the Admiralty.
    Oswald established a seaplane factory at Rochester, Kent, during 1913–14, and an airship works at Cardington, Bedfordshire, in 1916. Short Brothers went on to build the rigid airship R 32, which was completed in 1919. Unfortunately, Horace died in 1917, which threw a greater responsibility onto Oswald, who became the main innovator. He introduced the use of aluminium alloys combined with a smooth "stressed-skin" construction (unlike Junkers, who used corrugated skins). His sleek biplane the Silver Streak flew in 1920, well ahead of its time, but official support was not forthcoming. Oswald Short struggled on, trying to introduce his all-metal construction, especially for flying boats. He eventually succeeded with the biplane Singapore, of 1926, which had an all-metal hull. The prototype was used by Sir Alan Cobham for his flight round Africa. Several successful all-metal flying boats followed, including the Empire flying boats (1936) and the ubiquitous Sunderland (1937). The Stirling bomber (1939) was derived from the Sunderland. The company was nationalized in 1942 and Oswald Short retired the following year.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Honorary Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Freeman of the City of London. Oswald Short turned down an MBE in 1919 as he felt it did not reflect the achievements of the Short Brothers.
    Bibliography
    1966, "Aircraft with stressed skin metal construction", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (November) (an account of the problems with patents and officialdom).
    Further Reading
    C.H.Barnes, 1967, Shorts Aircraft since 1900, London; reprinted 1989 (a detailed account of the work of the Short brothers).
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    Biographical history of technology > Short, Hugh Oswald

  • 11 Kane, Joseph

    1894-1975
       El nombre de Joseph Kane se asocia de forma indisoluble a una productora, Republic, de principio a fin. Kane habia dirigido en 1935 un serial para Mascot, que junto con otras pequenas productoras se asociaron para fundar Republic ese mismo ano. Desde esa fecha hasta 1958, en que la productora desaparece, Kane es uno de sus directores mas prolificos. Estamos ante uno de los grandes nombres del western, en cantidad, ya que no en calidad. Entre 1934 y 1975 trabaja en no menos de 120 peliculas, la inmensa mayoria de las cuales pertenecen al genero que nos ocupa. Trabaja con Gene Autry, John Wayne, Robert Livingston, Roy Rogers, Bill Elliott, en tre otros. Despues dirigira algunos episodios de se ries de television y otras cuatro peliculas. Sus mejores filmes son, sin duda, Titanes de la montana y Los indomables, ya al final de su carrera.
        Tumbling Tumbleweeds. 1935. 57 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Lucile Browne.
        Melody Trail. 1935, 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ann Rutherford.
        The Sagebrush Troubadour. 1935. 54 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Barbara Pepper.
        The Lawless Nineties. 1936. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. John Wayne, Ann Rutherford.
        King of the Pecos. 1936. 54 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. John Wayne, Muriel Evans.
        The Lonely Trail. 1936. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. John Wayne, Ann Rutherford.
        Oh, Susanna! 1936. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Frances Grant.
        Ride Ranger Ride. 1936. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Kay Hugues.
        Ghost-Town Gold. 1936. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Kay Hugues, Max Terhune.
        The Old Corral. 1936. 56 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Hope Manning.
        Guns and Guitars. 1936. 56 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Dorothy Dix.
        Git Along. Little Dogies. 1937. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Judith Allen.
        Round-Up Time in Texas. 1937. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Maxine Doyle.
        Gunsmoke Ranch. 1937. 56 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Julia Thayer, Max Terhune.
        Come On, Cowboys! 1937. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Maxine Doyle, Max Terhune.
        Yodelin’ Kid from Pine Ridge. 1937. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Betty Bronson.
        Public Cowboy No. 1. 1937. 62 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ann Rutherford.
        Heart of the Rockies. 1937. 56 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Lynn Roberts, Max Terhune.
        Boots and Saddles. 1937. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Judith Allen.
        Springtime in the Rockies. 1937. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Polly Rowles.
        The Old Barn Dance. 1938. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Helen Valkis.
        Arson Gang Busters. 1938. 65 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Robert Livingston, Rosalind Keith.
        Under Western Stars. 1938. 65 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hugues.
        Gold Mine in the Sky. 1938. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hugues.
        The Man from Music Mountain. 1938. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes.
        Billy the Kid Returns. 1938. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Hart (Lynne Roberts).
        Come On, Rangers. 1938. 57 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Raymond Hatton, Mary Hart (Lynne Roberts).
        Shine On, Harvest Moon. 1938. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Mary Hart (Lynne Roberts).
        Rough Riders’ Round-Up. 1939. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Raymond Hatton, Mary Hart (Lynne Roberts).
        Frontier Pony Express. 1939. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Mary Hart (Lynne Roberts).
        Southward Ho. 1939. 57 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Mary Hart (Lynne Roberts).
        In Old Caliente. 1939. 57 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Mary Hart (Lynne Roberts).
        Wall Street Cowboy. 1939. 66 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Ann Baldwyn, George Hayes, Raymond Hatton.
        In Old Monterey. 1939. 74 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey.
        The Arizona Kid. 1939. 61 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Dorothy Sebastian, George Hayes.
        Saga of Death Valley. 1939. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Doris Day, George Hayes.
        Days of Jesse James. 1939. 63 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Pauline Moore, George Hayes.
        Young Buffalo Bill. 1940. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Pauline Moore, George Hayes.
        The Carson City Kid. 1940. 57 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Pauline Moore, Bob Steele.
        The Ranger and the Lady. 1940. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Julie Bishop, George Hayes.
        Colorado. 1940. 57 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Pauline Moore, George Hayes.
        Young Bill Hickcok. 1940. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Sally Payne, George Hayes.
        The Border Legion. 1940. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Carol Hugues, George Hayes.
        Robin Hood of the Pecos. 1941. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Marjorie Reynolds, George Hayes.
        In Old Cheyenne. 1941. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Joan Woodbury, George Hayes.
        Sheriff of Tombstone. 1941. 56 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Elyse Knox, George Hayes.
        Nevada City. 1941. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Sally Payne, George Hayes.
        Bad Man of Deadwood. 1941. 61 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Carol Adams, George Hayes.
        Jesse James at Bay. 1941. 56 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Gale Storm, Sally Payne, George Hayes.
        Red River Valley. 1941. 62 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Sally Payne, George Hayes.
        Man from Cheyenne. 1942. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Sally Payne, George Hayes.
        South of Santa Fe. 1942. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Lynda Hayes, George Hayes.
        Sunset on the Desert. 1942. 63 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Lynne Carver, George Hayes.
        Romance on the Range. 1942. 63 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Sally Payne, George Hayes.
        Sons of the Pioneers. 1942. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Maris Wrixon, George Hayes.
        Sunset Serenade. 1942. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Helen Parrish, George Hayes.
        Heart of the Golden West. 1942. 65 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Ruth Terry, George Hayes, Smiley Burnette.
        Ridin’ Down the Canyon. 1942. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Lynda Hayes, George Hayes, Bob Nolan.
        Idaho. 1943. 70 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Virginia Grey, Smiley Burnette, Bob Nolan.
        King of the Cowboys. 1943. 67 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Peggy Moran, Smiley Burnette, Bob Nolan.
        Song of Texas. 1943. 69 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Sheila Ryan, Barton MacLane, Bob Nolan.
        Silver Spurs. 1943. 65 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Phyllis Brooks, Smiley Burnette, Bob Nolan, John Carradine.
        The Man from Music Mountain. 1943. 71 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Ruth Ferry, Bob Notan.
        Hands Across the Border (Cita en la frontera). 1944. 73 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Ruth Terry, Bob Nolan.
        The Cowboy and the Senorita. 1944. 78 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Mary Lee, Dale Evans, Bob Nolan.
        The Yellow Rose of Texas. 1944. 69 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Bob Nolan.
        Song of Nevada (La cancion de Nevada). 1944. 75 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Mary Lee, Bob Nolan.
        Flame of Barbary Coast (Algun dia volvere). 1945. 91 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. John Wayne, Ann Dvorak.
        Dakota. 1945. 82 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan.
        In Old Sacramento. 1946. 89 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Bill Elliott, Constance Moore
        The Plainsman and the Lady. 1946. 87 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Bill Elliott, Vera Ralston, Andy Clyde.
        Wyoming. 1947. 84 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Bill Elliott, Vera Ralston, George Hayes.
        In Old Los Angeles. 1948. 88 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Bill Elliott, Catherine McLeod, Andy Devine.
        The Gallant Legion. 1948. 88 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Bill Elliott, Adele Mara, Adrian Booth, Andy Devine.
        The Plunderers. 1948. 87 minutos. Trucolor. Republic. Rod Cameron, Ilona Massey, Adrian Booth.
        The Last Bandit. 1949. 80 minutos. Trucolor. Republic. Bill Elliott, Adrian Booth, Forrest Tucker, Andy Devine.
        Brimstone. 1949. 90 minutos. Trucolor. Republic. Rod Cameron, Adrian Booth, Forrest Tucker, Walter Brennan.
        Rock Island Trail. 1950. 90 minutos. Trucolor. Republic. Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Adrian Booth.
        The Savage Horde. 1950. 90 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Bill Elliott, Adrian Booth, Grant Whiters, Noah Beery, Jr.
        California Passage. 1950. 90 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Jim Davis.
        Oh! Susanna. 1951. 90 minutos. Trucolor. Republic. Rod Cameron, Adrian Booth, Forrest Tucker.
        Woman of the North Country. 1952. 92 minutos. Trucolor. Republic. Ruth Hussey, Rod Cameron, John Agar, Gale Storm
        Ride the Man Down. 1952. 90 minutos. Trucolor. Republic. Brian Donlevy, Rod Cameron, Ella Raines.
        San Antone (Los rebeldes de San Antonio). 1953. 90 min. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan, Katy Jurado, Forrest Tucker.
        Jubilee Trail (Extrana aventura). 1954. 103 minutos. Trucolor. Republic. Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker, Joan Leslie.
        Hell’s Outpost. 1954. 90 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Rod Cameron, Joan Leslie, John Russell.
        Timberjack (Titanes de la montana). 1955. 94 minutos. Trucolor. Republic. Sterling Hayden, Vera Ralston.
        The Road to Denver. 1955. 90 minutos. Trucolor. Republic. John Payne, Mona Freeman, Lee J. Cobb.
        The Vanishing American (El ocaso de una raza). 1955. 90 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Republic. Scott Brady, Audrey Totter, Forrest Tucker.
        The Maverick Queen (Los indomables). 1956. 92 minutos. Trucolor. Natu rama. Republic. Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Scott Brady.
        Thunder Over Arizona. 1956. 70 minutos. Trucolor. Naturama. Republic. Skip Homeier, Kristine Miller.
        Duel at Apache Wells. 1957. 70 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Naturama. Republic. Anna Maria Alberguetti, Ben Cooper, Jim Davis.
        Spoilers of the Forest. 1957. 68 minutos. Trucolor. Naturama. Republic. Rod Cameron, Vera Ralston.
        The Last Stagecoach West. 1957. 67 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Naturama. Republic. Jim Davis, Mary Castle.
        Gunfire at Indian Gap. 1957. 70 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Naturama. Republic. Vera Ralston, Anthony George.
        The Lawless Eighties. 1958. 70 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Naturama. Republic. Buster Crabbe, John Smith, Marilyn Saris.
        Smoke in the Wind (co-d.: Andy Brennan). 1975. 98 minutos. Color. Gamalex. John Ashely, John Russell, Susan Houston, Walter Brennan.

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  • 12 Pierce, John Robinson

    [br]
    b. 27 March 1910 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
    [br]
    American scientist and communications engineer said to be the "father" of communication satellites.
    [br]
    From his high-school days, Pierce showed an interest in science and in science fiction, writing under the pseudonym of J.J.Coupling. After gaining Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) in Pasadena in 1933, 1934 and 1936, respectively, Pierce joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City in 1936. There he worked on improvements to the travelling-wave tube, in which the passage of a beam of electrons through a helical transmission line at around 7 per cent of the speed of light was made to provide amplification at 860 MHz. He also devised a new form of electrostatically focused electron-multiplier which formed the basis of a sensitive detector of radiation. However, his main contribution to electronics at this time was the invention of the Pierce electron gun—a method of producing a high-density electron beam. In the Second World War he worked with McNally and Shepherd on the development of a low-voltage reflex klystron oscillator that was applied to military radar equipment.
    In 1952 he became Director of Electronic Research at the Bell Laboratories' establishment, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Within two years he had begun work on the possibility of round-the-world relay of signals by means of communication satellites, an idea anticipated in his early science-fiction writings (and by Arthur C. Clarke in 1945), and in 1955 he published a paper in which he examined various possibilities for communications satellites, including passive and active satellites in synchronous and non-synchronous orbits. In 1960 he used the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 30 m (98 1/2 ft) diameter, aluminium-coated Echo 1 balloon satellite to reflect telephone signals back to earth. The success of this led to the launching in 1962 of the first active relay satellite (Telstar), which weighed 170 lb (77 kg) and contained solar-powered rechargeable batteries, 1,000 transistors and a travelling-wave tube capable of amplifying the signal 10,000 times. With a maximum orbital height of 3,500 miles (5,600 km), this enabled a variety of signals, including full bandwidth television, to be relayed from the USA to large receiving dishes in Europe.
    From 1971 until his "retirement" in 1979, Pierce was Professor of Electrical Engineering at CalTech, after which he became Chief Technologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories, also in Pasadena, and Emeritus Professor of Engineering at Stanford University.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Morris N.Liebmann Memorial Award 1947; Edison Medal 1963; Medal of Honour 1975. Franklin Institute Stuart Ballantine Award 1960. National Medal of Science 1963. Danish Academy of Science Valdemar Poulsen Medal 1963. Marconi Award 1974. National Academy of Engineering Founders Award 1977. Japan Prize 1985. Arthur C.Clarke Award 1987. Honorary DEng Newark College of Engineering 1961. Honorary DSc Northwest University 1961, Yale 1963, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute 1963. Editor, Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers 1954–5.
    Bibliography
    23 October 1956, US patent no. 2,768,328 (his development of the travelling-wave tube, filed on 5 November 1946).
    1947, with L.M.Field, "Travelling wave tubes", Proceedings of the Institute of Radio
    Engineers 35:108 (describes the pioneering improvements to the travelling-wave tube). 1947, "Theory of the beam-type travelling wave tube", Proceedings of the Institution of
    Radio Engineers 35:111. 1950, Travelling Wave Tubes.
    1956, Electronic Waves and Messages. 1962, Symbols, Signals and Noise.
    1981, An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise: Dover Publications.
    1990, with M.A.Knoll, Signals: Revolution in Electronic Communication: W.H.Freeman.
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    Biographical history of technology > Pierce, John Robinson

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