Перевод: с английского на все языки

со всех языков на английский

iron+and+steel+manufacture

  • 21 press

    I 1. noun
    1) (newspapers etc.) Presse, die; attrib. Presse-; der Presse nachgestellt

    get/have a good/bad press — (fig.) eine gute/schlechte Presse bekommen/haben

    2) see academic.ru/58005/printing_press">printing press
    3) (printing house) Druckerei, die

    at or in [the] press — im Druck

    send to [the] press — in Druck geben

    go to [the] press — in Druck gehen

    4) (publishing firm) Verlag, der
    5) (for flattening, compressing, etc.) Presse, die; (for sports racket) Spanner, der
    6) (crowd) Menge, die
    7) (pressing) Druck, der
    2. transitive verb
    1) drücken; pressen; drücken auf (+ Akk.) [Klingel, Knopf]; treten auf (+ Akk.) [Gas-, Brems-, Kupplungspedal usw.]
    2) (urge) drängen [Person]; (force) aufdrängen ([up]on Dat.); (insist on) nachdrücklich vorbringen [Forderung, Argument, Vorschlag]

    he did not press the point — er ließ die Sache auf sich beruhen

    3) (compress) pressen; auspressen [Orangen, Saft]; keltern [Trauben, Äpfel]
    4) (iron) bügeln
    5)

    be pressed for space/time/money — (have barely enough) zu wenig Platz/Zeit/Geld haben

    3. intransitive verb
    1) (exert pressure) drücken
    2) (be urgent) drängen

    time/something presses — die Zeit drängt/etwas eilt od. ist dringend

    3) (make demand)

    press for something — auf etwas (Akk.) drängen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    II transitive verb

    press into service/use — in Dienst nehmen; einsetzen

    * * *
    [pres] 1. verb
    1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) drücken
    2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) pressen
    3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) drängen
    4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) nachdrücklich bestehen auf
    5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) plätten
    2. noun
    1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) der Druck
    2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) die Presse
    3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; ( also adjective) a press photographer.) die Presse; Presse-...
    4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) die Presse
    5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) die Presse
    •
    - pressing
    - press conference
    - press-cutting
    - be hard pressed
    - be pressed for
    - press for
    - press forward/on
    * * *
    [pres]
    I. n
    <pl -es>
    1. (push) Druck m
    at the \press of a button auf Knopfdruck
    to give sth a \press [auf] etw akk drücken
    2. (ironing) Bügeln nt kein pl, SCHWEIZ a. Glätten nt kein pl
    to give sth a \press etw bügeln
    3. (instrument) Presse f
    garlic \press Knoblauchpresse f
    trouser \press Hosenpresse f
    wine \press Weinpresse f, Kelter f
    ▪ the \press + sing/pl vb die Presse
    the story has been all over the \press die Geschichte wurde in allen Zeitungen gebracht
    freedom of the \press Pressefreiheit f
    to be in [or AM on] \press im Druck sein
    to go to \press newspaper, book in Druck gehen; editorial staff Redaktionsschluss haben
    to hold the \press[es] den Druck verzögern
    to inform the \press [about sth] [mit etw dat] an die Presse [o ÖSTERR a. in die Medien] gehen
    to leak sth to the \press etw der Presse zuspielen
    in the \press in der Presse
    5. (publicity) Presse f
    to have a bad/good \press eine schlechte/gute Presse bekommen, schlechte/gute Kritiken bekommen
    6. (publishing house) Verlag m, Verlagshaus nt
    II. vt
    ▪ to \press sth [auf] etw akk drücken
    to speak to an operator, \press ‘0’ now um mit der Vermittlung zu sprechen, wählen Sie jetzt die ‚0‘
    Sammy \pressed his nose against the windowpane Sammy drückte die Nase gegen die Fensterscheibe
    to \press a bell/button/switch auf eine Klingel/einen Knopf/einen Schalter drücken
    to \press on the brake pedal auf das Bremspedal treten [o fam steigen]
    ▪ to \press sth ⇆ down etw herunterdrücken
    ▪ to \press sth into sth etw in etw akk hineindrücken
    2. (flatten)
    ▪ to \press sth etw zusammendrücken
    to \press flowers Blumen pressen
    3. (extract juice from)
    ▪ to \press sth etw auspressen
    to \press grapes Weintrauben keltern
    ▪ to \press sth etw bügeln [o SCHWEIZ glätten] [o NORDD a. plätten
    ▪ to \press sth CD, record etw pressen
    6. ( fig: urge, impel)
    ▪ to \press sb jdn bedrängen [o unter Druck setzen]
    ▪ to \press sb to do sth jdn bedrängen, etw zu tun
    ▪ to \press sb for sth jdn zu etw dat drängen, jdn dazu drängen, etw zu tun
    ▪ to \press sb on sb/sth jdn über jdn/zu etw dat befragen
    they are \pressing demands on the country's leaders sie versuchen massiv, ihre Forderungen bei den führenden Vertretern des Landes durchzusetzen
    ▪ to \press sb/sth into sth jdn/etw zu etw dat bringen [o zwingen]; of person also jdn zu etw dat nötigen
    to \press sb for an answer/a decision jdn zu einer Antwort/Entscheidung drängen
    to \press sb into a role jdn in eine Rolle hineindrängen
    to \press sb into service jdn [gezwungenermaßen] in Dienst nehmen, jdn einspannen fam
    to \press sb/sth into service [as sth] jdn/etw [als etw] einsetzen [o fam einspannen
    7. (forcefully promote)
    ▪ to \press sth etw forcieren
    to \press one's case seine Sache durchsetzen wollen
    to \press one's claim auf seiner Forderung beharren
    to \press one's point beharrlich seinen Standpunkt vertreten, auf seinem Standpunkt herumreiten fam
    8. (insist on giving)
    ▪ to \press sth [up]on sb gift, offer jdm etw aufdrängen
    9. usu passive (face difficulty)
    ▪ to be \pressed unter Druck stehen
    they'll be hard \pressed to complete the assignment wenn sie den Auftrag ausführen wollen, müssen sie sich aber ranhalten
    10. LAW (bring)
    to \press charges Anklage erheben ( against gegen + akk)
    11.
    ▶ to \press home ⇆ sth etw durchzusetzen versuchen
    ▶ to \press home one's advantage seinen Vorteil ausnutzen
    III. vi
    1. (push) drücken
    \press down firmly on the lever drücken Sie fest auf den Hebel
    stop \pressing! you'll all get your turn hört auf zu drängeln! es kommen alle an die Reihe
    to \press against a door sich akk gegen eine Tür stemmen
    to \press hard fest drücken
    2. (be urgent) drängen, dringlich sein geh
    time is \pressing die Zeit drängt
    * * *
    [pres]
    1. n
    1) (= machine trouser press, flower press) Presse f; (= racket press) Spanner m
    2) (TYP) (Drucker)presse f; (= publishing firm) Verlag m
    3) (= newspapers, journalists) Presse f

    the daily/sporting press — die Tages-/Sportpresse

    to get a good/bad press — eine gute/schlechte Presse bekommen

    4) (= squeeze, push) Druck m
    5) (dial US = cupboard) Wandschrank m
    6) (= crush) Gedränge nt
    7) (WEIGHTLIFTING) Drücken nt
    2. vt
    1) (= push, squeeze) drücken (to an +acc); button, doorbell, knob, brake pedal drücken auf (+acc); clutch, piano pedal treten; grapes, fruit (aus)pressen; flowers pressen
    2) (= iron) clothes bügeln
    3) (= urge, persuade) drängen; (= harass, importune) bedrängen, unter Druck setzen; (= insist on) claim, argument bestehen auf (+dat)

    to press sb hard — jdm ( hart) zusetzen

    he didn't need much pressing — man brauchte ihn nicht lange zu drängen

    to press home an advantage — einen Vorteil ausnutzen, sich (dat) einen Vorteil zunutze or zu Nutze machen

    to press money/one's views on sb — jdm Geld/seine Ansichten aufdrängen

    to be pressed for time — unter Zeitdruck stehen, in Zeitnot sein

    to press sb/sth into service — jdn/etw einspannen

    4) machine part, record etc pressen

    pressed steel — gepresster Stahl, Pressstahl m

    3. vi
    1) (lit, fig: bear down, exert pressure) drücken
    2) (= urge, agitate) drängen

    to press for sth — auf etw (acc) drängen

    3) (= move, push) sich drängen

    to press ahead or forward ( with sth) (fig) — (mit etw) weitermachen; (with plans) etw weiterführen

    * * *
    press [pres]
    A v/t
    1. (zusammen)pressen, (-)drücken:
    press sb’s hand jemandem die Hand drücken;
    press one’s nose against the window die Nase gegen die Scheibe pressen oder an die Scheibe quetschen; → flesh A 1
    2. drücken auf (akk):
    press the button (auf) den Knopf drücken
    3. niederdrücken, drücken auf (akk)
    4. Saft, eine Frucht etc (aus)pressen, (-)quetschen
    6. Kleider plätten, bügeln
    7. (zusammen-, vorwärts-, weg- etc) drängen, (-)treiben:
    press on weiterdrängen, -treiben
    8. MIL (hart) bedrängen
    9. jemanden bedrängen:
    a) in die Enge treiben, Druck ausüben auf (akk):
    press sb for money von jemandem Geld erpressen
    b) jemanden bestürmen, jemandem zusetzen:
    press sb for sth jemanden dringend um etwas bitten;
    be pressed for money in Geldverlegenheit sein;
    be pressed for time unter Zeitdruck stehen, es eilig haben; → hard B 2
    10. jemanden, ein Tier antreiben, hetzen
    11. SCHIFF, MIL, HIST zwangsausheben, zum Kriegsdienst pressen, Matrosen auch schanghaien
    12. press sth (up)on sb jemandem etwas aufdrängen oder -nötigen
    13. Nachdruck legen auf (akk):
    press one’s point auf seiner Forderung oder Meinung nachdrücklich bestehen;
    a) eine Forderung etc durchsetzen,
    b) einen Angriff energisch durchführen,
    c) einen Vorteil ausnutzen; → charge C 9
    B v/i
    1. a) pressen, drücken
    b) fig Druck ausüben
    2. plätten, bügeln
    3. drängen:
    time presses die Zeit drängt
    4. (for) dringen oder drängen (auf akk), fordern (akk):
    press for the equalizer SPORT auf den Ausgleich drängen;
    press for sb to do sth jemanden drängen, etwas zu tun; darauf drängen, dass jemand etwas tut
    5. (sich) drängen (to zu, nach):
    press forward (sich) vordrängen;
    press in (up)on sb
    a) auf jemanden eindringen,
    b) fig auf jemanden enstürmen (Probleme etc);
    press on vorwärtsdrängen, weitereilen;
    press ahead ( oder forward, on) fig weitermachen ( with mit)
    C s
    1. TECH (auch Frucht- etc) Presse f
    2. TYPO (Drucker)Presse f
    3. TYPO
    a) Druckerei(raum) f(m)
    b) Druckerei (-anstalt) f
    c) Druckerei(wesen) f(n)
    d) Druck m, Drucken n:
    correct the press Korrektur lesen;
    go to (the) press in Druck gehen, gedruckt werden;
    send to (the) press in Druck geben;
    in the press im Druck (befindlich);
    ready for the press druckfertig
    4. the press die Presse (das Zeitungswesen, a. koll die Zeitungen od die Presseleute)
    5. Presse(kommentar) f(m), -kritik f:
    have a good (bad) press eine gute (schlechte) Presse haben
    6. Spanner m (für Skier oder Tennisschläger)
    7. (Bücher-, Kleider-, besonders Wäsche) Schrank m
    8. a) Drücken n, Pressen n
    b) Plätten n, Bügeln n:
    give sth a press etwas drücken oder pressen oder bügeln;
    at the press of a button auf Knopfdruck
    9. Andrang m, Gedränge n, Menschenmenge f
    10. fig
    a) Druck m, Hast f
    b) Dringlichkeit f, Drang m (der Geschäfte)
    11. press of sail, press of canvas SCHIFF
    a) (Segel)Press m (Druck sämtlicher gesetzter Segel)
    b) Prangen n (Beisetzen sämtlicher Segel):
    carry a press of sail Segel pressen;
    under a press of canvas mit vollen Segeln
    12. SCHIFF, MIL, HIST Zwangsaushebung f
    * * *
    I 1. noun
    1) (newspapers etc.) Presse, die; attrib. Presse-; der Presse nachgestellt

    get/have a good/bad press — (fig.) eine gute/schlechte Presse bekommen/haben

    3) (printing house) Druckerei, die

    at or in [the] press — im Druck

    send to [the] press — in Druck geben

    go to [the] press — in Druck gehen

    4) (publishing firm) Verlag, der
    5) (for flattening, compressing, etc.) Presse, die; (for sports racket) Spanner, der
    6) (crowd) Menge, die
    7) (pressing) Druck, der
    2. transitive verb
    1) drücken; pressen; drücken auf (+ Akk.) [Klingel, Knopf]; treten auf (+ Akk.) [Gas-, Brems-, Kupplungspedal usw.]
    2) (urge) drängen [Person]; (force) aufdrängen ([up]on Dat.); (insist on) nachdrücklich vorbringen [Forderung, Argument, Vorschlag]
    3) (compress) pressen; auspressen [Orangen, Saft]; keltern [Trauben, Äpfel]
    4) (iron) bügeln
    5)

    be pressed for space/time/money — (have barely enough) zu wenig Platz/Zeit/Geld haben

    3. intransitive verb
    1) (exert pressure) drücken
    2) (be urgent) drängen

    time/something presses — die Zeit drängt/etwas eilt od. ist dringend

    press for something — auf etwas (Akk.) drängen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    II transitive verb

    press into service/use — in Dienst nehmen; einsetzen

    * * *
    n.
    (§ pl.: presses)
    = Presse -n (Maschine) f.
    Presse (Zeitung) f. (someone) close to one's heart expr.
    jemanden ans Herz drücken ausdr. v.
    Druck ausüben ausdr.
    bügeln v.
    drängen v.
    drücken v.
    plätten v.
    pressen v.

    English-german dictionary > press

  • 22 Armstrong, Sir William George, Baron Armstrong of Cragside

    [br]
    b. 26 November 1810 Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
    d. 27 December 1900 Cragside, Northumbria, England
    [br]
    English inventor, engineer and entrepreneur in hydraulic engineering, shipbuilding and the production of artillery.
    [br]
    The only son of a corn merchant, Alderman William Armstrong, he was educated at private schools in Newcastle and at Bishop Auckland Grammar School. He then became an articled clerk in the office of Armorer Donkin, a solicitor and a friend of his father. During a fishing trip he saw a water-wheel driven by an open stream to work a marble-cutting machine. He felt that its efficiency would be improved by introducing the water to the wheel in a pipe. He developed an interest in hydraulics and in electricity, and became a popular lecturer on these subjects. From 1838 he became friendly with Henry Watson of the High Bridge Works, Newcastle, and for six years he visited the Works almost daily, studying turret clocks, telescopes, papermaking machinery, surveying instruments and other equipment being produced. There he had built his first hydraulic machine, which generated 5 hp when run off the Newcastle town water-mains. He then designed and made a working model of a hydraulic crane, but it created little interest. In 1845, after he had served this rather unconventional apprenticeship at High Bridge Works, he was appointed Secretary of the newly formed Whittle Dene Water Company. The same year he proposed to the town council of Newcastle the conversion of one of the quayside cranes to his hydraulic operation which, if successful, should also be applied to a further four cranes. This was done by the Newcastle Cranage Company at High Bridge Works. In 1847 he gave up law and formed W.G.Armstrong \& Co. to manufacture hydraulic machinery in a works at Elswick. Orders for cranes, hoists, dock gates and bridges were obtained from mines; docks and railways.
    Early in the Crimean War, the War Office asked him to design and make submarine mines to blow up ships that were sunk by the Russians to block the entrance to Sevastopol harbour. The mines were never used, but this set him thinking about military affairs and brought him many useful contacts at the War Office. Learning that two eighteen-pounder British guns had silenced a whole Russian battery but were too heavy to move over rough ground, he carried out a thorough investigation and proposed light field guns with rifled barrels to fire elongated lead projectiles rather than cast-iron balls. He delivered his first gun in 1855; it was built of a steel core and wound-iron wire jacket. The barrel was multi-grooved and the gun weighed a quarter of a ton and could fire a 3 lb (1.4 kg) projectile. This was considered too light and was sent back to the factory to be rebored to take a 5 lb (2.3 kg) shot. The gun was a complete success and Armstrong was then asked to design and produce an equally successful eighteen-pounder. In 1859 he was appointed Engineer of Rifled Ordnance and was knighted. However, there was considerable opposition from the notably conservative officers of the Army who resented the intrusion of this civilian engineer in their affairs. In 1862, contracts with the Elswick Ordnance Company were terminated, and the Government rejected breech-loading and went back to muzzle-loading. Armstrong resigned and concentrated on foreign sales, which were successful worldwide.
    The search for a suitable proving ground for a 12-ton gun led to an interest in shipbuilding at Elswick from 1868. This necessitated the replacement of an earlier stone bridge with the hydraulically operated Tyne Swing Bridge, which weighed some 1450 tons and allowed a clear passage for shipping. Hydraulic equipment on warships became more complex and increasing quantities of it were made at the Elswick works, which also flourished with the reintroduction of the breech-loader in 1878. In 1884 an open-hearth acid steelworks was added to the Elswick facilities. In 1897 the firm merged with Sir Joseph Whitworth \& Co. to become Sir W.G.Armstrong Whitworth \& Co. After Armstrong's death a further merger with Vickers Ltd formed Vickers Armstrong Ltd.
    In 1879 Armstrong took a great interest in Joseph Swan's invention of the incandescent electric light-bulb. He was one of those who formed the Swan Electric Light Company, opening a factory at South Benwell to make the bulbs. At Cragside, his mansion at Roth bury, he installed a water turbine and generator, making it one of the first houses in England to be lit by electricity.
    Armstrong was a noted philanthropist, building houses for his workforce, and endowing schools, hospitals and parks. His last act of charity was to purchase Bamburgh Castle, Northumbria, in 1894, intending to turn it into a hospital or a convalescent home, but he did not live long enough to complete the work.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1859. FRS 1846. President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Institution of Civil Engineers; British Association for the Advancement of Science 1863. Baron Armstrong of Cragside 1887.
    Further Reading
    E.R.Jones, 1886, Heroes of Industry', London: Low.
    D.J.Scott, 1962, A History of Vickers, London: Weidenfeld \& Nicolson.
    IMcN

    Biographical history of technology > Armstrong, Sir William George, Baron Armstrong of Cragside

  • 23 Polhem, Christopher

    [br]
    b. 18 December 1661 Tingstade, Gotland, Sweden d. 1751
    [br]
    Swedish engineer and inventor.
    [br]
    He was the eldest son of Wolf Christopher Polhamma, a merchant. The father died in 1669 and the son was sent by his stepfather to an uncle in Stockholm who found him a place in the Deutsche Rechenschule. After the death of his uncle, he was forced to find employment, which he did with the Biorenklou family near Uppsala where he eventually became a kind of estate bailiff. It was during this period that he started to work with a lathe, a forge and at carpentry, displaying great technical ability. He realized that without further education he had little chance of making anything of his life, and accordingly, in 1687, he registered at the University of Uppsala where he studied astronomy and mathematics, remaining there for three years. He also repaired two astronomical pendulum clocks as well as the decrepit medieval clock in the cathedral. After a year's work he had this clock running properly: this was his breakthrough. He was summoned to Stockholm where the King awarded him a salary of 500 dalers a year as an encouragement to further efforts. Around this time, one of increasing mechanization and when mining was Sweden's principal industry, Pohlem made a model of a hoist frame for mines and the Mines Authority encouraged him to develop his ideas. In 1693 Polhem completed the Blankstot hoist at the Stora Kopparberg mine, which attracted great interest on the European continent.
    From 1694 to 1696 Polhem toured factories, mills and mines abroad in Germany, Holland, England and France, studying machinery of all kinds and meeting many foreign engineers. In 1698 he was appointed Director of Mining Engineering in Sweden, and in 1700 he became Master of Construction in the Falu Mine. He installed the Karl XII hoist there, powered by moving beams from a distant water-wheel. His plan of 1697 for all the machinery at the Falu mine to be driven by three large and remote water-wheels was never completed.
    In 1707 he was invited by the Elector of Hanover to visit the mines in the Harz district, where he successfully explained many of his ideas which were adopted by the local engineers. In 1700, in conjunction with Gabriel Stierncrona, he founded the Stiersunds Bruk at Husby in Southern Dalarna, a factory for the mass production of metal goods in iron, steel and bronze. Simple articles such as pans, trays, bowls, knives, scissors and mirrors were made there, together with the more sophisticated Polhem lock and the Stiersunds clock. Production was based on water power. Gear cutting for the clocks, shaping hammers for plates, file cutting and many other operations were all water powered, as was a roller mill for the sheet metal used in the factory. He also designed textile machinery such as stocking looms and spinning frames and machines for the manufacture of ribbons and other things.
    In many of his ideas Polhem was in advance of his time and Swedish country society was unable to absorb them. This was largely the reason for the Stiersund project being only a partial success. Polhem, too, was of a disputatious nature, self-opinionated almost to the point of conceit. He was a prolific writer, leaving over 20,000 pages of manuscript notes, drafts, essays on a wide range of subjects, which included building, brick-making, barrels, wheel-making, bell-casting, organ-building, methods of stopping a horse from bolting and a curious tap "to prevent serving maids from sneaking wine from the cask", the construction of ploughs and threshing machines. His major work, Kort Berattelse om de Fornamsta Mechaniska Inventioner (A Brief Account of the Most Famous Inventions), was printed in 1729 and is the main source of knowledge about his technological work. He is also known for his "mechanical alphabet", a collection of some eighty wooden models of mechanisms for educational purposes. It is in the National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1729, Kort Berattelse om de Fornamsta Mechaniska Inventioner (A Brief Account of the Most Famous Inventions).
    Further Reading
    1985, Christopher Polhem, 1661–1751, TheSwedish Daedalus' (catalogue of a travelling exhibition from the Swedish Institute in association with the National Museum of Science and Technology), Stockholm.
    IMcN

    Biographical history of technology > Polhem, Christopher

  • 24 Westinghouse, George

    [br]
    b. 6 October 1846 Central Bridge, New York, USA
    d. 12 March 1914 New York, New York, USA
    [br]
    American inventor and entrepreneur, pioneer of air brakes for railways and alternating-current distribution of electricity.
    [br]
    George Westinghouse's father was an ingenious manufacturer of agricultural implements; the son, after a spell in the Union Army during the Civil War, and subsequently in the Navy as an engineer, went to work for his father. He invented a rotary steam engine, which proved impracticable; a rerailing device for railway rolling stock in 1865; and a cast-steel frog for railway points, with longer life than the cast-iron frogs then used, in 1868–9. During the same period Westinghouse, like many other inventors, was considering how best to meet the evident need for a continuous brake for trains, i.e. one by which the driver could apply the brakes on all vehicles in a train simultaneously instead of relying on brakesmen on individual vehicles. By chance he encountered a magazine article about the construction of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, with a description of the pneumatic tools invented for it, and from this it occurred to him that compressed air might be used to operate the brakes along a train.
    The first prototype was ready in 1869 and the Westinghouse Air Brake Company was set up to manufacture it. However, despite impressive demonstration of the brake's powers when it saved the test train from otherwise certain collision with a horse-drawn dray on a level crossing, railways were at first slow to adopt it. Then in 1872 Westinghouse added to it the triple valve, which enabled the train pipe to charge reservoirs beneath each vehicle, from which the compressed air would apply the brakes when pressure in the train pipe was reduced. This meant that the brake was now automatic: if a train became divided, the brakes on both parts would be applied. From then on, more and more American railways adopted the Westinghouse brake and the Railroad Safety Appliance Act of 1893 made air brakes compulsory in the USA. Air brakes were also adopted in most other parts of the world, although only a minority of British railway companies took them up, the remainder, with insular reluctance, preferring the less effective vacuum brake.
    From 1880 Westinghouse was purchasing patents relating to means of interlocking railway signals and points; he combined them with his own inventions to produce a complete signalling system. The first really practical power signalling scheme, installed in the USA by Westinghouse in 1884, was operated pneumatically, but the development of railway signalling required an awareness of the powers of electricity, and it was probably this that first led Westinghouse to become interested in electrical processes and inventions. The Westinghouse Electric Company was formed in 1886: it pioneered the use of electricity distribution systems using high-voltage single-phase alternating current, which it developed from European practice. Initially this was violently opposed by established operators of direct-current distribution systems, but eventually the use of alternating current became widespread.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Légion d'honneur. Order of the Crown of Italy. Order of Leopold.
    Bibliography
    Westinghouse took out some 400 patents over forty-eight years.
    Further Reading
    H.G.Prout, 1922, A Life of "George Westinghouse", London (biography inclined towards technicalities).
    F.E.Leupp, 1918, George Westinghouse: His Life and Achievements, Boston (London 1919) (biography inclined towards Westinghouse and his career).
    J.F.Stover, 1961, American Railroads, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 152–4.
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Westinghouse, George

  • 25 strike

    1. strike [straɪk] n
    1) ( of labour) Streik m, Ausstand m;
    sit-down \strike Sitzstreik m;
    solidarity \strike Solidaritätsstreik m;
    steel \strike Stahlarbeiterstreik m;
    sympathy \strike Sympathiestreik m;
    a wave of \strikes eine Streikwelle;
    wildcat \strike ( esp Am) wilder Streik;
    to be [out] on \strike streiken;
    to be on \strike against sth/sb (Am) etw/jdn bestreiken;
    to call a \strike einen Streik ausrufen;
    to call for a \strike zu einem Streik aufrufen;
    to go [or come out] on \strike in [den] Streik treten, streiken
    one-\strike-and-you're-out policy Politik f des harten Durchgreifens vi streiken, in den Ausstand treten ( form)
    to \strike for sth für etw akk streiken;
    the right to \strike das Recht zu streiken, das Streikrecht;
    striking workers streikende Arbeiter
    2. strike [straɪk] n
    1) mil Angriff m, Schlag m;
    air \strike Luftangriff m;
    missile \strike Raketenangriff m;
    military \strike against sth/sb Militärschlag m gegen etw/jdn;
    nuclear \strike Atomschlag m, Atomangriff m;
    pre-emptive \strike Präventivschlag m; ( fig) vorbeugende Maßnahme;
    to launch a pre-emptive \strike einen Präventivschlag durchführen;
    retaliatory \strike Vergeltungsschlag m, Vergeltungsangriff m;
    surgical \strike gezielter Angriff
    2) ( discovery) Fund m;
    to make a gold \strike auf Gold stoßen, Gold finden;
    oil \strike Ölfund m
    3) (Am) law Verurteilung f (a. fig) ( fig) ( fam);
    if you're poor and you've been to prison you've already got two \strikes against you wenn man arm und im Gefängnis gewesen ist, ist man von vornherein doppelt benachteiligt
    4) (Am) ( in baseball) Fehlschlag m vt <struck, struck>
    1) ( hit)
    to \strike sth mit etw dat zusammenstoßen; vehicle gegen etw akk fahren; ship auf etw akk auflaufen;
    the flood struck Birmingham die Flut brach über Birmingham herein;
    to \strike a ball einen Ball schießen;
    to \strike a blow against [or at] sb/ sth ( fig) jdm/etw einen Schlag versetzen;
    to \strike a blow for sth ( fig) eine Lanze für etw akk brechen ( geh)
    the judge's ruling \strikes a blow for racial equality das Urteil des Richters fördert die Rassengleichheit;
    to \strike sb in the face jdn ins Gesicht schlagen;
    to \strike sb's fancy jds Interesse nt erregen;
    to \strike fear [or terror] into sb jdn in Angst versetzen, jdn mit Angst erfüllen ( geh)
    to be struck by lightning vom Blitz getroffen werden;
    to \strike a note of warning eine Warnung aussprechen;
    to \strike sb forcibly jdn sehr beeindrucken
    2) ( achieve)
    to \strike sth etw erreichen;
    how can we \strike a balance between economic growth and environmental protection? wie können wir einen Mittelweg zwischen Wirtschaftswachstum und Umweltschutz finden?;
    one of the tasks of a chairperson is to \strike a balance between the two sides es gehört zu den Aufgaben eines Vorsitzenden, beiden Seiten gerecht zu werden;
    to \strike a deal [or (Am a.) bargain] with sb mit jdm eine Vereinbarung treffen
    to \strike coins/ a medal Münzen/eine Medaille prägen
    sb \strikes sb as sth;
    how does Anna \strike you? wie findest du Anna?;
    almost everything he said struck me as absurd fast alles, was er sagte, schien mir ziemlich verworren;
    to be struck by sth von etw dat beeindruckt sein;
    it \strikes sb that... jdm scheint, dass..., jd hat den Eindruck, dass...
    5) ( discover)
    to \strike sth minerals etw finden, auf etw akk stoßen;
    to \strike oil auf Öl stoßen;
    to \strike gold ( fig) einen Glückstreffer landen;
    ( at Olympics) die Goldmedaille gewinnen;
    to \strike it lucky [or (Brit, Aus a.) to \strike lucky] einen Glückstreffer landen;
    to \strike it rich das große Geld machen ( fam)
    6) ( adopt)
    to \strike an attitude ( pej) sich akk in Szene setzen ( pej)
    to \strike a pose eine Pose einnehmen;
    they have chosen to \strike a pose of resistance ( fig) sie haben sich zu einer ablehnenden Haltung entschieden
    7) struck, stricken> ( cause suffering)
    to \strike sb jdn heimsuchen;
    a large earthquake could \strike the east coast die Ostküste könnte von einem großen Erdbeben heimgesucht werden
    a clock \strikes the hour eine Uhr schlägt die [volle] Stunde
    9) ( remember)
    sth \strikes sb etw fällt jdm ein;
    she was suddenly struck by the thought that... plötzlich kam ihr der Gedanke, dass...;
    it's just struck me that... mir ist gerade eingefallen, dass...
    the dentist has been struck off the register dem Zahnarzt wurde die Approbation entzogen;
    to \strike camp das Lager abbrechen;
    to \strike one's flag die Flaggen streichen;
    to \strike sb off a list jdn von einer Liste streichen;
    to \strike a name from a list einen Namen von einer Liste streichen;
    to \strike sth from the record (Am) law etw aus den Aufzeichnungen streichen
    to \strike a match ein Streichholz anzünden
    PHRASES:
    to \strike a chord with sb ( of memories) bei jdm Erinnerungen wecken;
    ( of agreement) bei jdm Anklang finden;
    to \strike a responsive chord among [or with] sb/ sth bei jdm/etw auf großes Verständnis stoßen;
    to \strike a note eine Tonart anschlagen;
    to \strike the right note den richtigen Ton treffen vi <struck, struck>
    1) ( hit) treffen;
    lightning never \strikes in the same place ein Blitz schlägt nie zweimal an derselben Stelle ein;
    to \strike at the heart of sth etw vernichtend treffen;
    we need to \strike at the heart of this problem wir müssen dieses Problem an der Wurzel packen;
    to \strike at the heart of sb ( fig) jdn ins Herz treffen;
    to \strike home ins Schwarze treffen, sein Ziel erreichen;
    the message seems to have struck home ( fig) die Botschaft ist offensichtlich angekommen
    2) ( attack) angreifen;
    to \strike at sth missiles auf etw akk zielen;
    the snake \strikes quickly die Schlange beißt schnell zu;
    to \strike at sb/ sth nach jdm/etw schlagen;
    sometimes terrorists \strike at civilians manchmal greifen Terroristen Zivilisten an
    3) ( cause suffering) illness, disaster ausbrechen; ( fig) zuschlagen;
    fate \strikes again wieder schlägt das Schicksal zu
    4) ( of clock) schlagen;
    midnight has just struck es hat gerade Mitternacht geschlagen
    to be struck dumb sprachlos sein
    6) ( find)
    to \strike on sth etw finden;
    to \strike upon sth etw entdecken;
    she has just struck upon an idea ihr ist gerade eine Idee gekommen
    PHRASES:
    to \strike while the iron is hot das Eisen schmieden, so lange es heiß ist

    English-German students dictionary > strike

Страницы
  • 1
  • 2

См. также в других словарях:

  • Iron and Steel Trades Confederation — The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation was a British trade union for metal workers and allied groups. It was formed on January 1 as a merger of existing steel workers unions in 1917. History In 1917 Minister of Labour, John Hodge passed the… …   Wikipedia

  • Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited — (VISL) is a company involved in the production of alloy steels and pig iron and located in the city of Bhadravathi, India.cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fe/daily/20000503/fco03067.html|work=Online Edition of The Indian Express,… …   Wikipedia

  • American Iron and Steel Institute — The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) is an association of North American steel producers. With its predecessor organizations, is one of the oldest trade associations in the United States, dating back to 1855. It assumed its present form… …   Wikipedia

  • Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers — The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (commonly known as the AA) was an American labor union formed in 1876 and which represented iron and steel workers. It partnered with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, CIO, in November,… …   Wikipedia

  • Libyan Iron and Steel Company — Infobox Company name = rtl ar. الشركة الليبية الحديد و الصلب Libyan Iron and Steel Company company type = State owned foundation = September 18, 1979 location city = Misurata location country = flagicon|Libya Libya location = locations = key… …   Wikipedia

  • Maanshan Iron and Steel Company — Infobox Company company name = Maanshan Iron Steel Company Limited 马鞍山钢铁股份有限公司 company company type = State owned enterprise genre = foundation = 1993 founder = location city = flagicon|China Maanshan, Anhui location country = China location =… …   Wikipedia

  • Nizhniy Tagil Iron and Steel Works — Нижнетагильский металлургический комбинат Type Public Industry Steel Founded 1992 Headquarters Nizhniy Tagil Key people Alexey V. Kushnarev, Managing Director …   Wikipedia

  • Willamette Iron and Steel Works — Willamette Iron Works was a general foundry and machine business established in 1865 in Portland, Oregon, originally specializing in the manufacture of steamboat boilers and engines.cite book | last = Scott | first = Harvey Whitefield (Ed.) |… …   Wikipedia

  • Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company — Furnace of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company, Ensley, Alabama, 1906. Former type Public company Industry Steel milling Coal and Iron Min …   Wikipedia

  • Steel, Peech and Tozer — was a large steel maker with works situated at Ickles and Templeborough, in the Don Valley on the outskirts of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. History An area of land, almost a crescent shape through Masbrough and Ickles, on the edge of the… …   Wikipedia

  • steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …   Universalium

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»