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  • 21 Stephenson, Robert

    [br]
    b. 16 October 1803 Willington Quay, Northumberland, England
    d. 12 October 1859 London, England
    [br]
    English engineer who built the locomotive Rocket and constructed many important early trunk railways.
    [br]
    Robert Stephenson's father was George Stephenson, who ensured that his son was educated to obtain the theoretical knowledge he lacked himself. In 1821 Robert Stephenson assisted his father in his survey of the Stockton \& Darlington Railway and in 1822 he assisted William James in the first survey of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway. He then went to Edinburgh University for six months, and the following year Robert Stephenson \& Co. was named after him as Managing Partner when it was formed by himself, his father and others. The firm was to build stationary engines, locomotives and railway rolling stock; in its early years it also built paper-making machinery and did general engineering.
    In 1824, however, Robert Stephenson accepted, perhaps in reaction to an excess of parental control, an invitation by a group of London speculators called the Colombian Mining Association to lead an expedition to South America to use steam power to reopen gold and silver mines. He subsequently visited North America before returning to England in 1827 to rejoin his father as an equal and again take charge of Robert Stephenson \& Co. There he set about altering the design of steam locomotives to improve both their riding and their steam-generating capacity. Lancashire Witch, completed in July 1828, was the first locomotive mounted on steel springs and had twin furnace tubes through the boiler to produce a large heating surface. Later that year Robert Stephenson \& Co. supplied the Stockton \& Darlington Railway with a wagon, mounted for the first time on springs and with outside bearings. It was to be the prototype of the standard British railway wagon. Between April and September 1829 Robert Stephenson built, not without difficulty, a multi-tubular boiler, as suggested by Henry Booth to George Stephenson, and incorporated it into the locomotive Rocket which the three men entered in the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway's Rainhill Trials in October. Rocket, was outstandingly successful and demonstrated that the long-distance steam railway was practicable.
    Robert Stephenson continued to develop the locomotive. Northumbrian, built in 1830, had for the first time, a smokebox at the front of the boiler and also the firebox built integrally with the rear of the boiler. Then in Planet, built later the same year, he adopted a layout for the working parts used earlier by steam road-coach pioneer Goldsworthy Gurney, placing the cylinders, for the first time, in a nearly horizontal position beneath the smokebox, with the connecting rods driving a cranked axle. He had evolved the definitive form for the steam locomotive.
    Also in 1830, Robert Stephenson surveyed the London \& Birmingham Railway, which was authorized by Act of Parliament in 1833. Stephenson became Engineer for construction of the 112-mile (180 km) railway, probably at that date the greatest task ever undertaken in of civil engineering. In this he was greatly assisted by G.P.Bidder, who as a child prodigy had been known as "The Calculating Boy", and the two men were to be associated in many subsequent projects. On the London \& Birmingham Railway there were long and deep cuttings to be excavated and difficult tunnels to be bored, notoriously at Kilsby. The line was opened in 1838.
    In 1837 Stephenson provided facilities for W.F. Cooke to make an experimental electrictelegraph installation at London Euston. The directors of the London \& Birmingham Railway company, however, did not accept his recommendation that they should adopt the electric telegraph and it was left to I.K. Brunel to instigate the first permanent installation, alongside the Great Western Railway. After Cooke formed the Electric Telegraph Company, Stephenson became a shareholder and was Chairman during 1857–8.
    Earlier, in the 1830s, Robert Stephenson assisted his father in advising on railways in Belgium and came to be increasingly in demand as a consultant. In 1840, however, he was almost ruined financially as a result of the collapse of the Stanhope \& Tyne Rail Road; in return for acting as Engineer-in-Chief he had unwisely accepted shares, with unlimited liability, instead of a fee.
    During the late 1840s Stephenson's greatest achievements were the design and construction of four great bridges, as part of railways for which he was responsible. The High Level Bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle and the Royal Border Bridge over the Tweed at Berwick were the links needed to complete the East Coast Route from London to Scotland. For the Chester \& Holyhead Railway to cross the Menai Strait, a bridge with spans as long-as 460 ft (140 m) was needed: Stephenson designed them as wrought-iron tubes of rectangular cross-section, through which the trains would pass, and eventually joined the spans together into a tube 1,511 ft (460 m) long from shore to shore. Extensive testing was done beforehand by shipbuilder William Fairbairn to prove the method, and as a preliminary it was first used for a 400 ft (122 m) span bridge at Conway.
    In 1847 Robert Stephenson was elected MP for Whitby, a position he held until his death, and he was one of the exhibition commissioners for the Great Exhibition of 1851. In the early 1850s he was Engineer-in-Chief for the Norwegian Trunk Railway, the first railway in Norway, and he also built the Alexandria \& Cairo Railway, the first railway in Africa. This included two tubular bridges with the railway running on top of the tubes. The railway was extended to Suez in 1858 and for several years provided a link in the route from Britain to India, until superseded by the Suez Canal, which Stephenson had opposed in Parliament. The greatest of all his tubular bridges was the Victoria Bridge across the River St Lawrence at Montreal: after inspecting the site in 1852 he was appointed Engineer-in-Chief for the bridge, which was 1 1/2 miles (2 km) long and was designed in his London offices. Sadly he, like Brunel, died young from self-imposed overwork, before the bridge was completed in 1859.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1849. President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1849. President, Institution of Civil Engineers 1856. Order of St Olaf (Norway). Order of Leopold (Belgium). Like his father, Robert Stephenson refused a knighthood.
    Further Reading
    L.T.C.Rolt, 1960, George and Robert Stephenson, London: Longman (a good modern biography).
    J.C.Jeaffreson, 1864, The Life of Robert Stephenson, London: Longman (the standard nine-teenth-century biography).
    M.R.Bailey, 1979, "Robert Stephenson \& Co. 1823–1829", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 50 (provides details of the early products of that company).
    J.Kieve, 1973, The Electric Telegraph, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Stephenson, Robert

  • 22 Chain, Ernst Boris

    SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology
    [br]
    b. 19 June 1906 Berlin, Germany
    d. 12 August 1979 Ireland
    [br]
    Anglo-German biochemist and physiologist, co-worker with Florey in the isolation of sufficient supplies of the antibiotic penicillin for clinical use during wartime.
    [br]
    Chain graduated in Berlin at the Charite Hospital in 1930. A refugee from political persecution, in 1933 he went to the School of Biochemistry in Cambridge, and in 1935 moved to the School of Pathology at Oxford. He became a British subject in 1939. His interests had involved the study of enzymes and the isolation of physiologically active substances from natural sources. In 1938 he drew Florey's attention to Fleming's note of 1929 reporting the bacterial growth inhibiting qualities of Penicillium mould. Using makeshift equipment and with little initial support, they isolated small quantities of penicillin, which they were then able to use clinically with dramatic effect.
    Chain had always hoped for adequate resources to develop penicillin and other antibiotics in Britain. This was not forthcoming, however, and in 1948 a research chair and institute was created for him in Rome, at the International Research Centre for Chemical Microbiology. In 1961 he returned to London to the Chair of Biochemistry at Imperial College. There, with the help of a large donation from the Wolfson Foundation, an appropriate building with facilities for the large-scale development and production of biochemical substances was finally made available. His co-equal part in the development of penicillin was recognized by the sharing of the Nobel Prize for Medicine between Florey, Fleming and himself, and he received numerous honours and honorary degrees from a large number of governments and international institutions.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1944. Nobel Prize for Medicine (jointly with H.W.Florey and A.Fleming) 1945. Fellow of the Royal Society 1949. Ehrlich Prize 1954.
    Bibliography
    1941, "Penicillin as a chemotherapeutic agent", Lancet (with Florey). 1941, "Further observations on penicillin", Lancet.
    1949, Antibiotics, Oxford, (with Florey et al.) MG

    Biographical history of technology > Chain, Ernst Boris

  • 23 Dale, David

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
    [br]
    b. 6 January 1739 Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland
    d. 17 March 1806 Glasgow, Scotland
    [br]
    Scottish developer of a large textile business in find around Glasgow, including the cotton-spinning mills at New Lanark.
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    David Dale, the son of a grocer, began his working life by herding cattle. His connection with the textile industry started when he was apprenticed to a Paisley weaver. After this he travelled the country buying home-spun linen yarns, which he sold in Glasgow. At about the age of 24 he settled in Glasgow as Clerk to a silk merchant. He then started a business importing fine yarns from France and Holland for weaving good-quality cloths such as cambrics. Dale was to become one of the pre-eminent yarn dealers in Scotland. In 1778 he acquired the first cotton-spinning mill built in Scotland by an English company at Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. In 1784 he met Richard Arkwright, who was touring Scotland, and together they visited the Falls of the Clyde near the town of Lanark. Arkwright immediately recognized the potential of the site for driving water-powered mills. Dale acquired part of the area from Lord Braxfield and in 1785 began to build his first mill there in partnership with Arkwright. The association with Arkwright soon ceased, however, and by c.1795 Dale had erected four mills. Because the location of the mills was remote, he built houses for the workers and then employed pauper children brought from the slums of Edinburgh and Glasgow; at one time there were over 400 of them. Dale's attitude to his workers was benevolent and humane. He tried to provide reasonable working conditions and the mills were well designed with a large workshop in which machinery was constructed. Dale was also a partner in mills at Catrine, Newton Stewart, Spinningdale in Sutherlandshire and some others. In 1785 he established the first Turkey red dye works in Scotland and was in partnership with George Macintosh, the father of Charles Macintosh. Dale manufactured cloth in Glasgow and from 1783 was Agent for the Royal Bank of Scotland, a lucrative position. In 1799 he was persuaded by Robert Owen to sell the New Lanark mills for £60,000 to a Manchester partnership which made Owen the Manager. Owen had married Dale's daughter, Anne Caroline, in 1799. Possibly due in part to poor health, Dale retired in 1800 to Rosebank near Glasgow, having made a large fortune. In 1770 he had withdrawn from the established Church of Scotland and founded a new one called the "Old Independents". He visited the various branches of this Church, as well as convicts in Bridewell prison, to preach. He was also a great benefactor to the poor in Glasgow. He had a taste for music and sang old Scottish songs with great gusto.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    Dictionary of National Biography.
    R.Owen, 1857, The Life of Robert Owen, written by himself, London (mentions Dale).
    Through his association with New Lanark and Robert Owen, details about Dale may be found in J.Butt (ed.), 1971, Robert Owen, Prince of Cotton Spinners, Newton Abbot; S.Pollard and J.Salt (eds), 1971, Robert Owen, Prophet of the Poor: essays in honour of the two-hundredth anniversary of his birth, London.
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Dale, David

  • 24 any

    'eni
    1. pronoun, adjective
    1) (one, some, no matter which: `Which dress shall I wear?' `Wear any (dress)'; `Which dresses shall I pack?' `Pack any (dresses)'.) cualquier
    2) ((in questions and negative sentences etc) one, some: John has been to some interesting places but I've never been to any; Have you been to any interesting places?; We have hardly any coffee left.) algún; ningún

    2. adjective
    (every: Any schoolboy could tell you the answer.) cualquier

    3. adverb
    (at all; (even) by a small amount: Is this book any better than the last one?; His writing hasn't improved any.) en absoluto, para nada; algo
    - anyone
    - anyhow
    - anything
    - anyway
    - anywhere
    - at any rate
    - in any case
    any1 adj
    1. algún
    are there any messages for me? ¿hay algún recado para mí?
    have you got any cousins? ¿tienes primos?
    do you need any money? ¿necesitas dinero?
    2. ningún
    3. cualquier
    any2 adv
    do you feel any better? ¿te sientes mejor?
    any3 pron
    1. alguno
    those biscuits were delicious; are there any left? esas galletas eran deliciosas; ¿queda alguna?
    there's some lemonade; do you want any? hay limonada; ¿quieres?
    2. ninguno
    I wanted a sandwich, but there weren't any left quería un bocadillo, pero no quedaba ninguno
    I'm sorry, I haven't got any lo siento, no tengo
    3. cualquiera
    tr['enɪ]
    1 (in questions) algún,-una
    ■ are there any biscuits left? ¿queda alguna galleta?
    ■ have you got any money/gloves? ¿tienes dinero/guantes?
    2 (negative) ningún,-una
    ■ he hasn't bought any milk/biscuits no ha comprado leche/galletas
    3 (no matter which) cualquier,-ra
    1 (in questions) alguno,-a
    ■ there are foxes round here, have you seen any? hay zorros por aquí, ¿has visto alguno?
    ■ do you want any? ¿quieres?
    ■ he's got lots of money, but does he ever spend any? tiene mucho dinero, pero ¿gasta algo alguna vez?
    2 (negative) ninguno,-a
    ■ they're very cheap, but I haven't sold any son muy baratos, pero no he vendido ninguno
    ■ I asked for snails/caviar, but they hadn't got any pedí caracoles/caviar pero no tenían
    ■ brandy?, there isn't any ¿coñac?, no hay
    3 (no matter which) cualquiera
    ■ do you want any more? ¿quieres más?
    ■ I can't work any faster no puedo trabajar más deprisa Table 1SMALLNOTA/SMALL En preguntas y frases negativas no se usa any sino a o an con los sustantivos contables en singular /Table 1
    any ['ɛni] adv
    1) : algo
    is it any better?: ¿está (algo) mejor?
    2) : para nada
    it is not any good: no sirve para nada
    any adj
    1) : alguno
    is there any doubt?: ¿hay alguna duda?
    call me if you have any questions: llámeme si tiene alguna pregunta
    2) : cualquier
    I can answer any question: puedo responder a cualquier pregunta
    3) : todo
    in any case: en todo caso
    4) : ningún
    he would not accept it under any circumstances: no lo aceptaría bajo ninguna circunstancia
    any pron
    1) : alguno m, -na f
    are there any left?: ¿queda alguno?
    2) : ninguno m, -na f
    I don't want any: no quiero ninguno
    adj.
    • alguno adj.
    • algún adj.
    • cualquier adj.
    • todo, -a adj.
    adv.
    • algo adv.
    pron.
    • alguno pron.
    • cualquiera pron.

    I 'eni
    a) (+ pl n)

    are there any questions? — ¿alguien tiene alguna pregunta?

    does she have any children? — ¿tiene hijos?

    b) (+ uncount n)

    do you need any help? — ¿necesitas ayuda?

    do you want any more coffee? — ¿quieres más café?

    c) (+ sing count n: as indef art) algún, -guna

    is there any chance they'll come? — ¿existe alguna posibilidad de que vengan?

    a) (+ pl n)

    if you see any flowers, buy some — si ves flores, compra algunas

    b) (+ uncount n)

    any rivalry between them soon disappeared — si había existido entre ellos alguna rivalidad, pronto desapareció

    c) (+ sing count n)

    if any lawyer can help you, she can — si hay un abogado que te pueda ayudar, es ella

    4) (with neg and implied neg)
    a) (+ pl n)

    aren't there any apples left? — ¿no queda ninguna manzana?, ¿no quedan manzanas?

    b) (+ uncount n)

    didn't he give you any money at all? — ¿no te dio nada de dinero?

    c) (+ sing count n) ningún, -guna
    5)
    b) (every, all)

    in any large school, you'll find that... — en cualquier or todo colegio grande, verás que...

    6) (countless, a lot)

    any number/amount of something — cualquier cantidad de algo


    II
    a) (referring to pl n) alguno, -na

    those chocolates were nice, are there any left? — qué ricos esos bombones! ¿queda alguno?

    b) (referring to uncount n)

    we need sugar; did you buy any? — nos hace falta azúcar ¿compraste?

    is there any of that cake left? — ¿queda algo de ese pastel?

    a) (referring to pl n)

    the advantages, if any, are marginal — las ventajas, si (es que) las hay, son marginales

    if any of my friends calls, take a message — si llama alguno de mis amigos, toma el recado

    b) (referring to uncount n)
    3) (with neg and implied neg)
    a) (referring to pl n)

    you'll have to go without cigarettes; I forgot to buy any — te vas a tener que arreglar sin cigarrillos porque me olvidé de comprar

    b) (referring to uncount n)

    she offered me some wine, but I didn't want any — me ofreció vino, pero no quise

    4) ( no matter which) cualquiera

    which would you like? - any will do — ¿cuál quieres? - cualquiera (sirve)


    III

    do you feel any better now? — ¿te sientes (algo) mejor ahora?

    2) ( at all) (AmE)

    have you thought about it any since then? — ¿has pensado en ello desde entonces?

    ['enɪ]
    1. ADJECTIVE
    When any modifies an uncountable noun in questions it is usually not translated:

    have you got any money? — ¿tienes dinero?

    is there any sugar? — ¿hay azúcar?

    When any modifies a plural noun in questions it is often not translated. However, if a low number is expected in response, algún/alguna + singular noun is used:

    are there any tickets left? — ¿quedan entradas?

    did they find any survivors? — ¿hubo supervivientes?

    do you speak any foreign languages? — ¿hablas algún idioma extranjero?

    do you have any questions? — ¿alguna pregunta?

    2) (+ negative, implied negative)
    When any modifies an uncountable noun it is usually not translated: When the translation is countable, [ningún]/[ninguna] + singular noun can be used: When [any] modifies a plural noun, it is either left untranslated or, for greater emphasis, translated using [ningún]/[ninguna] + singular noun:

    • I won't do any such thing! — ¡no voy a hacer una cosa semejante!


    Any + plural noun is often translated using algún/alguna + singular noun:

    if there are any problems let me know — si hay algún problema, me lo dices

    if he had any decency he would apologize — si tuviera un poco de decencia, se disculparía

    if it is in any way inconvenient to you... — si por cualquier razón le resultara inconveniente...

    4) (=no matter which) cualquier

    • he's not just any violinist — no es un violinista cualquiera

    • take any one you like — tome cualquiera, tome el que quiera

    • it's much like any other seaside resort — es muy parecido a cualquier otro sitio costero

    • come at any time — ven cuando quieras

    • any person who or that breaks the rules will be punished — se castigará a toda persona que no acate las reglas

    day 1., 1), minute, moment, case II, 1., 3), rate I, 1., 2)

    • any amount of, they'll spend any amount of money to get it — se gastarán lo que haga falta para conseguirlo

    • any number of, there must be any number of people in my position — debe haber gran cantidad de personas en mi situación

    2. PRONOUN
    When any refers to an uncountable noun in questions it is usually not translated:

    I fancy some soup, have we got any? — me apetece sopa, ¿tenemos?

    is there any milk left? — ¿queda (algo de) leche?

    When [any] refers to a plural noun in questions it is often translated using [alguno]/[alguna] in the singular:

    I need a stamp, have you got any? — necesito un sello, ¿tienes alguno?

    do any of you know the answer? — ¿sabe alguno (de vosotros) la respuesta?

    have any of them arrived? — ¿ha llegado alguno (de ellos)?

    2) (+ negative, implied negative)
    When any refers to an uncountable noun it is usually not translated:

    "can I have some bread?" - "we haven't any" — -¿hay pan? -no nos queda nada or no tenemos

    When [any] refers to a plural noun, it is either left untranslated or, for greater emphasis, translated using [ningún]/[ninguna] in the singular:

    "did you buy the oranges?" - "no, there weren't any" — ¿compraste (las) naranjas? -no, no había or no tenían

    few, if any, survived — pocos, si alguno, sobrevivió

    4) (=no matter which) cualquiera
    3. ADVERB

    would you like any more soup? — ¿quieres más sopa?

    is he any better? — ¿está (algo) mejor?

    2) (+ negative)

    • don't wait any longer — no esperes más (tiempo)

    • I don't love him any more — ya no le quiero

    • the room didn't look any too clean — la habitación no parecía muy limpia

    3) (esp US)
    * (=at all)

    does she sing any? — ¿sabe cantar de una forma u otra?

    * * *

    I ['eni]
    a) (+ pl n)

    are there any questions? — ¿alguien tiene alguna pregunta?

    does she have any children? — ¿tiene hijos?

    b) (+ uncount n)

    do you need any help? — ¿necesitas ayuda?

    do you want any more coffee? — ¿quieres más café?

    c) (+ sing count n: as indef art) algún, -guna

    is there any chance they'll come? — ¿existe alguna posibilidad de que vengan?

    a) (+ pl n)

    if you see any flowers, buy some — si ves flores, compra algunas

    b) (+ uncount n)

    any rivalry between them soon disappeared — si había existido entre ellos alguna rivalidad, pronto desapareció

    c) (+ sing count n)

    if any lawyer can help you, she can — si hay un abogado que te pueda ayudar, es ella

    4) (with neg and implied neg)
    a) (+ pl n)

    aren't there any apples left? — ¿no queda ninguna manzana?, ¿no quedan manzanas?

    b) (+ uncount n)

    didn't he give you any money at all? — ¿no te dio nada de dinero?

    c) (+ sing count n) ningún, -guna
    5)
    b) (every, all)

    in any large school, you'll find that... — en cualquier or todo colegio grande, verás que...

    6) (countless, a lot)

    any number/amount of something — cualquier cantidad de algo


    II
    a) (referring to pl n) alguno, -na

    those chocolates were nice, are there any left? — qué ricos esos bombones! ¿queda alguno?

    b) (referring to uncount n)

    we need sugar; did you buy any? — nos hace falta azúcar ¿compraste?

    is there any of that cake left? — ¿queda algo de ese pastel?

    a) (referring to pl n)

    the advantages, if any, are marginal — las ventajas, si (es que) las hay, son marginales

    if any of my friends calls, take a message — si llama alguno de mis amigos, toma el recado

    b) (referring to uncount n)
    3) (with neg and implied neg)
    a) (referring to pl n)

    you'll have to go without cigarettes; I forgot to buy any — te vas a tener que arreglar sin cigarrillos porque me olvidé de comprar

    b) (referring to uncount n)

    she offered me some wine, but I didn't want any — me ofreció vino, pero no quise

    4) ( no matter which) cualquiera

    which would you like? - any will do — ¿cuál quieres? - cualquiera (sirve)


    III

    do you feel any better now? — ¿te sientes (algo) mejor ahora?

    2) ( at all) (AmE)

    have you thought about it any since then? — ¿has pensado en ello desde entonces?

    English-spanish dictionary > any

  • 25 AS

    1. adverb in main sentence
    (in same degree)

    as... [as...] — so... [wie...]

    they did as much as they could — sie taten, was sie konnten

    as good a player [as he] — ein so guter Spieler [wie er]

    2. relative adverb or conjunction in subordinate clause
    1) (expr. degree)

    [as or so]... as... — [so...] wie...

    as quickly as possible — so schnell wie möglich

    as... as you can — so...[, wie] Sie können

    come as quickly as you can — kommen Sie, so schnell Sie können

    2) (though)

    ... as he etc. is/was — obwohl er usw.... ist/war

    intelligent as she is,... — obwohl sie ziemlich intelligent ist,...

    safe as it might be,... — obwohl es vielleicht ungefährlich ist,...

    3) (however much)

    try as he might/would, he could not concentrate — sosehr er sich auch bemühte, er konnte sich nicht konzentrieren

    4) (expr. manner) wie

    as it were — sozusagen; gewissermaßen

    5) (expr. time) als; während

    as we climbed the stairs — als wir die Treppe hinaufgingen

    6) (expr. reason) da
    7) (expr. result)

    so... as to... — so... zu

    8) (expr. purpose)

    so as to... — um... zu...

    9) (expr. illustration) wie [zum Beispiel]

    industrial areas, as the north-east of England for example — Industriegebiete wie zum Beispiel der Nordosten Englands

    3. preposition
    1) (in the function of) als

    speaking as a parent,... — als Mutter/Vater...

    2) (like) wie
    4. relative pronoun

    they danced, as was the custom there — sie tanzten, wie es dort Sitte war

    he was shocked, as were we all — er war wie wir alle schockiert

    the same as... — der-/die-/dasselbe wie...

    they enjoy such foreign foods as... — sie essen gern ausländische Lebensmittel wie...

    5.

    as far — see academic.ru/26446/far">far 1. 4)

    as for... — was... angeht

    as from... — von... an

    as is — wie die Dinge liegen; wie es aussieht

    the place is untidy enough as it is — es ist schon liederlich genug[, wie es jetzt ist]

    as of... — (Amer.) von... an

    as to — hinsichtlich (+ Gen.)

    as yet — bis jetzt

    * * *
    [æz] 1. conjunction
    1) (when; while: I met John as I was coming home; We'll be able to talk as we go.) während
    2) (because: As I am leaving tomorrow, I've bought you a present.) weil
    3) (in the same way that: If you are not sure how to behave, do as I do.) so wie
    4) (used to introduce a statement of what the speaker knows or believes to be the case: As you know, I'll be leaving tomorrow.) wie
    5) (though: Old as I am, I can still fight; Much as I want to, I cannot go.) obgleich
    6) (used to refer to something which has already been stated and apply it to another person: Tom is English, as are Dick and Harry.) so wie
    2. adverb
    (used in comparisons, eg the first as in the following example: The bread was as hard as a brick.) so...wie
    3. preposition
    1) (used in comparisons, eg the second as in the following example: The bread was as hard as a brick.) so...wie
    2) (like: He was dressed as a woman.) wie
    3) (with certain verbs eg regard, treat, describe, accept: I am regarded by some people as a bit of a fool; He treats the children as adults.) wie
    4) (in the position of: He is greatly respected both as a person and as a politician.) als
    •
    - as for
    - as if / as though
    - as to
    * * *
    as
    [æz, əz]
    I. conj
    1. (while) als
    she sat watching him \as he cooked the dinner sie saß da und schaute ihm dabei zu, wie er das Abendessen kochte
    he gets more and more attractive \as he gets older er wird mit zunehmendem Alter immer attraktiver
    \as I was getting into the car, I noticed a piece of paper on the seat beim Einsteigen bemerkte ich ein Stück Papier auf dem Autositz
    2. (in the way that, like) wie
    knowing him \as I do, he won't do it wie ich ihn kenne, wird er es nicht tun
    \as is often the case with children,... wie das bei Kindern oft ist,...
    she is an actor, \as is her brother sie ist Schauspielerin, wie ihr Bruder
    all merchandise is sold \as is esp AM alle Waren werden verkauft, wie sie sind
    do \as I say! mach, was ich sage!
    ..., \as my mother puts it ( hum)..., wie meine Mutter [immer] zu sagen pflegt
    I'd never seen him looking so miserable \as he did that day ich habe ihn noch nie so traurig gesehen wie an dem Tag
    \as things happened [or stood] [or turned out],... wie sich zeigte,...
    \as it is [or stands],..., \as things are [or stand],... [so] wie die Dinge stehen,...
    \as it stood at the time,... so wie die Dinge damals standen,...
    exactly \as genauso wie
    just \as so wie
    \as it is (already) sowieso schon
    I've spent far too much money \as it is ich habe sowieso schon zu viel Geld ausgegeben
    \as it were sozusagen
    he's a little on the large side, \as it were er ist, sagen wir [ein]mal, ein bisschen groß geraten
    \as it happens rein zufällig
    \as it happens, I met him this morning rein zufällig [o wie der Zufall will], habe ich ihn heute Morgen getroffen
    \as you like [or prefer] [or wish] ( form) wie Sie wünschen
    \as if [or though] als ob
    she looked at me \as if she didn't understand a word sie schaute mich als, als würde sie kein Wort verstehen
    it isn't \as if she wasn't warned es ist ja nicht so, dass sie nicht gewarnt worden wäre, schließlich war sie ja gewarnt
    \as if I care[d]! als ob mich das interessieren würde!
    3. (because) weil, da geh
    \as you were out, I left a message weil du nicht da warst, habe ich eine Nachricht hinterlassen
    he may need some help \as he's new er braucht vielleicht Hilfe, weil er neu ist
    4. (used to add a comment) wie
    \as already mentioned,... wie bereits erwähnt,...
    \as you know,... wie du weißt,...
    she smiled and I smiled back, \as you do sie lächelte und ich lächelte zurück, du weißt schon
    \as if! ( iron) wohl kaum!, das denkst du aber auch nur! iron
    such riches \as he has, he is still not happy so reich er auch ist, glücklich ist er noch immer nicht
    angry \as he was,... so verärgert er auch war,...
    sweet \as he is,... so süß er auch ist,...
    try \as he might,... so sehr er es auch versucht,...
    6.
    ▶ \as for... was... betrifft
    he wasn't thrilled, \as for me, I thought it a good idea er war nicht begeistert, ich dagegen hielt es für eine gute Idee
    ▶ \as from [or of] ab
    \as from [or of] her 18th birthday, she is free to use the money nach der Vollendung des 18. Lebensjahres kann sie frei über das Geld verfügen
    \as of [or from] tomorrow/the first/next Monday ab morgen/dem Ersten/nächsten [o nächstem] Monat
    \as of [or from] now/today von jetzt/heute an, ab jetzt/heute
    ▶ \as to... was... angeht
    \as to her manual skills, we'll have to work on them was ihre handwerklichen Fähigkeiten angeht, daran müssen wir noch arbeiten
    \as to where we'll get the money from, we'll talk about that later wir müssen später noch besprechen, wo wir das Geld hernehmen
    he was uncertain \as to which road to take er war sich nicht sicher, welche Straße er nehmen sollte
    ▶ \as and when BRIT sobald
    you can revise them \as and when I send them to you du kannst sie redigieren, sobald ich sie dir schicke
    II. prep
    1. (in the past, being) als
    he was often ill \as a child als Kind war er oft krank
    2. (in the capacity, function of) als
    she was praised \as an actress, but less so \as a director als Schauspielerin wurde sie sehr gelobt, aber als Regisseurin weitaus weniger
    speaking \as a mother, I cannot accept that als Mutter kann ich das nicht akzeptieren
    what do you think of his book \as a basis for a film? was hältst du von seinem Buch als Grundlage für einen Film?
    3. (like, being) als
    he went to the fancy-dress party dressed \as a banana er kam als Banane verkleidet zum Kostümfest
    the news came \as no surprise die Nachricht war keine Überraschung
    use your coat \as a blanket nimm deinen Mantel als Decke
    such big names \as... so große Namen wie...
    such agricultural states \as Kansas and Oklahoma Agrarstaaten wie Kansas und Oklahoma
    the necklace was reported \as having been stolen die Kette war als gestohlen gemeldet
    I always thought of myself \as a good mother ich habe mich immer für eine gute Mutter gehalten
    do you regard punishment \as being essential in education? hältst du Strafen für unerlässlich in der Erziehung?
    \as a matter of principle aus Prinzip
    III. adv inv
    they live in the same town \as my parents sie wohnen in derselben Stadt wie meine Eltern
    ▪ [just] \as... \as... [genau]so... wie...
    he's \as tall \as Peter er ist so groß wie Peter
    I can run just \as fast \as you ich kann genauso schnell laufen wie du
    half \as... \as... halb so... wie...
    she's not half \as self-confident \as people think sie ist bei Weitem nicht so selbstbewusst, wie alle denken
    \as much \as so viel wie
    I don't earn \as much \as Paul ich verdiene nicht so viel wie Paul
    twice/three times \as much [\as] zweimal/dreimal so viel [wie]
    \as usual wie gewöhnlich
    you're late, \as usual du bist wie immer zu spät
    \as... \as that so...
    if you play \as well \as that,... wenn du so gut spielst,...
    he's not \as handsome \as that! so gut sieht er nun auch wieder nicht aus!
    2. (indicating an extreme)
    these sunflowers can grow \as tall \as 8 ft diese Sonnenblumen können bis zu 8 Fuß hoch werden
    \as many/much \as immerhin; (even) sogar
    the decision could affect \as many \as 2 million people die Entscheidung könnte immerhin 2 Millionen Menschen betreffen
    prices have risen by \as much \as 50% die Preise sind um ganze [o beachtliche] 50 % gestiegen
    \as little \as nur
    you can pick up a second-hand machine for \as little \as £20 ein gebrauchtes Gerät kriegt man schon für 20 Pfund
    * * *
    [z, əz]
    1. conj
    1) (= when, while) als; (two parallel actions) während, als, indem (geh)

    he got deafer as he got older —

    as a child he would... — als Kind hat er immer...

    2) (= since) da
    3)

    (= although) rich as he is I won't marry him — obwohl er reich ist, werde ich ihn nicht heiraten

    stupid as he is, he... — so dumm er auch sein mag,... er

    big as he is I'll... — so groß, wie er ist, ich...

    much as I admire her,... — sosehr ich sie auch bewundere,...

    try as he might — sosehr er sich auch bemüht/bemühte

    4) (manner) wie

    do as you like — machen Sie, was Sie wollen

    the first door as you go upstairs/as you go in — die erste Tür oben/, wenn Sie hereinkommen

    knowing him as I do —

    as you yourself said... — wie Sie selbst gesagt haben...

    as it is, I'm heavily in debt — ich bin schon tief verschuldet

    as it were — sozusagen, gleichsam

    as you were! (Mil) — weitermachen!; (fig) lassen Sie sich nicht stören; (in dictation, speaking) streichen Sie das

    my husband as was (inf) — mein verflossener or (late) verstorbener Mann

    5)

    (phrases) as if or though — als ob, wie wenn

    he rose as if to go — er erhob sich, als wollte er gehen

    as for him/you — (und) was ihn/dich anbetrifft or angeht

    as from or of the 5th — vom Fünften an, ab dem Fünften

    as from now — von jetzt an, ab jetzt

    be so good as to... (form) — hätten Sie die Freundlichkeit or Güte,... zu... (form)

    he's not so silly as to do that — er ist nicht so dumm, das zu tun, so dumm ist er nicht

    2. adv

    as... as — so... wie

    not as... as — nicht so... wie

    is it as difficult as that? —

    she is very clever, as is her brother — sie ist sehr intelligent, genau(so) wie ihr Bruder

    as many/much as I could — so viele/so viel ich (nur) konnte

    this one is just as good — diese(r, s) ist genauso gut

    as often happens, he was... — wie so oft, war er...

    3. rel pron
    1) (with same, such) der/die/das; (pl) die

    the same man as was here yesterday — derselbe Mann, der gestern hier war

    See:
    → such
    2) (dial) der/die/das; (pl) die
    4. prep
    1) (= in the capacity of) als
    2) (esp = such as) wie (zum Beispiel)
    * * *
    AS abk
    * * *
    1. adverb in main sentence

    as... [as...] — so... [wie...]

    they did as much as they could — sie taten, was sie konnten

    as good a player [as he] — ein so guter Spieler [wie er]

    2. relative adverb or conjunction in subordinate clause
    1) (expr. degree)

    [as or so]... as... — [so...] wie...

    as... as you can — so...[, wie] Sie können

    come as quickly as you can — kommen Sie, so schnell Sie können

    ... as he etc. is/was — obwohl er usw.... ist/war

    intelligent as she is,... — obwohl sie ziemlich intelligent ist,...

    safe as it might be,... — obwohl es vielleicht ungefährlich ist,...

    try as he might/would, he could not concentrate — sosehr er sich auch bemühte, er konnte sich nicht konzentrieren

    4) (expr. manner) wie

    as it were — sozusagen; gewissermaßen

    5) (expr. time) als; während
    6) (expr. reason) da
    7) (expr. result)

    so... as to... — so... zu

    8) (expr. purpose)

    so as to... — um... zu...

    9) (expr. illustration) wie [zum Beispiel]

    industrial areas, as the north-east of England for example — Industriegebiete wie zum Beispiel der Nordosten Englands

    3. preposition

    speaking as a parent,... — als Mutter/Vater...

    2) (like) wie
    4. relative pronoun

    they danced, as was the custom there — sie tanzten, wie es dort Sitte war

    he was shocked, as were we all — er war wie wir alle schockiert

    the same as... — der-/die-/dasselbe wie...

    they enjoy such foreign foods as... — sie essen gern ausländische Lebensmittel wie...

    5.

    as far — see far 1. 4)

    as for... — was... angeht

    as from... — von... an

    as is — wie die Dinge liegen; wie es aussieht

    the place is untidy enough as it is — es ist schon liederlich genug[, wie es jetzt ist]

    as of... — (Amer.) von... an

    as to — hinsichtlich (+ Gen.)

    * * *
    adv.
    als adv.
    da adv.
    ebenso/allso adv.
    indem (zeitlich) adv.
    obgleich konj.
    so adv.
    weil adv.
    wie adv.
    während adv.

    English-german dictionary > AS

  • 26 how

    1. adverb, conjunction
    1) (in what way: How do you make bread?) hvordan, hvorledes
    2) (to what extent: How do you like my new hat?; How far is Paris from London?) hvordan
    3) (by what means: I've no idea how he came here.) hvordan
    4) (in what condition: How are you today?; How do I look?) hvordan
    5) (for what reason: How is it that I am the last to know about this?) hvordan
    •
    2. conjunction
    (in no matter what way: This painting still looks wrong however you look at it.) samme hvordan
    - how come
    - how do you do?
    som
    I
    subst. \/haʊ\/
    måten å gjøre noe på
    the why and the how hvorfor og hvordan
    II
    adv. konj. \/haʊ\/
    1) hvordan, hvorledes
    • how is the film?
    • how did you end up a teacher?
    2) hvor
    • how large a quantity did he order?
    • how far is it?
    3) ( i utrop) så, hvor
    • how kind you are!
    så snill du er!, du er jamenn snill!
    4) slik, således, på den måten, hvordan
    5) ( hverdagslig eller gammeldags) at, om det at
    6) til hvilken pris
    • how is corn?
    hva er kornprisen?, hva ligger kornprisen på?
    and how! ( hverdagslig) om det er!, det kan du skrive opp!, gjett om!, det skal jeg hilse og si!
    here's how! ( gammeldags) skål!
    how about...? hva med? skal det være...?, har du lyst på...? hva skal skje med...?, hva skal gjøres med...? er det noe nytt om...?
    how are you? hei, god dag hvordan står det til?, hvordan står det til med deg?, hvordan har du det?
    how come (...)? ( hverdagslig) hvorfor (...)?, hva kommer det av (at...)?, hvordan kan det ha seg (at...)? hvordan (...)?, hvordan skjedde det (...)? hvorfor det?
    how do you do? ( ved presentasjon) god dag!
    ( sjelden) hvordan står det til?
    how ever hvordan i all verden, hvordan i alle dager
    • how will you ever manage?
    hvordan i all verden skal du klare deg?, hvordan i all verden skal du takle det?
    how is it that...? hvordan kan det ha seg at...?
    how much (is it)? hva koster det?
    how now? ( gammeldags) hva nå? hva skal det bety?
    how so? hvordan det? hvordan viser du det?, hvordan forklarer du det?
    how's that? hva kommer det av?, hvorfor det? hva synes du om det?, hva sier du? hvordan forklarer du det? (sport, cricket, til dommeren, også howzat?) hvordan er det, er slagmannen ute?
    how's that for...? kaller du det...?, skal det liksom være...?
    • how's that for justice?
    how true! det er så sant som det er sagt!

    English-Norwegian dictionary > how

  • 27 parte

    Del verbo partir: ( conjugate partir) \ \
    parte es: \ \
    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo
    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
    Multiple Entries: parte     partir
    parte sustantivo masculino 1 (informe, comunicación) report; [ autoridad] to file a report about an incident; parte meteorológico weather report 2 (Andes) ( multa) ticket (colloq), fine ■ sustantivo femenino 1
    a) (porción, fracción) part;
    pasa la mayor parte del tiempo al teléfono she spends most of her o the time on the phone; la mayor parte de los participantes the majority of o most of the participants
    c) ( de lugar) part;
    ◊ ¿de qué parte de México eres? what part of Mexico are you from?;
    en la parte de atrás at the back 2 ( en locs) en gran parte to a large extent, largely; en su mayor parte for the most part; de un tiempo a esta parte for some time now; de parte de algn on behalf of sb; llamo de parte de María I'm ringing on behalf of María; dale recuerdos de mi parte give him my regards; vengo de parte del señor Díaz Mr Díaz sent me; ¿de parte de quién? ( por teléfono) who's calling?, who shall I say is calling? (frml); formar parte de algo [pieza/sección] to be part of sth; [persona/país] to belong to sth; por mi/tu/su parte as far as I'm/you're/he's concerned; por partes: revisémoslo por partes let's go over it section by section; vayamos por partes let's take it step by step; por otra parte ( además) anyway, in any case; ( por otro lado) however, on the other hand;
    ◊ por una parte …, por la otra … on the one hand …, on the other …
    3 ( participación) part; 4 ( lugar):
    ◊ vámonos a otra parte let's go somewhere else o (AmE) someplace else;
    esto no nos lleva a ninguna parte this isn't getting o leading us anywhere; ¿adónde vas? — a ninguna parte where are you going? — nowhere; en cualquier parte anywhere; a/en/por todas partes everywhere; en alguna parte somewhere 5 (en negociación, contrato, juicio) party 6 (Teatr) part, role 7 (Méx) ( repuesto) part, spare (part)
    partir ( conjugate partir) verbo transitivo
    a) ( con cuchillo) ‹tarta/melón› to cut;
    b) ( romper) ‹piedra/coco› to break, smash;
    ‹nuez/avellana› to crack; ‹rama/palo› to break ‹ cabeza› to split open
    d) [ frío] ‹ labios› to chap
    verbo intransitivo 1
    a) (frml) ( marcharse) to leave, depart (frml)
    b) [ auto] (Chi) to start
    2
    a) parte DE algo ‹de una premisa/un supuesto› to start from sth
    b)
    a parte de ahora/ese momento from now on/that moment on; a parte de hoy (as o starting) from today partirse verbo pronominal
    a) [mármol/roca] to split, smash
    b) ( refl) ‹ labio› to split;
    ‹ diente› to break, chip
    parte
    I sustantivo femenino
    1 (porción, trozo) part: esas danzas y esos ritos forman parte de nuestra cultura, those dances and rites are part of our culture
    2 (de dinero, herencia, etc) share
    3 (lado, sitio) place, spot: lo puedes encontrar en cualquier parte, you can find it anywhere
    4 (en un enfrentamiento, discusión) side: ¿de qué parte estás?, whose side are you on?
    está de mi parte, he's on my side
    tomar parte en, to take part in: no deberíamos tomar parte en esas discusiones, we shouldn't take part in those discussions
    5 Jur party
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (informe, comunicación) report: tienes que dar parte a la policía, you must inform the police
    parte médico/meteorológico, medical/weather report
    2 Rad Tel news Locuciones: de parte a parte: el espejo se rompió de parte a parte, the mirror broke in two
    de parte de..., on behalf of... Tel ¿de parte de quién?, who's calling?
    en gran parte, to a large extent
    en parte, partly
    por mi parte, as far as I am concerned
    por otra parte, on the other hand
    partir
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (romper, quebrar) to break: me parte el corazón verte tan desalentada, it's heartbreaking to see you so depressed
    partir una nuez, to shell a walnut
    2 (dividir) to split, divide (con un cuchillo) to cut
    II vi (irse) to leave, set out o off Locuciones: a partir de aquí/ahora, from here on/now on
    a partir de entonces no volvimos a hablarnos, we didn't speak to each other from then on ' parte' also found in these entries: Spanish: abotargarse - accionariado - adherirse - adormecerse - alma - anterior - apéndice - arriba - arte - bajón - caída - caído - chimenea - colonizar - consignar - cuarta - cuarto - de - deber - décima - décimo - deformar - deformarse - delicadeza - derecha - derecho - desnuda - desnudo - distribuir - elemento - encima - encoger - episodio - ser - escarpa - este - exterior - fondo - fuera - gruesa - grueso - infante - infrahumana - infrahumano - integrar - integrante - jirón - juez - les - más English: account for - act - again - against - agenda - anywhere - appeal - away - back - backbone - backroom - begin - behalf - bikini - body - bottom - bulk - buy out - call - civil - claw back - come away - come under - component - constituent - cross-examine - croup - cut - damage - day - dispatch - element - else - engage in - for - fourteenth - fraction - front - good - half - hear of - inner - integral - join - join in - largely - linchpin - lion - listen - mostly

    English-spanish dictionary > parte

  • 28 much

    1. adjective,
    1) viel; groß [Erleichterung, Sorge, Dankbarkeit]

    he never eats much breakfast/lunch — er isst nicht viel zum Frühstück/zu Mittag

    too much — zu viel indekl.

    2)

    be a bit much — (coll.) ein bisschen zu viel sein; (fig.) ein bisschen zu weit gehen

    2. noun;
    see also academic.ru/47990/more">more 2.; most 2.; vieles

    that doesn't come or amount to much — es kommt nicht viel dabei heraus

    he/this beer isn't up to much — (coll.) mit ihm/diesem Bier ist nicht viel los (ugs.)

    spend much of the day/week doing something — den Großteil des Tages/der Woche damit verbringen, etwas zu tun

    not be much of a cinema-goer — etc. (coll.) kein großer Kinogänger usw. sein (ugs.)

    I expected/thought as much — das habe ich erwartet/mir gedacht

    you are as much to blame as he is — du bist ebenso sehr schuld wie er

    without so much as saying goodbye — ohne auch nur auf Wiedersehen zu sagen

    3. adverb,
    more, most
    1) modifying comparatives viel [besser]

    much more lively/happy/attractive — viel lebhafter/glücklicher/ attraktiver

    2) modifying superlatives mit Abstand [der/die/das beste, schlechteste, klügste usw.]
    3) modifying passive participles and predicative adjectives sehr

    he is much improved — (in health) es geht ihm viel besser

    4) modifying verbs (greatly) sehr [lieben, mögen, genießen]; (often) oft [sehen, treffen, besuchen]; (frequently) viel

    I don't much like him or like him much — ich mag ihn nicht besonders

    not go much on somebody/something — (coll.) nicht viel von jemandem/etwas halten

    much to my surprise/annoyance, I found that... — zu meiner großen Überraschung/Verärgerung stellte ich fest, dass...

    5) (approximately) fast

    [pretty or very] much the same — fast [genau] der-/die-/dasselbe

    6)

    much as or though — (although) sosehr... auch

    much as I should like to go — so gern ich auch gehen würde

    * * *
    comparative of; see more
    * * *
    [mʌtʃ]
    I. adj
    <more, most>
    + sing viel
    there wasn't \much post es kam nicht viel Post
    how \much...? wie viel...?
    how \much time have we got? wie viel Zeit bleibt uns?
    half/twice as \much halb/doppelt so viel
    not/so \much nicht/so viel
    [\much] too \much [viel] zu viel
    a bit too \much etwas [o ein bisschen] [zu] viel
    II. pron
    1. (relative amount) viel
    this \much is certain so viel [o eines] ist sicher
    I don't know \much about fishing ich hab nicht viel Ahnung vom Angeln
    he left without so \much as an apology er ging ohne auch nur ein Wort der Entschuldigung
    half/twice as \much halb/doppelt so viel
    too \much zu viel
    2. (great deal) viel
    \much of what you say is right vieles von dem, was Sie sagen, ist richtig
    you didn't miss \much Sie haben nicht viel verpasst
    well, I guess our picnic won't come to \much ich glaube, aus unserem Picknick wird nichts werden
    my new stereo isn't up to \much meine neue Anlage taugt nicht viel fam
    I'm not up to \much really (not much planned) ich hab nicht viel vor; (not fit for much) mit mir ist nicht viel los fam
    I've never been \much of a dancer ich habe noch nie gut tanzen können
    she's not \much of a believer in horoscopes sie glaubt nicht wirklich an Horoskope
    he's not \much to look at er sieht nicht gerade umwerfend aus
    4. (larger part)
    \much of the day der Großteil des Tages
    \much of sb's time ein Großteil von jds Zeit
    5. (be redundant)
    so \much for... das war's dann wohl mit...
    the car's broken down again — so \much for the trip to the seaside das Auto ist schon wieder kaputt — das war's dann wohl mit unserem Ausflug ans Meer
    how \much is it? was kostet das?
    III. adv
    <more, most>
    1. (greatly) sehr
    we would very \much like to come wir würden sehr gerne kommen
    she would \much rather have her baby at home than in the hospital sie würde ihr Kind viel lieber zu Hause als im Krankenhaus zur Welt bringen
    I've been feeling \much healthier lately ich fühle mich in letzter Zeit viel besser
    \much to our surprise zu unserer großen Überraschung
    to not be \much good at sth in etw dat nicht sehr gut sein
    2. (by far) bei Weitem
    she's \much the best person for the job sie ist bei Weitem die Beste für den Job
    3. (nearly) fast
    things around here are \much as always hier ist alles beim Alten
    as \much as so gut wie
    he as \much as admitted that... er hat so gut wie zugegeben, dass...
    \much the same fast so
    I am feeling \much the same as yesterday ich fühle mich ungefähr genauso wie gestern
    4. (specifying degree)
    as \much as so viel wie
    I like him as \much as you do ich mag ihn genauso sehr wie du
    they fought with each other as \much as ever sie stritten sich wie eh und je
    so \much so [sehr]
    it hurts so \much to see him like that es tut so weh, ihn so zu sehen
    I wanted so \much to meet you ich wollte dich unbedingt treffen
    very \much sehr
    thank you very \much herzlichen Dank
    that's very \much the done thing around here das ist hier so üblich
    5. (exactly that) genau das
    I had expected as \much so etwas hatte ich schon erwartet
    it was as \much as I could do to get out of bed ich konnte gerade noch aufstehen
    6. (often) häufig
    we don't go out \much wir gehen nicht viel [o oft] weg
    do you see \much of her? siehst du sie öfters?
    7. (setting up a contrast)
    they're not so \much lovers as friends sie sind eher Freunde als ein Liebespaar
    IV. conj (although) auch wenn, wenngleich geh
    \much as I like you,... so gern ich dich auch mag,...
    \much as I would like to help you,... so gerne ich euch auch helfen würde,...
    he can barely boil an egg, \much less cook a proper dinner er kann kaum ein Ei kochen, geschweige denn eine richtige Mahlzeit
    however \much you dislike her... wie unsympathisch sie dir auch sein mag,...
    * * *
    [mʌtʃ]
    1. adj, n

    much of this is true — viel or vieles daran ist wahr

    he's/it's not up to much (inf) — er/es ist nicht gerade berühmt (inf)

    I'm not much of a musician/cook/player — ich bin nicht sehr musikalisch/keine große Köchin/kein (besonders) guter Spieler

    that wasn't much of a dinner/party — das Essen/die Party war nicht gerade besonders

    I find that a bit (too) much after all I've done for him — nach allem was ich für ihn getan habe, finde ich das ein ziemlich starkes Stück (inf)

    2)

    that insult was too much for me —

    the sight of her face was too much for me ( inf = outrageous ) —, = outrageous ) ihr Gesicht war zum Schreien (inf)

    these children are/this job is too much for me — ich bin den Kindern/der Arbeit nicht gewachsen

    far too much, too much by half — viel zu viel

    3)

    (just) as much — ebenso viel inv, genauso viel inv

    about/not as much —

    as much as you want/can etc — so viel du willst/kannst etc

    as much as possible —

    they hope to raise as much as £2m — sie hoffen, nicht weniger als zwei Millionen Pfund aufzubringen

    I feared/thought etc as much — (genau) das habe ich befürchtet/mir gedacht etc

    as much as to say... — was so viel heißt or bedeutet wie...

    4)

    so much — so viel inv; (emph so, with following that) so viel

    it's not so much a problem of modernization as... —

    See:
    → also so
    5)

    to make much of sb/sth — viel Wind um jdn/etw machen

    Glasgow makes much of its large number of parks — Glasgow rühmt sich seiner vielen Parks

    I couldn't make much of that chapter — mit dem Kapitel konnte ich nicht viel anfangen (inf)

    2. adv
    1) (with adj, adv) viel; (with vb) sehr; (with vb of physical action) drive, sleep, think, talk, laugh etc viel; come, visit, go out etc oft, viel (inf)

    a much-admired/-married woman —

    he was much dismayed/embarrassed etc — er war sehr bestürzt/verlegen etc

    so much — so viel; so sehr

    too much — zu viel, zu sehr

    I like it very/so much — es gefällt mir sehr gut/so gut or so sehr

    I don't like him/it too much — ich kann ihn/es nicht besonders leiden

    thank you ( ever) so much — vielen herzlichen Dank

    however much he tries —

    there wasn't enough water to drink, much less wash in — es gab nicht genug Wasser zu trinken, ganz zu schweigen, um sich damit zu waschen

    See:
    → also so
    2) (= by far) weitaus, bei Weitem

    much the biggest — weitaus or bei Weitem der/die/das größte

    3) (= almost) beinahe

    they are much of an age or much the same age —

    * * *
    much [mʌtʃ] komp more [mɔː(r); US auch ˈməʊər], sup most [məʊst]
    A adj viel:
    I haven’t got much money on me;
    it wasn’t much fun es war kein sonderliches Vergnügen;
    he’s too much for me umg ich werde nicht mit ihm fertig;
    get too much for sb jemandem über den Kopf wachsen (Arbeit etc)
    B s Menge f, große Sache:
    nothing much nichts Besonderes;
    it did not come to much es kam nicht viel dabei heraus;
    think much of viel halten von, eine hohe Meinung haben von, große Stücke halten auf (akk);
    I don’t think much of him as a teacher ich halte nicht viel von ihm als Lehrer;
    he is not much of a dancer er ist kein großer oder berühmter Tänzer;
    I’m not much of a drinker ich mach mir nicht viel aus Alkohol;
    he’s not much of a husband er ist kein besonders guter Ehemann;
    he’s not much of a scholar mit seiner Bildung ist es nicht weit her;
    it is much of him even to come schon allein, dass er kommt, will viel heißen;
    too much of a good thing zu viel des Guten; → make B 14
    C adv
    1. sehr:
    we much regret wir bedauern sehr;
    much to my regret sehr zu meinem Bedauern;
    much to my surprise zu meiner großen Überraschung;
    it’s not much good umg
    a) es ist nicht besonders gut,
    b) es schmeckt nicht besonders
    much-decorated MIL hochdekoriert;
    a) weit oder viel gereist, weit herumgekommen,
    b) viel befahren;
    much-vaunted viel gerühmt
    3. (vor komp) viel, weit, erheblich:
    much stronger viel stärker
    4. (vor sup) bei Weitem, weitaus:
    5. fast, annähernd, ziemlich (genau), mehr od weniger:
    he did it in much the same way er tat es auf ungefähr die gleiche Weise;
    it is much the same thing es ist ziemlich dasselbeBesondere Redewendungen: as much
    a) so viel,
    b) so sehr,
    c) ungefähr, etwa as much as so viel wie;
    (as) much as I would like so gern ich auch möchte;
    as much more ( oder again) noch einmal so viel (as wie);
    he said as much das war (ungefähr) der Sinn seiner Worte;
    this is as much as to say das soll so viel heißen wie, das heißt mit anderen Worten;
    he made a gesture as much as to say so, als ob er sagen wollte;
    I thought as much das habe ich mir gedacht;
    he, as much as any er so gut wie irgendeiner;
    a) so sehr,
    b) so viel,
    c) lauter, nichts als so much the better umso besser ( for für);
    so much for today so viel für heute;
    so much for our plans so viel (wäre also) zu unseren Plänen (zu sagen);
    not so much as nicht einmal;
    without so much as to move ohne sich auch nur zu bewegen;
    so much so (und zwar) so sehr;
    a) viel weniger,
    b) geschweige denn not much umg (als Antwort) wohl kaum;
    much like a child ganz wie ein Kind
    * * *
    1. adjective,
    1) viel; groß [Erleichterung, Sorge, Dankbarkeit]

    he never eats much breakfast/lunch — er isst nicht viel zum Frühstück/zu Mittag

    too much — zu viel indekl.

    2)

    be a bit much — (coll.) ein bisschen zu viel sein; (fig.) ein bisschen zu weit gehen

    2. noun;
    see also more 2.; most 2.; vieles

    that doesn't come or amount to much — es kommt nicht viel dabei heraus

    he/this beer isn't up to much — (coll.) mit ihm/diesem Bier ist nicht viel los (ugs.)

    spend much of the day/week doing something — den Großteil des Tages/der Woche damit verbringen, etwas zu tun

    not be much of a cinema-goer — etc. (coll.) kein großer Kinogänger usw. sein (ugs.)

    I expected/thought as much — das habe ich erwartet/mir gedacht

    3. adverb,
    more, most
    1) modifying comparatives viel [besser]

    much more lively/happy/attractive — viel lebhafter/glücklicher/ attraktiver

    2) modifying superlatives mit Abstand [der/die/das beste, schlechteste, klügste usw.]
    3) modifying passive participles and predicative adjectives sehr

    he is much improved — (in health) es geht ihm viel besser

    4) modifying verbs (greatly) sehr [lieben, mögen, genießen]; (often) oft [sehen, treffen, besuchen]; (frequently) viel

    I don't much like him or like him much — ich mag ihn nicht besonders

    not go much on somebody/something — (coll.) nicht viel von jemandem/etwas halten

    much to my surprise/annoyance, I found that... — zu meiner großen Überraschung/Verärgerung stellte ich fest, dass...

    [pretty or very] much the same — fast [genau] der-/die-/dasselbe

    6)

    much as or though — (although) sosehr... auch

    * * *
    adj.
    viel adj. n.
    sehr adv.
    viel adj.

    English-german dictionary > much

  • 29 at

    [æt, ət] prep
    \at sth, at the baker's beim Bäcker;
    she's standing \at the bar sie steht an der Theke;
    my number \at the office is 2154949 meine Nummer im Büro lautet 2154949;
    the man who lives \at number twelve der Mann, der in Nummer zwölf wohnt;
    I'd love to stay \at home ich möchte gerne zu Hause bleiben;
    John's \at work right now John ist gerade bei der Arbeit;
    \at the top of the stairs am oberen Treppenende;
    sb \at the door ( sb wanting to enter) jd an der Tür;
    \at sb's feet neben jds Füßen
    2) ( attending)
    \at sth, \at the party/ festival auf [o bei] der Party/dem Festival;
    we spent the afternoon \at the museum wir verbrachten den Nachmittag im Museum;
    \at school auf [o in] der Schule;
    \at university auf [o an] der Universität;
    \at work auf [o bei] der Arbeit;
    \at the institute am Institut;
    while he was \at his last job, he learned a lot in seiner letzten Stelle hat er eine Menge gelernt
    \at sth;
    he was defeated \at this election er wurde bei dieser Wahl geschlagen;
    what are you doing \at Christmas? was macht ihr an Weihnachten?;
    \at the weekend am Wochenende;
    \at night in der Nacht, nachts;
    our train leaves \at 2:00 unser Zug fährt um 2:00 Uhr;
    \at daybreak im Morgengrauen;
    \at nightfall bei Einbruch der Nacht;
    \at midnight um Mitternacht;
    I'm busy \at present [or the moment] ich habe im Moment viel zu tun;
    I can't come to the phone \at the moment ich kann gerade nicht ans Telefon kommen;
    I'm free \at lunchtime ich habe in der Mittagspause Zeit;
    we always read the kids a story \at bedtime wir lesen den Kindern zum Schlafengehen immer eine Geschichte vor;
    \at the age of 60 im Alter von 60;
    most people retire \at 65 die meisten Leute gehen mit 65 in Rente;
    \at the beginning/ end am Anfang/Ende;
    \at this stage of research bei diesem Stand der Forschung;
    \at a time auf einmal, gleichzeitig;
    just wait a second - I can't do ten things \at a time eine Sekunde noch - ich kann nicht tausend Sachen auf einmal machen;
    his death came \at a time when the movement was split sein Tod kam zu einem Zeitpunkt, als die Bewegung auseinanderbrach;
    \at the time zu dieser Zeit, zu diesem Zeitpunkt;
    \at the same time ( simultaneously) zur gleichen Zeit, gleichzeitig;
    they both yelled “no!” \at the same time beide schrieen im gleichen Moment „nein!“;
    ( on the other hand) auf der anderen Seite;
    I like snow - \at the same time, however, I hate the cold ich mag Schnee - andererseits hasse ich die Kälte;
    \at no time [or point] [or stage] nie[mals]
    he can see clearly \at a distance of 50 metres er kann auf eine Entfernung von 50 Metern noch alles erkennen;
    learners of English \at advanced levels Englischlernende mit fortgeschrittenen Kenntnissen;
    he denied driving \at 120 km per hour er leugnete, 120 km/h schnell gefahren zu sein;
    he drives \at any speed he likes er fährt so schnell er will;
    \at 50 kilometres per hour mit [o bei] 50 km/h;
    the horse raced to the fence \at a gallop das Pferd raste im Galopp auf den Zaun zu;
    the children came \at a run die Kinder kamen alle angelaufen;
    \at £20 für 20 Pfund;
    I'm not going to buy those shoes \at $150! ich zahle für diese Schuhe keine 150 Dollar!;
    \at that price, I can't afford it für diesen Preis kann ich es mir nicht leisten;
    the bells ring \at regular intervals die Glocken läuten in regelmäßigen Abständen;
    inflation is running \at 5% die Inflation liegt im Moment bei 5%;
    \at least ( at minimum) mindestens;
    clean the windows \at least once a week! putze die Fenster mindestens einmal pro Woche!;
    ( if nothing else) zumindest;
    \at least you could say you're sorry du könntest dich zumindest entschuldigen;
    they seldom complained - officially \at least sie haben sich selten beschwert - zumindest offiziell;
    \at [the] most [aller]höchstens;
    I'm afraid we can only pay you £5 an hour at [the] most ich befürchte, wir können Ihnen höchstens 5 Pfund in der Stunde zahlen
    I love watching the animals \at play ich sehe den Tieren gerne beim Spielen zu;
    everything is \at a standstill alles steht still;
    the country was \at war das Land befand sich im Krieg;
    she finished \at second place in the horse race sie belegte bei dem Pferderennen den zweiten Platz;
    to be \at an advantage/ a disadvantage im Vorteil/Nachteil sein;
    to be \at fault im Unrecht sein;
    \at first zuerst, am Anfang;
    \at first they were happy together anfangs waren sie miteinander glücklich;
    \at last endlich, schließlich + superl
    she's \at her best when she's under stress sie ist am besten, wenn sie im Stress ist;
    he was \at his happiest while he was still in school in der Schule war er noch am glücklichsten;
    \at large in Freiheit;
    there was a murderer \at large ein Mörder war auf freiem Fuß
    I was so depressed \at the news ich war über die Nachricht sehr frustriert;
    we are unhappy \at the current circumstances die gegenwärtigen Umstände machen uns unglücklich ( fam);
    don't be angry \at her! ärgere dich nicht über sie!;
    I'm amazed \at the way you can talk ich bin erstaunt, wie du reden kannst after vb
    many people in the audience were crying \at the film viele Leute im Publikum weinten wegen des Films;
    they laughed \at her funny joke sie lachten über ihren komischen Witz;
    she shuddered \at the thought of flying in an airplane sie erschauderte bei dem Gedanken an einen Flug in einem Flugzeug;
    her pleasure \at the bouquet was plain to see ihre Freude über den Blumenstrauß war unübersehbar
    I'm here \at your invitation ich bin auf Ihre Einladung hin gekommen;
    \at your request we will send extra information auf Ihre Bitte hin senden wir Ihnen zusätzliche Informationen;
    \at that daraufhin
    8) after vb ( in ability to) bei +dat;
    he excels \at estimating the seriousness of the offers er tut sich beim Einschätzen der Ernsthaftigkeit der Angebote hervor after adj
    he's very good \at getting on with people er kann sehr gut mit Menschen umgehen;
    she's good \at maths but bad \at history sie ist gut in Mathematik, aber schlecht in Geschichte;
    he is poor \at giving instructions er kann keine guten Anweisungen geben after n
    he's a failure \at love er kennt sich kaum in der Liebe aus
    9) after vb ( repeatedly do) an +dat;
    the dog gnawed \at the bone der Hund knabberte an dem Knochen herum;
    she clutched \at the thin gown sie klammerte sich an den dünnen Morgenmantel;
    if you persevere \at a skill long enough, you will master it wenn man eine Fertigkeit lange genug trainiert, beherrscht man sie auch;
    to be \at sth mit etw dat beschäftigt sein;
    he's been \at it for at least 15 years er macht das jetzt schon seit 15 Jahren
    they smiled \at us as we drove by sie lächelten uns zu, als wir vorbeifuhren;
    he glanced \at his wife before he answered er warf seiner Frau einen Blick zu, bevor er antwortet;
    she hates it when people laugh \at her sie hasst es, ausgelacht zu werden;
    the kids waved \at their father die Kinder winkten ihrem Vater zu;
    some dogs howl \at the moon manche Hunde heulen den Mond an;
    the policeman rushed \at him der Polizist rannte auf ihn zu;
    the policy aimed \at reducing taxation die Politik hatte eine Steuerreduzierung zum Ziel;
    what are you hinting \at? was hast du vor?;
    to go \at sb jdn angreifen
    \at a rough guess, I'd say the job will take three or four weeks grob geschätzt würde ich sagen, die Arbeit dauert drei bis vier Wochen
    PHRASES:
    to be \at the end of one's rope mit seinem Latein am Ende sein;
    \at hand in Reichweite;
    we have to use all the resources \at hand wir müssen alle verfügbaren Ressourcen einsetzen;
    to be \at one's wit's end mit seiner Weisheit am Ende sein;
    \at all überhaupt;
    she barely made a sound \at all sie hat fast keinen Ton von sich gegeben;
    I haven't been well \at all recently mir ging es in letzter Zeit gar nicht gut;
    I don't like him \at all ich kann ihn einfach nicht ausstehen;
    did she suffer \at all? hat sie denn gelitten?;
    nothing/nobody \at all gar [o überhaupt] nichts/niemand;
    I'm afraid I've got nothing \at all to say ich befürchte, ich habe gar nichts zu sagen;
    there was nobody at home \at all when I called dort war niemand zu Hause, als ich anrief;
    not \at all ( polite response) gern geschehen, keine Ursache;
    ( definitely not) keineswegs, überhaupt [o durchaus] nicht;
    I'm not \at all in a hurry - please don't rush ich habe es wirklich nicht eilig - renne bitte nicht so;
    to get \at sth auf etw hinaus wollen [o abzielen];
    \at that noch dazu;
    where it's \at (fam: fashionable) wo etw los ist;
    New York is where it's \at, stylewise in New York ist modemäßig richtig was los ( fam)

    English-German students dictionary > at

  • 30 Agriculture

       Historically, Portugal's agricultural efficiency, measured in terms of crop yields and animal productivity, has been well below that of other European countries. Agricultural inefficiency is a consequence of Portugal's topography and climate, which varies considerably from north to south and has influenced farm size and farming methods. There are three major agricultural zones: the north, center, and south. The north (the area between the Douro and Minho Rivers, including the district of Trás-os-Montes) is mountainous with a wet (180-249 cm of rainfall/year), moderately cool climate. It contains about 2 million hectares of cultivated land excessively fragmented into tiny (3-5 hectares) family-owned farms, or minifúndios, a consequence of ancient settlement patterns, a strong attachment to the land, and the tradition of subdividing land equally among family members. The farms in the north produce the potatoes and kale that are used to make caldo verde soup, a staple of the Portuguese diet, and the grapes that are used to make vinho verde (green wine), a light sparkling white wine said to aid the digestion of oily and greasy food. Northern farms are too small to benefit from mechanization and their owners too poor to invest in irrigation, chemical fertilizers, or better seeds; hence, agriculture in the north has remained labor intensive, despite efforts to regroup minifúndios to increase farm size and efficiency.
       The center (roughly between the Douro and the Tagus River) is bisected by the Mondego River, the land to either side of which is some of the most fertile in Portugal and produces irrigated rice, corn, grapes, and forest goods on medium-sized (about 100 hectares) farms under a mixture of owner-cultivation and sharecropping. Portugal's center contains the Estrela Mountains, where sheep raising is common and wool, milk, and cheese are produced, especially mountain cheese ( Queijo da Serra), similar to French brie. In the valley of the Dão River, a full-bodied, fruity wine much like Burgundy is produced. In the southern part of the center, where the climate is dry and soils are poor, stock raising mixes with cereal crop cultivation. In Estremadura, the area north of Lisbon, better soils and even rainfall support intensive agriculture. The small farms of this area produce lemons, strawberries, pears, quinces, peaches, and vegetables. Estremadura also produces red wine at Colares and white wine at Buçelas.
       The south (Alentejo and Algarve) is a vast rolling plain with a hot arid climate. It contains about 2.6 million hectares of arable land and produces the bulk of Portugal's wheat and barley. It also produces one of Portugal's chief exports, cork, which is made from bark cut from cork oaks at nine-year intervals. There are vast groves of olive trees around the towns of Elvas, Serpa, and Estremoz that provide Portugal's olives. The warm climate of the Algarve (the most southern region of Portugal) is favorable for the growing of oranges, pomegranates, figs, and carobs. Almonds are also produced. Farms in the south, except for the Algarve, are large estates (typically 1,000 hectares or more in size) known as latifúndios, worked by a landless, wage-earning rural work force. After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, these large estates were taken over by the state and turned into collective farms. During the 1990s, as the radicalism of the Revolution moderated, collectivized agriculture was seen as counterproductive, and the nationalized estates were gradually returned to their original owners in exchange for cash payments or small parcels of land for the collective farm workers.
       Portugal adopted the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) when it joined the European Union (EU) in 1986. The CAP, which is based on the principles of common pricing, EU preferences, and joint financing, has shifted much of Portugal's agricultural decision making to the EU. Under the CAP, cereals and dairy products have experienced declines in prices because these are in chronic surplus within the EU. Alentejo wheat production has become unprofitable because of poor soils. However, rice, tomatoes, sunflower, and safflower seed and potatoes, as well as Portuguese wines, have competed well under the CAP system.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Agriculture

  • 31 Brodrick, Cuthbert

    [br]
    b. 1822 Hull, Yorkshire, England
    d. 2 March 1905 Jersey, C.I.
    [br]
    English architect whose best-known buildings—Leeds Town Hall (1853–8) and the Grand Hotel in Scarborough (1863–7)—were of powerful baroque design.
    [br]
    Like a number of his contemporaries, Brodrick experimented with ferrovitreous construction, which by the second half of the nineteenth century was the favoured method of handling immense roofing spans of structures such as railway stations, shopping arcades and large exhibition and functional halls in England and America. The pattern for this had been set in 1851 with Sir Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London.
    Brodrick's ferrovitreous venture was the Leeds Corn Exchange (1861–3). This is an oval building with its exterior severely rusticated in fifteenth-century Florentine-palace manner, but inside is a two-storeyed ring of offices, bounded by ironwork galleries surrounding a large, central area roofed by an iron and glass roof. This listed building was recently in poor condition but has now been rescued and restored for use as a shopping centre; however, the local traders still retain their right, according to the bye-laws, to trade there, and once a week a section of the hall is cleared so that corn trading can take place.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    D.Lindstrom, 1967, Architecture of Cuthbert Brodrick, Country Life.
    —1978, West Yorkshire: Architects and Architecture, Lund Humphries.
    DY

    Biographical history of technology > Brodrick, Cuthbert

  • 32 Caproni, Giovanni Battista (Gianni), Conte di Taliedo

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 3 June 1886 Massone, Italy
    d. 29 October 1957 Rome, Italy
    [br]
    Italian aircraft designer and manufacturer, well known for his early large-aircraft designs.
    [br]
    Gianni Caproni studied civil and electrical engineering in Munich and Liège before moving on to Paris, where he developed an interest in aeronautics. He built his first aircraft in 1910, a biplane with a tricycle undercarriage (which has been claimed as the world's first tricycle undercarriage). Caproni and his brother, Dr Fred Caproni, set up a factory at Malpensa in northern Italy and produced a series of monoplanes and biplanes. In 1913 Caproni astounded the aviation world with his Ca 30 three-engined biplane bomber. There followed many variations, of which the most significant were the Ca 32 of 1915, the first large bomber to enter service in significant numbers, and the Ca 42 triplane of 1917 with a wing span of almost 30 metres.
    After the First World War, Caproni designed an even larger aircraft with three pairs of triplane wings (i.e. nine wings each of 30 metres span) and eight engines. This Ca 60 flying boat was designed to carry 100 passengers. In 1921 it made one short flight lightly loaded; however, with a load of sandbags representing sixty passengers, it crashed soon after take-off. The project was abandoned but Caproni's company prospered and expanded to become one of the largest groups of companies in Italy. In the 1930s Caproni aircraft twice broke the world altitude record. Several Caproni types were in service when Italy entered the Second World War, and an unusual research aircraft was under development. The Caproni-Campini No. 1 (CC2) was a jet, but it did not have a gas-turbine engine. Dr Campini's engine used a piston engine to drive a compressor which forced air out through a nozzle, and by burning fuel in this airstream a jet was produced. It flew with limited success in August 1940, amid much publicity: the first German jet (1939) and the first British jet (1941) were both flown in secret. Caproni retained many of his early aircraft for his private museum, including some salvaged parts from his monstrous flying boat.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Created Conte di Taliedo 1940.
    Further Reading
    Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, 1976, Vol. XIX.
    The Caproni Museum has published two books on the Caproni aeroplanes: Gli Aeroplani Caproni -1909–1935 and Gli Aeroplani Caproni dal 1935 in poi. See also Jane's
    fighting Aircraft of World War 1; 1919, republished 1990.
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Caproni, Giovanni Battista (Gianni), Conte di Taliedo

  • 33 Castner, Hamilton Young

    SUBJECT AREA: Chemical technology
    [br]
    b. 11 September 1858 Brooklyn, New York, USA
    d. 11 October 1899 Saranoe Lake, New York, USA
    [br]
    American chemist, inventor of the electrolytic production of sodium.
    [br]
    Around 1850, the exciting new metal aluminium began to be produced by the process developed by Sainte-Claire Deville. However, it remained expensive on account of the high cost of one of the raw materials, sodium. It was another thirty years before Castner became the first to work successfully the process for producing sodium, which consisted of heating sodium hydroxide with charcoal at a high temperature. Unable to interest American backers in the process, Castner took it to England and set up a plant at Oldbury, near Birmingham. At the moment he achieved commercial success, however, the demand for cheap sodium plummeted as a result of the development of the electrolytic process for producing aluminium. He therefore sought other uses for cheap sodium, first converting it to sodium peroxide, a bleaching agent much used in the straw-hat industry. Much more importantly, Castner persuaded the gold industry to use sodium instead of potassium cyanide in the refining of gold. With the "gold rush", he established a large market in Australia, the USA, South Africa and elsewhere, but the problem was to meet the demand, so Castner turned to the electrolytic method. At first progress was slow because of the impure nature of the sodium hydroxide, so he used a mercury cathode, with which the released sodium formed an amalgam. It then reacted with water in a separate compartment in the cell to form sodium hydroxide of a purity hitherto unknown in the alkali industry; chlorine was a valuable by-product.
    In 1894 Castner began to seek international patents for the cell, but found he had been anticipated in Germany by Kellner, an Austrian chemist. Preferring negotiation to legal confrontation, Castner exchanged patents and processes with Kellner, although the latter's had been less successful. The cell became known as the Castner-Kellner cell, but the process needed cheap electricity and salt, neither of which was available near Oldbury, so he set up the Castner-Kellner Alkali Company works at Runcorn in Cheshire; at the same time, a pilot plant was set up in the USA at Saltville, Virginia, with a larger plant being established at Niagara Falls.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    A.Fleck, 1947, "The life and work of Hamilton Young Castner" (Castner Memorial Lecture), Chemistry and Industry 44:515-; Fifty Years of Progress: The Story of the Castner-Kellner Company, 1947.
    T.K.Derry and T.I.Williams, 1960, A Short History of Technology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 549–50 (provides a summary of his work).
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    Biographical history of technology > Castner, Hamilton Young

  • 34 Cody, Colonel Samuel Franklin

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. probably 6 March 1861 Texas, USA
    d. 7 August 1913 Farnborough, England
    [br]
    American (naturalised British) aviation pioneer who made the first sustained aeroplane flight in Britain.
    [br]
    "Colonel" Cody was one of the most colourful and controversial characters in aviation history. He dressed as a cowboy, frequently rode a horse, and appeared on the music-hall stage as a sharpshooter. Cody lived in England from 1896 and became a British subject in 1909. He wrote a melodrama, The Klondyke Nugget, which was first performed in 1898, with Cody as the villain and his wife as the heroine. It was a great success and Cody made enough money to indulge in his hobby of flying large kites. Several man-lifting kites were being developed in the mid-1890s, primarily for military observation purposes. Captain B.S.F. Baden-Powell built multiple hexagonal kites in England, while Lawrence Hargrave, in Australia, developed a very successful boxkite. Cody's man-lifting kites were so good that the British Government engaged him to supply kites, and act as an instructor with the Royal Engineers at the Balloon Factory, Farnborough. Cody's kites were rather like a box-kite with wings and, indeed, some were virtually tethered gliders. In 1905 a Royal Engineer reached a record height of 2,600 ft (790 m) in one of Cody's kites. While at Farnborough, Cody assisted with the construction of the experimental airship "British Army Dirigible No. 1", later known as Nulli Secundus. Cody was on board for the first flight in 1907. In the same year, Cody fitted an engine to one of his kites and it flew with no one on board; he also built a free-flying glider version. He went on to build a powered aeroplane with an Antoinette engine and on 16 October 1908 made a flight of 1,390 ft (424 m) at Farnborough; this was the first real flight in Britain. During the following years, Cody's large "Flying Cathedral" became a popular sight at aviation meetings, and in 1911 his "Cathedral" was the only British aeroplane to complete the course in the Circuit of Britain Contest. In 1912 Cody won the first British Military Aeroplane competition (a similar aeroplane is preserved by the Science Museum, London). Unfortunately, Cody and a passenger were killed when his latest aeroplane crashed at Farnborough in 1913; because Cody was such a popular figure at Farnborough, the tree to which he sometimes tethered his aeroplane was preserved as a memorial.
    Later, there was a great controversy over who the first person to make an aeroplane flight in Britain was, as A.V. Roe, Horatio Phillips and Cody had all made hops before October 1908; most historians, however, now accept that it was Cody. Cody's title of'Colonel' was unofficial, although it was used by King George V on one of several visits to see Cody's work.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    Cody gave a lecture to the (Royal) Aeronautical Society which was published in their
    Aeronautical Journal, London, January 1909.
    Further Reading
    P.B.Walker, 1971, Early Aviation at Farnborough, 2 vols, London (an authoritative source).
    A.Gould Lee, 1965, The Flying Cathedral, London (biography). G.A.Broomfield, 1953, Pioneer of the Air, Aldershot (a less-reliable biography).
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Cody, Colonel Samuel Franklin

  • 35 Davy, Sir Humphry

    [br]
    b. 17 December 1778 Penzance, Cornwall, England
    d. 29 May 1829 Geneva, Switzerland
    [br]
    English chemist, discoverer of the alkali and alkaline earth metals and the halogens, inventor of the miner's safety lamp.
    [br]
    Educated at the Latin School at Penzance and from 1792 at Truro Grammar School, Davy was apprenticed to a surgeon in Penzance. In 1797 he began to teach himself chemistry by reading, among other works, Lavoisier's elementary treatise on chemistry. In 1798 Dr Thomas Beddoes of Bristol engaged him as assistant in setting up his Pneumatic Institution to pioneer the medical application of the newly discovered gases, especially oxygen.
    In 1799 he discovered the anaesthetic properties of nitrous oxide, discovered not long before by the chemist Joseph Priestley. He also noted its intoxicating qualities, on account of which it was dubbed "laughing-gas". Two years later Count Rumford, founder of the Royal Institution in 1800, appointed Davy Assistant Lecturer, and the following year Professor. His lecturing ability soon began to attract large audiences, making science both popular and fashionable.
    Davy was stimulated by Volta's invention of the voltaic pile, or electric battery, to construct one for himself in 1800. That enabled him to embark on the researches into electrochemistry by which is chiefly known. In 1807 he tried decomposing caustic soda and caustic potash, hitherto regarded as elements, by electrolysis and obtained the metals sodium and potassium. He went on to discover the metals barium, strontium, calcium and magnesium by the same means. Next, he turned his attention to chlorine, which was then regarded as an oxide in accordance with Lavoisier's theory that oxygen was the essential component of acids; Davy failed to decompose it, however, even with the aid of electricity and concluded that it was an element, thus disproving Lavoisier's view of the nature of acids. In 1812 Davy published his Elements of Chemical Philosophy, in which he presented his chemical ideas without, however, committing himself to the atomic theory, recently advanced by John Dalton.
    In 1813 Davy engaged Faraday as Assistant, perhaps his greatest service to science. In April 1815 Davy was asked to assist in the development of a miner's lamp which could be safely used in a firedamp (methane) laden atmosphere. The "Davy lamp", which emerged in January 1816, had its flame completely surrounded by a fine wire mesh; George Stephenson's lamp, based on a similar principle, had been introduced into the Northumberland pits several months earlier, and a bitter controversy as to priority of invention ensued, but it was Davy who was awarded the prize for inventing a successful safety lamp.
    In 1824 Davy was the first to suggest the possibility of conferring cathodic protection to the copper bottoms of naval vessels by the use of sacrificial electrodes. Zinc and iron were found to be equally effective in inhibiting corrosion, although the scheme was later abandoned when it was found that ships protected in this way were rapidly fouled by weeds and barnacles.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1812. FRS 1803; President, Royal Society 1820. Royal Society Copley Medal 1805.
    Bibliography
    1812, Elements of Chemical Philosophy.
    1839–40, The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy, 9 vols, ed. John Davy, London.
    Further Reading
    J.Davy, 1836, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, London (a classic biography). J.A.Paris, 1831, The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, London (a classic biography). H.Hartley, 1967, Humphry Davy, London (a more recent biography).
    J.Z.Fullmer, 1969, Cambridge, Mass, (a bibliography of Davy's works).
    ASD

    Biographical history of technology > Davy, Sir Humphry

  • 36 de Havilland, Sir Geoffrey

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 27 July 1882 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
    d. 21 May 1965 Stanmore, Middlesex, England
    [br]
    English designer of some eighty aircraft from 1909 onwards.
    [br]
    Geoffrey de Havilland started experimenting with aircraft and engines of his own design in 1908. In the following year, with the help of his friend Frank Hearle, he built and flew his first aircraft; it crashed on its first flight. The second aircraft used the same engine and made its first flight on 10 September 1910, and enabled de Havilland to teach himself to fly. From 1910 to 1914 he was employed at Farnborough, where in 1912 the Royal Aircraft Factory was established. As Chief Designer and Chief Test Pilot he was responsible for the BE 2, which was the first British military aircraft to land in France in 1914.
    In May 1914 de Havilland went to work for George Holt Thomas, whose Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd (Airco) of Hendon was expanding to design and build aircraft of its own design. However, because de Havilland was a member of the Royal Flying Corps Reserve, he had to report for duty when war broke out in August. His value as a designer was recognized and he was transferred back to Airco, where he designed eight aircraft in four years. Of these, the DH 2, DH 4, DH 5, DH 6 and DH 9 were produced in large numbers, and a modified DH 4A operated the first British cross- Channel air service in 1919.
    On 25 September 1920 de Havilland founded his own company, the De Havilland Aircraft Company Ltd, at Stag Lane near Edgware, London. During the 1920s and 1930s de Havilland concentrated on civil aircraft and produced the very successful Moth series of small biplanes and monoplanes, as well as the Dragon, Dragon Rapide, Albatross and Flamingo airliners. In 1930 a new site was acquired at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, and by 1934 a modern factory with a large airfield had been established. His Comet racer won the England-Australia air race in 1934 using de Havilland engines. By this time the company had established very successful engine and propeller divisions. The Comet used a wooden stressed-skin construction which de Havilland developed and used for one of the outstanding aircraft of the Second World War: the Mosquito. The de Havilland Engine Company started work on jet engines in 1941 and their Goblin engine powered the Vampire jet fighter first flown by Geoffrey de Havilland Jr in 1943. Unfortunately, Geoffrey Jr and his brother John were both killed in flying accidents. The Comet jet airliner first flew in 1949 and the Trident in 1962, although by 1959 the De Havilland Company had been absorbed into Hawker Siddeley Aviation.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knight Bachelor 1944. Order of Merit 1962. CBE 1934. Air Force Cross 1919. (A full list is contained in R.M.Clarkson's paper (see below)).
    Bibliography
    1961, Sky Fever, London; repub. 1979, Shrewsbury (autobiography).
    Further Reading
    R.M.Clarkson, 1967, "Geoffrey de Havilland 1882–1965", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (February) (a concise account of de Havilland, his achievements and honours).
    C.M.Sharp, 1960, D.H.—An Outline of de Havilland History, London (mostly a history of the company).
    A.J.Jackson, 1962, De Havilland Aircraft since 1915, London.
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > de Havilland, Sir Geoffrey

  • 37 Deville, Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. 11 March 1818 St Thomas, Virgin Islands
    d. 1 July 1881 Boulogne-sur-Seine, France
    [br]
    French chemist and metallurgist, pioneer in the large-scale production of aluminium and other light metals.
    [br]
    Deville was the son of a prosperous shipowner with diplomatic duties in the Virgin Islands. With his elder brother Charles, who later became a distinguished physicist, he was sent to Paris to be educated. He took his degree in medicine in 1843, but before that he had shown an interest in chemistry, due particularly to the lectures of Thenard. Two years later, with Thenard's influence, he was appointed Professor of Chemistry at Besançon. In 1851 he was able to return to Paris as Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. He remained there for the rest of his working life, greatly improving the standard of teaching, and his laboratory became one of the great research centres of Europe. His first chemical work had been in organic chemistry, but he then turned to inorganic chemistry, specifically to improve methods of producing the new and little-known metal aluminium. Essentially, the process consisted of forming sodium aluminium trichloride and reducing it with sodium to metallic aluminium. He obtained sodium in sufficient quantity by reducing sodium carbonate with carbon. In 1855 he exhibited specimens of the metal at the Paris Exhibition, and the same year Napoleon III asked to see them, with a view to using it for breastplates for the Army and for spoons and forks for State banquets. With the resulting government support, he set up a pilot plant at Jarvel to develop the process, and then set up a small company, the Société d'Aluminium at Nan terre. This raised the output of this attractive and useful metal, so it could be used more widely than for the jewellery to which it had hitherto been restricted. Large-scale applications, however, had to await the electrolytic process that began to supersede Deville's in the 1890s. Deville extended his sodium reduction method to produce silicon, boron and the light metals magnesium and titanium. His investigations into the metallurgy of platinum revolutionized the industry and led in 1872 to his being asked to make the platinum-iridium (90–10) alloy for the standard kilogram and metre. Deville later carried out important work in high-temperature chemistry. He grieved much at the death of his brother Charles in 1876, and his retirement was forced by declining health in 1880; he did not survive for long.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    Deville published influential books on aluminium and platinum; these and all his publications are listed in the bibliography in the standard biography by J.Gray, 1889, Henri Sainte-Claire Deville: sa vie et ses travaux, Paris.
    Further Reading
    M.Daumas, 1949, "Henri Sainte-Claire Deville et les débuts de l'industrie de l'aluminium", Rev.Hist.Sci 2:352–7.
    J.C.Chaston, 1981, "Henri Sainte-Claire Deville: his outstanding contributions to the chemistry of the platinum metals", Platinum Metals Review 25:121–8.
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Deville, Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire

  • 38 Fairbairn, Sir Peter

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
    [br]
    b. September 1799 Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    d. 4 January 1861 Leeds, Yorkshire, England
    [br]
    British inventor of the revolving tube between drafting rollers to give false twist.
    [br]
    Born of Scottish parents, Fairbairn was apprenticed at the age of 14 to John Casson, a mill-wright and engineer at the Percy Main Colliery, Newcastle upon Tyne, and remained there until 1821 when he went to work for his brother William in Manchester. After going to various other places, including Messrs Rennie in London and on the European continent, he eventually moved in 1829 to Leeds where Marshall helped him set up the Wellington Foundry and so laid the foundations for the colossal establishment which was to employ over one thousand workers. To begin with he devoted his attention to improving wool-weaving machinery, substituting iron for wood in the construction of the textile machines. He also worked on machinery for flax, incorporating many of Philippe de Girard's ideas. He assisted Henry Houldsworth in the application of the differential to roving frames, and it was to these machines that he added his own inventions. The longer fibres of wool and flax need to have some form of support and control between the rollers when they are being drawn out, and inserting a little twist helps. However, if the roving is too tightly twisted before passing through the first pair of rollers, it cannot be drawn out, while if there is insufficient twist, the fibres do not receive enough support in the drafting zone. One solution is to twist the fibres together while they are actually in the drafting zone between the rollers. In 1834, Fairbairn patented an arrangement consisting of a revolving tube placed between the drawing rollers. The tube inserted a "middle" or "false" twist in the material. As stated in the specification, it was "a well-known contrivance… for twisting and untwisting any roving passing through it". It had been used earlier in 1822 by J. Goulding of the USA and a similar idea had been developed by C.Danforth in America and patented in Britain in 1825 by J.C. Dyer. Fairbairn's machine, however, was said to make a very superior article. He was also involved with waste-silk spinning and rope-yarn machinery.
    Fairbairn later began constructing machine tools, and at the beginning of the Crimean War was asked by the Government to make special tools for the manufacture of armaments. He supplied some of these, such as cannon rifling machines, to the arsenals at Woolwich and Enfield. He then made a considerable number of tools for the manufacture of the Armstrong gun. He was involved in the life of his adopted city and was elected to Leeds town council in 1832 for ten years. He was elected an alderman in 1854 and was Mayor of Leeds from 1857 to 1859, when he was knighted by Queen Victoria at the opening of the new town hall. He was twice married, first to Margaret Kennedy and then to Rachel Anne Brindling.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1858.
    Bibliography
    1834, British patent no. 6,741 (revolving tube between drafting rollers to give false twist).
    Further Reading
    Dictionary of National Biography.
    Obituary, 1861, Engineer 11.
    W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (provides a brief account of Fairbairn's revolving tube).
    C.Singer (ed.), 1958, A History of Technology, Vols IV and V, Oxford: Clarendon Press (provides details of Fairbairn's silk-dressing machine and a picture of a large planing machine built by him).
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Fairbairn, Sir Peter

  • 39 Field, Cyrus West

    SUBJECT AREA: Telecommunications
    [br]
    b. 30 November 1819 Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA
    d. 12 July 1892 New York City, New York, USA
    [br]
    American financier and entrepreneur noted for his successful promotion of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.
    [br]
    At the age of 15 Field left home to seek his fortune in New York, starting work on Broadway as an errand boy for $1 per week. Returning to Massachusetts, in 1838 he became an assistant to his brother Matthew, a paper-maker, leaving to set up his own business two years later. By the age of 21 he was also a partner in a New York firm of paper wholesalers, but this firm collapsed because of large debts. Out of the wreckage he set up Cyrus W.Field \& Co., and by 1852 he had paid off all the debts. With $250,000 in the bank he therefore retired and travelled in South America. Returning to the USA, he then became involved with the construction of a telegraph line in Newfoundland by an English engineer, F.N. Osborne. Although the company collapsed, he had been fired by the dream of a transatlantic cable and in 1854 was one of the founders of the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company. He began to promote surveys and hold discussions with British telegraph pioneers and with Isambard Brunel, who was then building the Great Eastern steamship. In 1856 he helped to set up the Atlantic Telegraph Company in Britain and, as a result of his efforts and those of the British physicist and inventor Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), work began in 1857 on the laying of the first transatlantic cable from Newfoundland to Ireland. After many tribulations the cable was completed on 5 August 1857, but it failed after barely a month. Following several unsuccessful attempts to repair and replace it, the cable was finally completed on 27 July 1866. Building upon his success, Field expanded his business interests. In 1877 he bought a controlling interest in and was President of the New York Elevated Railroad Company. He also helped develop the Wabash Railroad and became owner of the New York Mail and Express newspaper; however, he subsequently suffered large financial losses.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Congressional Gold Medal.
    Further Reading
    A.C.Clarke, 1958, Voice Across the Sea, London: Frederick Muller (describes the development of the transatlantic telegraph).
    H.M.Field, 1893, Story of the Atlantic Telegraph (also describes the transatlantic telegraph development).
    L.J.Judson (ed.), 1893, Cyrus W.Field: His Life and Work (a complete biography).
    KF

    Biographical history of technology > Field, Cyrus West

  • 40 Giffard, Baptiste Henry Jacques (Henri)

    [br]
    b. 8 February 1825 Paris, France
    d. 14 April 1882 Paris, France
    [br]
    French pioneer of airships and balloons, inventor of an injector for steam-boiler feedwater.
    [br]
    Giffard entered the works of the Western Railway of France at the age of 16 but became absorbed by the problem of steam-powered aerial navigation. He proposed a steam-powered helicopter in 1847, but he then turned his attention to an airship. He designed a lightweight coke-burning, single-cylinder steam engine and boiler which produced just over 3 hp (2.2 kW) and mounted it below a cigar-shaped gas bag 44 m (144 ft) in length. A triangular rudder was fitted at the rear to control the direction of flight. On 24 September 1852 Giffard took off from Paris and, at a steady 8 km/h (5 mph), he travelled 28 km (17 miles) to Trappes. This can be claimed to be the first steerable lighter-than-air craft, but with a top speed of only 8 km/h (5 mph) even a modest headwind would have reduced the forward speed to nil (or even negative). Giffard built a second airship, which crashed in 1855, slightly injuring Giffard and his companion; a third airship was planned with a very large gas bag in order to lift the inherently heavy steam engine and boiler, but this was never built. His airships were inflated by coal gas and refusal by the gas company to provide further supplies brought these promising experiments to a premature end.
    As a draughtsman Giffard had the opportunity to travel on locomotives and he observed the inadequacies of the feed pumps then used to supply boiler feedwater. To overcome these problems he invented the injector with its series of three cones: in the first cone (convergent), steam at or below boiler pressure becomes a high-velocity jet; in the second (also convergent), it combines with feedwater to condense and impart high velocity to it; and in the third (divergent), that velocity is converted into pressure sufficient to overcome the pressure of steam in the boiler. The injector, patented by Giffard, was quickly adopted by railways everywhere, and the royalties provided him with funds to finance further experiments in aviation. These took the form of tethered hydrogen-inflated balloons of successively larger size. At the Paris Exposition of 1878 one of these balloons carried fifty-two passengers on each tethered "flight". The height of the balloon was controlled by a cable attached to a huge steam-powered winch, and by the end of the fair 1,033 ascents had been made and 35,000 passengers had seen Paris from the air. This, and similar balloons, greatly widened the public's interest in aeronautics. Sadly, after becoming blind, Giffard committed suicide; however, he died a rich man and bequeathed large sums of money to the State for humanitarian an scientific purposes.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Croix de la Légion d'honneur 1863.
    Bibliography
    1860, Notice théorique et pratique sur l'injecteur automoteur.
    1870, Description du premier aérostat à vapeur.
    Further Reading
    Dictionnaire de biographie française.
    Gaston Tissandier, 1872, Les Ballons dirigeables, Paris.
    —1878, Le Grand ballon captif à vapeur de M. Henri Giffard, Paris.
    W.de Fonvielle, 1882, Les Ballons dirigeables à vapeur de H.Giffard, Paris. Giffard is covered in most books on balloons or airships, e.g.: Basil Clarke, 1961, The History of Airships, London. L.T.C.Rolt, 1966, The Aeronauts, London.
    Ian McNeill (ed.), 1990, An Encyclopaedia of the History of Technology, London: Routledge, pp. 575 and 614.
    J.T.Hodgson and C.S.Lake, 1954, Locomotive Management, Tothill Press, p. 100.
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