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21 BRYGGJA
* * *f.1) gangboard, gangway; skjóta bryggjum, to shoot out the gangway;2) landingstage, pier, quay (lágu langskip konungs með endilöngum bryggjum);* * *u, f. [v. brú, Scot. brigg]1. a pier, landing-stage, gangway, Eg. 75, 530, Hkr. ii. 11, Ld. 190, Fms. i. 158, ix. 478, 503, xi. 102. The piers were movable, and were carried about in trading ships; hence such phrases as, skjóta bryggjum (skut-bryggja), to shoot out the gangway, for embarking or loading the ship.2. seldom = bridge, D. I. i. 404. In English local names, Stanfurðu-bryggja, Lundúna-bryggja, Stamford-bridge, London-bridge, Hkr., Fms. vi.COMPDS: bryggjubúð, bryggjufótr, bryggjuker, bryggjulægi, bryggjumangari, bryggjusporðr. -
22 Owen, Robert
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]b. 14 May 1771 Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Walesd. 17 November 1858 Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales[br]Welsh cotton spinner and social reformer.[br]Robert Owen's father was also called Robert and was a saddler, ironmonger and postmaster of Newtown in Montgomeryshire. Robert, the younger, injured his digestion as a child by drinking some scalding hot "flummery", which affected him for the rest of his life. He developed a passion for reading and through this visited London when he was 10 years old. He started work as a pedlar for someone in Stamford and then went to a haberdasher's shop on old London Bridge in London. Although he found the work there too hard, he stayed in the same type of employment when he moved to Manchester.In Manchester Owen soon set up a partnership for making bonnet frames, employing forty workers, but he sold the business and bought a spinning machine. This led him in 1790 into another partnership, with James M'Connel and John Kennedy in a spinning mill, but he moved once again to become Manager of Peter Drink-water's mill. These were all involved in fine spinning, and Drinkwater employed 500 people in one of the best mills in the city. In spite of his youth, Owen claims in his autobiography (1857) that he mastered the job within six weeks and soon improved the spinning. This mill was one of the first to use Sea Island cotton from the West Indies. To have managed such an enterprise so well Owen must have had both managerial and technical ability. Through his spinning connections Owen visited Glasgow, where he met both David Dale and his daughter Anne Caroline, whom he married in 1799. It was this connection which brought him to Dale's New Lanark mills, which he persuaded Dale to sell to a Manchester consortium for £60,000. Owen took over the management of the mills on 1 January 1800. Although he had tried to carry out social reforms in the manner of working at Manchester, it was at New Lanark that Owen acquired fame for the way in which he improved both working and living conditions for the 1,500-strong workforce. He started by seeing that adequate food and groceries were available in that remote site and then built both the school and the New Institution for the Formation of Character, which opened in January 1816. To the pauper children from the Glasgow and Edinburgh slums he gave a good education, while he tried to help the rest of the workforce through activities at the Institution. The "silent monitors" hanging on the textile machines, showing the performance of their operatives, are famous, and many came to see his social experiments. Owen was soon to buy out his original partners for £84,000.Among his social reforms were his efforts to limit child labour in mills, resulting in the Factory Act of 1819. He attempted to establish an ideal community in the USA, to which he sailed in 1824. He was to return to his village of "Harmony" twice more, but broke his connection in 1828. The following year he finally withdrew from New Lanark, where some of his social reforms had been abandoned.[br]Bibliography1857, The Life of Robert Owen, Written by Himself, London.Further ReadingG.D.H.Cole, 1965, Life of Robert Owen (biography).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 theTwo-Hundredth Anniversary of His Birth, London (both describe Owen's work at New Lanark).RLH -
23 Lundúnir
f. pl. London; í Lundúnum, in London: also Lundúna-borg, passim: Lundúna-bryggja, London-bridge, Ó. H. -
24 Bankside
['bæŋksaɪd]Ба́нксайд (район Лондона на южном берегу р. Темзы между мостами Блэкфрайарз [ Blackfriars Bridge] и Лондонским [ London Bridge 1.]; здесь находился театр "Глобус" [Globe 1.])English-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь) > Bankside
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25 the Pool
I [puːl]Пул (название участка р. Темзы ниже Лондонского моста [ London Bridge 1.]; вверх по реке океанские суда не поднимаются)полн. Pool of London; букв. (лондонский) пруд; (лондонская) заводьII [puːl] разг.English-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь) > the Pool
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26 ferry
ˈferɪ
1. сущ.
1) а) перевоз, переправа to board, take a ferry ≈ переправляться на пароме to cross a river by ferry ≈ переезжать/переправляться на другой берег Syn: crossing, passage б) паром, перевозочное средство Syn: ferryboat
2) лицензия (право) на осуществление паромных перевозок
3) а) регулярная (военная) авиатранспортная служба б) авиац. перегон самолетов ∙ to take the ferry, to cross the Stygian ferry ≈ переправиться через Стикс, отправиться к праотцам, умереть
2. гл.
1) а) перевозить( на лодке, пароме) (across) б) переезжать (на лодке, пароме) I intended to remain until the weather cleared before I ferried back. ≈ Я решил остаться и не переезжать на тот берег до тех пор, пока погода не наладится. в) служить средством переправы
2) перевозить, транспортировать (при помощи наземного или воздушного средства передвижения) Syn: transport, carry, convey
3) а) перегонять( самолеты) б) доставлять по воздуху переправа, перевоз - to cross the * переправляться /переезжать/ на другой берег - to row smb. over the * перевезти кого-л. на другой берег (на лодке) - a * was established where London Bridge now stands на том месте, где находится Лондонский мост, когда-то была переправа (военное) перевозка на плавучих средствах паром;
паромное судно - to take the * переправляться на пароме;
пересекать море /Ла-Манш, Атлантический океан/ - * ticket билет на паром - * captain капитан парома или транспортного судна на переправе ладья - Charon's * ладья Харона (авиация) перегон (самолетов) - * pilot летчик, перегоняющий самолеты к месту назначения регулярная авиатранспортная служба - * plane самолет авиатранспортной службы - the Transatlantic * трансатлантическая авиатранспортная линия (юридическое) право перевозки пассажиров и грузов через переправу и взимание за это платы > to take *, to cross the Stygian * умереть, скончаться, отправиться к праотцам перевозить (на лодке, пароме;
часто * across, * over) - will you * me over? вы перевезете меня на ту сторону? - he ferried the passengers across the river он переправил пассажиров через реку переезжать, переправляться (через реку и т. п.) (военное) перевозить (на плавучих средствах) (авиация) перевозить по воздуху перегонять (самолеты) ~ attr.: ~ pilot летчик, перегоняющий самолет на оперативную базу;
Charon's ferry ладья Харона to take the ~, to cross the Stygian ~ переправиться через Стикс, отправиться к праотцам, умереть ferry доставлять по воздуху ~ паром ~ перевоз, переправа ~ перевозить (на лодке, пароме) ~ ав. перегонка самолетов ~ перегонять (самолеты) ~ переезжать (на лодке, пароме) ~ право перевозки пассажиров и грузов через переправу и взимания за это платы ~ регулярная (военная) авиатранспортная служба ~ attr.: ~ pilot летчик, перегоняющий самолет на оперативную базу;
Charon's ferry ладья Харона ~ attr.: ~ pilot летчик, перегоняющий самолет на оперативную базу;
Charon's ferry ладья Харона goods ~ перевозка грузов через переправу to take the ~, to cross the Stygian ~ переправиться через Стикс, отправиться к праотцам, умереть train ~ железнодорожный паром -
27 stick up
1) выдаваться, торчать his hair stuck up on end ≈ у него волосы стояли торчком
2) ставить торчком
3) сл. останавливать с целью ограбления;
ограбить to stick up the bank ≈ ограбить банк
4) выставлять The examination results will be stuck up on this board tomorrow. ≈ Результаты экзамена будут объявлены завтра.
5) поддерживать( for) I stuck up for him and said I had always found him to be honest. ≈ Я подбодрила его, сказав, что всегда считала его честным человеком. поставить - to * a post поставить столб выставлять - shops stuck up pictures of the queen in their front windows в витринах были вывешены портреты королевы - the heads of traitors were once stuck up on London Bridge когда-то на Лондонском мосту выставлялись головы предателей торчать, постоянно находиться( где-л.) (сленг) совершить налет, ограбление - to * a bank ограбить банк поднимать - to stick one's nose up in the air задирать нос - * your hands! поднимайте руки! - * 'em up! руки вверх! (to) записывать( за кем-л.) - stick it up to me! запиши за мной! отстаивать;
выступать за кого-л., что-л. - to * for oneself (уметь) постоять за себя - he was not afraid to * for his own beliefs он не боялся постоять за свои убеждения - I haven't got a soul to * for me за меня некому заступиться (to) оказать сопротивление кому-л. - to * to a bully не отступить перед хулиганомБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > stick up
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28 ferry
1. [ʹferı] n1. 1) переправа, перевозto cross the ferry - переправляться /переезжать/ на другой берег
to row smb. over the ferry - перевезти кого-л. на другой берег ( на лодке)
a ferry was established where London Bridge now stands - на том месте, где находится Лондонский мост, когда-то была переправа
2) воен. перевозка на плавучих средствах2. 1) паром; паромное судноto take the ferry - а) переправляться на пароме; б) пересекать море /Ла-Манш, Атлантический океан/; [см. тж. ♢ ]
ferry captain - капитан парома или транспортного судна на переправе
2) поэт. ладья3. ав. перегон ( самолётов)ferry pilot - лётчик, перегоняющий самолёты к месту назначения
4. регулярная авиатранспортная служба5. юр. право перевозки пассажиров и грузов через переправу и взимания за это платы2. [ʹferı] v♢
to take the ferry, to cross the Stygian ferry - умереть, скончаться, отправиться к праотцам [см. тж. 2, 1)]1. 1) перевозить (на лодке, пароме; часто ferry across, ferry over)will you ferry me over? - вы перевезёте меня на ту сторону?
he ferried the passengers across the river - он переправил пассажиров через реку
2) переезжать, переправляться (через реку и т. п.)3) воен. перевозить (на плавучих средствах)4) ав. перевозить по воздуху2. перегонять ( самолёты) -
29 stick up
I [ʹstıkʹʌp] phr v1. поставитьto stick up a post [a target] - поставить столб [мишень]
2. выставлятьshops stuck up pictures of the queen in their front windows - в витринах были вывешены портреты королевы
the heads of traitors were once stuck up on London Bridge - когда-то на Лондонском мосту выставлялись головы предателей
3. торчать, постоянно находиться (где-л.)4. сл. совершить налёт, ограбление5. подниматьstick up your hands! - поднимите руки!
stick up 'em up! - руки вверх!
6. (to) записывать (за кем-л.)II [ʹstıkʹʌp] phr vstick it up to me! - запиши за мной!
1. (for) отстаивать; выступать за кого-л., что-л.he was not afraid to stick up for his own beliefs - он не боялся постоять за свои убеждения
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30 Лондонский мост
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31 pool
pu:l I noun1) (a small area of still water: The rain left pools in the road.) vannpytt/-dam2) (a similar area of any liquid: a pool of blood/oil.) (blod)pøl; (olje)forekomst3) (a deep part of a stream or river: He was fishing (in) a pool near the river-bank.) vann, kulp, basseng4) (a swimming-pool: They spent the day at the pool.) (svømme)bassengII 1. noun(a stock or supply: We put our money into a general pool.) forråd, pott2. verb(to put together for general use: We pooled our money and bought a caravan that we could all use.) legge i felles pott- poolsbasseng--------dam--------pytt--------tjernIsubst. \/puːl\/1) pytt, dam, pøl2) basseng3) ( i elv) kulpIIsubst. \/puːl\/1) ( i kortspill) pulje, pott2) sammenslutning, pool, sentral3) ( slags biljard) pool4) ( handel) pool, monopolsammenslutning, trust, syndikat, kartelldirty pool snusk, lurvete praksistyping pool skrivestueIIIverb \/puːl\/1) slå sammen, forene2) slå seg sammen, gå sammen3) dele -
32 Havasu, Lake
Водохранилище на р. Колорадо [ Colorado River], на границе штатов Калифорния и Аризона. Протяженность 72 км. Образовано при строительстве плотины Паркера [Parker Dam] (1938). Известно тем, что на его берегу собран Лондонский мост [ London Bridge], привезенный из Великобритании. В штате Аризона на восточном берегу - г. Лейк-Хавасу-Сити [Lake Havasu City] - популярное место жительства пенсионеров [retirement area]English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Havasu, Lake
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33 Arizona
I [ærɪˊzǝunǝ] Аризона, штат на Юго- Западе США <инд. arizonac маленький ручей>. Сокращение: AZ. Прозвища: «штат Большого Каньона» [Grand Canyon State], «медный штат» [*Copper State], «штат апачей» [Apache State], «штат Св. Валентина» [*Valentine State], «штат солнечного заката» [*Sunset State], «Американская Италия» [*Italy of America], «штат песчаных холмов» [*Sand Hill State]. Житель штата: аризонец [Arizonan]. Столица: г. Финикс [Phoenix]. Девиз: «Бог обогатит» (лат. Ditat Deus — God enriches). Цветок: цветок кактуса сагуаро [flower of saguaro cactus]. Дерево: акация паловерди [paloverde]. Птица: кактусовый крапивник [cactus wren]. Песня: марш «Аризона» [‘Arizona’ II, a march song]. Площадь: 293750 кв. км. (114,000 sq. mi.) (6- е место). Население (1992): св. 3,8 млн. (23- е место). Крупнейшие города: Финикс [Phoenix], Тусон [Tucson], Меса [Mesa]. Экономика. Основные отрасли: обрабатывающая промышленность, туризм, горнодобывающая промышленность, сельское хозяйство. Основная продукция: электроника, продукция полиграфической промышленности, продукты питания, металл и металлоизделия, самолёты, ракеты, одежда. Сельское хозяйство. Основные культуры: хлопок, сорго, салат, цветная капуста, ячмень, кукуруза, пшеница, сахарная свёкла, цитрусовые. Животноводство (1992): скота — 900 тыс.; свиней — 100 тыс.; овец — 225 тыс.; птицы — 325 тыс. Лесное хозяйство: сосна, ель, другие хвойные. Минералы: медь, золото, молибден, серебро. История. Впервые территория была исследована францисканцем Маркосом де Ница [Marcos de Niza] и его чернокожим рабом Эстеваном [Estevan] в 1539. В 1690—1711 гг. миссионер-иезуит Эусебио Франсиско Кино проповедовал христианство среди индейцев и обучал их земледелию, оставив после себя ряд миссий. В 1821 Испания присоединила Аризону к Мексике. В 1848 в конце войны с Мексикой территория была захвачена США. В 1854, в результате сделки Гадсена [*Gadsden Purchase], к США отошла и территория ниже р. Гила [Gila River]. Длительные войны с индейцами апачи закончились лишь в 1886 капитуляцией их вождя Джеронимо [*Geronimo]. Достопримечательности: Большой Каньон [Grand Canyon], глубиной от 4000 до 5000 футов; Окаменелый лес [Petrified Forest]; Раскрашенная пустыня [Painted Desert]; каньон Дьявола [Diablo], глубиной 225 футов; кратер, образованный упавшим метеоритом [Meteor Crater]; плотина Гувер- Дам [Hoover Dam]; озеро Мид [Lake Mead]; Форт- Апачи [Fort Apache]; Лондонский мост [London Bridge] у г. Лейк- Хавасу. Наиболее известные аризонцы: Кочис [*Cochise], индейский вождь; Джеронимо [*Geronimo], вождь индейцев апачи; Голдуотер, Барри [*Goldwater, Barry], сенатор; Грей, Зейн [*Grey, Zane], писатель; Джэкобс, Хелен [Jacobs, Helen], спортсменка; Лоуэлл, Персивал [Lowell, Percival], астроном; Пикеринг, Уильям [Pickering, William], астроном; Юдалл, Стюарт [*Udall, Stewart], гос. деятель; Райт, Фрэнк Ллойд [*Wright, Frank Lloyd], архитектор. Ассоциации: пустынный штат с красивыми пейзажами, открывающимися с автострад; кактусы на фоне красивых рассветов и закатов II • ‘Arizona’ «Аризона», марш (гимн штата Аризона, 1919) -
34 nursery rhyme
[ˊnǝ:rsǝrɪаraɪm] детский стишок, песенка. Наиболее известные из них: *‘Humpty sat on a wall’, ‘Mary had a little lamb’, ‘London bridge is falling down’ (тж. Mother Goose rhyme)США. Лингвострановедческий англо-русский словарь > nursery rhyme
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35 King's Reach
[,kɪŋz'riːtʃ]Ки́нгз-Рич (участок р. Темзы в Лондоне выше Лондонского моста [ London Bridge 1.]; ср. Pool I)букв. королевский плёсEnglish-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь) > King's Reach
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36 ferry
['ferɪ]n1) переправа, перевоз паромомA ferry was established where London Bridge now stands. — На том месте, где находится Лондонский мост, когда-то была паромная переправа.
- cross by the ferry- board a ferry2) паром, паромное судно, перевозочное средство- ferry captain- ferry ticket
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37 in so many words
1) именно этими словами, в выражениях, не допускающих иного толкования, ясно, недвусмысленно [этим. лат. totidem verbis]...the Lord Mayor had threatened in so many words to pull down the old London Bridge, and build up a new one. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Sketches by Boz’, ‘Scotland-Yard’) —...лорд-мэр недвусмысленно пригрозил снести старый Лондонский мост и построить новый.
I never thought you would do anything unfair. In fact, I said so in so many words. (F. W. Crofts, ‘The 12.30 from Croydon’, ch. XXIV) — Я никогда не считал вас способным на бесчестный поступок. Именно так я и сказал.
2) в нескольких словах, попросту говоряIn so many words, she wasn't fit to be seen. (WD) — Словом, она была в таком виде, что не могла никого принять.
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38 Stephenson, Robert
[br]b. 16 October 1803 Willington Quay, Northumberland, Englandd. 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.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 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 ReadingL.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 -
39 distancia
f.1 distance (espacio).estábamos a bastante distancia del incendio we were quite a distance from the fire¿a qué distancia está el próximo pueblo? how far is the next town?está a varios kilómetros de distancia it is several kilometers awaya distancia from a distancemantener a distancia to keep at a distancemantenerse a una distancia prudencial de to keep at a safe distance fromdistancia de seguridad safe distanceWe traveled quite a long distance Recorrimos un buena distancia.2 gap, space.está a dos minutos de distancia del ciclista francés he's two minutes away from the French cyclist3 difference (diferencia).pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: distanciar.* * *1 distance2 figurado (diferencia) difference, gap\a distancia from a distanceacortar distancias to bridge the gapguardar las distancias to keep one's distancedistancia de seguridad AUTOMÓVIL safety distancedistancia focal focal length* * *noun f.* * *SF1) [en el espacio] distance¿qué distancia hay entre Sevilla y Granada? — what's the distance between Seville and Granada?
¿a qué distancia está Madrid de Barcelona? — how far (away) is Madrid from Barcelona?, how far is it from Madrid to Barcelona?
a tres metros de distancia del suelo — three metres from o off the ground
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a distancia — from a distancela Universidad a distancia — ≈ the Open University
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acortar las distancias — to shorten the distanceel Real Madrid ha acortado las distancias con el Barcelona — Real Madrid is closing in on Barcelona, Real Madrid is closing the gap with Barcelona
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ganar distancias — to get ahead, make progress•
marcar distancias, el Atlético marcó distancias con el segundo clasificado — Atlético put some distance between itself and the second-placed teamquieren marcar distancias con la dirección del partido — they want to distance themselves from o set themselves apart from the party leadership
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salvando las distancias, es, salvando las distancias, el Picasso de nuestros días — he's the Picasso of today, give or take some obvious differencesdistancia de despegue — (Aer) length of takeoff
distancia de seguridad — (Aut) safe distance
2) [entre opiniones, creencias] distance, gaphay una insalvable distancia entre los dos partidos — there's an unbridgeable distance o gap between the two parties
* * *1) ( en el espacio) distance¿qué distancia hay de Tijuana a Tucson? — how far is it from Tijuana to Tucson?
¿a qué distancia está Londres? — how far is it to London?
una llamada de or a larga distancia — a long-distance call
2) (en locs)a distancia: se situó a distancia para verlo en conjunto she stood back to see it as a whole; se veía a distancia one could see it from a distance; mantenerse a distancia to keep at a distance; en la distancia in the distance; guardar or mantener las distancias to keep one's distance; salvando las distancias: es como París, salvando las distancias — it's like Paris, up to a point (colloq)
3) ( en el tiempo)la distancia que nos separa de la Reconquista — the distance (in time) between the Reconquest and the present day
con la distancia el incidente le pareció una tontería — looking back the incident seemed insignificant
4) ( afectiva) distanceuna gran distancia los separa — a rift has opened up between them
* * *= remoteness, separation, distance.Ex. One of the major problems to be overcome in this unique form of supranational government is that of remoteness.Ex. This wide separation of related subject areas is one of the major criticisms of the Dewey scheme.Ex. This has proved a useful way of reducing some of the problems of distance and cost in relation to both travelling and telephone calls.----* a cierta distancia = some distance away.* a cierta distancia de = off.* a cierta distancia de la costa = offshore.* a cierta distancia del litoral = offshore.* acortar las distancias = close + the gap.* acortar las distancias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.* a distancia = remote, remotely, distantly.* a poca distancia = not far behind.* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.* a poca distancia a pie = within an easy walk, within walking distance.* aprendizaje a distancia = distance learning, open learning.* a un día de distancia de = one day away from.* controlado a distancia = remotely controllable.* corta distancia de desplazamiento = easy travelling distance.* curso a distancia = telecourse.* de larga distancia = long-distance.* desaparecer en la distancia = disappear in + the distance.* desplazarse grandes distancias = travel + long distances.* distancia a pie = walking distance.* distancia de desplazamiento = travel distance.* distancia de frenado = braking distance.* distancia de Hausdorff = Hausdorff distance.* distancia de seguridad = stopping distance, braking distance.* distancia focal = focal length.* distancia recorrida = mileage.* distancia + ser de + Número = be + Medida + apart.* distancia social = social distance.* Educación a Distancia = distance education, Open College.* enseñanza a distancia = distance learning, distance teaching.* Enseñanza Politécnica a Distancia = Open Polytechnic.* estar a años de distancia = be years away.* estar a + Cantidad + de distancia = Cantidad + distant from.* estar a + Expresión Numérica + de distancia = be + Número + away.* estudiante a distancia = distance student.* informática a distancia = telecomputing.* larga distancia = long haul.* largas distancias = large distances.* llamada de larga distancia = long-distance call.* llamada telefónica de larga distancia = long-distance (tele)phone call.* mando a distancia = remote control, remote controller.* mantener las distancias con = keep + Nombre + at arm's length.* mantenerse a distancia = stand off.* medicina a distancia = telemedicine.* Medida de Distancia + de distancia = Medida de Distancia + off.* otear en la distancia = loom + far in the distance.* recorrer grandes distancias = travel + long distances.* red de larga distancia = long haul network.* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.* salvar las distancias = bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the gulf.* situado a cierta distancia = further afield.* tener mucha distancia que recorrer = have + a long way to go.* trabajador a distancia = teleworker, telecommuter.* trabajar a distancia = telecommute.* trabajo a distancia = telecommuting, teleworking, telework.* universidad a distancia = open university, open college.* universidad nacional de educación a distancia (UNED) = open university.* vislumbrar en la distancia = loom + far in the distance.* * *1) ( en el espacio) distance¿qué distancia hay de Tijuana a Tucson? — how far is it from Tijuana to Tucson?
¿a qué distancia está Londres? — how far is it to London?
una llamada de or a larga distancia — a long-distance call
2) (en locs)a distancia: se situó a distancia para verlo en conjunto she stood back to see it as a whole; se veía a distancia one could see it from a distance; mantenerse a distancia to keep at a distance; en la distancia in the distance; guardar or mantener las distancias to keep one's distance; salvando las distancias: es como París, salvando las distancias — it's like Paris, up to a point (colloq)
3) ( en el tiempo)la distancia que nos separa de la Reconquista — the distance (in time) between the Reconquest and the present day
con la distancia el incidente le pareció una tontería — looking back the incident seemed insignificant
4) ( afectiva) distanceuna gran distancia los separa — a rift has opened up between them
* * *= remoteness, separation, distance.Ex: One of the major problems to be overcome in this unique form of supranational government is that of remoteness.
Ex: This wide separation of related subject areas is one of the major criticisms of the Dewey scheme.Ex: This has proved a useful way of reducing some of the problems of distance and cost in relation to both travelling and telephone calls.* a cierta distancia = some distance away.* a cierta distancia de = off.* a cierta distancia de la costa = offshore.* a cierta distancia del litoral = offshore.* acortar las distancias = close + the gap.* acortar las distancias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.* a distancia = remote, remotely, distantly.* a poca distancia = not far behind.* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.* a poca distancia a pie = within an easy walk, within walking distance.* aprendizaje a distancia = distance learning, open learning.* a un día de distancia de = one day away from.* controlado a distancia = remotely controllable.* corta distancia de desplazamiento = easy travelling distance.* curso a distancia = telecourse.* de larga distancia = long-distance.* desaparecer en la distancia = disappear in + the distance.* desplazarse grandes distancias = travel + long distances.* distancia a pie = walking distance.* distancia de desplazamiento = travel distance.* distancia de frenado = braking distance.* distancia de Hausdorff = Hausdorff distance.* distancia de seguridad = stopping distance, braking distance.* distancia focal = focal length.* distancia recorrida = mileage.* distancia + ser de + Número = be + Medida + apart.* distancia social = social distance.* Educación a Distancia = distance education, Open College.* enseñanza a distancia = distance learning, distance teaching.* Enseñanza Politécnica a Distancia = Open Polytechnic.* estar a años de distancia = be years away.* estar a + Cantidad + de distancia = Cantidad + distant from.* estar a + Expresión Numérica + de distancia = be + Número + away.* estudiante a distancia = distance student.* informática a distancia = telecomputing.* larga distancia = long haul.* largas distancias = large distances.* llamada de larga distancia = long-distance call.* llamada telefónica de larga distancia = long-distance (tele)phone call.* mando a distancia = remote control, remote controller.* mantener las distancias con = keep + Nombre + at arm's length.* mantenerse a distancia = stand off.* medicina a distancia = telemedicine.* Medida de Distancia + de distancia = Medida de Distancia + off.* otear en la distancia = loom + far in the distance.* recorrer grandes distancias = travel + long distances.* red de larga distancia = long haul network.* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.* salvar las distancias = bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the gulf.* situado a cierta distancia = further afield.* tener mucha distancia que recorrer = have + a long way to go.* trabajador a distancia = teleworker, telecommuter.* trabajar a distancia = telecommute.* trabajo a distancia = telecommuting, teleworking, telework.* universidad a distancia = open university, open college.* universidad nacional de educación a distancia (UNED) = open university.* vislumbrar en la distancia = loom + far in the distance.* * *A (en el espacio) distancela distancia que separa dos puntos the distance between two points¿qué distancia hay de Tijuana a Tucson? what's the distance between Tijuana and Tucson?, how far is it from Tijuana to Tucson?¿a qué distancia está Londres? how far is it to London?, how far is London?presenciaron la explosión a una distancia prudencial they witnessed the explosion from a safe distancese situó a una distancia de un metro she stood a meter awayuna llamada de or a larga distancia a long-distance callB ( en locs):a distancia: procesamiento de textos a distancia off-site o remote text processingse situó a distancia para verlo en conjunto she stood back o she stood some distance away to see it as a wholeen la distancia in the distanceguardar or mantener las distancias to keep one's distancesalvando las distancias: ¡es un Einstein! — salvando las distancias he's another Einstein! — well, I wouldn't go that far!es como París, salvando las distancias it's like Paris, although clearly you can only take the comparison so far ( colloq)tomar distancia ( Mil) to measure an arm's length from the next personhay que tomar distancia para ser objetivo in order to be objective you have to stand back from it o distance yourself from it o ( colloq) get a distance on itCompuesto:distancia de frenado/paradabraking/stopping distanceC(en el tiempo): la distancia que nos separa de la Reconquista the distance (in time) between the Reconquest and the present daya distancia el incidente le pareció una tontería looking back o in retrospect, the incident seemed insignificantD (afectiva) distanceeste incidente aumentó la distancia entre ellos this incident widened the distance o gap between themahora una gran distancia los separa now they're worlds o poles apart, a rift o gulf has opened up between them* * *
Del verbo distanciar: ( conjugate distanciar)
distancia es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
distancia
distanciar
distancia sustantivo femeninoa) distance;
¿a qué distancia está Londres? how far is it to London?, se situó a una distancia de un metro she stood a meter away;
See Also→ llamadab) ( en locs)◊ a distancia: se situó a distancia para verlo en conjunto she stood back to see it as a whole;
se veía a distancia one could see it from a distance;
mantenerse a distancia to keep at a distance;
en la distancia in the distance;
See Also→ educación 1, See Also→ enseñanza b
distanciar ( conjugate distanciar) verbo transitivo
distancia a algn de algn to distance sb from sb
distanciarse verbo pronominala) ( en el espacio) distanciase de algo to get far from sth
( refl) distanciase de algn to distance oneself from sb
distancia sustantivo femenino distance: lo contemplábamos a distancia, we looked at it from a distance
nos sentamos a cierta distancia, we sat at a distance
su silueta apareció en la distancia, her figure appeared in the distance
distanciar verbo transitivo to separate
' distancia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- calcular
- cerca
- corta
- corto
- cuentakilómetros
- desde
- enfriar
- focal
- mando
- mantenerse
- notable
- pequeña
- pequeño
- recorrer
- salvar
- separar
- separación
- separarse
- tirada
- trayecto
- UNED
- a
- acortar
- ahuyentar
- breve
- caminar
- cuadra
- educación
- enseñanza
- hacer
- llamada
- medir
- noviazgo
- ómnibus
- paso
- radio
- trecho
- universidad
- vislumbrar
English:
apart
- control
- cover
- discreet
- distance
- do
- far
- fly
- for
- from
- gap
- haul
- hold off
- into
- journey
- keep away
- narrow
- off
- pace
- remote control
- ride
- stare
- step
- walk
- way
- within
- commuter
- detachment
- long-distance
- long
- mileage
- open
- recede
- remote
* * *distancia nf1. [espacio] distance;recorrer la distancia entre dos pueblos to cover the distance between two towns;¿a qué distancia está el próximo pueblo? how far is the next town?;¿cuál es la distancia o [m5] qué distancia hay entre Asunción y Montevideo? what is the distance between Asunción and Montevideo?;estábamos a bastante distancia del incendio we were quite a distance from the fire;los viandantes observaban el incidente a cierta distancia the passers-by watched the incident from a distance;a tanta distancia no puedo decirte quién es I can't say who it is from this distance;mantenerse a una distancia prudencial de to keep at a safe distance from;está a varios kilómetros de distancia it is several kilometres away;a distancia from a distance;estudiar a distancia to study by distance learning;mantener algo/a alguien a distancia to keep sth/sb at a distance;mantenerse a distancia (de) to keep one's distance (from);en la distancia in the distancedistancia focal focal distance, focal length;distancia de frenado braking distance;distancia de seguridad safe distance [from the vehicle in front];mantenga la distancia de seguridad [en letrero de tráfico] keep your distance2. [en el tiempo] gap, space;está a dos minutos de distancia del ciclista francés he's two minutes away from the French cyclist;hay varios años de distancia entre estas dos fotografías the two photographs were taken several years apart;con la distancia que da el tiempo, desde la distancia looking back, in retrospect;ahora, desde la distancia, creo que nos equivocamos now, in retrospect, I think we were wrong3. [diferencia] difference;hay o [m5] media una gran distancia entre ambas teorías there is a great difference between the two theories;salvando las distancias allowing for the obvious differences4. [entre personas] distance;la lucha por la herencia aumentó la distancia entre los hermanos the dispute over the inheritance drove the brothers further apart;acortar (las) distancias to come closer (to an agreement)* * *f tb figdistance;a distancia at a distance;acortar distancias tb fig bridge the gap, catch up;guardar (las) distancias fig keep one’s distance* * *distancia nf: distance* * *distancia n distance¿a qué distancia? how far¿a qué distancia está el mar? how far is the sea?¿qué distancia hay entre Cádiz y Córdoba? how far is it from Cádiz to Córdoba? -
40 Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering, Land transport, Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering, Ports and shipping, Public utilities, Railways and locomotives[br]b. 9 April 1806 Portsea, Hampshire, Englandd. 15 September 1859 18 Duke Street, St James's, London, England[br]English civil and mechanical engineer.[br]The son of Marc Isambard Brunel and Sophia Kingdom, he was educated at a private boarding-school in Hove. At the age of 14 he went to the College of Caen and then to the Lycée Henri-Quatre in Paris, after which he was apprenticed to Louis Breguet. In 1822 he returned from France and started working in his father's office, while spending much of his time at the works of Maudslay, Sons \& Field.From 1825 to 1828 he worked under his father on the construction of the latter's Thames Tunnel, occupying the position of Engineer-in-Charge, exhibiting great courage and presence of mind in the emergencies which occurred not infrequently. These culminated in January 1828 in the flooding of the tunnel and work was suspended for seven years. For the next five years the young engineer made abortive attempts to find a suitable outlet for his talents, but to little avail. Eventually, in 1831, his design for a suspension bridge over the River Avon at Clifton Gorge was accepted and he was appointed Engineer. (The bridge was eventually finished five years after Brunel's death, as a memorial to him, the delay being due to inadequate financing.) He next planned and supervised improvements to the Bristol docks. In March 1833 he was appointed Engineer of the Bristol Railway, later called the Great Western Railway. He immediately started to survey the route between London and Bristol that was completed by late August that year. On 5 July 1836 he married Mary Horsley and settled into 18 Duke Street, Westminster, London, where he also had his office. Work on the Bristol Railway started in 1836. The foundation stone of the Clifton Suspension Bridge was laid the same year. Whereas George Stephenson had based his standard railway gauge as 4 ft 8½ in (1.44 m), that or a similar gauge being usual for colliery wagonways in the Newcastle area, Brunel adopted the broader gauge of 7 ft (2.13 m). The first stretch of the line, from Paddington to Maidenhead, was opened to traffic on 4 June 1838, and the whole line from London to Bristol was opened in June 1841. The continuation of the line through to Exeter was completed and opened on 1 May 1844. The normal time for the 194-mile (312 km) run from Paddington to Exeter was 5 hours, at an average speed of 38.8 mph (62.4 km/h) including stops. The Great Western line included the Box Tunnel, the longest tunnel to that date at nearly two miles (3.2 km).Brunel was the engineer of most of the railways in the West Country, in South Wales and much of Southern Ireland. As railway networks developed, the frequent break of gauge became more of a problem and on 9 July 1845 a Royal Commission was appointed to look into it. In spite of comparative tests, run between Paddington-Didcot and Darlington-York, which showed in favour of Brunel's arrangement, the enquiry ruled in favour of the narrow gauge, 274 miles (441 km) of the former having been built against 1,901 miles (3,059 km) of the latter to that date. The Gauge Act of 1846 forbade the building of any further railways in Britain to any gauge other than 4 ft 8 1/2 in (1.44 m).The existence of long and severe gradients on the South Devon Railway led to Brunel's adoption of the atmospheric railway developed by Samuel Clegg and later by the Samuda brothers. In this a pipe of 9 in. (23 cm) or more in diameter was laid between the rails, along the top of which ran a continuous hinged flap of leather backed with iron. At intervals of about 3 miles (4.8 km) were pumping stations to exhaust the pipe. Much trouble was experienced with the flap valve and its lubrication—freezing of the leather in winter, the lubricant being sucked into the pipe or eaten by rats at other times—and the experiment was abandoned at considerable cost.Brunel is to be remembered for his two great West Country tubular bridges, the Chepstow and the Tamar Bridge at Saltash, with the latter opened in May 1859, having two main spans of 465 ft (142 m) and a central pier extending 80 ft (24 m) below high water mark and allowing 100 ft (30 m) of headroom above the same. His timber viaducts throughout Devon and Cornwall became a feature of the landscape. The line was extended ultimately to Penzance.As early as 1835 Brunel had the idea of extending the line westwards across the Atlantic from Bristol to New York by means of a steamship. In 1836 building commenced and the hull left Bristol in July 1837 for fitting out at Wapping. On 31 March 1838 the ship left again for Bristol but the boiler lagging caught fire and Brunel was injured in the subsequent confusion. On 8 April the ship set sail for New York (under steam), its rival, the 703-ton Sirius, having left four days earlier. The 1,340-ton Great Western arrived only a few hours after the Sirius. The hull was of wood, and was copper-sheathed. In 1838 Brunel planned a larger ship, some 3,000 tons, the Great Britain, which was to have an iron hull.The Great Britain was screwdriven and was launched on 19 July 1843,289 ft (88 m) long by 51 ft (15.5 m) at its widest. The ship's first voyage, from Liverpool to New York, began on 26 August 1845. In 1846 it ran aground in Dundrum Bay, County Down, and was later sold for use on the Australian run, on which it sailed no fewer than thirty-two times in twenty-three years, also serving as a troop-ship in the Crimean War. During this war, Brunel designed a 1,000-bed hospital which was shipped out to Renkioi ready for assembly and complete with shower-baths and vapour-baths with printed instructions on how to use them, beds and bedding and water closets with a supply of toilet paper! Brunel's last, largest and most extravagantly conceived ship was the Great Leviathan, eventually named The Great Eastern, which had a double-skinned iron hull, together with both paddles and screw propeller. Brunel designed the ship to carry sufficient coal for the round trip to Australia without refuelling, thus saving the need for and the cost of bunkering, as there were then few bunkering ports throughout the world. The ship's construction was started by John Scott Russell in his yard at Millwall on the Thames, but the building was completed by Brunel due to Russell's bankruptcy in 1856. The hull of the huge vessel was laid down so as to be launched sideways into the river and then to be floated on the tide. Brunel's plan for hydraulic launching gear had been turned down by the directors on the grounds of cost, an economy that proved false in the event. The sideways launch with over 4,000 tons of hydraulic power together with steam winches and floating tugs on the river took over two months, from 3 November 1857 until 13 January 1858. The ship was 680 ft (207 m) long, 83 ft (25 m) beam and 58 ft (18 m) deep; the screw was 24 ft (7.3 m) in diameter and paddles 60 ft (18.3 m) in diameter. Its displacement was 32,000 tons (32,500 tonnes).The strain of overwork and the huge responsibilities that lay on Brunel began to tell. He was diagnosed as suffering from Bright's disease, or nephritis, and spent the winter travelling in the Mediterranean and Egypt, returning to England in May 1859. On 5 September he suffered a stroke which left him partially paralysed, and he died ten days later at his Duke Street home.[br]Further ReadingL.T.C.Rolt, 1957, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, London: Longmans Green. J.Dugan, 1953, The Great Iron Ship, Hamish Hamilton.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
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london bridge — noun Usage: usually capitalized L&B Etymology: from London Bridge, a bridge built in 1209 across the Thames river in London, England : an old singing game in which one of a line of children passing under an arch formed by uplifted arms is… … Useful english dictionary