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* * *das Pamphletpamphlet* * *Pamph|let [pam'fleːt]nt -(e)s, -elampoon* * *Pam·phlet<-[e]s, -e>[pamˈfle:t]nt (pej geh)1. (Schmähwerk) lampoon* * *das; Pamphlet[e]s, Pamphlete (Streitschrift) polemical pamphlet; (Schmähschrift) defamatory pamphlet* * ** * *das; Pamphlet[e]s, Pamphlete (Streitschrift) polemical pamphlet; (Schmähschrift) defamatory pamphlet* * *-e n.lampoon n. -
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4 pliego suelto
(n.) = broadsheet, broadside, sheet-bookEx. A broadsheet is a separately published piece of paper, printed on one side only and intended to be read unfolded; usually intended to be posted, publicly distributed, or sold, e.g. proclamations, handbills, ballad-sheets, news-sheets.Ex. A broadside is a separately published piece of paper, printed on one side only and intended to be read unfolded; usually intended to be posted, publicly distributed, or sold, e.g. proclamations, handbills, ballad-sheets, news-sheets.Ex. By sheet-books he meant what most bibliographers now call a chapbook, that is a small pamphlet containing popular matter which comprised no more than a single sheet, which was sold generally folded into pamphlet form, but unopened.* * *(n.) = broadsheet, broadside, sheet-bookEx: A broadsheet is a separately published piece of paper, printed on one side only and intended to be read unfolded; usually intended to be posted, publicly distributed, or sold, e.g. proclamations, handbills, ballad-sheets, news-sheets.
Ex: A broadside is a separately published piece of paper, printed on one side only and intended to be read unfolded; usually intended to be posted, publicly distributed, or sold, e.g. proclamations, handbills, ballad-sheets, news-sheets.Ex: By sheet-books he meant what most bibliographers now call a chapbook, that is a small pamphlet containing popular matter which comprised no more than a single sheet, which was sold generally folded into pamphlet form, but unopened. -
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adj.unopened.* * *(adj.) = unopenedEx. By sheet-books he meant what most bibliographers now call a chapbook, that is a small pamphlet containing popular matter which comprised no more than a single sheet, which was sold generally folded into pamphlet form, but unopened.* * *(adj.) = unopenedEx: By sheet-books he meant what most bibliographers now call a chapbook, that is a small pamphlet containing popular matter which comprised no more than a single sheet, which was sold generally folded into pamphlet form, but unopened.
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8 una gran variedad de
= a wide range of, a multiplicity of, a rich tapestry of, a plurality of, a broad variety of, a broad range of, a whole gamut ofEx. A wide range of pamphlet and leaflet material was collected and arranged in cabinet files under topic heads such as health, employment, child welfare.Ex. The Aldine greek was based on a much admired humanistic cursive hand which relied for its good looks on a multiplicity of alternative letters, ligatures, and contractions.Ex. This article postulates a series of disciplinary incorporations and transformation that has created a rich tapestry of speculation and systems development that has led to what we now call library and information science.Ex. Each consists of a plurality of signs that have a known meaning in written or oral form to a number of people.Ex. Intrantets are becoming very popular among a broad variety of companies.Ex. Data on a broad range of topics were collected.Ex. There has been a whole gamut of responses to community information.* * *= a wide range of, a multiplicity of, a rich tapestry of, a plurality of, a broad variety of, a broad range of, a whole gamut ofEx: A wide range of pamphlet and leaflet material was collected and arranged in cabinet files under topic heads such as health, employment, child welfare.
Ex: The Aldine greek was based on a much admired humanistic cursive hand which relied for its good looks on a multiplicity of alternative letters, ligatures, and contractions.Ex: This article postulates a series of disciplinary incorporations and transformation that has created a rich tapestry of speculation and systems development that has led to what we now call library and information science.Ex: Each consists of a plurality of signs that have a known meaning in written or oral form to a number of people.Ex: Intrantets are becoming very popular among a broad variety of companies.Ex: Data on a broad range of topics were collected.Ex: There has been a whole gamut of responses to community information. -
9 volante
adj.flying.m.1 (steering) wheel.estar o ir al volante to be at the wheel2 motor racing (automovilismo).3 frill, flounce.4 (referral) note (del médico). (peninsular Spanish)5 shuttlecock.6 leaflet. ( Latin American Spanish)7 steering wheel, handwheel, wheel, driving wheel.8 flier, leaflet.9 flywheel.10 balance wheel.11 Volante.* * *► adjetivo1 (que vuela) flying2 (que se desplaza) flying, mobile2 AUTOMÓVIL steering wheel3 TÉCNICA flywheel4 (de reloj) balance wheel5 (aviso, orden) note, order6 DEPORTE shuttlecock\ir al volante to be driving* * *noun m.* * *1. ADJ1) (=volador) flying2) (=itinerante) [estudio, sede] travelling, traveling (EEUU)meta 1., 1)3) (=inquieto) [persona] unsettled2. SM1) (Aut) steering wheel(LAm) [de propaganda] pamphlet hoja 2)ir al volante — to be at the wheel, be driving
4) ( Esp) (Med) referral noteme dieron un volante para el oftalmólogo — I was referred to o I was given a referral to the ophthalmologist
5) (Bádminton) (=pelota) shuttlecock; (=juego) badminton6) (Cos) flounce3. SMF(Chile)1) (Ftbl) (=jugador) winger2) (=conductor) driver; [de carreras] racing driver* * *Iadjetivo flying (before n)II1)a) (Auto) steering wheelir/ponerse al volante — to be at/to take the wheel
b) (Mec, Tec) flywheel; (para regular altura, velocidad) wheel, handwheelc) ( de reloj) balance wheel2)a) (AmL) ( de propaganda) leaflet, flierb) (Esp) ( para el médico) referral note o slip3) ( en costura) flounce4) (Dep) shuttlecock* * *Iadjetivo flying (before n)II1)a) (Auto) steering wheelir/ponerse al volante — to be at/to take the wheel
b) (Mec, Tec) flywheel; (para regular altura, velocidad) wheel, handwheelc) ( de reloj) balance wheel2)a) (AmL) ( de propaganda) leaflet, flierb) (Esp) ( para el médico) referral note o slip3) ( en costura) flounce4) (Dep) shuttlecock* * *volante11 = steering wheel.Ex: That will not be accomplished by asking: 'How many people are for having the steering wheel in a round form or some other form?'.
* al volante = at the wheel.* detrás del volante = behind the wheel.* horas al volante = driver's hours.* quedarse dormido al volante = fall + asleep at the wheel.* violencia al volante = road rage.volante22 = frill.Ex: This spring, women's clothing embellished with frills and lace are gracing the streets of Japan.
* con volantes = frilly [frillier -comp., frilliest -sup,].* decorado con volantes = frilly [frillier -comp., frilliest -sup,].* de volantes = frilly [frillier -comp., frilliest -sup,].volante33 = flying.Ex: A new flying invention has been unveiled in the US, which could see humans take to the sky.
* trapecio volante = flying trapeze.* * *flying ( before n)A1 ( Auto) steering wheelponte al volante un rato why don't you take the wheel o why don't you drive for a while?su hija iba al volante her daughter was at the wheel o was driving3 (de un reloj) balance wheelB (papel)2 ( Esp) (para el médico) referral note o slipme dio un volante para el cardiólogo she referred me to the cardiologistC (en costura) flounceD (rehilete) shuttlecock, shuttleE1 (conductor) racing driver2 (en fútbol) winger* * *
volante sustantivo masculino
1 (Auto) steering wheel;◊ ir/ponerse al volante to be at/to take the wheel
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3 ( en costura) flounce
4 (Dep) shuttlecock
volante
I adjetivo flying
II sustantivo masculino
1 (de automóvil) steering wheel
coger el/ ponerse al/ir al volante, to take the wheel: José iba al volante, José was driving
2 Cost ruffle, flounce, frill
3 (para el médico) referral note
' volante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
habilidad
- platillo
- timón
- dar
- girar
- ovni
English:
flying saucer
- frill
- roadhog
- ruffle
- saucer
- shuttlecock
- spin
- steer
- steering wheel
- UFO
- flier
- flounce
- flying
- fly
- loosen
- road
- shuttle
- steering
- unidentified
- wheel
* * *♦ adj1. [que vuela] flying2. [no fijo]el congreso tiene una sede volante each year the conference takes place in a different location;meta volante [en ciclismo] hot spot sprint♦ nm1. [para conducir] (steering) wheel;es un as del volante he's an ace driver2. [automovilismo] Br motor o US auto racing3. [de tela] frill, flounce;una falda de volantes a frilly skirt5. [en bádminton] shuttlecock6. Am [de propaganda] leaflet* * *I adj flyingII m1 AUTO steering wheel;ponerse al volante take the wheel2 de vestido flounce3 MED referral (slip)4 DEP shuttlecock* * *volante adj: flyingvolante nm1) : steering wheel2) folleto: flier, circular3) : shuttlecock4) : flywheel5) : balance wheel (of a watch)6) : ruffle, flounce* * *volante1 adj flyingvolante2 n1. (de coche) steering wheel2. (de bádminton) shuttlecock -
10 Gibbons, John
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]fl. 1800–50 Staffordshire, England[br]English ironmaster who introduced the round hearth in the blastfurnace.[br]Gibbons was an ironmaster in the Black Country, South Staffordshire, in charge of six blast furnaces owned by the family business. Until Gibbons's innovation in 1832, small changes in the form of the furnace had at times been made, but no one had seriously questioned the square shape of the hearth. Gibbons noticed that a new furnace often worked poorly by improved as time went on. When it was "blown out", i.e. taken out of commission, he found that the corners of the hearth had been rounded off and the sides gouged out, so that it was roughly circular in shape. Gibbons wisely decided to build a blast furnace with a round hearth alongside an existing one with a traditionally shaped hearth and work them in exactly the same conditions. The old furnace produced 75 tons of iron in a week, about normal for the time, while the new one produced 100 tons. Further improvements followed and in 1838 a fellow ironmaster in the same district, T. Oakes, considerably enlarged the furnace, its height attaining no less than 60ft (18m). As a result, output soared to over 200 tons a week. Most other ironmasters adopted the new form with enthusiasm and it proved to be the basis for the modern blast furnace. Gibbons made another interesting innovation: he began charging his furnace with the "rubbish", slag or cinder, from earlier ironmaking operations. It contained a significant amount of iron and was cheaper to obtain than iron ore, as it was just lying around in heaps. Some ironmasters scorned to use other people's throw-outs, but Gibbons sensibly saw it as a cheap source of iron; it was a useful source for some years during the nineteenth century but its use died out when the heaps were used up. Gibbons published an account of his improvements in ironmaking in a pamphlet entitled Practical Remarks on the Construction of the Staffordshire Blast Furnace.[br]Bibliography1839, Practical Remarks on the Construction of the Staffordshire Blast Furnace, Birmingham; reprinted 1844.Further ReadingJ.Percy, 1864, Metallurgy. Iron and Steel, London, p. 476. W.K.V.Gale, 1969, Iron and Steel, London: Longmans, pp. 44–6.LRD -
11 Ausgabe
Ausgabe f (Ausg.) 1. BANK issue (Geld); 2. BÖRSE issue (Aktien); 3. COMP edition, ed.; output, computer output (Daten); 4. FIN issue (Kosten); 5. GEN edition, ed.; number, expense, expenditure; outlay (Kosten); 6. MEDIA copy number, edition, ed., issue • die Ausgabe auf sich nehmen GEN go to the expense of* * *f (Ausg.) 1. < Bank> Geld issue; 2. < Börse> Aktien issue; 3. < Comp> edition (ed.), Daten output, computer output; 4. < Finanz> money issue; 5. < Geschäft> edition (ed.), Kosten outlay, number, expense, expenditure; 6. < Medien> copy number, edition (ed.), issue ■ die Ausgabe auf sich nehmen < Geschäft> go to the expense of* * *Ausgabe
expense, expenditure, outlay, (Ausgabestelle) booking office, (Aushändigung) giving (handing) out, (Auslage) disbursement, outlay, (Briefe) delivery, (Buch) edition, set, (Computer) output, (Emission) issue, issuing, issuance (US), emission, (Gepäck) counter, (Verteilung) distribution, (Zeitung) number, edition;
• mit all den damit verbundenen Ausgaben with all its attendant expenses;
• Ausgaben expenditure, expense, outgoings (Br.), outlay;
• abnehmende Ausgaben declining expenditure;
• absetzbare Ausgaben deductible expenses;
• abzugsfähige Ausgaben deductible expenses;
• aktivierte Ausgaben capitalized expenses;
• alte Ausgabe (Heft) back issue, (Zeitung) back number;
• steuerlich nicht anerkannte Ausgaben expenditure not allowable for tax purposes, disallowable expenditure;
• vor der Gründung angefallene Ausgaben preliminary expenses;
• mit Vorrechten ausgestattete Ausgabe (Anleihe) senior issue;
• außerordentliche Ausgaben extra-budgetary (extraordinary) expenditure, extraordinary expenses, extras, (Haushalt) extrabudgetary expenses;
• außerplanmäßige Ausgaben unbudgeted expenditure, expenditure not provided for in the budget, expenditure not budgeted for;
• bare Ausgaben cash expenditure (expenses), out-of-pocket expenses;
• bearbeitete Ausgabe revised edition;
• bedeutende Ausgaben high expenses;
• berechtigte Ausgabe copyrighted edition;
• betriebliche Ausgaben operating expenditure;
• billige Ausgabe cheap edition;
• broschierte Ausgabe pamphlet copy;
• diverse Ausgaben sundry expenses, sundries;
• effektive Ausgaben out-of-pocket expenses;
• einbändige Ausgabe single- (one-) volume edition;
• in nicht gewerblicher Eigenschaft eingegangene Ausgaben expenses incurred by a trader in another capacity;
• einmalige Ausgaben non-recurring charges (expenses, expenditure);
• endgültige Ausgabe definitive edition;
• entstandene Ausgaben expenses incurred;
• entstandene oder mit der Geschäftsführung notwendigerweise entstehende Ausgaben costs necessarily incurred in the conduct of business;
• erstattungsfähige Ausgaben refundable expenditure;
• erweiterte Ausgabe enlarged edition;
• noch nicht fällige Ausgaben accrued expenses;
• feste (fortlaufende) Ausgaben constant expenses, non-variable expenditure, fixed charges;
• in den Römischen Verträgen nicht festgelegte Ausgaben (EU) non-obligatory spending;
• zweispaltig gedruckte Ausgabe double-column edition;
• gehabte Ausgaben incurred expenses;
• zulasten der Gemeinde gehende Ausgaben expenses defrayable out of local contributions;
• gekürzte Ausgabe abridged edition;
• gelegentliche Ausgaben casual expenses, incidentals;
• gemeine Ausgaben ordinary expenses;
• amtlich genehmigte Ausgabe sealed form;
• geplante Ausgaben spending plan;
• geringe Ausgaben light expense;
• geringfügige Ausgaben petty expenses;
• urheberrechtlich (verlagsrechtlich) geschützte Ausgabe copyright[ed] edition, copyrighted publication;
• gleich bleibende Ausgaben expense constants;
• große Ausgaben heavy expenditure;
• heutige Ausgabe (Zeitung) current number;
• unzulässig hohe Ausgabe (Anleihe) overissue;
• indirekte Ausgaben indirect expenses;
• kapitalisierte Ausgaben capitalized expenses;
• kleine Ausgaben petty cash (charges), minor expenses;
• kleinere Ausgaben minor expenses;
• laufende Ausgaben fixed (current, running) expenses, current (returning) expenditure;
• letzte Ausgabe (Zeitschrift) current number, latest edition, final (coll.);
• unberechtigt nachgedruckte Ausgabe pirated edition;
• neue Ausgabe reprint;
• notwendige Ausgaben connected expenses, expenses necessarily incurred;
• [nicht] obligatorische Ausgaben (EU)[non-]compulsory expenditure;
• öffentliche Ausgaben government expenditure;
• ordentliche Ausgaben ordinary expenses;
• persönliche Ausgaben private expenses;
• private Ausgaben private expenditure;
• projektbezogene Ausgabe project-related spending;
• revidierte Ausgabe revised edition, revision;
• sachliche Ausgaben material cost;
• sonstige Ausgaben (Bilanz) other payments, non-operating expenses;
• stabile Ausgaben stable spending;
• steigende Ausgaben growing expenditure;
• tägliche Ausgaben daily expenses, routine expenditure;
• tatsächliche Ausgaben out-of-pocket expenses, actual expenditure;
• übermäßige Ausgaben profuse expenditure;
• auf das Kapitalkonto übernommene Ausgaben capitalized expenses;
• unerwartete Ausgaben contingent expenses, contingencies;
• ungedeckte Ausgaben uncovered expenses;
• unveränderte Ausgabe reprint;
• unvorhergesehene Ausgaben unforeseen expense (expenditure), contingent expenses, contingencies, incidentals;
• veranschlagte Ausgaben expenditure budgeted for;
• vermögenswirksame Ausgaben asset-creating expenditure, capital spending;
• verschiedene Ausgaben (Bilanz) sundries, sundry expenses;
• verschwenderische Ausgaben profuse expenditure, prodigal expenses;
• vertretbare Ausgabe warrantable outlay;
• tatsächlich vorgenommene Ausgaben actual expenditure outturns;
• wachsende growing expenditure;
• werbende Ausgaben productive expenses;
• wiederkehrende Ausgaben fixed charges, recurring expenditure (expenses);
• nicht wiederkehrende Ausgaben non-recurring expenditure;
• regelmäßig wiederkehrende Ausgaben recurrent expenses;
• zusätzliche Ausgaben additonal expenses;
• Einnahmen und Ausgaben income and expenditure;
• Ausgaben durch Ferienreisende tourist expenditure;
• Ausgaben für Forschung expenditure on research;
• Ausgabe von Gratisaktien issue of bonus shares, bonus issue (Br.);
• Ausgabe von Gratisaktien bei Kapitalerhöhung capitalization issue;
• jährlich neu zu finanzierende Ausgaben der öffentlichen Hand supply services (Br.);
• konjunkturbelebende Ausgaben der öffentlichen Hand deficit budgeting;
• Ausgaben der öffentlichen Hände government spending, government[al] expenditure, public outlays;
• Ausgaben für Investitionszwecke investment spending;
• Ausgabe von mit variablen Zinssätzen ausgestatteten Kommunalanleihen floating rate issue in the local authority negotiable bond market;
• Ausgaben pro Kopf der Bevölkerung per capita costs;
• Ausgaben für den Lebensunterhalt consumption expenditure;
• Ausgabe neuer Münzen issue of new coinage;
• Ausgabe von Obligationen floating (issue) of bonds;
• Ausgabe eines Passes issue of a passport;
• Ausgaben für die Regionen spending for the regions;
• Ausgaben außer der Reihe extras;
• Ausgaben im Reiseverkehr tourist spending;
• Ausgabe von Schuldverschreibungen bond issuance;
• Ausgabe von Sonderziehungsrechten (Weltwährungsfonds) special drawing rights issue;
• Ausgaben auf dem Sozialversicherungssektor social-security spending;
• Ausgaben zur freien Verfügung discretionary spending;
• Ausgaben für die innere Verwaltung internal administrative expenditure;
• Ausgaben im Vorgriff anticipatory expenditure;
• Ausgabe einer Zeitung run of a paper;
• Ausgaben abdecken to clear expenses;
• Ausgaben auf j. abwälzen to board the gravy train (US)
• seine Ausgaben den Einnahmen anpassen to proportion one’s expenses to one’s income, to equate the expenses with the income;
• sich in den Ausgaben Beschränkungen auferlegen to show spending forbearance;
• Ausgaben aufgliedern to classify expenses, to break down expenses (US);
• seine Ausgaben aufschlüsseln to allocate one’s expenditure;
• Ausgabe als aktivierungspflichtigen Aufwand behandeln to treat an expenditure as properly attributable to capital;
• Ausgaben beschneiden to cut expenditure;
• Ausgaben kräftig beschneiden to axe expenditure;
• seine Ausgaben beschränken to restrict one’s expenses;
• öffentliche Ausgaben beschränken to contain public expenditure;
• Ausgaben bestreiten to defray the costs;
• als Ausgaben buchen to enter as expenditure (expense);
• voll abzugsfähige Ausgaben darstellen to be fully deductible current expenses;
• Ausgaben in konstanten Preisen darstellen to express expenditure in constant prices;
• Ausgaben decken to cover expenses;
• Ausgaben einschränken to cut down (reduce the, limit) expenses, to curtail, to retrench expenses, to make retrenchments, to curtail one’s expenses, to take in a reef;
• sich in seinen Ausgaben einschränken to draw in one’s expenditure;
• Ausgaben auf ein vernünftiges Maß einschränken to keep one’s expenditure within reasonable limits;
• unsinnige Ausgaben einschränken to do away with wasteful expenditure;
• Ausgaben erhöhen to increase the expenditure;
• Ausgaben erstatten to refund the expenses;
• 120 Dollar wöchentliche Ausgaben haben to sit at $120 a week;
• Ausgaben zu verantworten haben to be responsible for the expenditure;
• Ausgaben radikal herabsetzen to axe expenditure;
• sich eine Ausgabe leisten können to afford on expense;
• Ausgaben machen to spend;
• große Ausgaben machen to incur heavy expenses;
• Ausgaben senken to cut expenditure;
• geringere Ausgaben tätigen to underspend;
• Ausgaben übernehmen to bear the costs;
• als Ausgaben verbuchen to enter as expenditure;
• überflüssige Ausgaben vermeiden to economize;
• große Ausgaben verursachen to entail large expenditure;
• große Ausgaben vornehmen to spend a great deal;
• Ausgabe von Gratisaktien vornehmen to declare a stock dividend;
• Ausgaben wiedereinbringen to recover the expenses;
• auf eine Ausgabe zeichnen to subscribe to an issue;
• für unvorhergesehene Ausgaben zurückstellen to allow (provide) for contingencies;
• Ausgaben und Einnahmen decken sich the expenses balance the receipts;
• Ausgabeautomat (Fahrscheine) vending machine;
• Ausgabebank bank of issue;
• Ausgabebedingungen (Obligation) debenture conditions;
• Ausgabebeleg voucher jacket, voucher for payment;
• Ausgabebereich (Computer) output area;
• Ausgabedatei (Computer) output file;
• Ausgabedaten (Computer) output data;
• Ausgabedatum issuance date;
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12 caja
f.1 box.una caja de cervezas a crate of beercaja de cambios gearboxcaja de cerillas matchbox, box of matchescaja de herramientas ( Elec) tool boxcaja de música music boxcaja negra black box, flight recordercaja torácica thorax2 cash box.caja fuerte o de caudales safe, strongboxcaja rápida express checkoutcaja registradora cash register3 coffin.4 body.5 cashier's, cashdesk, cash desk, cashier.6 cash register.7 safe.8 carton.9 casket.10 pay office.11 cash balance, balance-check.12 snare drum.13 dish.* * *1 (gen) box2 (de madera) chest; (grande) crate3 (de bebidas) case5 (féretro) coffin6 AUTOMÓVIL body7 (tipografía) case8 (banco) bank9 TÉCNICA housing, casing10 (de piano) case; (de violín) body\echar a alguien con cajas destempladas familiar to send somebody packingentrar en caja MILITAR to be called uphacer (la) caja to cash uppagar en caja to pay at the cash deskcaja alta/baja (en impresión) upper/lower casecaja craneana ANATOMÍA cranium, skullcaja de cambios AUTOMÓVIL gearboxcaja de caudales strongbox, safecaja de colores paintboxcaja de empalmes ELECTRICIDAD junction boxcaja de herramientas toolboxcaja de música musical boxcaja fuerte safecaja negra AVIACIÓN black boxcaja postal de ahorros post office savings bankcaja registradora cash registerla caja tonta familiar the goggle-box* * *noun f.1) box3) case•* * *SF1) (=recipiente) box; [de cervezas, refrescos] cratela caja tonta — * (=tele) the box *, the goggle-box *, the idiot box (EEUU) *
caja de cerillas — [llena] box of matches; [vacía] matchbox
caja de sorpresas — (=juego) jack-in-the-box
caja negra — [de avión] black box
2) (Com) [en supermercado] checkout; [en tienda] till, cash desk; [en banco] window, cash deskpara pagar, pase por caja — please pay at the cash desk o till o checkout
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entrar en caja, ha entrado muy poco dinero en caja — takings have been low•
hacer caja — to cash uphicieron una caja de 5.000 euros — they took (in) 5,000 euros
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ingresar en caja, hemos ingresado 5.000 euros en caja — we have taken (in) 5,000 euroscaja B — B account, secret account o fund, slush fund
caja de caudales — safe, strongbox
caja de resistencia — emergency fund, contingency fund
caja fuerte — safe, strongbox
Caja Postal de Ahorros — ≈ Post Office Savings Bank
caja registradora — cash register, cash till
3) [de reloj] case, casing; [de radio, TV] casing, housing; [de fusil] stockcaja de cambios — (Mec) gearbox
caja de registro — manhole, inspection hole
4) [de parking] pay station5) (Mús) (=tambor) drum; [de piano] case; [de violín] soundboxcaja de resonancia — [de un instrumento] soundbox
caja de ritmos — drum machine, beatbox *
6) (Anat)caja craneana — skull, cranial cap
caja de dientes — * set of choppers *
7) * (=ataúd) box *, coffincaja de muerto — coffin, casket (EEUU)
8) (Bot) seed case, capsule9) (Tip) case10) (Mil)•
entrar en caja — to join up, enlistcaja de reclutamiento, caja de reclutas — recruiting office
11) Cono Sur (=lecho de río) (dried up) riverbed* * *1)a) ( recipiente) boxuna caja de fósforos — ( con fósforos) a box of matches; ( vacía) a matchbox
b) ( de reloj) case, casingc) (Mús) (de violín, guitarra) soundbox; ( tambor) drumechar or despedir a algn con cajas destempladas — to send sb packing (colloq)
d) (fam) ( ataúd) coffin2) (Com)a) ( lugar - en banco) window; (- en supermercado) checkout; (- en tienda, restaurante) cash desk, tillsírvase pagar en or pasar por caja — pay at the cash desk o till
b) ( máquina) till, cash register¿cuánto dinero ha ingresado en caja hoy? — how much money have we/you taken today?
c) ( dinero) cash3) (Mil)entrar en caja — to be drafted o called up
4) (Impr) case5) (Arm) stock* * *1)a) ( recipiente) boxuna caja de fósforos — ( con fósforos) a box of matches; ( vacía) a matchbox
b) ( de reloj) case, casingc) (Mús) (de violín, guitarra) soundbox; ( tambor) drumechar or despedir a algn con cajas destempladas — to send sb packing (colloq)
d) (fam) ( ataúd) coffin2) (Com)a) ( lugar - en banco) window; (- en supermercado) checkout; (- en tienda, restaurante) cash desk, tillsírvase pagar en or pasar por caja — pay at the cash desk o till
b) ( máquina) till, cash register¿cuánto dinero ha ingresado en caja hoy? — how much money have we/you taken today?
c) ( dinero) cash3) (Mil)entrar en caja — to be drafted o called up
4) (Impr) case5) (Arm) stock* * *caja11 = box [boxes, -pl.], case, bin, crate.Ex: Other necessary equipment is a punch and a light box.
Ex: The term case is used for either boxes containing bound or unbound material or containers of fascicles.Ex: The items to be humidified are placed inside the smaller bin and a cover put in place.Ex: 30,000 books were moved using a donated forklift and plastic milk crates.* caja de accesorios = kit.* caja de accesorios de limpieza = cleaning kit.* caja de archivar = file box.* caja de arena = litter-box.* caja de cartón = carton, cardboard box, cardbox.* caja de cerillas = matchbox.* caja de embalaje = packing case.* caja de fundir estereotipos = casting-box [casting box].* caja de fusibles = fuse box.* caja de herramientas = toolbox [tool box], utility toolbox.* caja de kleenex = box of tissue.* caja del CD-ROM = caddie, caddy.* caja de los plomos = fuse box.* caja del tímpano = eardrum.* caja de Pandora, la = Pandora's box.* caja de pañuelos de papel = box of tissue.* caja de puros = cigar box.* caja de recogida de documentación = deposit box.* caja de registro eléctrico = wiring compartment.* caja de resonancia = soundboard, sounding board.* caja de sorpresas = grab-bag, lucky dip, lucky draw.* caja de trucos = box of tricks.* caja de zapatos = shoebox.* caja luminosa = light box [light-box].* caja mortuoria = casket, coffin.* caja negra = flight recorder.* caja negra, la = black box, the.* caja para el transporte de Algo = carrying box.* caja para folletos = pamphlet box.* caja para iluminar diapositivas = light box [light-box].* caja para las galletas = biscuit tin.* caja para transportar libros = book bin.* caja tipográfica = type case.* caja torácica = rib cage.* embalaje en caja de cartón = encasement.* en caja = boxed.* encuadernación a la caja = case binding, cased binding.* enseñado a usar la caja de arena = house-trained.* parecido a una caja = boxlike.caja22 = till, takings, cash drawer.Ex: A British politician is usually caught with his hand up a woman's skirt while a Canadian politician is usually caught with his hand in the till.
Ex: The study has shown that smoke-free areas are overwhelmingly popular with both proprietors and customers, with no evidence of takings being hit once.Ex: In most cases, the cash drawer will be hooked up to your receipt printer, but there are other methods of connecting the cash drawers to the computer.* caja de ahorros = savings bank.* caja de pago = cash desk.* caja de seguridad = safe, safety deposit box.* caja fuerte = safe, safety deposit box.* caja registradora = cash register, till, cash drawer.* combinación de la caja fuerte = safe code, safe combination.* dispersión de caja = cash float, petty cash.* flujo de caja = cash flow.* hacer caja = tally up + sales, balance + the cash, reconcile (with), balance + the cash drawer.* hacer caja con = cash in on, ride (on) + Posesivo + coattails.* haciendo caja con = on the coattails of.* pago en caja = cashiering.* * *A1 (recipiente) boxuna caja de zapatos a shoe boxuna caja de vino a crate of wine2 (de un reloj) case, casing; (de una radio) housing, casingechar or despedir a algn con cajas destempladas to send sb packing ( colloq), to kick sb out ( colloq)Compuestos:nesting boxChinese boxskullsafe-deposit box, safety deposit boxpaintbox● caja de cambios or velocidadesgearboxsafe, strongbox( Col) dentures (pl)packing casejunction box( Chi) safe, strongboxfuse boxtoolboxmiter* boxstairwellbox of memoriesmusic boxPandora's boxX-ray machine( Mús) soundboxla organización es una caja de resonancia de los países no alineados the organization is a sounding board for the non-aligned countriesdrum machinesafe-deposit box, safety deposit box(juguete) jack-in-the-boxeres una verdadera caja de sorpresas you're full of surprisessafe, strongboxblack box, flight recordernesting boxthoracic cavityB ( Com)1 (lugar — en un banco) window; (— en un supermercado) checkout; (— en una tienda, un restaurante) cash desk, tillsírvase pagar en or pasar por caja pay at the cash desk o tillse lo abonarán en caja they will give you your money at the window2 (máquina) till, cash register¿cuánto dinero ha ingresado or entrado en caja hoy? how much money have we/you taken today?3 (dinero) cashbalance de caja balancehicimos una caja de medio millón we took half a million pesos ( o euros etc)hacer la caja to cash upCompuestos:petty cashsavings bank● caja de pensiones or jubilaciones(state) pension fundstrike fundcash registeragricultural credit bankC ( Mil):entrar en caja to be drafted o called up o conscriptedCompuesto:recruiting officeD ( Impr) caseCompuesto:caja alta/bajaupper/lower caseE ( Arm) stock* * *
caja sustantivo femenino
1
( vacía) a matchbox;
caja de cambios gearbox;
caja de herramientas toolbox;
caja de música music box;
caja de resonancia (Mús) soundbox;
caja de seguridad safe-deposit box, safety deposit box;
caja fuerte safe, strongbox;
caja negra (Aviat) black box;
caja tonta (fam) goggle box (colloq)
( tambor) drum
2 (Com)
(— en supermercado) checkout;
(— en tienda, restaurante) cash desk, till
◊ hicimos una caja de medio millón we took half a million pesos ( etc);
caja de ahorros savings bank;
hacer (la) caja to cash up
caja sustantivo femenino
1 box
(de embalaje) crate, case
(de vino, de cerveza) a crate [de, of]
2 Fin Com (en tienda) cash desk
(en banco) cashier's desk: pase por caja y le abonarán la diferencia, they'll pay you the difference in price at the cash desk
3 (féretro) coffin, US casket
4 Mús soundbox
(de un piano) soundboard
5 caja de ahorros, savings bank, caja fuerte, safe
6 Auto caja de cambios, gearbox
7 familiar TV la caja tonta, the idiot box
8 Med caja torácica, rib cage
9 Com caja registradora, cash register, till
♦ Locuciones: abrir la caja de Pandora/de los truenos, to open up Pandora's box
Com hacer caja, to cash up
' caja' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cajetín
- cajón
- cartón
- con
- contener
- dirigir
- empezar
- herramienta
- hora
- incrustar
- nutriente
- registrador
- registradora
- reventar
- sola
- solo
- tapar
- tropezar
- volar
- abonar
- apertura
- atar
- caber
- combinación
- correspondiente
- costurero
- destapar
- en
- entero
- fichero
- guacal
- huacal
- servir
- tapa
- vacío
English:
automatic transmission
- bang
- bottom
- box
- break into
- cage
- can
- case
- cash box
- catch
- checkout
- crack
- crate
- dark horse
- desk
- draw out
- gearbox
- inside
- jack-in-the-box
- kick down
- lift
- matchbox
- music box
- nail
- National Savings Bank
- Pandora's box
- put in
- safe
- safe-deposit
- savings bank
- stamp down
- strongbox
- swing
- tea-chest
- till
- toolbox
- black
- blast
- cardboard
- cash
- cashier
- casing
- check
- do
- empty
- flight
- float
- fuse
- heave
- jack
* * *caja nf1. [recipiente] box;[para transporte, embalaje] box, crate;una caja de zapatos a shoe box;una caja de bombones [vacía] a chocolate box;compré una caja de bombones I bought a box of chocolates;una caja de cervezas a crate of beercaja acústica loudspeaker; Fam la caja boba [televisión] the box, Br the telly, US the boob tube;caja de cambios gearbox;caja de cerillas matchbox, box of matches;Col, RDom caja de dientes false teeth; Elec caja de empalmes junction box;caja de fusibles fuse box;caja de herramientas tool box;caja de música music box;caja negra [en avión] black box, flight recorder;caja nido nesting box;Fig la caja de Pandora Pandora's box;caja de pinturas paintbox;caja de resonancia sound-box;Fig sounding board;caja de ritmos drum machine;caja sorpresa jack-in-the-box;Fam la caja tonta [televisión] the box, Br the telly, US the boob tube;caja torácica ribcage2. [de reloj] case;[de engranajes] housing3. [de violín, guitarra] sound-box4. [tambor] (snare) drum;5. [de camión, furgoneta] back6. [ataúd] Br coffin, US casket7. [hueco] [de escalera] well;[de chimenea, ascensor] shaft caja de la escalera stairwell8. [para el dinero] cash boxEsp caja de ahorros savings bank; Com caja B = parallel illegal system of book-keeping;caja de caudales safe, strongbox;caja fuerte safe, strongbox;caja registradora cash register;caja de resistencia strike fund;caja rural agricultural credit bank;caja de seguridad safe-deposit box9. [en tienda, supermercado] till;[mostrador] checkout; [en banco] cashier's desk;horario de caja [en banco] banking hours;para pagar, pasen por la caja número dos please pay at till number twocaja rápida express checkout10. [dinero recaudado] takings;Comhacer (la) caja to count the day's cash, Br to cash up;hacer una caja de 1.000 euros to have takings of o to take in 1,000 euros11. Imprenta casecaja alta upper case;caja baja lower case12. [en armas] gun stockcaja de reclutamiento recruiting office;caja de reclutas recruiting officeCAJA DE AHORROSIn Spain, apart from the conventional banks, there are also cajas de ahorros (savings banks). These usually carry the name of the region or province where they are based, e.g. “Caja Soria”, “Caja de Andalucía”. They differ from conventional banks in that part of their profits has to be reinvested in social projects or cultural events which benefit their region. As with other banks, though, many savings banks have merged to form large banking corporations so as to be more competitive. One of the most powerful of these at present is “La Caixa”, a savings bank based in Catalonia.* * *f1 box;la caja tonta fam the idiot box fam, Brthe goggle-box fam ;echar a alguien con cajas destempladas fam send s.o. packinghacer caja COM cash up4:entrar en caja MIL enlist, Br join up* * *caja nf1) : box, case2) : cash register, checkout counter3) : bed (of a truck)5)caja fuerte orcaja de caudales : safe6)caja de seguridad : safe-deposit box7)caja torácica : rib cage* * *caja n2. (de botellas) crate / case3. (en supermercado) checkout / till4. (en otras tiendas) cash desk5. (en banco) cashier's desk -
13 comecocos
m. s.&pl.1 mind-bending problem or puzzle (informal) (cosa difícil de comprender).2 pac-man® (game).* * *2 argot (asunto, libro, etc) brainwasher* * ** * ** * *( Esp fam): las técnicas comecocos que usan estas sectas the brainwashing techniques that these sects use(pl comecocos)1(engaño): dice que la religión es un comecocos he says religion is just a form of brainwashing o ( colloq) just a big con2comecocos masculine and feminine (persona): es un comecocos he's very good at getting round people o softsoaping people¡qué comecocos eres! ¿por qué no me dices directamente lo que quieres? stop trying to get round me o butter me up o softsoap me, just tell me straight what you want ( colloq)* * *
comecocos sustantivo masculino
1 fam (persona) someone who tries to brainwash others: ese líder es un comecocos peligroso, that leader's brainwashing techniques are dangerous
2 fam (distracción) diversion: este misterio familiar está resultando un comecocos apasionante, this family mystery has become an exciting diversion
3 Inform (juego) Pacman(tm)
* * *comecocos nm invla televisión es un comecocos television dulls your brain3. [juego] pac-man®* * *m/f inv famcon artist fam -
14 Bain, Alexander
[br]b. October 1810 Watten, Scotlandd. 2 January 1877 Kirkintilloch, Scotland[br]Scottish inventor and entrepreneur who laid the foundations of electrical horology and designed an electromagnetic means of transmitting images (facsimile).[br]Alexander Bain was born into a crofting family in a remote part of Scotland. He was apprenticed to a watchmaker in Wick and during that time he was strongly influenced by a lecture on "Heat, sound and electricity" that he heard in nearby Thurso. This lecture induced him to take up a position in Clerkenwell in London, working as a journeyman clockmaker, where he was able to further his knowledge of electricity by attending lectures at the Adelaide Gallery and the Polytechnic Institution. His thoughts naturally turned to the application of electricity to clockmaking, and despite a bitter dispute with Charles Wheatstone over priority he was granted the first British patent for an electric clock. This patent, taken out on 11 January 1841, described a mechanism for an electric clock, in which an oscillating component of the clock operated a mechanical switch that initiated an electromagnetic pulse to maintain the regular, periodic motion. This principle was used in his master clock, produced in 1845. On 12 December of the same year, he patented a means of using electricity to control the operation of steam railway engines via a steam-valve. His earliest patent was particularly far-sighted and anticipated most of the developments in electrical horology that occurred during the nineteenth century. He proposed the use of electricity not only to drive clocks but also to distribute time over a distance by correcting the hands of mechanical clocks, synchronizing pendulums and using slave dials (here he was anticipated by Steinheil). However, he was less successful in putting these ideas into practice, and his electric clocks proved to be unreliable. Early electric clocks had two weaknesses: the battery; and the switching mechanism that fed the current to the electromagnets. Bain's earth battery, patented in 1843, overcame the first defect by providing a reasonably constant current to drive his clocks, but unlike Hipp he failed to produce a reliable switch.The application of Bain's numerous patents for electric telegraphy was more successful, and he derived most of his income from these. They included a patent of 12 December 1843 for a form of fax machine, a chemical telegraph that could be used for the transmission of text and of images (facsimile). At the receiver, signals were passed through a moving band of paper impregnated with a solution of ammonium nitrate and potassium ferrocyanide. For text, Morse code signals were used, and because the system could respond to signals faster than those generated by hand, perforated paper tape was used to transmit the messages; in a trial between Paris and Lille, 282 words were transmitted in less than one minute. In 1865 the Abbé Caselli, a French engineer, introduced a commercial fax service between Paris and Lyons, based on Bain's device. Bain also used the idea of perforated tape to operate musical wind instruments automatically. Bain squandered a great deal of money on litigation, initially with Wheatstone and then with Morse in the USA. Although his inventions were acknowledged, Bain appears to have received no honours, but when towards the end of his life he fell upon hard times, influential persons in 1873 secured for him a Civil List Pension of £80 per annum and the Royal Society gave him £150.[br]Bibliography1841, British patent no. 8,783; 1843, British patent no. 9,745; 1845, British patent no.10,838; 1847, British patent no. 11,584; 1852, British patent no. 14,146 (all for electric clocks).1852, A Short History of the Electric Clocks with Explanation of Their Principles andMechanism and Instruction for Their Management and Regulation, London; reprinted 1973, introd. W.Hackmann, London: Turner \& Devereux (as the title implies, this pamphlet was probably intended for the purchasers of his clocks).Further ReadingThe best account of Bain's life and work is in papers by C.A.Aked in Antiquarian Horology: "Electricity, magnetism and clocks" (1971) 7: 398–415; "Alexander Bain, the father of electrical horology" (1974) 9:51–63; "An early electric turret clock" (1975) 7:428–42. These papers were reprinted together (1976) in A Conspectus of Electrical Timekeeping, Monograph No. 12, Antiquarian Horological Society: Tilehurst.J.Finlaison, 1834, An Account of Some Remarkable Applications of the Electric Fluid to the Useful Arts by Alexander Bain, London (a contemporary account between Wheatstone and Bain over the invention of the electric clock).J.Munro, 1891, Heroes of the Telegraph, Religious Tract Society.J.Malster \& M.J.Bowden, 1976, "Facsimile. A Review", Radio \&Electronic Engineer 46:55.D.J.Weaver, 1982, Electrical Clocks and Watches, Newnes.T.Hunkin, 1993, "Just give me the fax", New Scientist (13 February):33–7 (provides details of Bain's and later fax devices).See also: Bakewell, Frederick C.DV / KF -
15 Coffey, Aeneas
SUBJECT AREA: Chemical technology[br]b. 1779/80 Englandd. 26 November 1852 Bromley, England[br]English inventor of the Coffey still for fractional distillation.[br]As Surveyor and Inspector General of Excise in Ireland, Coffey was responsible for the suppression of the illicit distilling of alcohol. In 1818 he published a pamphlet refuting charges of oppression and brutality brought against him by Irish revenue officers. He seems to have hunted with the hounds, for as a distiller himself in Dublin, he patented in 1831 the improved form of still that bears his name. The still was quickly adopted by the whisky industry as it accomplished in a single operation what had previously required several stages using the old pot stills. It is still used in the making of potable spirits, and consists of two adjacent columns, an analyser and a rectifier. Steam is passed through the liquor in the analyser, which removes the volatile fraction, and is then fractionally condensed in the rectifier column; almost pure alcohol could be produced by this means.[br]Further ReadingE.J.Rothery, 1968, Annals of Science 24:53.LRD -
16 Harrison, John
[br]b. 24 March 1693 Foulby, Yorkshire, Englandd. 24 March 1776 London, England[br]English horologist who constructed the first timekeeper of sufficient accuracy to determine longitude at sea and invented the gridiron pendulum for temperature compensation.[br]John Harrison was the son of a carpenter and was brought up to that trade. He was largely self-taught and learned mechanics from a copy of Nicholas Saunderson's lectures that had been lent to him. With the assistance of his younger brother, James, he built a series of unconventional clocks, mainly of wood. He was always concerned to reduce friction, without using oil, and this influenced the design of his "grasshopper" escapement. He also invented the "gridiron" compensation pendulum, which depended on the differential expansion of brass and steel. The excellent performance of his regulator clocks, which incorporated these devices, convinced him that they could also be used in a sea dock to compete for the longitude prize. In 1714 the Government had offered a prize of £20,000 for a method of determining longitude at sea to within half a degree after a voyage to the West Indies. In theory the longitude could be found by carrying an accurate timepiece that would indicate the time at a known longitude, but the requirements of the Act were very exacting. The timepiece would have to have a cumulative error of no more than two minutes after a voyage lasting six weeks.In 1730 Harrison went to London with his proposal for a sea clock, supported by examples of his grasshopper escapement and his gridiron pendulum. His proposal received sufficient encouragement and financial support, from George Graham and others, to enable him to return to Barrow and construct his first sea clock, which he completed five years later. This was a large and complicated machine that was made out of brass but retained the wooden wheelwork and the grasshopper escapement of the regulator clocks. The two balances were interlinked to counteract the rolling of the vessel and were controlled by helical springs operating in tension. It was the first timepiece with a balance to have temperature compensation. The effect of temperature change on the timekeeping of a balance is more pronounced than it is for a pendulum, as two effects are involved: the change in the size of the balance; and the change in the elasticity of the balance spring. Harrison compensated for both effects by using a gridiron arrangement to alter the tension in the springs. This timekeeper performed creditably when it was tested on a voyage to Lisbon, and the Board of Longitude agreed to finance improved models. Harrison's second timekeeper dispensed with the use of wood and had the added refinement of a remontoire, but even before it was tested he had embarked on a third machine. The balance of this machine was controlled by a spiral spring whose effective length was altered by a bimetallic strip to compensate for changes in temperature. In 1753 Harrison commissioned a London watchmaker, John Jefferys, to make a watch for his own personal use, with a similar form of temperature compensation and a modified verge escapement that was intended to compensate for the lack of isochronism of the balance spring. The time-keeping of this watch was surprisingly good and Harrison proceeded to build a larger and more sophisticated version, with a remontoire. This timekeeper was completed in 1759 and its performance was so remarkable that Harrison decided to enter it for the longitude prize in place of his third machine. It was tested on two voyages to the West Indies and on both occasions it met the requirements of the Act, but the Board of Longitude withheld half the prize money until they had proof that the timekeeper could be duplicated. Copies were made by Harrison and by Larcum Kendall, but the Board still continued to prevaricate and Harrison received the full amount of the prize in 1773 only after George III had intervened on his behalf.Although Harrison had shown that it was possible to construct a timepiece of sufficient accuracy to determine longitude at sea, his solution was too complex and costly to be produced in quantity. It had, for example, taken Larcum Kendall two years to produce his copy of Harrison's fourth timekeeper, but Harrison had overcome the psychological barrier and opened the door for others to produce chronometers in quantity at an affordable price. This was achieved before the end of the century by Arnold and Earnshaw, but they used an entirely different design that owed more to Le Roy than it did to Harrison and which only retained Harrison's maintaining power.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsRoyal Society Copley Medal 1749.Bibliography1767, The Principles of Mr Harrison's Time-keeper, with Plates of the Same, London. 1767, Remarks on a Pamphlet Lately Published by the Rev. Mr Maskelyne Under theAuthority of the Board of Longitude, London.1775, A Description Concerning Such Mechanisms as Will Afford a Nice or True Mensuration of Time, London.Further ReadingR.T.Gould, 1923, The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development, London; reprinted 1960, Holland Press.—1978, John Harrison and His Timekeepers, 4th edn, London: National Maritime Museum.H.Quill, 1966, John Harrison, the Man who Found Longitude, London. A.G.Randall, 1989, "The technology of John Harrison's portable timekeepers", Antiquarian Horology 18:145–60, 261–77.J.Betts, 1993, John Harrison London (a good short account of Harrison's work). S.Smiles, 1905, Men of Invention and Industry; London: John Murray, Chapter III. Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. IX, pp. 35–6.DV -
17 Nobel, Immanuel
[br]b. 1801 Gävle, Swedend. 3 September 1872 Stockholm, Sweden[br]Swedish inventor and industrialist, particularly noted for his work on mines and explosives.[br]The son of a barber-surgeon who deserted his family to serve in the Swedish army, Nobel showed little interest in academic pursuits as a child and was sent to sea at the age of 16, but jumped ship in Egypt and was eventually employed as an architect by the pasha. Returning to Sweden, he won a scholarship to the Stockholm School of Architecture, where he studied from 1821 to 1825 and was awarded a number of prizes. His interest then leaned towards mechanical matters and he transferred to the Stockholm School of Engineering. Designs for linen-finishing machines won him a prize there, and he also patented a means of transforming rotary into reciprocating movement. He then entered the real-estate business and was successful until a fire in 1833 destroyed his house and everything he owned. By this time he had married and had two sons, with a third, Alfred (of Nobel Prize fame; see Alfred Nobel), on the way. Moving to more modest quarters on the outskirts of Stockholm, Immanuel resumed his inventions, concentrating largely on India rubber, which he applied to surgical instruments and military equipment, including a rubber knapsack.It was talk of plans to construct a canal at Suez that first excited his interest in explosives. He saw them as a means of making mining more efficient and began to experiment in his backyard. However, this made him unpopular with his neighbours, and the city authorities ordered him to cease his investigations. By this time he was deeply in debt and in 1837 moved to Finland, leaving his family in Stockholm. He hoped to interest the Russians in land and sea mines and, after some four years, succeeded in obtaining financial backing from the Ministry of War, enabling him to set up a foundry and arms factory in St Petersburg and to bring his family over. By 1850 he was clear of debt in Sweden and had begun to acquire a high reputation as an inventor and industrialist. His invention of the horned contact mine was to be the basic pattern of the sea mine for almost the next 100 years, but he also created and manufactured a central-heating system based on hot-water pipes. His three sons, Ludwig, Robert and Alfred, had now joined him in his business, but even so the outbreak of war with Britain and France in the Crimea placed severe pressures on him. The Russians looked to him to convert their navy from sail to steam, even though he had no experience in naval propulsion, but the aftermath of the Crimean War brought financial ruin once more to Immanuel. Amongst the reforms brought in by Tsar Alexander II was a reliance on imports to equip the armed forces, so all domestic arms contracts were abruptly cancelled, including those being undertaken by Nobel. Unable to raise money from the banks, Immanuel was forced to declare himself bankrupt and leave Russia for his native Sweden. Nobel then reverted to his study of explosives, particularly of how to adapt the then highly unstable nitroglycerine, which had first been developed by Ascanio Sobrero in 1847, for blasting and mining. Nobel believed that this could be done by mixing it with gunpowder, but could not establish the right proportions. His son Alfred pursued the matter semi-independently and eventually evolved the principle of the primary charge (and through it created the blasting cap), having taken out a patent for a nitroglycerine product in his own name; the eventual result of this was called dynamite. Father and son eventually fell out over Alfred's independent line, but worse was to follow. In September 1864 Immanuel's youngest son, Oscar, then studying chemistry at Uppsala University, was killed in an explosion in Alfred's laboratory: Immanuel suffered a stroke, but this only temporarily incapacitated him, and he continued to put forward new ideas. These included making timber a more flexible material through gluing crossed veneers under pressure and bending waste timber under steam, a concept which eventually came to fruition in the form of plywood.In 1868 Immanuel and Alfred were jointly awarded the prestigious Letterstedt Prize for their work on explosives, but Alfred never for-gave his father for retaining the medal without offering it to him.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsImperial Gold Medal (Russia) 1853. Swedish Academy of Science Letterstedt Prize (jointly with son Alfred) 1868.BibliographyImmanuel Nobel produced a short handwritten account of his early life 1813–37, which is now in the possession of one of his descendants. He also had published three short books during the last decade of his life— Cheap Defence of the Country's Roads (on land mines), Cheap Defence of the Archipelagos (on sea mines), and Proposal for the Country's Defence (1871)—as well as his pamphlet (1870) on making wood a more physically flexible product.Further ReadingNo biographies of Immanuel Nobel exist, but his life is detailed in a number of books on his son Alfred.CM
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Common Sense (pamphlet) — This article is about the American revolutionary war pamphlet by Thomas Paine. For other uses, see Common sense (disambiguation). Common Sense … Wikipedia
Flyer (pamphlet) — Leaflets being handed out in New York City (1973) … Wikipedia
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion — ( Protocols of the wise men of Zion , Library of Congress s Uniform Title; ru. Протоколы сионских мудрецов , or Сионские протоколы ; see also other titles) is an antisemitic tract alleging a Jewish and Masonic plot to achieve world domination. It … Wikipedia
William Walker Atkinson — (December 5, 1862 November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to… … Wikipedia