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  • 81 Siemens, Sir Charles William

    [br]
    b. 4 April 1823 Lenthe, Germany
    d. 19 November 1883 London, England
    [br]
    German/British metallurgist and inventory pioneer of the regenerative principle and open-hearth steelmaking.
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    Born Carl Wilhelm, he attended craft schools in Lübeck and Magdeburg, followed by an intensive course in natural science at Göttingen as a pupil of Weber. At the age of 19 Siemens travelled to England and sold an electroplating process developed by his brother Werner Siemens to Richard Elkington, who was already established in the plating business. From 1843 to 1844 he obtained practical experience in the Magdeburg works of Count Stolburg. He settled in England in 1844 and later assumed British nationality, but maintained close contact with his brother Werner, who in 1847 had co-founded the firm Siemens \& Halske in Berlin to manufacture telegraphic equipment. William began to develop his regenerative principle of waste-heat recovery and in 1856 his brother Frederick (1826–1904) took out a British patent for heat regeneration, by which hot waste gases were passed through a honeycomb of fire-bricks. When they became hot, the gases were switched to a second mass of fire-bricks and incoming air and fuel gas were led through the hot bricks. By alternating the two gas flows, high temperatures could be reached and considerable fuel economies achieved. By 1861 the two brothers had incorporated producer gas fuel, made by gasifying low-grade coal.
    Heat regeneration was first applied in ironmaking by Cowper in 1857 for heating the air blast in blast furnaces. The first regenerative furnace was set up in Birmingham in 1860 for glassmaking. The first such furnace for making steel was developed in France by Pierre Martin and his father, Emile, in 1863. Siemens found British steelmakers reluctant to adopt the principle so in 1866 he rented a small works in Birmingham to develop his open-hearth steelmaking furnace, which he patented the following year. The process gradually made headway; as well as achieving high temperatures and saving fuel, it was slower than Bessemer's process, permitting greater control over the content of the steel. By 1900 the tonnage of open-hearth steel exceeded that produced by the Bessemer process.
    In 1872 Siemens played a major part in founding the Society of Telegraph Engineers (from which the Institution of Electrical Engineers evolved), serving as its first President. He became President for the second time in 1878. He built a cable works at Charlton, London, where the cable could be loaded directly into the holds of ships moored on the Thames. In 1873, together with William Froude, a British shipbuilder, he designed the Faraday, the first specialized vessel for Atlantic cable laying. The successful laying of a cable from Europe to the United States was completed in 1875, and a further five transatlantic cables were laid by the Faraday over the following decade.
    The Siemens factory in Charlton also supplied equipment for some of the earliest electric-lighting installations in London, including the British Museum in 1879 and the Savoy Theatre in 1882, the first theatre in Britain to be fully illuminated by electricity. The pioneer electric-tramway system of 1883 at Portrush, Northern Ireland, was an opportunity for the Siemens company to demonstrate its equipment.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1883. FRS 1862. Institution of Civil Engineers Telford Medal 1853. President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1872. President, Society of Telegraph Engineers 1872 and 1878. President, British Association 1882.
    Bibliography
    27 May 1879, British patent no. 2,110 (electricarc furnace).
    1889, The Scientific Works of C.William Siemens, ed. E.F.Bamber, 3 vols, London.
    Further Reading
    W.Poles, 1888, Life of Sir William Siemens, London; repub. 1986 (compiled from material supplied by the family).
    S.von Weiher, 1972–3, "The Siemens brothers. Pioneers of the electrical age in Europe", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 45:1–11 (a short, authoritative biography). S.von Weihr and H.Goetler, 1983, The Siemens Company. Its Historical Role in the
    Progress of Electrical Engineering 1847–1980, English edn, Berlin (a scholarly account with emphasis on technology).
    GW

    Biographical history of technology > Siemens, Sir Charles William

  • 82 apply

    [ə'plaɪ] 1.
    1) (spread) applicare [ make-up] (to su); dare [ paint] (to a)
    2) (affix) applicare [sticker, bandage, sequins] (to a, su)
    3) (use) applicare [theory, rule, method]; esercitare [friction, pressure] (to su)
    2.
    1) (request) fare, inoltrare domanda

    to apply for — richiedere [divorce, citizenship, passport, loan, patent, visa]; far domanda di [ job]

    "apply in writing to" — "inviate le vostre domande a"

    2) (seek entry) (to college) fare domanda di iscrizione; (to club, society) fare domanda di ammissione

    to apply to join — richiedere di entrare in [army, group]

    3) (be valid) [definition, term] applicarsi (to a), essere valido (to per); [ban, rule, penalty] essere in vigore
    3.

    to apply oneself — applicarsi, dedicarsi (to a; to doing a fare)

    * * *
    1) ((with to) to put (something) on or against something else: to apply ointment to a cut.) applicare
    2) ((with to) to use (something) for some purpose: He applied his wits to planning their escape.) usare
    3) ((with for) to ask for (something) formally: You could apply (to the manager) for a job.) applicare
    4) ((with to) to concern: This rule does not apply to him.) fare domanda
    5) (to be in force: The rule doesn't apply at weekends.) applicarsi
    •
    - applicable
    - applicability
    - applicant
    - application
    - apply oneself/one's mind
    * * *
    [ə'plaɪ] 1.
    1) (spread) applicare [ make-up] (to su); dare [ paint] (to a)
    2) (affix) applicare [sticker, bandage, sequins] (to a, su)
    3) (use) applicare [theory, rule, method]; esercitare [friction, pressure] (to su)
    2.
    1) (request) fare, inoltrare domanda

    to apply for — richiedere [divorce, citizenship, passport, loan, patent, visa]; far domanda di [ job]

    "apply in writing to" — "inviate le vostre domande a"

    2) (seek entry) (to college) fare domanda di iscrizione; (to club, society) fare domanda di ammissione

    to apply to join — richiedere di entrare in [army, group]

    3) (be valid) [definition, term] applicarsi (to a), essere valido (to per); [ban, rule, penalty] essere in vigore
    3.

    to apply oneself — applicarsi, dedicarsi (to a; to doing a fare)

    English-Italian dictionary > apply

  • 83 apply

    ap·ply <- ie-> [əʼplaɪ] vi
    to \apply for sth ( for a job) sich akk um etw akk bewerben;
    ( for permission) etw akk beantragen (to bei +dat);
    Tim's applied to join the police Tim hat sich bei der Polizei beworben;
    to \apply for a grant/ job sich akk um [o für] ein Stipendium/eine Stelle bewerben;
    to \apply for a passport einen Pass beantragen;
    to \apply for a patent ein Patent anmelden
    to \apply for a job eine Bewerbung einreichen;
    to \apply in writing sich akk schriftlich bewerben;
    please \apply in writing to the address below bitte richten Sie Ihre schriftliche Bewerbung an unten stehende Adresse
    3) ( pertain) gelten;
    to \apply to sb/ sth jdn/etw betreffen vt
    1) ( put on)
    to \apply sth [to sth] etw [auf etw akk] anwenden;
    to \apply a bandage einen Verband anlegen;
    to \apply cream/ paint Creme/Farbe auftragen;
    to \apply make-up Make-up auflegen;
    to \apply a splint to sth etw schienen
    2) ( use)
    to \apply sth etw gebrauchen;
    to \apply the brakes bremsen;
    to \apply force Gewalt anwenden;
    to \apply pressure to sth auf etw akk drücken;
    to \apply sanctions Sanktionen verhängen;
    to \apply common sense sich akk des gesunden Menschenverstands bedienen
    3) ( persevere)
    to \apply oneself sich akk anstrengen

    English-German students dictionary > apply

  • 84 Holmes, Frederic Hale

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    fl. 1850s–60s
    [br]
    British engineer who pioneered the electrical illumination of lighthouses in Great Britain.
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    An important application of the magneto generator was demonstrated by Holmes in 1853 when he showed that it might be used to supply an arc lamp. This had many implications for the future because it presented the possibility of making electric lighting economically successful. In 1856 he patented a machine with six disc armatures on a common axis rotating between seven banks of permanent magnets. The following year Holmes suggested the possible application of his invention to lighthouse illumination and a trial was arranged and observed by Faraday, who was at that time scientific adviser to Trinity House, the corporation entrusted with the care of light-houses in England and Wales. Although the trial was successful and gained the approval of Faraday, the Elder Brethren of Trinity House imposed strict conditions on Holmes's design for machines to be used for a more extensive trial. These included connecting the machine directly to a slow-speed steam engine, but this resulted in a reduced performance. The experiments of Holmes and Faraday were brought to the attention of the French lighthouse authorities and magneto generators manufactured by Société Alliance began to be installed in some lighthouses along the coast of France. After noticing the French commutatorless machines, Holmes produced an alternator of similar type in 1867. Two of these were constructed for a new lighthouse at Souter Point near Newcastle and two were installed in each of the two lighthouses at South Foreland. One of the machines from South Foreland that was in service from 1872 to 1922 is preserved in the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. A Holmes generator is also preserved in the Science Museum, London. Holmes obtained a series of patents for generators between 1856 and 1869, with all but the last being of the magneto-electric type.
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    Bibliography
    7 March 1856, British patent no. 573 (the original patent for Holmes's invention).
    1863, "On magneto electricity and its application to lighthouse purposes", Journal of the Society of Arts 12:39–43.
    Further Reading
    W.J.King, 1962, in The Development of Electrical Technology in the 19th Century; Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, Paper 30, pp. 351–63 (provides a detailed account of Holmes's generators).
    J.N.Douglas, 1879, "The electric light applied to lighthouse illumination", Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 57(3):77–110 (describes trials of Holmes's machines).
    GW

    Biographical history of technology > Holmes, Frederic Hale

  • 85 Porter, Charles Talbot

    [br]
    b. 18 January 1826 Auburn, New York, USA
    d. 1910 USA
    [br]
    American inventor of a stone dressing machine, an improved centrifugal governor and a high-speed steam engine.
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    Porter graduated from Hamilton College, New York, in 1845, read law in his father's office, and in the autumn of 1847 was admitted to the Bar. He practised for six or seven years in Rochester, New York, and then in New York City. He was drawn into engineering when aged about 30, first through a client who claimed to have invented a revolutionary type of engine and offered Porter the rights to it as payment of a debt. Having lent more money, Porter saw neither the man nor the engine again. Porter followed this with a similar experience over a patent for a stone dressing machine, except this time the machine was built. It proved to be a failure, but Porter set about redesigning it and found that it was vastly improved when it ran faster. His improved machine went into production. It was while trying to get the steam engine that drove the stone dressing machine to run more smoothly that he made a discovery that formed the basis for his subsequent work.
    Porter took the ordinary Watt centrifugal governor and increased the speed by a factor of about ten; although he had to reduce the size of the weights, he gained a motion that was powerful. To make the device sufficiently responsive at the right speed, he balanced the centrifugal forces by a counterweight. This prevented the weights flying outwards until the optimum speed was reached, so that the steam valves remained fully open until that point and then the weights reacted more quickly to variations in speed. He took out a patent in 1858, and its importance was quickly recognized. At first he manufactured and sold the governors himself in a specially equipped factory, because this was the only way he felt he could get sufficient accuracy to ensure a perfect action. For marine use, the counterweight was replaced by a spring.
    Higher speed had brought the advantage of smoother running and so he thought that the same principles could be applied to the steam engine itself, but it was to take extensive design modifications over several years before his vision was realized. In the winter of 1860–1, J.F. Allen met Porter and sketched out his idea of a new type of steam inlet valve. Porter saw the potential of this for his high-speed engine and Allen took out patents for it in 1862. The valves were driven by a new valve gear designed by Pius Fink. Porter decided to display his engine at the International Exhibition in London in 1862, but it had to be assembled on site because the parts were finished in America only just in time to be shipped to meet the deadline. Running at 150 rpm, the engine caused a sensation, but as it was non-condensing there were few orders. Porter added condensing apparatus and, after the failure of Ormerod Grierson \& Co., entered into an agreement with Joseph Whitworth to build the engines. Four were exhibited at the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle, but Whitworth and Porter fell out and in 1868 Porter returned to America.
    Porter established another factory to build his engine in America, but he ran into all sorts of difficulties, both mechanical and financial. Some engines were built, and serious production was started c. 1874, but again there were further problems and Porter had to leave his firm. High-speed engines based on his designs continued to be made until after 1907 by the Southwark Foundry and Machine Company, Philadelphia, so Porter's ideas were proved viable and led to many other high-speed designs.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1908, Engineering Reminiscences, New York: J. Wiley \& Sons; reprinted 1985, Bradley, Ill.: Lindsay (autobiography; the main source of information about his life).
    Further Reading
    R.L.Hills, 1989, Power from Steam. A History of the Stationary Steam Engine, Cambridge University Press (examines his governor and steam engine).
    O.Mayr, 1974, "Yankee practice and engineering theory; Charles T.Porter and the dynamics of the high-speed engine", Technology and Culture 16 (4) (examines his governor and steam engine).
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Porter, Charles Talbot

  • 86 application

    1) (a formal request; an act of applying: several applications for the new job; The syllabus can be obtained on application to the headmaster.) søknad
    2) (hard work: He has got a good job through sheer application.) flid, hardt arbeid
    3) (an ointment etc applied to a cut, wound etc.) sårsalve; omslag
    subst. \/ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n\/
    1) søknad, formell henvendelse
    2) det å ta noe i bruk, det å benytte
    3) bruk(sområde), anvendelse(sområde), anvendelighet
    4) innmelding, påmelding
    5) ( medisin) salve
    6) hardt arbeid, flid
    7) ( handel) tegning (av aksjer)
    8) ( EDB) applikasjon
    application for remand in custody ( jus) fengslingsbegjæring
    application oriented ( EDB) brukerorientert
    file an application legge inn en søknad, søke
    make an application for something søke om (eller på) noe
    make (an) application to henvende seg til
    on application på forespørsel, etter anmodning, på forlangende

    English-Norwegian dictionary > application

  • 87 law

    5) юстиция; юристы
    •

    according to law — в соответствии с правом, с законом; правомерно | соответствующий праву, закону; правомерный, законный;

    law and order — правопорядок;

    law and usage of Parliament — парламентский обычай;

    law as amended — закон в изменённой редакции;

    law as fact — право как факт, право как сущее;

    law as norm — право как норма, право как должное;

    at law — в соответствии с правом, в силу права, в области права; в рамках общего права;

    law Christian — церковное право;

    contrary to law — в противоречии с правом; в противоречии с законом | противоречащий праву; противоречащий закону;

    law due to expire — закон с истекающим сроком действия;

    law for the time being — закон, действующий в настоящее время;

    law in force — 1. действующее право 2. действующий закон;

    in law — по закону;

    contemplation in law — 1. юридически значимые намерения, цель 2. точка зрения закона;

    law in vigour — действующий закон;

    law martial — военное положение;

    law merchant — торговое право; обычное торговое право;

    law spiritual — церковное право;

    to be in trouble with the law — вступить в конфликт с законом;

    to carry law into effect — ввести закон в действие;

    to clarify the law — разъяснить смысл правовой нормы, закона;

    to consult the law — обратиться за разъяснением к закону; обратиться за консультацией к юристу, к адвокату;

    to continue existing law — продлевать действие существующей правовой нормы, закона;

    to create new law — создавать новую правовую норму; принимать (новый) закон;

    to elaborate the law — разрабатывать закон;

    to emerge as law — обретать силу закона;

    to get into difficulty with the law — вступить в конфликт с законом;

    to go to law — обратиться к правосудию;

    to keep law current — модернизировать право, закон;

    to make laws — законодательствовать;

    to practice law — заниматься юридической [адвокатской] практикой;

    to provide for by law — предусмотреть законом, узаконить;

    to restate the law — переформулировать, перередактировать правовую норму, закон;

    to stand to the law — предстать перед судом;

    to strain the law — допустить натяжку в истолковании закона;

    to teach law — преподавать право;

    law unacted upon — закон, который не соблюдается;

    within the law — в рамках закона, в пределах закона

    law of international organizations — право, регулирующее деятельность международных организаций

    - law of arms
    - law of civil procedure
    - law of conflict of laws
    - law of conflict
    - law of contract
    - law of copyright
    - law of corrections
    - law of crimes
    - law of crime
    - law of criminal procedure
    - law of domestical relations
    - law of domestic relations
    - law of employment
    - law of equity
    - law of evidence
    - law of God
    - law of honour
    - law of industrial relations
    - law of international trade
    - law of landlord and tenant
    - law of marriage
    - law of master and servant
    - law of merchants
    - law of merchant shipping
    - law of nations
    - law of nature
    - law of neighbouring tenements
    - law of obligation
    - law of outer space
    - law of peace
    - law of personal property
    - law of persons
    - law of power
    - law of practice
    - law of prize
    - law of procedure
    - law of property
    - law of quasi-contract
    - law of real property
    - law of shipping
    - law of substance
    - law of succession
    - law of taxation
    - law of the air
    - law of the case
    - law of the church
    - law of the Constitution
    - law of the court
    - law of the flag
    - law of the land
    - law of the sea
    - law of the situs
    - law of the staple
    - law of torts
    - law of treaties
    - law of trusts
    - law of war
    - abnormal law
    - absolute law
    - actual law
    - adjective law
    - adjective patent law
    - administrative law
    - admiralty law
    - admitted law
    - agrarian law
    - air carriage law
    - ambassadorial law
    - American Indian law
    - American international law
    - Antarctic law
    - anti-corrupt practices laws
    - antipollution laws
    - anti-trust laws
    - antiunion laws
    - applicable law
    - applied law
    - bad law
    - banking law
    - basic law
    - binding law
    - blue law
    - blue sky laws
    - Brehon laws
    - broken law
    - business law
    - canon law
    - case law
    - census disclosure law
    - church law
    - cited law
    - civil law
    - club law
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    - commitment law
    - common law
    - company law
    - comparative law
    - compiled laws
    - congressional law
    - conservation laws
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    - conspiracy law
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    - consular law
    - continental law
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    - conventional law
    - conventional international law
    - copyright law
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    - crown law
    - current law
    - customary law
    - customary international law
    - customs law
    - decisional law
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    - discriminatory law
    - domestic law
    - domiciliary law
    - dormant law
    - draft law
    - dry law
    - ecclesiastical law
    - economic law
    - educational law
    - effective law
    - efficacious law
    - election law
    - emergency laws
    - employment law
    - enacted law
    - enforceable law
    - enrolled law
    - environmental law
    - equity law
    - established law
    - exchange law
    - exclusion laws
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    - ex post facto law
    - extradition laws
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    - fair employment practices law
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    - federal law
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    - free law
    - French Canadian law
    - fundamental law
    - game laws
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    - gibbet law
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    - Halifax law
    - harsh law
    - health laws
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    - homestead laws
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    - humanitarian law
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    - industrial law
    - industrial property case law
    - inheritance law
    - inner comparative law
    - insurance law
    - interlocal criminal law
    - internal law
    - internal-revenue law
    - international law
    - international law of the sea
    - international administrative law
    - international conventional law
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    - interpersonal law
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    - intestate laws
    - introduced law
    - Jim Crow laws
    - judaic law
    - judge-made law
    - judicial law
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    - labour relations law
    - labour law
    - land law
    - legislation law
    - licensing law
    - living law
    - Lynch law
    - magisterial law
    - maritime law
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    - marriage law
    - martial law
    - matrimonial law
    - mercantile law
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    - mining law
    - mob law
    - model law
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    - Mohammedan law
    - moral law
    - municipal law
    - national law
    - nationality law
    - natural law
    - naval law
    - naval prize law
    - neutrality laws
    - new law
    - no-fault law
    - nondiscriminating law
    - nondiscriminatory law
    - non-enacted law
    - nuclear law
    - obscenity law
    - obsolete law
    - occupational safety laws
    - official law
    - official session law volume
    - old law
    - organic law
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    - ostensible law
    - outmoded law
    - pamphlet laws
    - parliamentary law
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    - passed law
    - patent law
    - penal law
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    - personal law
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    - police law
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    - poor laws
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    - prevailing law
    - preventive martial law
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    - prison laws
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    - Roman Civil law
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    - statute law
    - stringent law
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    - succession law
    - sumptuary laws
    - Sunday closing laws
    - superior law
    - supreme law of the land
    - tacit law
    - tariff law
    - tax law
    - territorial law
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    - traditional law
    - traffic laws
    - transnational law
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    - unalterable law
    - unenforceable law
    - unified laws
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    - ununified laws
    - unwritten law
    - unwritten constitutional law
    - vagrancy laws
    - wage and hour laws
    - war law
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    - wildlife law
    - working law
    - written law
    - written constitutional law
    - zoning law
    - electoral law
    - financial law
    - indefeasible law
    - merchant law
    - statutory law

    Англо-русский юридический словарь > law

  • 88 Б-203

    БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ (ПРИНИМАТЬ/ПРИНЯТЬ) НА СЕБЙ VP subj: human
    1. \Б-203 что, occas. кого (when obj: human or collect, the implication is that one undertakes to do sth. for or involving the person or group in question) to undertake to carry out sth. or to accept responsibility for sth.: ( obj: inanim) X взял на себя Y - X took Y upon himself
    X took it upon himself to do Y X assumed (responsibility for) Y X took care of Y (in limited contexts) X handled (volunteered to handle) Y
    X-y пришлось (X был вынужден и т. п.) взять на себя Y - Y fell onto X's shoulders
    ( obj: human or collect) X взял Y-a на себя - X took (took care of, handled) Y.
    He странно ли это: вот этот человек, недавно ещё совершенно незнакомый, сейчас уже знает обо мне так много, что взял на себя устройство моей судьбы (Аллилуева 2). Wasn't it strange, though: here was a man who recently had been a total stranger, and already he knew so much about me, had taken upon himself to settle my fate for me (2a).
    Навряд ли он (Маркс) мог побывать в Чегеме, даже если бы Энгельс, как всегда, бедняга, взял на себя расходы на это путешествие (Искандер 5). Не (Marx) could hardly have been to Chegem, even if Engels-as always, poor fellow-assumed the expense of the trip (5a).
    Но согласится ли она?! - воскликнул Аслан. — Она же меня любит. И как я ей в глаза посмотрю после этого?» — «Я всё беру на себя», - сказал дядя Сандро... (Искандер 5). "But will she consent?" Asian exclaimed. uShe loves me. How will I ever look her in the eye?" Til take care of everything," Uncle Sandro said... (5a).
    И Саша сказал только: «Если люди не могут жить вместе, они должны разойтись». Через месяц отец уехал на Ефремовский завод синтетического каучука. Так в шестнадцать лет Саше пришлось всё взять на себя (Рыбаков 2). All he (Sasha) had said was, "If people can't live together, they ought to separate." A month later his father went to work at the synthetic rubber factory in Efremov, and everything fell onto Sasha's shoulders, at the age of sixteen (2a).
    Пойми, - сказала Лола, - я ведь не говорю, чтобы ты взял её (дочь) на себя. Я же знаю, что ты не возьмёшь, и слава Богу, что не возьмёшь, ты ни на что такое не годен» (Стругацкие 1). "Get it into your head," said Lola, "I'm not saying that you should take her (our daughter). I'm well aware that you wouldn't, and thank God you wouldn't, you're no good at it" (1a).
    Уверяю вас, Петров против не выступит, я беру его на себя. I assure you Petrov won't speak out against you-I'll take care of him.
    2. \Б-203 что to assume leadership of sth.: X взял Y на себя = X took charge (control, command) of Y
    X took over Y X undertook to direct Y.
    Я знаю, что вы терпеть не можете административную работу, но все же вам придется взять на себя отдел патентов - больше некому. I know you can't stand administrative work, but nonetheless you have to take over the patent division-there's no one else who can do it.
    3. \Б-203 что to declare o.s. accountable (for another's guilt, wrongdoing, crime etc)
    X взял Y на себя = X took the blame (the rap) for Y
    X took responsibility for Y X claimed (said etc) that Y was (all) X's (own) doing.
    «Хочешь, возьму на себя дела ста восьмидесяти миллионов по обвинению в измене Родине?» (Алешковский 1). "Listen, if you want I'll take the rap for all the hundred and eighty million cases of treason against the motherland" (1a).
    На суде заведующий всё взял на себя, и остальных продавцов не тронули... (Искандеру. The manager took full responsibility in court, and the other salesmen were not touched (4a).
    Вот тут подельник твой в Верховный совет пишет, снисхождения к тебе просит, все на себя берет» (Максимов 2). "This partner of yours has written a petition to the Supreme Soviet asking for clemency for you, says it was all his doing" (2a).
    Надя прочно знала, много раз уже применяла: если брать на себя, не упрекать, что и он виноват, - Володя успокоится и отойдёт (Солженицын 5). ( context transl) Nadya had a firm rule, often applied in the past. If she took Volodya's share of the blame on herself, he would cool off and come around (5a).

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  • 89 брать на себя

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    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. брать на себя что, occas. кого [when obj: human or collect, the implication is that one undertakes to do sth. for or involving the person or group in question]
    ⇒ to undertake to carry out sth. or to accept responsibility for sth.:
    - [in limited contexts] X handled (volunteered to handle) Y;
    || [obj: human or collect] X взял Y-а на себя≈ X took (took care of, handled) Y.
         ♦ Не странно ли это: вот этот человек, недавно ещё совершенно незнакомый, сейчас уже знает обо мне так много, что взял на себя устройство моей судьбы (Аллилуева 2). Wasn't it strange, though: here was a man who recently had been a total stranger, and already he knew so much about me, had taken upon himself to settle my fate for me (2a).
         ♦ Навряд ли он [Маркс] мог побывать в Чегеме, даже если бы Энгельс, как всегда, бедняга, взял на себя расходы на это путешествие (Искандер 5). Не [Marx] could hardly have been to Chegem, even if Engels-as always, poor fellow-assumed the expense of the trip (5a).
    ♦ "Ho согласится ли она?! - воскликнул Аслан. - Она же меня любит. И как я ей в глаза посмотрю после этого?" - "Я всё беру на себя", - сказал дядя Сандро... (Искандер 5). "But will she consent?" Aslan exclaimed. "She loves me. How will I ever look her in the eye?" "I'll take care of everything," Uncle Sandro said... (5a).
         ♦ И Саша сказал только: "Если люди не могут жить вместе, они должны разойтись". Через месяц отец уехал на Ефремовский завод синтетического каучука. Так в шестнадцать лет Саше пришлось всё взять на себя (Рыбаков 2). All he [Sasha] had said was, "If people can't live together, they ought to separate." A month later his father went to work at the synthetic rubber factory in Efremov, and everything fell onto Sasha's shoulders, at the age of sixteen (2a).
         ♦ "Пойми, - сказала Лола, - я ведь не говорю, чтобы ты взял её [ дочь] на себя. Я же знаю, что ты не возьмёшь, и слава Богу, что не возьмёшь, ты ни на что такое не годен" (Стругацкие 1). "Get it into your head," said Lola, "I'm not saying that you should take her [our daughter]. I'm well aware that you wouldn't, and thank God you wouldn't, you're no good at it" (1a).
         ♦ Уверяю вас, Петров против не выступит, я беру его на себя. I assure you Petrov won't speak out against you - I'll take care of him.
    2. брать на себя что to assume leadership of sth.:
    - X взял Y на себя≈ X took charge (control, command) of Y;
    - X undertook to direct Y.
         ♦ Я знаю, что вы терпеть не можете административную работу, но все же вам придется взять на себя отдел патентов - больше некому. I know you can't stand administrative work, but nonetheless you have to take over the patent division - there's no one else who can do it.
    3. брать на себя что to declare o.s. accountable (for another's guilt, wrongdoing, crime etc):
    - X claimed (said etc) that Y was (all) X's (own) doing.
         ♦ "Хочешь, возьму на себя дела ста восьмидесяти миллионов по обвинению в измене Родине?" (Алешковский 1). "Listen, if you want I'll take the rap for all the hundred and eighty million cases of treason against the motherland" (1a).
         ♦ На суде заведующий всё взял на себя, и остальных продавцов не тронули... (Искандеру. The manager took full responsibility in court, and the other salesmen were not touched (4a).
         ♦ "Вот тут подельник твой в Верховный совет пишет, снисхождения к тебе просит, все на себя берет" (Максимов 2). "This partner of yours has written a petition to the Supreme Soviet asking for clemency for you, says it was all his doing" (2a).
         ♦ Надя прочно знала, много раз уже применяла: если брать на себя, не упрекать, что и он виноват, - Володя успокоится и отойдёт (Солженицын 5). [context transl] Nadya had a Arm rule, often applied in the past. If she took Volodya's share of the blame on herself, he would cool off and come around (5a).

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  • 90 взять на себя

    • БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ <ПРИНИМАТЬ/ПРИНЯТЬ> НА СЕБЯ
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. взять на себя что, occas. кого [when obj: human or collect, the implication is that one undertakes to do sth. for or involving the person or group in question]
    ⇒ to undertake to carry out sth. or to accept responsibility for sth.:
    - [in limited contexts] X handled (volunteered to handle) Y;
    || X-y пришлось( X был вынужден и т. п.) взять на себя Y - Y fell onto X's shoulders;
    || [obj: human or collect] X взял Y-а на себя≈ X took (took care of, handled) Y.
         ♦ Не странно ли это: вот этот человек, недавно ещё совершенно незнакомый, сейчас уже знает обо мне так много, что взял на себя устройство моей судьбы (Аллилуева 2). Wasn't it strange, though: here was a man who recently had been a total stranger, and already he knew so much about me, had taken upon himself to settle my fate for me (2a).
         ♦ Навряд ли он [Маркс] мог побывать в Чегеме, даже если бы Энгельс, как всегда, бедняга, взял на себя расходы на это путешествие (Искандер 5). Не [Marx] could hardly have been to Chegem, even if Engels-as always, poor fellow-assumed the expense of the trip (5a).
    ♦ "Ho согласится ли она?! - воскликнул Аслан. - Она же меня любит. И как я ей в глаза посмотрю после этого?" - "Я всё беру на себя", - сказал дядя Сандро... (Искандер 5). "But will she consent?" Aslan exclaimed. "She loves me. How will I ever look her in the eye?" "I'll take care of everything," Uncle Sandro said... (5a).
         ♦ И Саша сказал только: "Если люди не могут жить вместе, они должны разойтись". Через месяц отец уехал на Ефремовский завод синтетического каучука. Так в шестнадцать лет Саше пришлось всё взять на себя (Рыбаков 2). All he [Sasha] had said was, "If people can't live together, they ought to separate." A month later his father went to work at the synthetic rubber factory in Efremov, and everything fell onto Sasha's shoulders, at the age of sixteen (2a).
         ♦ "Пойми, - сказала Лола, - я ведь не говорю, чтобы ты взял её [ дочь] на себя. Я же знаю, что ты не возьмёшь, и слава Богу, что не возьмёшь, ты ни на что такое не годен" (Стругацкие 1). "Get it into your head," said Lola, "I'm not saying that you should take her [our daughter]. I'm well aware that you wouldn't, and thank God you wouldn't, you're no good at it" (1a).
         ♦ Уверяю вас, Петров против не выступит, я беру его на себя. I assure you Petrov won't speak out against you - I'll take care of him.
    2. взять на себя что to assume leadership of sth.:
    - X взял Y на себя≈ X took charge (control, command) of Y;
    - X undertook to direct Y.
         ♦ Я знаю, что вы терпеть не можете административную работу, но все же вам придется взять на себя отдел патентов - больше некому. I know you can't stand administrative work, but nonetheless you have to take over the patent division - there's no one else who can do it.
    3. взять на себя что to declare o.s. accountable (for another's guilt, wrongdoing, crime etc):
    - X claimed (said etc) that Y was (all) X's (own) doing.
         ♦ "Хочешь, возьму на себя дела ста восьмидесяти миллионов по обвинению в измене Родине?" (Алешковский 1). "Listen, if you want I'll take the rap for all the hundred and eighty million cases of treason against the motherland" (1a).
         ♦ На суде заведующий всё взял на себя, и остальных продавцов не тронули... (Искандеру. The manager took full responsibility in court, and the other salesmen were not touched (4a).
         ♦ "Вот тут подельник твой в Верховный совет пишет, снисхождения к тебе просит, все на себя берет" (Максимов 2). "This partner of yours has written a petition to the Supreme Soviet asking for clemency for you, says it was all his doing" (2a).
         ♦ Надя прочно знала, много раз уже применяла: если брать на себя, не упрекать, что и он виноват, - Володя успокоится и отойдёт (Солженицын 5). [context transl] Nadya had a Arm rule, often applied in the past. If she took Volodya's share of the blame on herself, he would cool off and come around (5a).

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  • 91 принимать на себя

    • БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ <ПРИНИМАТЬ/ПРИНЯТЬ> НА СЕБЯ
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. принимать на себя что, occas. кого [when obj: human or collect, the implication is that one undertakes to do sth. for or involving the person or group in question]
    ⇒ to undertake to carry out sth. or to accept responsibility for sth.:
    - [in limited contexts] X handled (volunteered to handle) Y;
    || [obj: human or collect] X взял Y-а на себя≈ X took (took care of, handled) Y.
         ♦ Не странно ли это: вот этот человек, недавно ещё совершенно незнакомый, сейчас уже знает обо мне так много, что взял на себя устройство моей судьбы (Аллилуева 2). Wasn't it strange, though: here was a man who recently had been a total stranger, and already he knew so much about me, had taken upon himself to settle my fate for me (2a).
         ♦ Навряд ли он [Маркс] мог побывать в Чегеме, даже если бы Энгельс, как всегда, бедняга, взял на себя расходы на это путешествие (Искандер 5). Не [Marx] could hardly have been to Chegem, even if Engels-as always, poor fellow-assumed the expense of the trip (5a).
    ♦ "Ho согласится ли она?! - воскликнул Аслан. - Она же меня любит. И как я ей в глаза посмотрю после этого?" - "Я всё беру на себя", - сказал дядя Сандро... (Искандер 5). "But will she consent?" Aslan exclaimed. "She loves me. How will I ever look her in the eye?" "I'll take care of everything," Uncle Sandro said... (5a).
         ♦ И Саша сказал только: "Если люди не могут жить вместе, они должны разойтись". Через месяц отец уехал на Ефремовский завод синтетического каучука. Так в шестнадцать лет Саше пришлось всё взять на себя (Рыбаков 2). All he [Sasha] had said was, "If people can't live together, they ought to separate." A month later his father went to work at the synthetic rubber factory in Efremov, and everything fell onto Sasha's shoulders, at the age of sixteen (2a).
         ♦ "Пойми, - сказала Лола, - я ведь не говорю, чтобы ты взял её [ дочь] на себя. Я же знаю, что ты не возьмёшь, и слава Богу, что не возьмёшь, ты ни на что такое не годен" (Стругацкие 1). "Get it into your head," said Lola, "I'm not saying that you should take her [our daughter]. I'm well aware that you wouldn't, and thank God you wouldn't, you're no good at it" (1a).
         ♦ Уверяю вас, Петров против не выступит, я беру его на себя. I assure you Petrov won't speak out against you - I'll take care of him.
    2. принимать на себя что to assume leadership of sth.:
    - X взял Y на себя≈ X took charge (control, command) of Y;
    - X undertook to direct Y.
         ♦ Я знаю, что вы терпеть не можете административную работу, но все же вам придется взять на себя отдел патентов - больше некому. I know you can't stand administrative work, but nonetheless you have to take over the patent division - there's no one else who can do it.
    3. принимать на себя что to declare o.s. accountable (for another's guilt, wrongdoing, crime etc):
    - X claimed (said etc) that Y was (all) X's (own) doing.
         ♦ "Хочешь, возьму на себя дела ста восьмидесяти миллионов по обвинению в измене Родине?" (Алешковский 1). "Listen, if you want I'll take the rap for all the hundred and eighty million cases of treason against the motherland" (1a).
         ♦ На суде заведующий всё взял на себя, и остальных продавцов не тронули... (Искандеру. The manager took full responsibility in court, and the other salesmen were not touched (4a).
         ♦ "Вот тут подельник твой в Верховный совет пишет, снисхождения к тебе просит, все на себя берет" (Максимов 2). "This partner of yours has written a petition to the Supreme Soviet asking for clemency for you, says it was all his doing" (2a).
         ♦ Надя прочно знала, много раз уже применяла: если брать на себя, не упрекать, что и он виноват, - Володя успокоится и отойдёт (Солженицын 5). [context transl] Nadya had a Arm rule, often applied in the past. If she took Volodya's share of the blame on herself, he would cool off and come around (5a).

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  • 92 принять на себя

    • БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ <ПРИНИМАТЬ/ПРИНЯТЬ> НА СЕБЯ
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. принять на себя что, occas. кого [when obj: human or collect, the implication is that one undertakes to do sth. for or involving the person or group in question]
    ⇒ to undertake to carry out sth. or to accept responsibility for sth.:
    - [in limited contexts] X handled (volunteered to handle) Y;
    || [obj: human or collect] X взял Y-а на себя≈ X took (took care of, handled) Y.
         ♦ Не странно ли это: вот этот человек, недавно ещё совершенно незнакомый, сейчас уже знает обо мне так много, что взял на себя устройство моей судьбы (Аллилуева 2). Wasn't it strange, though: here was a man who recently had been a total stranger, and already he knew so much about me, had taken upon himself to settle my fate for me (2a).
         ♦ Навряд ли он [Маркс] мог побывать в Чегеме, даже если бы Энгельс, как всегда, бедняга, взял на себя расходы на это путешествие (Искандер 5). Не [Marx] could hardly have been to Chegem, even if Engels-as always, poor fellow-assumed the expense of the trip (5a).
    ♦ "Ho согласится ли она?! - воскликнул Аслан. - Она же меня любит. И как я ей в глаза посмотрю после этого?" - "Я всё беру на себя", - сказал дядя Сандро... (Искандер 5). "But will she consent?" Aslan exclaimed. "She loves me. How will I ever look her in the eye?" "I'll take care of everything," Uncle Sandro said... (5a).
         ♦ И Саша сказал только: "Если люди не могут жить вместе, они должны разойтись". Через месяц отец уехал на Ефремовский завод синтетического каучука. Так в шестнадцать лет Саше пришлось всё взять на себя (Рыбаков 2). All he [Sasha] had said was, "If people can't live together, they ought to separate." A month later his father went to work at the synthetic rubber factory in Efremov, and everything fell onto Sasha's shoulders, at the age of sixteen (2a).
         ♦ "Пойми, - сказала Лола, - я ведь не говорю, чтобы ты взял её [ дочь] на себя. Я же знаю, что ты не возьмёшь, и слава Богу, что не возьмёшь, ты ни на что такое не годен" (Стругацкие 1). "Get it into your head," said Lola, "I'm not saying that you should take her [our daughter]. I'm well aware that you wouldn't, and thank God you wouldn't, you're no good at it" (1a).
         ♦ Уверяю вас, Петров против не выступит, я беру его на себя. I assure you Petrov won't speak out against you - I'll take care of him.
    2. принять на себя что to assume leadership of sth.:
    - X взял Y на себя≈ X took charge (control, command) of Y;
    - X undertook to direct Y.
         ♦ Я знаю, что вы терпеть не можете административную работу, но все же вам придется взять на себя отдел патентов - больше некому. I know you can't stand administrative work, but nonetheless you have to take over the patent division - there's no one else who can do it.
    3. принять на себя что to declare o.s. accountable (for another's guilt, wrongdoing, crime etc):
    - X claimed (said etc) that Y was (all) X's (own) doing.
         ♦ "Хочешь, возьму на себя дела ста восьмидесяти миллионов по обвинению в измене Родине?" (Алешковский 1). "Listen, if you want I'll take the rap for all the hundred and eighty million cases of treason against the motherland" (1a).
         ♦ На суде заведующий всё взял на себя, и остальных продавцов не тронули... (Искандеру. The manager took full responsibility in court, and the other salesmen were not touched (4a).
         ♦ "Вот тут подельник твой в Верховный совет пишет, снисхождения к тебе просит, все на себя берет" (Максимов 2). "This partner of yours has written a petition to the Supreme Soviet asking for clemency for you, says it was all his doing" (2a).
         ♦ Надя прочно знала, много раз уже применяла: если брать на себя, не упрекать, что и он виноват, - Володя успокоится и отойдёт (Солженицын 5). [context transl] Nadya had a Arm rule, often applied in the past. If she took Volodya's share of the blame on herself, he would cool off and come around (5a).

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  • 93 Jacquard, Joseph-Marie

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
    [br]
    b. 7 July 1752 Lyons, France
    d. 7 August 1834 Oullines, France
    [br]
    French developer of the apparatus named after him and used for selecting complicated patterns in weaving.
    [br]
    Jacquard was apprenticed at the age of 12 to bookbinding, and later to type-founding and cutlery. His parents, who had some connection with weaving, left him a small property upon their death. He made some experiments with pattern weaving, but lost all his inheritance; after marrying, he returned to type-founding and cutlery. In 1790 he formed the idea for his machine, but it was forgotten amidst the excitement of the French Revolution, in which he fought for the Revolutionists at the defence of Lyons. The machine he completed in 1801 combined earlier inventions and was for weaving net. He was sent to Paris to demonstrate it at the National Exposition and received a bronze medal. In 1804 Napoleon granted him a patent, a pension of 1,500 francs and a premium on each machine sold. This enabled him to study and work at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers to perfect his mechanism for pattern weaving. A method of selecting any combination of leashes at each shoot of the weft had to be developed, and Jacquard's mechanism was the outcome of various previous inventions. By taking the cards invented by Falcon in 1728 that were punched with holes like the paper of Bouchon in 1725, to select the needles for each pick, and by placing the apparatus above the loom where Vaucanson had put his mechanism, Jacquard combined the best features of earlier inventions. He was not entirely successful because his invention failed in the way it pressed the card against the needles; later modifications by Breton in 1815 and Skola in 1819 were needed before it functioned reliably. However, the advantage of Jacquard's machine was that each pick could be selected much more quickly than on the earlier draw looms, which meant that John Kay's flying shuttle could be introduced on fine pattern looms because the weaver no longer had to wait for the drawboy to sort out the leashes for the next pick. Robert Kay's drop box could also be used with different coloured wefts. The drawboy could be dispensed with because the foot-pedal operating the Jacquard mechanism could be worked by the weaver. Patterns could be changed quickly by replacing one set of cards with another, but the scope of the pattern was more limited than with the draw loom. Some machines that were brought into use aroused bitter hostility. Jacquard suffered physical violence, barely escaping with his life, and his machines were burnt by weavers at Lyons. However, by 1812 his mechanism began to be generally accepted and had been applied to 11,000 draw-looms in France. In 1819 Jacquard received a gold medal and a Cross of Honour for his invention. His machines reached England c.1816 and still remain the basic way of weaving complicated patterns.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    French Cross of Honour 1819. National Exposition Bronze Medal 1801.
    Further Reading
    C.Singer (ed.), 1958, A History of Technology, Vol. IV, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
    R.L.Hills, 1970, Power in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester (covers the introduction of pattern weaving and the power loom).
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    Biographical history of technology > Jacquard, Joseph-Marie

  • 94 Nobel, Immanuel

    [br]
    b. 1801 Gävle, Sweden
    d. 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.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Imperial Gold Medal (Russia) 1853. Swedish Academy of Science Letterstedt Prize (jointly with son Alfred) 1868.
    Bibliography
    Immanuel 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 Reading
    No biographies of Immanuel Nobel exist, but his life is detailed in a number of books on his son Alfred.
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    Biographical history of technology > Nobel, Immanuel

  • 95 Ramsden, Jesse

    [br]
    b. 6 October 1735 (?) Halifax, Yorkshire, England
    d. 5 November 1800 Brighton, Sussex, England
    [br]
    English instrument-maker who developed machines for accurately measuring angular and linear scales.
    [br]
    Jesse Ramsden was the son of an innkeeper but received a good general education: after attending the free school at Halifax, he was sent at the age of 12 to his uncle for further study, particularly in mathematics. At the age of 16 he was apprenticed to a cloth-worker in Halifax and on completion of the apprenticeship in 1755 he moved to London to work as a clerk in a cloth warehouse. In 1758 he became an apprentice in the workshop of a London mathematical instrument-maker named Burton. He quickly gained the skill, particularly in engraving, and by 1762 he was able to set up on his own account. He married in 1765 or 1766 the youngest daughter of the optician John Dollond FRS (1706– 61) and received a share of Dollond's patent for making achromatic lenses.
    Ramsden's experience and reputation increased rapidly and he was generally regarded as the leading instrument-maker of his time. He opened a shop in the Haymarket and transferred to Piccadilly in 1775. His staff increased to about sixty workers and apprentices, and by 1789 he had constructed nearly 1,000 sextants as well as theodolites, micrometers, balances, barometers, quadrants and other instruments.
    One of Ramsden's most important contributions to precision measurement was his development of machines for obtaining accurate division of angular and linear scales. For this work he received a premium from the Commissioners of the Board of Longitude, who published his descriptions of the machines. For the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain, initiated by General William Roy FRS (1726–90) and continued by the Board of Ordnance, Ramsden supplied a 3 ft (91 cm) theodolite and steel measuring chains, and was also engaged to check the glass tubes used to measure the fundamental base line.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1786; Royal Society Copley Medal 1795. Member, Imperial Academy of St Petersburg 1794. Member, Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers 1793.
    Bibliography
    Instruments, London.
    1779, "Description of two new micrometers", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 69:419–31.
    1782, "A new construction of eyeglasses for such telescopes as may be applied to mathematical instruments", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 73:94–99.
    Further Reading
    R.S.Woodbury, 1961, History of the Lathe to 1850, Cleveland, Ohio; W.Steeds, 1969, A History of Machine Tools 1700–1910, Oxford (both provide a brief description of Ramsden's dividing machines).
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    Biographical history of technology > Ramsden, Jesse

  • 96 Tompion, Thomas

    SUBJECT AREA: Horology
    [br]
    baptized 25 July 1639 Ickwell Green, England
    d. 20 November 1713 London, England
    [br]
    English clock-and watchmaker of great skill and ingenuity who laid the foundations of his country's pre-eminence in that field.
    [br]
    Little is known about Tompion's early life except that he was born into a family of blacksmiths. When he was admitted into the Clockmakers' Company in 1671 he was described as a "Great Clockmaker", which meant a maker of turret clocks, and as these clocks were made of wrought iron they would have required blacksmithing skills. Despite this background, he also rapidly established his reputation as a watchmaker. In 1674 he moved to premises in Water Lane at the sign of "The Dial and Three Crowns", where his business prospered and he remained for the rest of his life. Assisted by journeymen and up to eleven apprentices at any one time, the output from his workshop was prodigious, amounting to over 5,000 watches and 600 clocks. In his lifetime he was famous for his watches, as these figures suggest, but although they are of high quality they do not differ markedly from those produced by other London watchmakers of that period. He is now known more for the limited number of elaborate clocks that he produced, such as the equation clock and the spring-driven clock of a year's duration, which he made for William III. Around 1711 he took into partnership his nephew by marriage, George Graham, who carried on the business after his death.
    Although Tompion does not seem to have been particularly innovative, he lived at a time when great advances were being made in horology, which his consummate skill as a craftsman enabled him to exploit. In this he was greatly assisted by his association with Robert Hooke, for whom Tompion constructed a watch with a balance spring in 1675; at that time Hooke was trying to establish his priority over Huygens for this invention. Although this particular watch was not successful, it made Tompion aware of the potential of the balance spring and he became the first person in England to apply Huygens's spiral spring to the balance of a watch. Although Thuret had constructed such a watch somewhat earlier in France, the superior quality of Tompion's wheel work, assisted by Hooke's wheel-cutting engine, enabled him to dominate the market. The anchor escapement (which reduced the amplitude of the pendulum's swing) was first applied to clocks around this time and produced further improvements in accuracy which Tompion and other makers were able to utilize. However, the anchor escapement, like the verge escapement, produced recoil (the clock was momentarily driven in reverse). Tompion was involved in attempts to overcome this defect with the introduction of the dead-beat escapement for clocks and the horizontal escapement for watches. Neither was successful, but they were both perfected later by George Graham.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Master of the Clockmakers' Company 1703.
    Bibliography
    1695, with William Houghton and Edward Barlow, British patent no. 344 (for a horizontal escapement).
    Further Reading
    R.W.Symonds, 1951, Thomas Tompion, His Life and Work, London (a comprehensive but now slightly dated account).
    H.W.Robinson and W.Adams (eds), 1935, The Diary of Robert Hooke (contains many references to Tompion).
    D.Howse, 1970, The Tompion clocks at Greenwich and the dead-beat escapement', Antiquarian Horology 7:18–34, 114–33.
    DV

    Biographical history of technology > Tompion, Thomas

  • 97 Leblanc, Nicolas

    SUBJECT AREA: Chemical technology
    [br]
    b. 6 December 1742 Ivey-le-Pré, France
    d. 16 January 1806 Paris, France
    [br]
    French chemist, inventor of the Leblanc process for the manufacture of soda.
    [br]
    Orphaned at an early age, Leblanc was sent by his guardian, a doctor, to study medicine at the Ecole de Chirurgie in Paris. Around 1780 he entered the service of the Duke of Orléans as Surgeon. There he was able to pursue his interest in chemistry by carrying out research, particularly into crystallization; this bore fruit in a paper to the Royal Academy of Sciences in 1786, published in 1812 as a separate work entitled Crystallotechnie. At that time there was much concern that supplies of natural soda were becoming insufficient to meet the increasing demands of various industries, textile above all. In 1775 the Academy offered a prize of 2,400 livres for a means of manufacturing soda from sea salt. Several chemists studied the problem, but the prize was never awarded. However, in 1789 Leblanc reported in the Journal de physique for 1789 that he had devised a process, and he applied to his patron for support. The Duke had the process subjected to tests, and when these proved favourable he, with Leblanc and the referee, formed a company in February 1790 to exploit it. A patent was granted in 1791 and, with the manufacture of a vital substance at low cost based on a raw material, salt in unlimited supply, a bright prospect seemed to open out for Leblanc. The salt was treated with sulphuric acid to form salt-cake (sodium sulphate), which was then rotated with coal and limestone to form a substance from which the soda was extracted with water followed by evaporation. Hydrochloric acid was a valuable by-product, from which could be made calcium chloride, widely used in the textile and paper industries. The factory worked until 1793, but did not achieve regular production, and then disaster struck: Leblanc's principal patron, the Duke of Orléans, perished under the guillotine in the reign of terror; the factory was sequestered by the Revolutionary government and the agreement was revoked. Leblanc laboured in vain to secure adequate compensation. Eventually a grant was made towards the cost of restoring the factory, but it was quite inadequate, and in despair, Leblanc shot himself. However, his process proved to be one of the greatest inventions in the chemical industry, and was taken up in other countries and remained the leading process for the production of soda for a century. In 1855 his family tried again to vindicate his name and achieve compensation, this time with success.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    A.A.Leblanc, 1884, Nicolas Leblanc, sa vie, ses travaux et l'histoire de la soude artificielle, Paris (the standard biography, by his grandson).
    For more critical studies, see: C.C.Gillispie, 1957, "The discovery of the Leblanc process", Isis 48:152–70; J.G.Smith, 1970, "Studies in certain chemical industries in revolutionary and Napoleonic France", unpublished PhD thesis, Leeds University.
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    Biographical history of technology > Leblanc, Nicolas

  • 98 Radcliffe, William

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
    [br]
    b. 1761 Mellor, Cheshire, England
    d. 1842 Mellor, Cheshire, England
    [br]
    English inventor of the sizing machine.
    [br]
    Radcliffe was brought up in the textile industry and learned carding and spinning as a child. When he was old enough, he became a weaver. It was a time when there were not enough weavers to work up all the yarn being spun on the recently invented spinning machines, so some yarn was exported. Radcliffe regarded this as a sin; meetings were held to prohibit the export, and Radcliffe promised to use his best endeavours to discover means to work up the yarn in England. He owned a mill at Mellor and by 1801 was employing over 1,000 hand-loom weavers. He wanted to improve their efficiency so they could compete against power looms, which were beginning to be introduced at that time.
    His first step was to divide up as much as possible the different weaving processes, not unlike the plan adopted by Arkwright in spinning. In order to strengthen the warp yarns made of cotton and to reduce their tendency to fray during weaving, it was customary to apply an adhesive substance such as starch paste. This was brushed on as the warp was unwound from the back beam during weaving, so only short lengths could be treated before being dried. Instead of dressing the warp in the loom as was hitherto done, Radcliffe had it dressed in a separate machine, relieving the weaver of the trouble and saving the time wasted by the method previously used. Radcliffe employed a young man names Thomas Johnson, who proved to be a clever mechanic. Radcliffe patented his inventions in Johnson's name to avoid other people, especially foreigners, finding out his ideas. He took out his first patent, for a dressing machine, in March 1803 and a second the following year. The combined result of the two patents was the introduction of a beaming machine and a dressing machine which, in addition to applying the paste to the yarns and then drying them, wound them onto a beam ready for the loom. These machines enabled the weaver to work a loom with fewer stoppages; however, Radcliffe did not anticipate that his method of sizing would soon be applied to power looms as well and lead to the commercial success of powered weaving. Other manufacturers quickly adopted Radcliffe's system, and Radcliffe himself soon had to introduce power looms in his own business.
    Radcliffe improved the hand looms themselves when, with the help of Johnson, he devised a cloth taking-up motion that wound the woven cloth onto a roller automatically as the weaver operated the loom. Radcliffe and Johnson also developed the "dandy loom", which was a more compact form of hand loom and was also later adapted for weaving by power. Radcliffe was among the witnesses before the Parliamentary Committee which in 1808 awarded Edmund Cartwright a grant for his invention of the power loom. Later Radcliffe was unsuccessfully to petition Parliament for a similar reward for his contributions to the introduction of power weaving. His business affairs ultimately failed partly through his own obstinacy and his continued opposition to the export of cotton yarn. He lived to be 81 years old and was buried in Mellor churchyard.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1811, Exportation of Cotton Yarn and Real Cause of the Distress that has Fallen upon the Cotton Trade for a Series of Years Past, Stockport.
    1828, Origin of the New System of Manufacture, Commonly Called "Power-Loom Weaving", Stockport (this should be read, even though it is mostly covers Radcliffe's political aims).
    Further Reading
    A.Barlow, 1870, The History and Principles of Weaving by Hand and by Power, London (provides an outline of Radcliffe's life and work).
    W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (a general background of his inventions). R.L.Hills, 1970, Power in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester (a general background).
    D.J.Jeremy, 1981, Transatlantic Industrial Revolution. The Diffusion of Textile Technologies Between Britain and America, 1790–1830s, Oxford (discusses the spread of the sizing machine in America).
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Radcliffe, William

  • 99 praktisch

    praktisch I adj GEN practical • praktische und finanzielle Hilfe erhalten GEN be given practical and financial help praktisch II adv GEN practically • etw. praktisch erproben GEN put sth to the test • praktisch verwerten PAT exploit, work
    * * *
    adj < Geschäft> practical ■ praktische und finanzielle Hilfe erhalten < Geschäft> be given practical and financial help
    adv < Geschäft> practically ■ etw. praktisch erproben < Geschäft> put sth to the test ■ praktisch verwerten < Patent> exploit, work
    * * *
    praktisch
    practical, in practice, applied, to all intents and purposes, (sachlich) matter-of-fact, down-to-earth;
    • praktisch durchführbar feasible, workable;
    • praktisch gesehen for all practical purposes;
    • praktisch wertlos of no practical value;
    • praktisch anwenden to reduce to practice; praktisch
    • die Kontrolle ausüben to have practical control of;
    • praktisch verwerten to put into practice;
    • praktische Anwendung practical application;
    • praktischer Arzt general practitioner;
    • praktische Ausbildung on-the-job training;
    • praktisches Beispiel working example;
    • praktische Fertigkeiten experience;
    • praktische Gebrauchseigenschaften service properties;
    • praktische Nationalökonomie applied political economy;
    • praktischer Versuch field test.

    Business german-english dictionary > praktisch

  • 100 Dony, Jean-Jacques Daniel

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. 24 February 1759 Liège, Belgium
    d. 6 November 1819 Liège, Belgium
    [br]
    Belgian inventor of the horizontal retort process of zinc manufacture.
    [br]
    Dony trained initially for the Church, and it is not known how he became interested in the production of zinc. Liège, however, was close to extensive deposits of the zinc ore calamine, and brass had been made since Roman times in the region between Liège and Aix-la-Chapelle (now Aachen). William Champion's technique of brass manufacture was known there and was considered to be too complicated and expensive for the routine manufacture of brass. Dony may have learned about earlier processes of manufacturing zinc on the European continent from his friend Professor Villette of Liège University, and about English methods from Henri Delloye, a friend of both Villette and Dony and who visited Birmingham and Bristol on their behalf to study zinc smelting processes and brass manufacture at first hand. By 21 March 1805 Dony had succeeded in extracting zinc from calamine and casting it in ingots. On the basis of this success he applied to the French Republican administration for assistance and in 1806 was assigned by Napoleon the sole mining rights to the calamine deposits of the Vieille Montagne, or Altenberg, near Moresnet, five miles (8 km) from Aachen. With these rights went the obligation of developing an industrially viable method of zinc refining. In 1807 he constructed a small factory at Isle and there, after much effort, he perfected his celebrated horizontal retort process, the "Liège Method". After July 1809 zinc was being produced in abundance, and in January 1810 Dony was granted an Imperial Patent giving him a monopoly of zinc manufacture for fifteen years. He erected a rolling mill at Saint-Léonard and attempted to persuade the Minister of Marine to use zinc sheets rather than copper for the protection of ships. Between 1809 and 1810 Dony reduced the price of zinc in Liège from 8.60 to 2.60 francs per kilo. However, after 1813 he began to encounter financial problems and in 1818 he surrendered his commercial interests to his partner Dominique Mosselman (d. 1837). The horizontal retort process soon rendered obsolete that of William Champion, and variants of the Liège Method were rapidly evolved in Germany, Britain and the USA.
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    Further Reading
    A.Dony, 1941, A Propos de l'industrie belge du zinc au début du XIXe siècle, Brussels. L.Boscheron, "The zinc industry of the Liège District", Journal of the Institution of
    Metals 36 (2):21–6.
    H.Delloye, 1810, Recherches sur la calamine, le zinc et les emplois, Liège: Dauvrain. 1836, Bibliographie Liégeoise.
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