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1 around
1. preposition, adverb1) (on all sides of or in a circle about (a person, thing etc): Flowers grew around the tree; They danced around the fire; There were flowers all around.) alrededor de2) (here and there (in a house, room etc): Clothes had been left lying around (the house); I wandered around.) por ahí
2. preposition(near to (a time, place etc): around three o'clock.) alrededor de, sobre, cerca de
3. adverb1) (in the opposite direction: Turn around!) media vuelta2) (near-by: If you need me, I'll be somewhere around.) cercaaround1 adv alrededordo you know your way around the town? ¿conoces la ciudad?around2 prep1. alrededor de2. poris there a bank around here? ¿hay un banco por aquí?3. más o menos / sobre / cerca detr[ə'raʊnd]1 (near, in the area) alrededor■ is there anybody around? ¿hay alguien cerca?■ don't leave your money around, put it away no dejes tu dinero por ahí, guárdalo■ he's been around, he knows what's what ha visto mundo, sabe de qué va la cosa3 (available, in existence)■ £1 coins have been around for some time hace tiempo que circulan las monedas de una libra5 (approximately) alrededor de■ it costs around £5,000 cuesta unas cinco mil libras1 (near)3 (in a circle or curve) alrededor de4 (at) sobre, cerca de\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLaround the corner a la vuelta de la esquinaaround [ə'raʊnd] adv1) : de circunferenciaa tree three feet around: un árbol de tres pies de circunferencia2) : alrededor, a la redondafor miles around: por millas a la redondaall around: por todos lados, todo alrededor3) : por ahíthey're somewhere around: deben estar por ahí4) approximately: más o menos, aproximadamentearound 5 o'clock: a eso de las 55)to turn around : darse la vuelta, voltearsearound prep1) surrounding: alrededor de, en torno a2) through: por, enhe traveled around Mexico: viajó por Méxicoaround the house: en casa3) : a la vuelta dearound the corner: a la vuelta de la esquina4) near: alrededor de, cerca deadv.• alrededor adv.• alrededor de adv.prep.• alrededor de prep.• cerca de prep.• en torno a prep.
I ə'raʊnd1)a) ( in a circle)she glanced around — echó un vistazo a su alrededor; see also look, turn around
c) ( on all sides)d) ( in circumference) de circunferencia2)a) ( in the vicinity)is John around? — ¿anda or está John por ahí?
(I'll) see you around! — (colloq) nos vemos!
b) ( in existence) (colloq)3) (from one place, person to another)she showed us around — nos mostró or enseñó la casa (or la fábrica etc)
he knows his way around — conoce la ciudad (or la zona etc)
I phoned around — hice unas cuantas llamadas, llamé a varios sitios
he's been around — (colloq) tiene mucho mundo
4) (at, to different place)5) ( approximately) más o menos, aproximadamentehe must be around 35 — debe (de) tener unos 35, debe (de) andar por los 35
at around five thirty — alrededor de or a eso de or sobre las cinco y media
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1) ( encircling) alrededor dethe myths that have grown up around these events — los mitos que han surgido en torno a estos acontecimientos
2)a) ( in the vicinity of) alrededor dedo you live around here? — ¿vives por or cerca de aquí?
b) (within, through)[ǝ'raʊnd] When around is an element in a phrasal verb, eg look around, move around, potter around, look up the verb.she took them around the house — les mostró or enseñó la casa
1.ADV alrededor, en los alrededoresis he around? — ¿está por aquí?
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all around — por todos lados•
she's been around * — (=travelled) ha viajado mucho, ha visto mucho mundo; pej (=experienced) se las sabe todasis there a chemist's around here? — ¿hay alguna farmacia por aquí?
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we're looking around for a house — estamos buscando casa•
for miles around — en muchas millas a la redonda•
he must be somewhere around — debe de estar por aquí2. PREP1) alrededor deround, corner•
there were books all around the house — había libros en todas partes de la casa or por toda la casa2) (=approximately) aproximadamente, alrededor deit costs around £100 — cuesta alrededor de or aproximadamente 100 libras
around 1950 — alrededor de 1950, hacia 1950
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I [ə'raʊnd]1)a) ( in a circle)she glanced around — echó un vistazo a su alrededor; see also look, turn around
c) ( on all sides)d) ( in circumference) de circunferencia2)a) ( in the vicinity)is John around? — ¿anda or está John por ahí?
(I'll) see you around! — (colloq) nos vemos!
b) ( in existence) (colloq)3) (from one place, person to another)she showed us around — nos mostró or enseñó la casa (or la fábrica etc)
he knows his way around — conoce la ciudad (or la zona etc)
I phoned around — hice unas cuantas llamadas, llamé a varios sitios
he's been around — (colloq) tiene mucho mundo
4) (at, to different place)5) ( approximately) más o menos, aproximadamentehe must be around 35 — debe (de) tener unos 35, debe (de) andar por los 35
at around five thirty — alrededor de or a eso de or sobre las cinco y media
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1) ( encircling) alrededor dethe myths that have grown up around these events — los mitos que han surgido en torno a estos acontecimientos
2)a) ( in the vicinity of) alrededor dedo you live around here? — ¿vives por or cerca de aquí?
b) (within, through)she took them around the house — les mostró or enseñó la casa
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2 john
n AmE sl1)2)She was waiting for her john to come out of prison — Она ждала, когда ее сожитель выйдет из тюрьмы
3)The hustlers sat on the steps and called to their johns as they passed by — Проститутки сидели на ступеньках и окликали своих клиентов, когда те проходили мимо
She led the john into a dark passage where the guys mugged him — Она завела клиента в темный переулок, где его грабанули парни
4)He's pretty smart at figgerin' out what a john'll pay — Он сразу может прикинуть, на какую сумму можно расколоть того или иного охламона
The john went straight to the cops and told the whole thing — Чувак, которого насадили, сразу обратился в полицию и все рассказал
5)John or no john I don't take that kind of stuff — Полицейский ты или нет, я не позволю так разговаривать со мной
Some john was around asking for you — Здесь про тебя спрашивал один тип, по-моему, оттуда
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3 John and Mary often argue but it does not take them long to come around
Общая лексика: Джон и Мери часто ссорятся, но они дуются друг на друга недолгоУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > John and Mary often argue but it does not take them long to come around
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4 Russell, John Scott
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 9 May 1808 Parkhead, near Glasgow, Scotlandd. 8 June 1882 Isle of Wight, England[br]Scottish engineer, naval architect and academic.[br]A son of the manse, Russell was originally destined for the Church and commenced studies at the University of St Andrews, but shortly afterwards he transferred to Glasgow, graduating MA in 1825 when only 17 years old. He began work as a teacher in Edinburgh, working up from a school to the Mechanics Institute and then in 1832 to the University, where he took over the classes in natural philosophy following the death of the professor. During this period he designed and advised on the application of steam power to road transport and to the Forth and Clyde Canal, thereby awakening his interest in ships and naval architecture.Russell presented papers to the British Association over several years, and one of them, The Wave Line Theory of Ship Form (although now superseded), had great influence on ship designers of the time and helped to establish the formal study of hydromechanics. With a name that was becoming well known, Russell looked around for better opportunities, and on narrowly missing appointment to the Chair of Mathematics at Edinburgh University he joined the upand-coming Clyde shipyard of Caird \& Co., Greenock, as Manager in 1838.Around 1844 Russell and his family moved to London; following some business problems he was in straitened circumstances. However, appointment as Secretary to the Committee setting up the Great Exhibition of 1851 eased his path into London's intellectual society and allowed him to take on tasks such as, in 1847, the purchase of Fairbairn's shipyard on the Isle of Dogs and the subsequent building there of I.K. Brunel's Great Eastern steamship. This unhappy undertaking was a millstone around the necks of Brunel and Russell and broke the health of the former. With the yard failing to secure the order for HMS Warrior, the Royal Navy's first ironclad, Russell pulled out of shipbuilding and for the remainder of his life was a designer, consultant and at times controversial, but at all times polished and urbane, member of many important committees and societies. He is remembered as one of the founders of the Institution of Naval Architects in 1860. His last task was to design a Swiss Lake steamer for Messrs Escher Wyss, a company that coincidentally had previously retained Sir William Fairbairn.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1847.BibliographyJohn Scott Russell published many papers under the imprint of the British Association, the Royal Society of Arts and the Institution of Naval Architects. His most impressive work was the mammoth three-volume work on shipbuilding published in London in 1865 entitled The Modern System of Naval Architecture. Full details and plans of the Great Eastern are included.Further ReadingG.S.Emmerson, 1977, John Scott Russell, a Great Victorian Engineer and Naval Architect, London: MurrayFMW -
5 come around
1) наносить визит Why don't you come around and see us one evening? ≈ Почему бы тебе не зайти к нам как-нибудь вечером? Syn: bring around
3), bring round
3), bring over
2), call by, come over
1), drop around, drop in
1), fetch over
1), fetch round
1), get round
4), go round
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2) менять направление( о ветре, корабле)
3) регулярно происходить Birthdays come around too quickly when one is older. ≈ Когда стареешь, дни рождения начинают мелькать как спицы в колесе.
4) очнуться, прийти в себя The girl fainted, but she came round when we threw drops of water on her face. ≈ Девушка потеряла сознание, но пришла в себя, когда мы спрыснули ее лицо водой.
5) изменять мнение Don't worry about the chairman, he'll soon come around ( to our opinion). ≈ Не беспокойся о председателе, скоро он с нами согласится.
6) приходить в благожелательное расположение духа Jim and Mary often argue, but it doesn't take them long to come around. ≈ Джим и Мери часто ссорятся, но быстро мирятся. объехать, обойти кругом;
- I had to * by the village мне пришлось сделать крюк и проехать через деревню заходить, заезжать - she came around last night она зашла вчера вечером( разговорное) прийти в себя;
- he took a long time to * он долго не мог прийти в себя измениться к лучшему;
уладиться;
- I had confident expectations that things would * я был уверен, что все образуется;
- things did not * as they were expected обстоятельства сложились не так, как можно было бы ожидать мириться;
- John and Mary often argue but it does not take them long to * Джон и Мери часто ссорятся, но они дуются друг на друга недолго менять убеждения или мнение;
- he came around to another way of thinking он стал думать по-иному;
- I have * to your way of thinking я начинаю склоняться к вашей точке зрения возвращаться( к теме) ;
- conversation that comes around to the same subject again разговор, который опять возвращается к той же теме происходить, случаться;
- it came around this way это случилось следующим образом появляться, возникать;
- good books * as the result of hard work хорошие книги появляются в результате большой работы( морское) поворачивать, ложиться на другой галс зайти ненадолгоБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > come around
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6 scrounge around
слоняться, тыкаться в разные стороны: John and Bill were out of money and they just scrounged around from one diner to another until some one offered them a free snack.— У Джона и Билла кончились деньги, и они слонялись от одной столовой к другой, пока кто-то не предложил им бесплатно перекусить. слоняться, тыкаться в разные стороны: John and Bill were out of money and they just scrounged around from one diner to another until some one offered them a free snack.— У Джона и Билла кончились деньги, и они слонялись от одной столовой к другой, пока кто-то не предложил им бесплатно перекусить.English-Russian slang from the book M. Goldenkova "Caution, hot dog" > scrounge around
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7 Lombe, John
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]b. c. 1693 probably Norwich, Englandd. 20 November 1722 Derby, England[br]English creator of the first successful powered textile mill in Britain.[br]John Lombe's father, Henry Lombe, was a worsted weaver who married twice. John was the second son of the second marriage and was still a baby when his father died in 1695. John, a native of the Eastern Counties, was apprenticed to a trade and employed by Thomas Cotchett in the erection of Cotchett's silk mill at Derby, which soon failed however. Lombe went to Italy, or was sent there by his elder half-brother, Thomas, to discover the secrets of their throwing machinery while employed in a silk mill in Piedmont. He returned to England in 1716 or 1717, bringing with him two expert Italian workmen.Thomas Lombe was a prosperous London merchant who financed the construction of a new water-powered silk mill at Derby which is said to have cost over £30,000. John arranged with the town Corporation for the lease of the island in the River Derwent, where Cotchett had erected his mill. During the four years of its construction, John first set up the throwing machines in other parts of the town. The machines were driven manually there, and their product helped to defray the costs of the mill. The silk-throwing machine was very complex. The water wheel powered a horizontal shaft that was under the floor and on which were placed gearwheels to drive vertical shafts upwards through the different floors. The throwing machines were circular, with the vertical shafts running through the middle. The doubled silk threads had previously been wound on bobbins which were placed on spindles with wire flyers at intervals around the outer circumference of the machine. The bobbins were free to rotate on the spindles while the spindles and flyers were driven by the periphery of a horizontal wheel fixed to the vertical shaft. Another horizontal wheel set a little above the first turned the starwheels, to which were attached reels for winding the silk off the bobbins below. Three or four sets of these spindles and reels were placed above each other on the same driving shaft. The machine was very complicated for the time and must have been expensive to build and maintain.John lived just long enough to see the mill in operation, for he died in 1722 after a painful illness said to have been the result of poison administered by an Italian woman in revenge for his having stolen the invention and for the injury he was causing the Italian trade. The funeral was said to have been the most superb ever known in Derby.[br]Further ReadingSamuel Smiles, 1890, Men of Invention and Industry, London (probably the only biography of John Lombe).Rhys Jenkins, 1933–4, "Historical notes on some Derbyshire industries", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 14 (provides an acount of John Lombe and his part in the enterprise at Derby).R.L.Hills, 1970, Power in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester (briefly covers the development of early silk-throwing mills).W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (includes a chapter on "Lombe's Silk Machine").P.Barlow, 1836, Treatise of Manufactures and Machinery of Great Britain, London (describes Lombe's mill and machinery, but it is not known how accurate the account may be).RLH -
8 cast around for someone or something / cast about for someone or something
Cast around for someone or something / cast about for someone or somethingподыскивать кого-то, либо что-тоJohn is casting around for a new cook. The old one quit.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > cast around for someone or something / cast about for someone or something
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9 Hopkinson, John
[br]b. 27 July 1849 Manchester, Englandd. 27 August 1898 Petite Dent de Veisivi, Switzerland[br]English mathematician and electrical engineer who laid the foundations of electrical machine design.[br]After attending Owens College, Manchester, Hopkinson was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1867 to read for the Mathematical Tripos. An appointment in 1872 with the lighthouse department of the Chance Optical Works in Birmingham directed his attention to electrical engineering. His most noteworthy contribution to lighthouse engineering was an optical system to produce flashing lights that distinguished between individual beacons. His extensive researches on the dielectric properties of glass were recognized when he was elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Society at the age of 29. Moving to London in 1877 he became established as a consulting engineer at a time when electricity supply was about to begin on a commercial scale. During the remainder of his life, Hopkinson's researches resulted in fundamental contributions to electrical engineering practice, dynamo design and alternating current machine theory. In making a critical study of the Edison dynamo he developed the principle of the magnetic circuit, a concept also arrived at by Gisbert Kapp around the same time. Hopkinson's improvement of the Edison dynamo by reducing the length of the field magnets almost doubled its output. In 1890, in addition to-his consulting practice, Hopkinson accepted a post as the first Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head of the Siemens laboratory recently established at King's College, London. Although he was not involved in lecturing, the position gave him the necessary facilities and staff and student assistance to continue his researches. Hopkinson was consulted on many proposals for electric traction and electricity supply, including schemes in London, Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds. He also advised Mather and Platt when they were acting as contractors for the locomotives and generating plant for the City and South London tube railway. As early as 1882 he considered that an ideal method of charging for the supply of electricity should be based on a two-part tariff, with a charge related to maximum demand together with a charge for energy supplied. Hopkinson was one the foremost expert witnesses of his day in patent actions and was himself the patentee of over forty inventions, of which the three-wire system of distribution and the series-parallel connection of traction motors were his most successful. Jointly with his brother Edward, John Hopkinson communicated the outcome of his investigations to the Royal Society in a paper entitled "Dynamo Electric Machinery" in 1886. In this he also described the later widely used "back to back" test for determining the characteristics of two identical machines. His interest in electrical machines led him to more fundamental research on magnetic materials, including the phenomenon of recalescence and the disappearance of magnetism at a well-defined temperature. For his work on the magnetic properties of iron, in 1890 he was awarded the Royal Society Royal Medal. He was a member of the Alpine Club and a pioneer of rock climbing in Britain; he died, together with three of his children, in a climbing accident.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1878. Royal Society Royal Medal 1890. President, Institution of Electrical Engineers 1890 and 1896.Bibliography7 July 1881, British patent no. 2,989 (series-parallel control of traction motors). 27 July 1882, British patent no. 3,576 (three-wire distribution).1901, Original Papers by the Late J.Hopkinson, with a Memoir, ed. B.Hopkinson, 2 vols, Cambridge.Further ReadingJ.Greig, 1970, John Hopkinson Electrical Engineer, London: Science Museum and HMSO (an authoritative account).—1950, "John Hopkinson 1849–1898", Engineering 169:34–7, 62–4.GW -
10 Titt, John Wallis
[br]b. 1841 Cheriton, Wiltshire, Englandd. May 1910 Warminster, Wiltshire, England[br]English agricultural engineer and millwright who developed a particular form of wind engine.[br]John Wallis Titt grew up on a farm which had a working post-mill, but at 24 years of age he joined the firm of Wallis, Haslam \& Stevens, agricultural engineers and steam engine builders in Basingstoke. From there he went to the millwrighting firm of Brown \& May of Devizes, where he worked for five years.In 1872 he founded his own firm in Warminster, where his principal work as an agricultural engineer was on hay and straw elevators. In 1876 he moved his firm to the Woodcock Ironworks, also in Warminster. There he carried on his work as an agricultural engineer, but he also had an iron foundry. By 1884 the firm was installing water pumps on estates around Warminster, and it was about that time that he built his first wind engines. Between 1884 and 1903, when illness forced his retirement, his wind engines were built primarily with adjustable sails. These wind engines, under the trade marks "Woodcock" and "Simplex", consisted of a lattice tower with the sails mounted on a a ring at the top. The sails were turned to face the wind by means of a fantail geared to the ring or by a wooden vane. The important feature lay in the sails, which were made of canvas on a wood-and-iron frame mounted in a ring. The ends of the sail frames were hinged to the sail circumferences. In the middle of the sail a circular strap was attached so that all the frames had the same aspect for a given setting of the bar. The importance lies in the adjustable sails, which gave the wind engine the ability to work in variable winds.Whilst this was not an original patent of John Wallis Titt, he is known to be the only maker of wind engines in Britain who built his business on this highly efficient form of sail. In design terms it derives from the annular sails of the conventional windmills at Haverhill in Suffolk and Roxwell in Essex. After his retirement, his sons reverted to the production of the fixed-bladed galvanized-iron wind engine.[br]Further ReadingJ.K.Major, 1977, The Windmills of John Wallis Titt, The International Molinological Society.E.Lancaster Burne, 1906, "Wind power", Cassier' Magazine 30:325–6.KM -
11 kick around
обижать: In a loosing slack John liked sometimes to kick around every one.— В плохом настроении Джон иногда любил всех обижать.English-Russian slang from the book M. Goldenkova "Caution, hot dog" > kick around
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12 First Epistle of John
1) Общая лексика: (The first of the three New Testament writings, all composed sometime around AD 100 and traditionally attributed to John the Evangelist, son of Zebedee and disciple of Jesus) "Первое соборное послание св. апостола Иоанна Богосл2) Религия: Первое послание Иоанна -
13 Letters of John
Религия: "Второе соборное послание св. апостола Иоанна Богослова" и "Третье соборное послание св. апостола Иоанна Богослова", (Three New Testament writings, all composed sometime around AD 100 and traditionally attributed to John the Evangelist, son of Zebedee and disciple of Jesus) "Первое соборное послание св. апостола Иоанна Богослова" -
14 Second Epistle of John
1) Общая лексика: (The second of the three New Testament writings, all composed sometime around AD 100 and traditionally attributed to John the Evangelist, son of Zebedee and disciple of Jesus) "Второе соборное послание св. апостола Иоанна Бого2) Религия: Второе послание ИоаннаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > Second Epistle of John
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15 Third Epistle of John
1) Общая лексика: (The third of the three New Testament writings, all composed sometime around AD 100 and traditionally attributed to John the Evangelist, son of Zebedee and disciple of Jesus) "Третье соборное послание св. апостола Иоанна Богосл2) Религия: Третье послание Иоанна -
16 Goucher, John
SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology[br]b. c.1831 Woodsetts, Yorkshire, Englandd. unknown[br]English engineer and inventor of the rubbing bars used on threshing machines and combine harvesters.[br]John Goucher was the son of a Yorkshire farmer who began his employed life as a carpenter. In 1851, at the age of 20, he was living on the farm of his father and employing four labourers. He developed and patented a means of wrapping wire around the individual bars of a threshing machine drum in such a way that grooves were formed in them. These grooves allowed the threshed grain to pass through without being crushed or otherwise damaged.[br]BibliographyOther patents credited to him range from devices for the propelling of ships in 1854, beaters for threshing machines in 1848, 1856, and again in 1861, stacking corn and other crops in the same year, improvements to steam boilers in 1863, for preserving life in water in 1867, threshing machines in 1873 and 1874, steam engines in 1884, and threshing machines in 1885.AP -
17 Heathcote, John
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]b. 7 August 1783 Duffield, Derbyshire, Englandd. 18 January 1861 Tiverton, Devonshire, England[br]English inventor of the bobbin-net lace machine.[br]Heathcote was the son of a small farmer who became blind, obliging the family to move to Long Whatton, near Loughborough, c.1790. He was apprenticed to W.Shepherd, a hosiery-machine maker, and became a frame-smith in the hosiery industry. He moved to Nottingham where he entered the employment of an excellent machine maker named Elliott. He later joined William Caldwell of Hathern, whose daughter he had married. The lace-making apparatus they patented jointly in 1804 had already been anticipated, so Heathcote turned to the problem of making pillow lace, a cottage industry in which women made lace by arranging pins stuck in a pillow in the correct pattern and winding around them thread contained on thin bobbins. He began by analysing the complicated hand-woven lace into simple warp and weft threads and found he could dispense with half the bobbins. The first machine he developed and patented, in 1808, made narrow lace an inch or so wide, but the following year he made much broader lace on an improved version. In his second patent, in 1809, he could make a type of net curtain, Brussels lace, without patterns. His machine made bobbin-net by the use of thin brass discs, between which the thread was wound. As they passed through the warp threads, which were arranged vertically, the warp threads were moved to each side in turn, so as to twist the bobbin threads round the warp threads. The bobbins were in two rows to save space, and jogged on carriages in grooves along a bar running the length of the machine. As the strength of this fabric depended upon bringing the bobbin threads diagonally across, in addition to the forward movement, the machine had to provide for a sideways movement of each bobbin every time the lengthwise course was completed. A high standard of accuracy in manufacture was essential for success. Called the "Old Loughborough", it was acknowledged to be the most complicated machine so far produced. In partnership with a man named Charles Lacy, who supplied the necessary capital, a factory was established at Loughborough that proved highly successful; however, their fifty-five frames were destroyed by Luddites in 1816. Heathcote was awarded damages of £10,000 by the county of Nottingham on the condition it was spent locally, but to avoid further interference he decided to transfer not only his machines but his entire workforce elsewhere and refused the money. In a disused woollen factory at Tiverton in Devonshire, powered by the waters of the river Exe, he built 300 frames of greater width and speed. By continually making inventions and improvements until he retired in 1843, his business flourished and he amassed a large fortune. He patented one machine for silk cocoon-reeling and another for plaiting or braiding. In 1825 he brought out two patents for the mechanical ornamentation or figuring of lace. He acquired a sound knowledge of French prior to opening a steam-powered lace factory in France. The factory proved to be a successful venture that lasted many years. In 1832 he patented a monstrous steam plough that is reputed to have cost him over £12,000 and was claimed to be the best in its day. One of its stated aims was "improved methods of draining land", which he hoped would develop agriculture in Ireland. A cable was used to haul the implement across the land. From 1832 to 1859, Heathcote represented Tiverton in Parliament and, among other benefactions, he built a school for his adopted town.[br]Bibliography1804, with William Caldwell, British patent no. 2,788 (lace-making machine). 1808. British patent no. 3,151 (machine for making narrow lace).1809. British patent no. 3,216 (machine for making Brussels lace). 1813, British patent no. 3,673.1825, British patent no. 5,103 (mechanical ornamentation of lace). 1825, British patent no. 5,144 (mechanical ornamentation of lace).Further ReadingV.Felkin, 1867, History of the Machine-wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufacture, Nottingham (provides a full account of Heathcote's early life and his inventions).A.Barlow, 1878, The History and Principles of Weaving by Hand and by Power, London (provides more details of his later years).W.G.Allen, 1958 John Heathcote and His Heritage (biography).M.R.Lane, 1980, The Story of the Steam Plough Works, Fowlers of Leeds, London (for comments about Heathcote's steam plough).W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London, and C.Singer (ed.), 1958, A History ofTechnology, Vol. V, Oxford: Clarendon Press (both describe the lace-making machine).RLH -
18 Kay (of Warrington), John
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]fl. c.1770 England[br]English clockmaker who helped Richard Arkwright to construct his spinning machine.[br]John Kay was a clockmaker of Warrington. He moved to Leigh, where he helped Thomas Highs to construct his spinning machine, but lack of success made them abandon their attempts. Kay first met Richard Arkwright in March 1767 and six months later was persuaded by Arkwright to make one or more models of the roller spinning machine he had built under Highs's supervision. Kay went with Arkwright to Preston, where they continued working on the machine. Kay also went with Arkwright when he moved to Nottingham. It was around this time that he entered into an agreement with Arkwright to serve him for twenty-one years and was bound not to disclose any details of the machines. Presumably Kay helped to set up the first spinning machines at Arkwright's Nottingham mill as well as at Cromford. Despite their agreement, he seems to have left after about five years and may have disclosed the secret of Arkwright's crank and comb on the carding engine to others. Kay was later to give evidence against Arkwright during the trial of his patent in 1785.[br]Further ReadingR.S.Fitton, 1989, The Arkwrights, Spinners of Fortune, Manchester (the most detailed account of Kay's connections with Arkwright and his evidence during the later patent trials).A.P.Wadsworth and J. de L.Mann, 1931, The Cotton Trade and Industrial Lancashire, Manchester (mentions Kay's association with Arkwright).RLHBiographical history of technology > Kay (of Warrington), John
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19 plod around
фраз. корпеть, вкалывать, засиживаться за работой, упорно работать, возитьсяI like plodding round the kitchen doing the things everybody else does. — Я люблю возиться на кухне, делая всё то, что делает каждый. (Elton John)
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > plod around
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20 La Farge, John
(1835-1910) Лафарж, ДжонАмериканский художник-монументалист французского происхождения. Начинал с пейзажей и натюрмортов, позднее занялся фресковой церковной живописью и витражами. Среди наиболее известных работ - фрески в бостонской церкви Троицы и нью-йоркских церквах: Вознесения [Church of the Ascension] и Мемориальной церкви Джадсона [Judson Memorial Church], а также витражи в церкви Воплощения [Church of Incarnation] и церкви Преображения ("Маленькая церковь за углом") [Church of the Transfiguration (Little Church Around the Corner)]. Автор нескольких книг о живописиEnglish-Russian dictionary of regional studies > La Farge, John
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