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101 Parseval, August von
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 1861d. 22 February 1942 Berlin, Germany[br]German designer of tethered observation balloons and non-rigid airships.[br]Major von Parseval and his colleague Captain von Sigsfeld were serving in the German army during the 1890s when improved military observation from the air was being pursued. Tethered observation balloons, raised and lowered by a winch, had been used since 1794, but in strong winds a spherical balloon became very unstable. Manned kites were being developed by "Colonel" S.F. Cody, in Britain, and others, but kites were a problem if the wind dropped. A very successful compromise was achieved in 1897 by von Parseval and von Sigsfeld, who developed a kite-balloon, the Drachen ("Dragon"), which was elongated like an airship and fitted with large inflated fins. It was attached to its tethering cable in such a way that it flew with a positive incidence (nose up) to the wind, thus producing some lift—like a kite. The combination of these factors made the kite-balloon very stable. Other countries followed suit and a version designed by the Frenchman Albert Caquot was widely used during the First World War for observing the results of artillery fire. Caquot balloons were also used around London as a barrage to obstruct enemy aircraft, and "barrage balloons" were widely used during the Second World War. After working at a government balloon factory in Berlin where non-rigid airships were built, von Parseval designed his own non-rigid airship. The Parseval I which flew in 1906 was small, but larger and faster non-rigids followed. These were built by Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft m.b.H. of Berlin founded in 1908 to build and operate Parseval airships. The British Admiralty ordered three Parseval airships, two to be built by Vickers of Barrow (who had built the rigid airship R 1 Mayfly in 1911), and one to be built in Berlin. This one was flown from Berlin to Farnborough in 1913 and joined the Vickers-built Parseval in the Naval Air Service. During the First World War, Parseval airships had the unique distinction of serving on both sides. Three small Parseval airships were built between 1929 and 1932 for use in advertising.[br]Further ReadingA.Hildebrandt, 1908, Airships Past and Present, London (describes the kite-balloon). Fred Gütschow, 1985, Das Luftschiff, Stuttgart (includes a record of all the airships). Basil Clarke, 1961, The History of Airships, London (provides limited coverage of von Parseval's work).Basil Collier, 1974, The Airship: A History, London (provides limited coverage of von Parseval's work). -
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103 sí
m.B (Music).* * *si1 (condicional) if2 (disyuntiva, duda) if, whether3 (énfasis) but■ ¡si yo no quería! but I didn't want to!■ ¡pero si es facilísimo! ¡but it's really easy!\como si as ifcomo si nada / como si tal cosa as if it were nothing at allpor si acaso just in casesi bien although, even though————————si► nombre masculino (pl sis)1 MÚSICA ti, si, B* * *conj.1) if2) whether•- si bien- si no* * *ICONJ1) [uso condicional] ifsi lo quieres, te lo doy — if you want it I'll give it to you
si lo sé, no te lo digo — I wouldn't have told you, if I'd known
si tuviera dinero, lo compraría — if I had any money I would buy it
si me lo hubiese pedido, se lo habría o hubiera dado — if he had asked me for it I would have given it to him
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si no — [condición negativa] if not; [indicando alternativa] otherwise, or (else)si no estudias, no aprobarás — you won't pass if you don't study, you won't pass unless you study
ponte crema porque si no, te quemarás — put some cream on, otherwise o or (else) you'll get sunburned
vete, si no, vas a llegar tarde — go, or (else) you'll be late
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llevo el paraguas por si (acaso) llueve — I've got my umbrella (just) in case it rains•
¿y si llueve? — what if it rains?¿y si se lo preguntamos? — why don't we ask her?
2) [en interrogativas indirectas] whetherno sabía si habías venido en avión o en tren — I didn't know whether o if you'd come by plane or train
me pregunto si vale la pena — I wonder whether o if it's worth it
no sé si será verdad — I don't know whether o if it's true
¿sabes si nos han pagado ya? — do you know if we've been paid yet?
3) [uso concesivo]no sé de qué te quejas, si eres una belleza — I don't know what you're complaining about when you're so beautiful
si bien creó un amplio consenso político... — although it is true o while it may be true that he created a broad political consensus...
4) [uso desiderativo]¡si fuera verdad! — if only it were true!, I wish it were true!
¡si viniese pronto! — I wish he'd come!, if only he'd come!
5) [indicando protesta] but¡si no sabía que estabas allí! — but I didn't know you were there!
¡si (es que) acabo de llamarte! — but I've only just phoned you!
¡si tienes la tira de discos! — but you have loads of records! *
6) [uso enfático]¡si serán hipócritas! — they're such hypocrites!, they're so hypocritical!
-es un pesado -¡si lo sabré yo! — "he's a pain" - "don't I know it!" o "you're telling me!"
si lo sabré yo, que soy su mujer — I ought to know, I'm his wife
que si engorda, que si perjudica a la salud... — they say it's fattening and bad for your health
que si lavar los platos, que si limpiar el suelo, que si... — what with washing up and sweeping the floor and...
7) [indicando sorpresa]¡pero si es el cartero! — why, it's the postman!
SI La conjunción si se puede traducir al inglés por if o whether; si no se traduce por if not o unless. Si ► Por regla general, si se traduce al inglés por if en las oraciones condicionales y por whether o if en las dubitativas: Si me has mentido te arrepentirás If you have lied to me you'll regret it Si tuviera mucho dinero me compraría un caballo If I had lots of money, I'd buy myself a horse No sé si me dejará quedarme I don't know whether o if he'll let me stay ► Si se puede traducir solo por whether, y nunca por if, cuando se presentan dos opciones a elegir, cuando va detrás de una preposición, delante de un infinitivo o de una oración interrogativa indirecta: No sé si ir a Canadá o a Estados Unidos I can't decide whether to go to Canada or the United States Quiero que hablemos de si deberíamos mandar a los niños a un colegio interno I want to talk to you about whether we should send the children to boarding school Todavía no tenemos muy claro si vamos a mudarnos o no We still haven't made up our minds about whether to move or not ► Las oraciones del tipo si hubieras hecho algo... se pueden traducir, en un registro más culto, omitiendo la partícula if e invirtiendo el orden del sujeto y el verbo auxiliar: Si hubieras estado aquí esto no habría ocurrido Had you been here this would not have happened Si no ► Si no generalmente se traduce al inglés por if not aunque, cuando en español se puede reemplazar por a no ser que, se puede utilizar también unless y cuando equivale a de lo contrario se emplea preferentemente otherwise o or else: Iría al cine más a menudo si no fuera tan caro I would go to the cinema more often if it weren't so expensive No te puedes quedar aquí si no pagas el alquiler You can't stay here unless you pay your rent o You can't stay here if you don't pay your rent Tenemos que estar allí antes de las diez; si no, vamos a tener problemas We must be there by ten, otherwise o or else we'll be in trouble ► Las oraciones del tipo si no hubieras hecho algo... se pueden traducir, en un registro más culto, omitiendo la partícula if e invirtiendo el orden del sujeto y el verbo auxiliar: Si no hubiese robado el dinero, ahora no estaría en la cárcel Had he not stolen the money, he wouldn't be in prison now Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada II¡pero si eres tú! no te había reconocido — oh, it's you, I didn't recognize you!
SM (Mús) B* * *I1) ( respuesta afirmativa) yes¿has terminado? - sí — have you finished? - yes o yes, I have
¿te sirvo un poco más? - sí, gracias — do you want a bit more? - yes, please
¿por qué lo hiciste? - porque sí — why did you do it? - because I felt like it
¿por qué lleva tanto tiempo? - porque sí — why does it take so long? - it just does
2) ( uso enfático)lo que sí quiero es que lo pienses bien — what I do want you to do is to think it over carefully
no puedo - sí que puedes! — I can't - yes, you can! o of course, you can!
no es tuyo - sí que lo es — it isn't yours - oh yes, it is!
ah, no! eso sí que no! — oh no! I'm not having that! (colloq), oh no! no way! (colloq)
es de muy buena calidad - eso sí — it's very good quality - (yes,) that's true
..., pero eso sí, comen bien —... but they certainly eat well
¿lloverá? - puede que sí — do you think it will rain? - it might
se fue sin permiso - ¿ah sí? — he left without asking permission - is that so? o did he now?
¿te gusta? a mí sí — do you like it? I do
que no vas! - que sí! — you're not going! - oh, yes I am!
II¿a que no te atrees? - a que sív — I bet you wouldn't dare - (do you) want to bet?
masculino yesIIIno tener (ni) un sí ni un no — (CS, Méx)
pronombre personal1) (3a pers sing)a) (refl)lo hizo por sí mismo or por sí solo — he did it by himself o on his own
cerró la puerta tras de sí — (liter) she closed the door behind her
b) (impers)2) (3a pers pl)a) (refl)lo pensó para sí, pero no dijo nada — she thought it but didn't say anything
b)entre sí — ( entre dos) between themselves; ( en un grupo) among themselves
no se respetan entre sí — they don't have respect for each other o respect each other
3) (refl)a) ( usted) yourselfb) ( ustedes)4) (en locs)de por sí: es de por sí nervioso he is nervous by nature; el sistema es de por sí complicado the system is in itself complicated; en sí: el hecho en sí (mismo) no tenía demasiada importancia this in itself was not so important; el sueldo en sí no es maravilloso, pero... — the salary itself isn't great but...
* * *I1)a) ( introduciendo una condición) ifsi lo sé, no vengo — (fam) if I'd known, I wouldn't have come
si pudiera, se lo compraba — (fam) if I could, I'd buy it for him
si lo hubiera or hubiese sabido... — if I'd known..., had I known...
empezó a decir que si esto, que si lo otro — he said this, that and the other
b) (en locs)si bien: si bien el sueldo es bueno, el horario es malísimo the pay may be good but the hours are terrible; si no otherwise; pórtate bien, si no, te vas a la cama behave yourself, or else you're going straight to bed; date prisa, que si no nos vamos sin ti — hurry up, otherwise we're going without you
2)a) ( planteando un hecho) ifb) ( cada vez que) ifsi hacía sol salíamos a pasear — if o when it was sunny we used to go out for a walk
3)si + subj: si yo lo supiera! if only I knew!; si me hubieras avisado a tiempo! — if only you had let me know in time!
b) (en frases que expresan protesta, indignación, sorpresa)pero si te avisé...! — but I warned you...!
c) (fam) ( uso enfático)si lo sabré yo! — don't I know it!, you're telling me!
d) (planteando eventualidades, sugerencias)y si no quiere hacerlo ¿qué? — and if she doesn't want to do it, what then?
¿y si lo probáramos? — why don't we give it a try?
4) ( en interrogativas indirectas) whetherIIme pregunto si lo encontrarán — I wonder if o whether they'll find it
si bemol/sostenido — B flat/sharp
en si mayor/menor — in B major/minor
* * *si1= if, if only, to the extent that, whether, should, to the degree that.Ex: If our data are going to be used in other countries, we have to remember that English users would prefer standard English.
Ex: A large proportion of the earth's population has not yet recognized the enormous advantages that would accrue if only everybody spoke English.Ex: A future with online catalogues will still require analytical entries, to the extent that records need to contain notes of contents of works.Ex: The question I will address is whether our acting on what I believe to be an invalid assumption provides valid cataloging.Ex: Should they have misjudged the availability of such a source, they can anticipate alternate approaches.Ex: To the degree that this argument is true, it paints a rather pessimistic picture of the quality of much published research.* ¿y si... ? = what if... ?.* como si = as though.* como si nada = unfazed.* como si (se tratase de) = as if.* como si tal cosa = unfazed, just like that.* comprobar si el contenido de un vídeo es adecuado o no = vet + video.* con respecto a si... o... = as to whether... or....* cuando..., si es que... = if and when.* ¿de dónde si no...? = where else...?.* no importa si... o = no matter whether... or.* o si no = or else.* porque sí = for the love of it.* por si = in the chance that.* por si acaso = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec.* por si casualidad = in the chance that.* por si fuera poco = to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.* por si las moscas = just in case, on spec.* por si sirve de algo = for what it's worth [FWIW].* ¿qué ocurre si... ? = what if... ?.* ¿qué pasa si... ? = what if... ?.* ¿qué sucede si... ? = what if... ?.* ¿quién si no...? = who else but...?.* si acaso = if ever, if at all, if and when.* si alguna vez lo fue = if it ever was.* si así lo desean = should they so wish, should they so wish.* si así lo prefieres = if you will.* si bien = admittedly.* si bien es cierto que = albeit (that).* si bien se mira = all things considered.* si contiene alguno = if any.* si corresponde = if applicable.* si Dios quiere = God willing.* si el tiempo lo permite = weather permitting.* si es así = if so, if this is the case.* si es necesario = if need be.* si eso no es posible = failing that/these.* si es posible = if at all possible, if at all feasible, if possible.* si es que sucede alguna vez = if ever.* si éste es el caso = if this is the case.* si éste no es el caso = if this is not the case.* si existe alguno = if any.* si fuera pertinente = if applicable.* si fuese pertinente = if applicable.* si hace buen tiempo = weather permitting.* si hay tiempo = time permitting.* si + Infinitivo + o no = whether or not to + Infinitivo.* si las miradas mataran... = if looks could kill....* si los comparamos = in comparison.* si mal no + Pronombre + acordarse = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.* si mi olfato no me engaña = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.* si no = if not.* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.* si no es así = if this is not the case.* si no estoy equivocado = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.* si no fuera así = if it were not.* si no hay ningún contratiempo = all being well.* si no intervienen otros factores = ceteris paribus.* si no intervienen otros factores = all (other) things being equal.* si no lo impide el tiempo = weather permitting.* si no me equivoco = AFAIK (as far as I know).* si no ocurre ningún imprevisto = all (other) things being equal.* si no + Pronombre + fallar la memoria = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.* si nos detenemos a reflexionar sobre ello = on reflection.* si no te gusta, te aguantas = like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it.* si procede = if applicable, if appropriate.* si queda tiempo = time permitting.* si + se + Indicativo = if + Participio Pasado.* si se llega a un acuerdo = subject to + agreement.* si se necesita = if need be.* si se parece a un pato, anda como un pato y grazna como un pato, entonces es = If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck.* si se quiere que + Nombre + sea = if + Nombre + be + to be.* si + SER + Adjetivo = if + Adjetivo.* si + ser + posible = whenever possible, when possible.* si sigue así = at this rate.* si todo sigue igual = all (other) things being equal.* si todo va bien = all being well.* si todo va de acuerdo a lo planeado = all (other) things being equal.* si vamos a eso = for that matter.* * *SI(= sistema de información) IS* * *
Multiple Entries:
si
sí
si conjunción
1
sí lo hubiera or hubiese sabido … if I'd known …, had I known …;
empezó a decir que sí esto, que sí lo otro he said this, that and the other
◊ ¡sí yo lo supiera! if only I knew!c) (en frases que expresan protesta, indignación, sorpresa):◊ ¡pero sí te avisé …! but I warned you …!d) (planteando eventualidades, sugerencias):◊ y sí no quiere hacerlo ¿qué? and if she doesn't want to do it, what then?;
¿y sí lo probáramos? why don't we give it a try?e) ( en locs)
2 ( en interrogativas indirectas) whether;
■ sustantivo masculino ( nota) B;
( en solfeo) ti, te (BrE);◊ sí bemol/sostenido B flat/sharp
sí adverbio
1 ( respuesta afirmativa) yes;◊ ¿has terminado? — sí have you finished? — yes (I have);
decir que sí con la cabeza to nod
2 ( uso enfático):
tú sí que sabes vivir you certainly know how to live!;
eso sí que es caro that is expensive;
no puedo — ¡sí que puedes! I can't — yes, you can! o of course, you can!;
que sí cabe it does fit;
es de muy buena calidad — eso sí it's very good quality — (yes,) that's true
3 ( sustituyendo a una cláusula):
me temo que sí I'm afraid so;
¿lloverá? — puede que sí do you think it will rain? — it might;
un día sí y otro no every other day;
no puedo ir pero ella sí I can't go but she can
■ sustantivo masculino
yes
■ pron pers
1
( ella) herself;
(ellos, ellas) themselves;
parece muy segura de sí (misma) she seems very sure of herself;
fueron para convencerse a sí mismos/mismas they went to convince themselves
( ustedes) yourselves;
léanlo para sí (mismos) read it (to) yourselvesc) ( impers):
2 ( en locs)
( entre varios) among themselves;◊ lo discutieron entre sí they discussed it between/among themselves;
no se respetan entre sí they don't respect each other;
de por sí: es de por sí nervioso he is nervous by nature;
el sistema es de por sí complicado the system is in itself complicated;
en sí (mismo): el hecho en sí (mismo) no tenía demasiada importancia this in itself was not so important
si conj
1 (expresando una condición) if: si vienes te lo cuento, if you come I will tell you
si pudiera, se lo daría, if I could, I would give it to him
2 fam (uso enfático) ¡si ya te lo decía yo!, but I told you!
(expresando deseo) if only: ¡si tuviera más tiempo!, if only I had more time!
3 (en interrogativas indirectas) if, whether: me pregunto si llegará pronto, I wonder if o whether she'll come soon
(disyuntiva) whether: quisiera saber si te gusta o no, I'd like to know whether you like it or not
4 si no, otherwise, if not, or else: ponte el abrigo, si no, cogerás un catarro, put your coat on, otherwise you'll catch a cold
♦ Locuciones: como si, as if: camina como si estuviese herido, he walks as if he were hurt
por si acaso, just in case
si m Mús (nota) B
(en solfeo) te, ti
sí pron pers reflexivo
1 (3ª persona de singular) (masculino) himself: logró hacerlo por sí solo, he was able to do it by himself o on his own
(femenino) herself: lo dijo para sí, she said it to herself
(3ª persona de plural) themselves: tenían un gran parecido entre sí, they all looked very similar
2 (referido a uno mismo) uno debe hacerlo por sí mismo, one has to do it oneself
3 (usted) compruébelo por sí mismo, see for yourself
(ustedes) yourselves
♦ Locuciones: dar de sí: no da más de sí, he can't do any more
de por sí: es de por sí amable, she's kind by nature
esta teoría es de por sí difícil, this theory is in itself difficult
sí
I adverbio yes: ¿te gusta?, - sí, do you like it?, yes o - yes, I do
¿estás seguro?, - sí, are you sure?, - yes o -yes, I am
ellos no irán, pero yo sí, they will not go, but I will
creo que sí, I think so
dijo que sí, he said yes o he accepted
me temo que sí, I'm afraid so
¡sí que la has hecho buena!, you've really done it!
es un actor famoso, - ¿sí?, he's a famous actor, - really?
un día sí y otro no, every other day
II sustantivo masculino
1 yes: con el sí de tu familia, with your family's approval
2 Pol los síes, the ayes
♦ Locuciones: dar el sí, to accept sb's proposal
(el novio, la novia) me dio el sí, she consented to marry me
'sí' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acaso
- acercar
- aclararse
- algo
- año
- anquilosarse
- apenas
- aspen
- aunque
- ayudarse
- berrinche
- bien
- bilis
- bombera
- bombero
- caber
- cabeza
- calor
- camelar
- camiseta
- casa
- casualidad
- chimenea
- clara
- claro
- clásica
- clásico
- colar
- como
- compasiva
- compasivo
- conceder
- concesión
- concienciarse
- confianza
- conformista
- constructor
- constructora
- contención
- contraponer
- creer
- crecida
- crecido
- cuando
- cuestión
- dar
- decir
- dejar
- delgada
- delgado
English:
ability
- accountable
- add to
- add up
- affirmative
- afraid
- agree
- agreeable
- all
- all right
- aloud
- amok
- antsy
- any
- anybody
- anything
- appreciate
- arguable
- arise
- as
- assurance
- autograph
- avoid
- B
- bankrupt
- barrel
- be
- beat
- begin
- believe
- beside
- blind
- boat
- bolster
- bonus
- boost
- boot
- bop
- bother
- but
- card
- care
- carry through
- case
- certainly
- chain letter
- chance
- check
- come round
- come to
* * *SI nm (abrev de Sistema Internacional)SI* * *siI conj if;si no if not;me pregunto si vendrá I wonder whether he’ll come;como si as if;por si in case;¡si no lo sabía! but I didn’t know!II m MÚS B;si bemol B flat* * *si conj1) : iflo haré si me pagan: I'll do it if they pay mesi lo supiera te lo diría: if I knew it I would tell you2) : whether, ifno importa si funciona o no: it doesn't matter whether it works (or not)3) (expressing desire, protest, or surprise)si supiera la verdad: if only I knew the truth¡si no quiero!: but I don't want to!4)si bien : althoughsi bien se ha progresado: although progress has been made5)si no : otherwise, or elsesi no, no voy: otherwise I won't gosí adv1) : yessí, gracias: yes, pleasecreo que sí: I think so2)sí que : indeed, absolutelyesta vez sí que ganaré: this time I'm sure to win3)lo hizo porque sí: she did it just becausesí nm: yesdar el sí: to say yes, to express consentsí pron1)de por sí oren sí : by itself, in itself, per se2)fuera de sí : beside oneself3)para sí (mismo) : to himself, to herself, for himself, for herself4)entre si : among themselves* * *si conj1. (condicional) ifsi deja de llover, saldremos if it stops raining, we'll go outsi me tocara la lotería, me compraría una moto if I won the lottery, I would buy a motorbikesi lo hubiera sabido, no habría venido if I had known, I wouldn't have come2. (petición, deseo) if only¡si me dejaran ir! if only they would let me go!3. (duda) if / whether4. (énfasis) but / really -
104 Dyer, John
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]fl. c.1833 England[br]English inventor of an improved milling machine for woollen cloth.[br]After being woven, woollen cloth needed to be cleaned and compacted to thicken it and take out the signs of weaving. The traditional way of doing this was to place the length of cloth in fulling stocks, where hammers pounded it in a solution of fuller's earth, but in 1833 John Dyer, a Trowbridge engineer, took out a patent for the first alternative way with real possibilities. He sold the patent the following year but must have reserved the right to make his machine himself, incorporating various additions and improvements into it, because many of the machines used in Trowbridge after 1850 came from him. Milling machines were often used in conjunction with fulling stocks. The cloth was made up into a continuous length and milled by rollers forcing it through a hole or spout, from where it dropped into the fulling liquid to be soaked before being pulled out and pushed through the hole again. Dyer had three pairs of rollers, with one pair set at right angles to the others so that the cloth was squeezed in two directions. These machines do not seem to have come into general use until the 1850s. His machine closely resembled those still in use.[br]Bibliography1833, British patent no. 6,460 (milling machine).Further ReadingJ.de L.Mann, 1971, The Cloth Industry in the West of England from 1660 to 1880, Oxford (provides a brief account of the introduction of the milling machine).K.G.Ponting, 1971, The Woollen Industry of South-West England, Bath (a general account of the textile industry in the West Country).RLH -
105 Gutenberg, Johann Gensfleisch zum
SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing[br]b. c. 1394–9 Mainz, Germanyd. 3 February 1468 Mainz, Germany[br]German inventor of printing with movable type.[br]Few biographical details are known of Johann Gensfleisch zum Gutenberg, yet it has been said that he was responsible for Germany's most notable contribution to civilization. He was a goldsmith by trade, of a patrician family of the city of Mainz. He seems to have begun experiments on printing while a political exile in Strasbourg c. 1440. He returned to Mainz between 1444 and 1448 and continued his experiments, until by 1450 he had perfected his invention sufficiently to justify raising capital for its commercial exploitation.Circumstances were propitious for the invention of printing at that time. Rises in literacy and prosperity had led to the formation of a social class with the time and resources to develop a taste for reading, and the demand for reading matter had outstripped the ability of the scribes to satisfy it. The various technologies required were well established, and finally the flourishing textile industry was producing enough waste material, rag, to make paper, the only satisfactory and cheap medium for printing. There were others working along similar lines, but it was Gutenberg who achieved the successful adaptation and combination of technologies to arrive at a process by which many identical copies of a text could be produced in a wide variety of forms, of which the book was the most important. Gutenberg did make several technical innovations, however. The two-piece adjustable mould for casting types of varying width, from T to "M", was ingenious. Then he had to devise an oil-based ink suitable for inking metal type, derived from the painting materials developed by contemporary Flemish artists. Finally, probably after many experiments, he arrived at a metal alloy of distinctive composition suitable for casting type.In 1450 Gutenberg borrowed 800 guldens from Johannes Fust, a lawyer of Mainz, and two years later Fust advanced a further 800 guldens, securing for himself a partnership in Gutenberg's business. But in 1455 Fust foreclosed and the bulk of Gutenberg's equipment passed to Peter Schöffer, who was in the service of Fust and later married his daughter. Like most early printers, Gutenberg seems not to have appreciated, or at any rate to have been able to provide for, the great dilemma of the publishing trade, namely the outlay of considerable capital in advance of each publication and the slowness of the return. Gutenberg probably retained only the type for the 42- and 36-line bibles and possibly the Catholicon of 1460, an encyclopedic work compiled in the thirteenth century and whose production pointed the way to printing's role as a means of spreading knowledge. The work concluded with a short descriptive piece, or colophon, which is probably by Gutenberg himself and is the only output of his mind that we have; it manages to omit the names of both author and printer.Gutenberg seems to have abandoned printing after 1460, perhaps due to failing eyesight as well as for financial reasons, and he suffered further loss in the sack of Mainz in 1462. He received a kind of pension from the Archbishop in 1465, and on his death was buried in the Franciscan church in Mainz. The only major work to have issued for certain from Gutenberg's workshop is the great 42-line bible, begun in 1452 and completed by August 1456. The quality of this Graaf piece of printing is a tribute to Gutenberg's ability as a printer, and the soundness of his invention is borne out by the survival of the process as he left it to the world, unchanged for over three hundred years save in minor details.[br]Further ReadingA.Ruppel, 1967, Johannes Gutenberg: sein Leben und sein Werk, 3rd edn, Nieuwkoop: B.de Graaf (the standard biography), A.M.L.de Lamartine, 1960, Gutenberg, inventeur de l'imprimerie, Tallone.Scholderer, 1963, Gutenberg, Inventor of Printing, London: British Museum.S.H.Steinberg, 1974, Five Hundred Years of Printing 3rd edn, London: Penguin (provides briefer details).LRDBiographical history of technology > Gutenberg, Johann Gensfleisch zum
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106 home
1. [həʋm] n1. 1) дом, жилище, обиталищеat home - дома, у себя [см. тж. 2, 2), 6, 2) и ♢ ]
2) местожительство; местопребывание; проживаниеto make one's home in the country [abroad] - поселиться в деревне [за границей]
to give smb. a home, to make a home for smb. - приютить кого-л., дать кому-л. пристанище
a friend offered me a home with him - приятель предложил мне поселиться у него
2. 1) родной дом, отчий дом, родные местаancestral home, the home of one's fathers - отчий дом
to feel a longing for one's home - тосковать по дому /по родным местам/
2) родинаat home - на родине [см. тж. 1, 1), 6, 2) и ♢ ]
at home and abroad - у нас /на родине/ и за границей
where is your home? - откуда вы родом?
my home is England [Leeds] - моя родина - Англия [я родом из Лидса]
3) метрополия ( Англия)service at home - воен. служба в метрополии
this island provides /affords/ a home to myriads of birds - этот остров служит гнездовьем для мириад птиц
3. семья; домашний круг; семейная жизнь4. 1) место распространения, родина (растений и т. п.); ареалthe Indian jungle is the home of the tiger - тигры обитают в джунглях Индии
2) место зарождения или возникновения, родина, колыбельEngland is the home of railways - железные дороги впервые появились в Англии
5. 1) приют, благотворительное заведение; пансионатhome for the blind [for invalids] - приют для слепых [для инвалидов]
old people's home, home for the old - дом для престарелых
children's home - детский дом, детдом
2) частное заведение для бездомных собак, кошек и т. п.6. спорт.1) дом ( в играх)2) своё полеat home - на своём поле [см. тж. 1, 1), 2, 2) и ♢ ]
3) финиш ( лёгкая атлетика)4) гол♢
one's last /long/ home - могилаto be at home - а) чувствовать себя легко, непринуждённо, свободно; the boy was not quite at home there - мальчик чувствовал себя там неловко; make yourself at home - чувствуйте себя как дома, располагайтесь как дома; б) принимать гостей; устраивать приёмный день; [ср. тж. 1, 1), 2, 2) и 6, 2)]
Mrs. Smith is not at home to anyone except relatives - г-жа Смит никого не принимает, кроме родственников
I am always at home to you - для вас я всегда дома, я всегда рад /рада/ видеть вас у себя
to feel at home см. to be at home а)
to be /to feel/ at home in /with/ smth. - хорошо знать что-л.; свободно владеть чем-л.
to be /to feel/ at home in /with/ a foreign language - свободно владеть иностранным языком
he is at home in /on, with/ any topic - он с лёгкостью говорит /он может говорить/ на любую тему
go home and say your prayers - ≅ не суй нос не в свои дела
2. [həʋm] aeast or west home is best, there is no place like home - посл. ≅ в гостях хорошо, а дома лучше
1. 1) домашнийhome baking [canning] - выпечка [консервирование] в домашних условиях
home slaughtering /killing/ - домашний забой скота
home address - домашний адрес, местожительство
home industry - а) надомная работа; б) кустарный промысел; [см. тж. 4, 1)]
2) семейныйhome interests - интересы семьи /дома/
2. 1) родной, свойhome base - ав. своя авиабаза; аэродром базирования
home station - ж.-д. станция приписки
home port - мор. порт приписки
2) местныйhome team /side/ - спорт. команда хозяев поля
home club - спорт. клуб - хозяин поля
home ground - спорт. своё поле
home stretch - спорт. см. homestretch
3) направленный к дому; обратныйhome journey - мор. обратный рейс
home freight - мор. а) обратный фрахт; б) груз, доставляемый в отечественные порты
3. жилойhome farm - а) ферма при помещичьем доме; б) ферма, где живёт её владелец
4. 1) отечественныйhome manufacture [industry] - отечественное производство [-ая промышленность] [см. тж. 1, 1)]
2) внутреннийhome market [trade] - внутренний рынок [-яя торговля]
5. относящийся к метрополии ( Англии)home (air) defence - воен. (противовоздушная) оборона метрополии
home service - воен. служба в метрополии
6. редк. колкий, едкий, бьющий в цель3. [həʋm] adv♢
home and dry - а) достигший своей цели; he was home and dry yesterday as the next president - вчера его желание свершилось - он стал президентом /его избрали президентом/; б) (находящийся) в безопасности1. 1) домаto be home - быть /находиться/ дома
2) домойto go /to come/ home - идти /приходить/ домой [см. тж. 2 и ♢ ]
to see smb. home - проводить кого-л. домой
to call smb. home - звать кого-л. домой
to be the first man home in the race - спорт. кончить гонку первым
3) на родинуback home - а) дома; на родине; he is back home again - он вернулся домой; customs here differ from those back home - обычаи здесь иные, чем у нас на родине; б) домой, на родину
2. в цель, в точкуto go /to come, to get/ home - попасть в цель [см. тж. 1, 2) и ♢ ]
3. до отказа, до конца; туго, крепко♢
to bring smth. home to smb. - а) втолковывать кому-л. что-л.; доводить что-л. до чьего-л. сознания; б) уличить кого-л. в чём-л.to bring a crime [a fraud] home to smb. - уличить кого-л. в преступлении [в обмане]
to bring a charge home to smb. - доказать обвинение против кого-л.
to drive smth. home (to smb.) - а) = to bring smth. home to smb. а); б) доводить до конца, успешно завершать что-л.
to get home - а) иметь успех; удаваться; б) выиграть; победить ( в спортивных соревнованиях); в) наносить меткий /точный/ удар; задевать за живое, больно задевать; [ср. тж. 1, 2) и 2]
to come /to get, to strike/ home to smb. - а) растрогать кого-л. до глубины души, найти отклик в чьей-л. душе; б) доходить до чьего-л. сознания, быть понятным кому-л.; [ср. тж. 1, 2) и 2]
it will come home to him some day what he had lost - когда-нибудь он поймёт, что потерял
to bring oneself /to come, to get/ home - а) занять прежнее положение; the anchor comes home - мор. якорь ползёт; б) оправиться ( после денежных затруднений)
to pay home - воздать по заслугам, отплатить
to ram /to press/ smth. home = to bring smth. home to smb. а)
to come /to strike, to touch/ home = to get home в)
to sink home = to come /to get, to strike/ home to smb. б)
4. [həʋm] vnothing to write home about - нечем хвастаться; ничего особенного
1. 1) возвращаться домой, лететь домой (особ. о голубе)an aircraft is homing to its carrier - самолёт возвращается на свой авианосец
2) посылать, направлять ( домой)radar installations home aircraft to emergency airfields - радарные установки наводят самолёты на запасные аэродромы
3) наводиться (о ракете, торпеде и т. п.)a missile homes towards an objective on a beam - ракета наводится на цель по лучу
2. 1) находиться, жить (где-л.)to home with smb. - жить у кого-л. /совместно с кем-л./
several publishers have homed in this city - в этом городе обосновались несколько издательств
2) устраивать (кого-л.) у себя, приютить (кого-л.) -
107 решение
solution, decision, determination• Альтернативное решение, данное Смитом [1], состоит в следующем... - An alternative solution given by Smith [lj is...• Более стандартным (= обычным) является представление решения в терминах... - It is more usual to express the solution in terms of...• Более удобные формы решения были получены Смитом [1]. - More convenient forms of solution have been obtained by Smith [1].• Более удовлетворительное в этом отношении решение получается... - A more satisfactory solution in this regard is obtained by...• Будем искать решение в виде... - Let us seek a solution of the form...• В подобных случаях можно использовать приближенное решение. - In such cases, approximate solutions may be used.• В этом случае наше решение более не является точным, потому что... - Our solution is no longer exact in this case, because...• Давайте использовать это решение, чтобы получить... - Let us use this solution to obtain...• Данное решение противоречит физическому смыслу в том, что... - A nonphysical aspect of this solution is that...• Данные результаты могут быть использованы для проверки численного решения. - These results provide a useful check on numerical solutions.• Для этой дилеммы не существует настоящего решения. - There is no real solution to this dilemma.• Другой способ решения задачи начинается с уравнения... - Another attack on the problem starts from the equation...• Еще более общие решения могли бы быть сконструированы (с помощью и т. п.)... - Still more general solutions may be constructed by...• Здесь рассматривается общий метод получения этих решений. - A general method of obtaining these solutions is considered here.• Имеются три способа решения такой задачи. - There are three ways of attacking such a problem.• Итак, мы могли бы попытаться найти решение уравнения (1)... - Thus we may attempt to find a solution of (1) by...• Качественное поведение решения легко представить графически, если... - The nature of the solution is easily pictured if we...• Мы будем использовать это решение, чтобы построить... - We shall use this solution to construct...• Мы ввели широкий спектр методов для решения... - We have introduced a wide range of procedures for solving...• На интервале [0,1] имеется ровно одно решение х. - There is exactly one solution x in the interval [0,1].• На самом деле данная проблема заключается в решении... - The problem is really one of solving...• Наиболее элементарным способом решения уравнения (1) является... - The most elementary approach to the solution of (1) is...• Нам необходимо определить решение... - We need to determine the solution of...• Общее решение здесь невозможно, так как... - No general resolution is possible, since...• Обоснованием для этой схемы решения служит то, что... - The justification for this solution scheme is that...• Однако решения все еще могут быть получены, обращаясь к чисто численным методам. - Solutions can still be obtained, however, by resorting to purely numerical methods.• Одно такое решение дается (формулой и т. п.)... - One such solution is given by...• Окончательное решение является компромиссом между... - The final solution is a compromise between...• Она (задача) будет иметь решение тогда и только тогда, когда... - This will have a solution if and only if...• Очевидно, что эти решения не так ценны, как... - Clearly these solutions are not as valuable as...• Перед тем как упростить данное решение, давайте проверим... - Before simplifying this solution, let us examine...• Под решением этой задачи мы понимаем... - By solving this problem we mean that...• Подобные решения наиболее полезны для вычисления... - Such solutions are most useful for calculating...• Полное решение дается... - The full solution is given by...• Получим теперь решение... - We shall now derive a solution of...• Поучительно провести детальное решение... - It is instructive to carry out in detail the solution of...• Прежде чем приступить к решению уравнения (3), мы сначала обсудим... - Preparatory to solving Eq. (3), we will first discuss...• При а < 0 у уравнения (1) решение не существует. - Equation (1) has no solution for a < 0.• При решении данной задачи валено отметить, что... - In solving this problem it is important to notice that...• Приближенное решение получается... - The approximate solution is obtained by...• Проблема... до сих пор не имеет удовлетворительного решения. - The problem of... has not yet been solved satisfactorily.• Процесс решения усложняется наличием... - The solution process is complicated by the presence of...• Решение может существовать только при выполнении следующих условий. - A solution can exist only under the following conditions.• Решение не существует при р > 0. - A solution does not exist when p > 0.• Решение подобной проблемы легко выводится из рассмотрения... - The solution to such a problem is readily deduced by considering...• Решение этой дилеммы было предложено Смитом [1] в 1980 г. - A way out of this dilemma was proposed in 1980 by Smith [1].• Решения этих уравнений можно получить графически (с помощью и т. п.)... - Solutions to these equations can be obtained graphically by...• Решения этого уравнения называются... - Solutions to this equation are called...• Решения этой задачи легко вытекают из... - Solutions of this problem follow readily from...• Следовательно, мы обязаны изучить решения (уравнения и т. п.)... - We must therefore study solutions to...• Следовательно, необходимое решение принимает вид:... - The required solution is therefore...• Следовательно, полное решение имеет вид... - The complete solution is therefore...• Следовательно, у нас получилось формальное решение для... - We therefore have a formal solution for...• Следующий пример демонстрирует этот тип решения. - The next example demonstrates this type of solution.• Существует много способов решения данной задачи. - There are many ways to solve this problem.• Существуют разные пути решения этой задачи. - There are various ways of tackling this problem.• Теперь у нас имеется полное решение для... - We now have a complete solution for...• То, что данное решение является единственным, следует из... - That this solution is unique follows from...• Точное решение возможно только если... - An exact solution is only possible if...• Точные решения уравнения (1) могут быть получены в терминах известных функций, когда... - Exact solutions to (1) can be obtained in terms of known functions when...• Чтобы завершить это решение, мы должны... - То complete the solution, we must...• Эта глава представляет один подход к решению... - This chapter presents one approach to the solution of...• Эта техника обеспечивает рациональный базис, на основе которого инженеры могут принимать решение относительно... - The technique provides a rational basis on which engineers can make decisions about...• Эти уравнения имеют нетривиальное решение, только если... - These equations have a nontrivial solution only if...• Эти уравнения редко имеют аналитические решения. - Analytical solutions to these equations are seldom possible.• Это не будет точным решением, так как... - This will not be an exact solution since...• Это решение можно получить наиболее просто, используя... - The solution is most readily obtained by the use of...• Это решение основано на предположении, что... - This solution is based on the assumption that...• Это решение основывается на предположении, что... - This solution is based on the assumption that...• Это решение приложимо только если... - This solution applies strictly only when...• Это уравнение имеет одно и только одно решение. - This equation has one and only one solution.• Этот фундаментальный подход полезен при решении... - This fundamental approach is useful in solving... -
108 Poniatoff, Alexander Mathew
[br]b. 25 March 1892 Kazan District, Russiad. 24 October 1980[br]Russian (naturalized American in 1932) electrical engineer responsible for the development of the professional tape recorder and the first commercially-successful video tape recorder (VTR).[br]Poniatoff was educated at the University of Kazan, the Imperial College in Moscow, and the Technische Hochschule in Karlsruhe, gaining degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering. He was in Germany when the First World War broke out, but he managed to escape back to Russia, where he served as an Air Force pilot with the Imperial Russian Navy. During the Russian Revolution he was a pilot with the White Russian Forces, and escaped into China in 1920; there he found work as an assistant engineer in the Shanghai Power Company. In 1927 he immigrated to the USA, becoming a US citizen in 1932. He obtained a post in the research and development department of the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York, and later at Dalmo Victor, San Carlos, California. During the Second World War he was involved in the development of airborne radar for the US Navy.In 1944, taking his initials to form the title, Poniatoff founded the AMPEX Corporation to manufacture components for the airborne radar developed at General Electric, but in 1946 he turned to the production of audio tape recorders developed from the German wartime Telefunken Magnetophon machine (the first tape recorder in the truest sense). In this he was supported by the entertainer Bing Crosby, who needed high-quality replay facilities for broadcasting purposes, and in 1947 he was able to offer a professional-quality product and the business prospered.With the rapid post-war boom in television broadcasting in the USA, a need soon arose for a video recorder to provide "time-shifting" of live TV programmes between the different US time zones. Many companies therefore endeavoured to produce a video tape recorder (VTR) using the same single-track, fixed-head, longitudinal-scan system used for audio, but the very much higher bandwidth required involved an unacceptably high tape-speed. AMPEX attempted to solve the problem by using twelve parallel tracks and a machine was demonstrated in 1952, but it proved unsatisfactory.The development team, which included Charles Ginsburg and Ray Dolby, then devised a four-head transverse-scan system in which a quadruplex head rotating at 14,400 rpm was made to scan across the width of a 2 in. (5 cm) tape with a tape-to-head speed of the order of 160 ft/sec (about 110 mph; 49 m/sec or 176 km/h) but with a longitudinal tape speed of only 15 in./sec (0.38 m/sec). In this way, acceptable picture quality was obtained with an acceptable tape consumption. Following a public demonstration on 14 April 1956, commercial produc-tion of studio-quality machines began to revolutionize the production and distribution of TV programmes, and the perfecting of time-base correctors which could stabilize the signal timing to a few nanoseconds made colour VTRs a practical proposition. However, AMPEX did not rest on its laurels and in the face of emerging competition from helical scan machines, where the tracks are laid diagonally on the tape, the company was able to demonstrate its own helical machine in 1957. Another development was the Videofile system, in which 250,000 pages of facsimile could be recorded on a single tape, offering a new means of archiving information. By 1986, quadruplex VTRs were obsolete, but Poniatoff's role in making television recording possible deserves a place in history.Poniatoff was President of AMPEX Corporation until 1955 and then became Chairman of the Board, a position he held until 1970.[br]Further ReadingA.Abrahamson, 1953, "A short history of television recording", Part I, JSMPTE 64:73; 1973, Part II, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, 82:188 (provides a fuller background).Audio Biographies, 1961, ed. G.A.Briggs, Wharfedale Wireless Works, pp. 255–61 (contains a few personal details about Poniatoff's escape from Germany to join the Russian Navy).E.Larsen, 1971, A History of Invention.Charles Ginsburg, 1981, "The horse or the cowboy. Getting television on tape", Journal of the Royal Television Society 18:11 (a brief account of the AMPEX VTR story).KF / GB-NBiographical history of technology > Poniatoff, Alexander Mathew
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109 Smith, J.
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]fl. 1830s Scotland[br]Scottish inventor of the first endless chain of flats for carding.[br]Carding by hand required a pair of hand cards. The lump of tangled fibres was teased out by pulling one card across the other to even out the fibres and transfer them onto one of the cards from which they could be rolled up into a rollag or slubbing. When Arkwright began to use cylinder cards, the fibres were teased out as they passed from one cylinder to the next. In order to obtain a greater carding area, he soon introduced smaller cylinders and placed strips of flat card above the periphery of the main cylinder. These became clogged with short fibres and dirt, so they had to be lifted off and cleaned or "stripped" at intervals. The first to invent a self-stripping card was Archibald Buchanan, at the Catrine mills in Ayrshire, with his patent in 1823. In his arrangement each flat was turned upside down and stripped by a rotary brush. This was improved by Smith in 1834 and patented in the same year. Smith fixed the flats on an endless chain so that they travelled around the periphery of the top of the main cylinder. Just after the point where they left the cylinder, Smith placed a rotary brush and a comb to clear the brush. In this way each flat in turn was properly and regularly cleaned.Smith was an able mechanic and Managing Partner of the Deanston mills in Scotland. He visited Manchester, where he was warmly received on the introduction of his machine there at about the same time as he patented it in Scotland. The carding engine he designed was complex, for he arranged a double feed to obtain greater production. While this part of his patent was not developed, his chain or endless flats became the basis used in later cotton carding engines. He took out at least half a dozen other patents for textile machinery. These included two in 1834, the first for a self-acting mule and the second with J.C. Dyer for improvements to winding on to spools. There were further spinning patents in 1839 and 1844 and more for preparatory machinery including carding in 1841 and 1842. He was also interested in agriculture and invented a subsoil plough and other useful things.[br]Bibliography1834, British patent no. 6,560 (self-stripping card). 1834, British patent no. 656 (self-acting mule). 1839, British patent no. 8,054.1841, British patent no. 8,796 (carding machine). 1842, British patent no. 9,313 (carding machine).1844, British patent no. 10,080.Further ReadingE.Leigh, 1875, The Science of Modern Cotton Spinning Manchester (provides a good account of Smith's carding engine).W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (covers the development of the carding engine).RLH -
110 EMV-Migration
банк. EVM-миграциия (немного яндексится, но...)!A global move by Visa and MasterCard to employ the Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) specification has accelerated smart card adoption. For instance, companies in the United Kingdom have already made rapid progression by moving towards smart cards.Frost & Sullivan’s recent study examines the global banking (financial and loyalty) smart card markets. It offers a competitive analysis on the market shares of key participants. The research provides comprehensive market overview with a global analysis. Market drivers and restraints are also included for end-user benefit.Mandatory EMV Migration to Avoid Liability Shift Proves to Be a Major DriverAdopted in 1996, the EMV migration is a result of EMV acceptance as a global standard. With the approaching migration deadline in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and the Asia Pacific (APAC) regions as well as the growing need to avoid the liability shift, numerous financial institutions are chip-enabling their cards and terminals. They are also running systems migration exercises as enhanced security measures."""As EMV migration is in progress for banks and merchants, private label card operators too are expected to migrate to smart cards for avoiding the risk of fraud passing on to them,"" says the analyst of this research. ""The EMV migration push impacts the retail loyalty market in a big way, since retailers are pressured to upgrade their point of sale (POS) terminals to accept credit and debit smart cards, failing which, the liability of card fraud is likely to shift to them."""29.11.2006 10:26Тема сообщения: EMV- migration юр.Help, please.1) Что может означать EMV-migration в данном тексте:The company is engaged in the business of EMV-Migration, e-Documents, smart cards applications for projects in Governmental, Financial, Corporate and similar markets.2) Помогите перевести voting interest в следующем предложении:ownership of voting securities or voting interest or otherwise.Очень прошу помочь. Переводим юридический контракт.Заранее спасибо. Mt | Googled.29.11.2006 10:29EMV - новый стандарт пластиковых карт, Europay Visa Mastercard, на чипах (смарт-карты)d.29.11.2006 10:31"а может, ""перевод"" - если компания кому помогает это делать"29.11.2006 10:32EMV-Migration так и переводится - EMV миграция (то есть переход с магнитной полосы на чип) -
111 despreocupación
f.unconcern, informality, indifference, carelessness.* * *1 (tranquilidad) nonchalance, unconcern2 (negligencia) negligence, carelessness3 (indiferencia) indifference* * *SF1) (=falta de preocupación) unconcern; [al vestir] sloppiness2) (=tranquilidad) nonchalance3) (=indiferencia) indifference* * *femenino lack of concern* * *= indifference, nonchalance, unconcern, insouciance.Ex. This article provides examples to illustrate why librarians are partly to blame through their indifference, complacency and failure to prosecute.Ex. 'Look, Mel, these are your people, not mine,' said the director with an assumption of nonchalance.Ex. Now most users are not even aware that their problems are always treated confidentially by the librarian, and so are filled with unconcern.Ex. She emphasizes Colette's extraordinary character: her bravura, pragmatism, insouciance, resistance to conventions and, above all, appetite.* * *femenino lack of concern* * *= indifference, nonchalance, unconcern, insouciance.Ex: This article provides examples to illustrate why librarians are partly to blame through their indifference, complacency and failure to prosecute.
Ex: 'Look, Mel, these are your people, not mine,' said the director with an assumption of nonchalance.Ex: Now most users are not even aware that their problems are always treated confidentially by the librarian, and so are filled with unconcern.Ex: She emphasizes Colette's extraordinary character: her bravura, pragmatism, insouciance, resistance to conventions and, above all, appetite.* * *lack of concernsu absoluta despreocupación por todo lo que no sea su trabajo his complete indifference to o lack of concern for everything but his workhay mucha despreocupación en su apariencia he doesn't take much care over o he's very careless about his appearance* * *1. [tranquilidad] carefree state of mind, lack of worry;con despreocupación in a carefree manner;vive con total despreocupación she leads a completely carefree life, she's totally laid-back2. [negligencia] lack of concern, unconcern;con despreocupación in an offhand way* * *f indifference* * * -
112 Carroll, Thomas
SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology[br]b. 1888 Melbourne, Victoria, Australiad. 22 February 1968 Australia[br]Australian engineer responsible for many innovations in combine-harvester design, and in particular associated with the Massey Harris No. 20 used in the "Harvest Brigade" during the Second World War.[br]Carroll worked first with the Buckeye Harvester Co., then with J.J.Mitchell \& Co. In 1911 he was hired by the Argentinian distributor for Massey Harris to help in the introduction of their new horse-drawn reaper-thresher. Carroll recommended modifications to suit Argentinian conditions, and these resulted in the production of a new model. In 1917 he joined the Toronto staff of Massey Harris as a product design leader, the No. 5 reaper-thresher being the first designed under him. Many significant new developments can be attributed to Carroll: welded sections, roller chains, oil-bath gears, antifriction ball bearings and the detachable cutting table allowing easy transfer of combines between fields were all innovations of which he was the source.In the 1930s he became Chief Engineer with responsibility for the design of a self-propelled harvester. The 20 SP was tested in Argentina only eight months after design work had begun, and it was to this machine that the name "combine harvester" was applied for the first time. Improvements to this original design produced a lighter 12 ft (3.65 m) cut machine which came off the production line in 1941. Three years later 500 of these machines were transported to the southern United States, and then gradually harvested their way northwards as the corn ripened. It has been estimated that the famous "Harvest Brigade" harvested over 1 million acres, putting 25 million bushels into store, with a saving in excess of 300,000 labour hours and half a million gallons of fuel.Carroll retired from Massey Ferguson in 1961.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsAmerican Society of Agricultural Engineers C.H. McCormick Gold Medal 1958.Bibliography1948, "Basic requirements in the design and development of the self propelled combine"Agricultural Engineer. 29(3), 101–5.Further ReadingG.Quick and W.Buchele, 1978, The Grain Harvesters, American Society of Agricultural Engineers (provides a detailed account of the development of the combine harvester).K.M.Coppick, 1972, gave an account of the wartime effort, which he mistakenly called "Massey Ferguson Harvest Brigade", presented to the Canadian Society forAgricultural Engineers, Paper 72–313.AP -
113 Deverill, Hooton
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]fl. c.1835 England[br]English patentee of the first successful adaptation of the Jacquard machine for patterned lacemaking.[br]After John Levers had brought out his lacemaking machine in 1813, other lacemakers proceeded to elaborate their machinery so as to imitate the more complicated forms of handwork. One of these was Samuel Draper of Nottingham, who took out one patent in 1835 for the use of a Jacquard mechanism on a lace making machine, followed by another in 1837. However, material made on his machine cost more than the handmade article, so the experiment was abandoned after three years. Then, in Nottingham in 1841, Hooton Deverill patented the first truly successful application of the Jacquard to lacemaking. The Jacquard needles caused the warp threads to be pushed sideways to form the holes in the lace while the bobbins were moved around them to bind them together. This made it possible to reproduce most of the traditional patterns of handmade lace in both narrow and wide pieces. Lace made on these machines became cheap enough for most people to be able to hang it in their windows as curtains, or to use it for trimming clothing. However, it raised in a most serious form the problem of patent rights between the two patentees, Deverill and Draper, threatening much litigation. Deverill's patent was bought by Richard Birkin, who with his partner Biddle relinquished the patent rights. The lacemaking trade on these machines was thus thrown open to the public and a new development of the trade took place. Levers lace is still made in the way described here.[br]Bibliography1841, British patent no. 8,955 (adaptation of Jacquard machine for patterned lacemaking).Further ReadingW.Felkin, 1867, History of Machine-Wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufacture (provides an account of Deverill's patent).C.Singer (ed.), 1958, A History of'Technology, Vol. V, Oxford: Clarendon Press (a modern account).T.K.Derry and T.I.Williams, 1960, A Short History of Technology from the EarliestTimes to AD 1900, Oxford.RLH -
114 مفتاح
مِفْتاح \ button: a small round object that is pressed to work a bell or light. key: an instrument for opening locks; sth. that provides an answer, or a way to gain sth.: Hard work is the key to success, part of an instrument like a piano or typerwriter, that works when pressed with a finger. knob: a round handle for controlling parts of a machine (car, radio, etc.). wrench: a tool used for holding and turning things (esp. to tighten or loosen them). \ مِفْتَاح رَبْط \ spanner, wrench: a tool for screwing nuts and bolts. \ See Also صمولة (صَمُولة) \ مِفْتَاح كَهْربائيّ \ switch: a device for starting and stopping a flow of electricity: a light switch. -
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(см. также абзац, параграф, книга, обзор) chapter• Более прямой метод получения величины F рассматривается в главе 9. - A more direct procedure for obtaining F is considered in Chapter 9.• Большая часть материала, представленного в данной главе, имела дело с... - Much of the material presented in this chapter has dealt with...• В дальнейших главах излагается методология для... - The following chapters outline the methodology involved in...• В данной главе мы будем заниматься подобными процессами. - This chapter will be concerned with such processes.• В данной главе мы будем рассматривать лишь... - In this chapter we shall be concerned only with...• В данной главе мы заложим теоретические основания для... - In this chapter we lay the theoretical foundations for...• В данной главе мы предлагаем обсудить... - In this chapter we propose to discuss...• В данной главе мы представим некоторые избранные материалы... - In the present chapter we shall give a selection of...• В данной главе мы продолжим наше изучение (проблемы и т. п.)... - In this chapter, we will continue our study of...• В данной главе мы разовьем теорию... - In this chapter we shall develop the theory of...• В данной главе мы рассмотрим путь, которым... - In this chapter, we consider the way in which...• В данной главе мы сформулируем метод для... - In this chapter, we shall formulate the procedure for...• В данной главе мы уделим некоторое внимание (чвму-л)... - In this chapter we shall devote some attention to...• В данной главе мы, главным образом, интересуемся... - We are concerned mainly in this chapter with...• В данной главе позднее станет очевидно, что... - It will become evident later in this chapter that...• В данной главе рассматривается... - It is the object of the present chapter to...• В данной главе рассматривается еще один подход... - This chapter is concerned with yet another approach to...• В предшествующих главах мы видели, что... - We have seen in preceding chapters that...• В следующей главе мы (еще) вернемся к этому выражению. - We shall return to this expression in the next chapter.• В следующей главе мы дадим количественное представление... - In the next chapter we give a more quantitative account of...• В следующей главе мы увидим, что... - We shall see in the next chapter that...• В следующих четырех главах мы будем рассматривать исключительно... - In the next four chapters we shall be concerned exclusively with...• В соответствии с методом, намеченным в Главе 1, мы... - In accordance with the method outlined in Chapter 1, we...• В третьей главе (= В главе 3) мы встретим другое обобщение той же самой основной идеи. - In Chapter 3 we shall meet another generalization of the same basic idea.• В этой вводной главе мы сделаем обзор... - In this introductory chapter we shall review...• В этой главе будут описываться два подхода к... - This chapter will describe two approaches to...• В этой главе мы даем эффективный метод... - In this chapter we give an efficient method for...• В этой главе мы рассматриваем различные случаи... - In this chapter we consider various cases of...• В этой главе мы сосредоточимся на (проблеме, вопросе и т. п.)... - In this chapter we concentrate on...• В этой главе не делалось попыток обсудить очень сложную проблему... -In this chapter no attempt has been made to discuss the very difficult problem of...• В этой главе основное внимание будет направлено на... - In this chapter we will direct most of the attention toward...• В этой главе рассматривается... - This chapter is concerned with...• В этой главе формулируются основные положения... - This chapter provides an outline of...• Данная глава будет посвящена описанию... - This chapter will be devoted to an exposition of...• Данная глава начинается с описания... - This chapter begins with a description of...• Данная глава завершается обсуждением... - The chapter concludes with a discussion of...• Данная глава, в основном, посвящена объяснению... - This chapter is devoted primarily to explaining...• Данная методика будет использоваться в последующих главах. - This procedure will be followed in subsequent chapters.• Заключим данную главу несколькими словами относительно... - We conclude this chapter with a few words on...• Значительная часть настоящей главы посвящена... - A large proportion of the present chapter is concerned with...• Из содержания предыдущих глав мы уже знаем, что... - We already know from earlier chapters that...• Книга состоит из восьми глав. - The book is divided into eight chapters.• Многие идеи и результаты последней главы могут быть распространены на случай... - Many of the ideas and results of the last chapter can now be extended to the case of...• Многие идеи, рассматриваемые в данной главе,... - Many of the ideas appearing in this chapter are...• Мы (еще) вернемся к этой аналогии во второй главе. - We shall return later to this analogy in Chapter 2.• Мы завершаем данную главу демонстрацией того, что... - We end this section by showing that...• Мы можем применить некоторые результаты этой главы, чтобы проиллюстрировать... - We may apply some of the results of this chapter to illustrate...• Мы обсудим этот эффект в другой главе. - We shall discuss this effect in a later chapter.• Мы откладываем обсуждение этого явления до главы 5. - We defer discussion of this phenomenon until Chapter 5.• Мы продолжим это (исследование) в главе 4. - We shall go further into this in Chapter 4.• Мы также уже обсудили эту задачу в главе 2. - We have also discussed this problem in Chapter 2.• Некоторые дальнейшие замечания могут быть найдены в главе 2. - Some further remarks may be found in Chapter 2.• Некоторые из этих вопросов будут развиваться в следующей главе. - Some of these points will be developed further in the next chapter.• Основная часть этой работы была проделана в главе 2. - The bulk of the work was done in Chapter 2.• Основным вопросом данной главы является... - Our main business in this chapter is to...• Остальная часть этой главы посвящена... - The rest of the chapter deals with... (• Первые четыре главы данной книги должны быть доступны... - The first four chapters of this book should be accessible to...• Всюду в данной главе мы будем предполагать, что... - Throughout this chapter we have assumed that...• Позднее в этой главе мы узнаем, что... - Later in this chapter we will learn that...• Пример его (метода) использования уже приведен в Главе 2. - An example of its use has already been given in Chapter 2.• Рассуждение, приведенное в конце последней главы, показывает, что... - The argument at the end of the last chapter shows that...• Результаты данной главы позволяют нам... - The results of the present chapter enable us to...• Строгое обсуждение будет дано в главе 2. - A rigorous discussion will be given in Chapter 2.• Теперь возвратимся к вопросу, поставленному в начале этой главы. - We now return to the question posed at the beginning of the chapter.• Целью данной главы является представление... - It is the purpose of this chapter to present...• Целью данной главы является разработка... - The aim of this chapter is to develop...• Мы собираемся сделать в этой главе... - What we seek to do in this chapter is to...• Что такое тензоры объясняется подробно в главе 3. - The subject of tensors is explained at length in Chapter 3.• Эта глава почти полностью посвящается... - This chapter has been almost wholly concerned with...• Эта глава представляет один подход к решению... - This chapter presents one approach to the solution of...• Эта тема будет развиваться в следующей главе. - This subject will be developed in the following chapter.• Эти данные будут использованы в следующей главе. - This information will be put into use in the next chapter.• Эти явления обсуждаются в главе 5. - These phenomena are discussed in Chapter 5.• Это будет темой следующей главы. - This will be the theme of the next chapter.• Далее это обсуждается в главе 4 в связи с... - This is further discussed in Chapter 4 in conjunction with...• Это не согласуется с терминологией главы 1. - This is at variance with the terminology of Chapter 1.• Этот факт был отмечен без доказательства в главе 4. - This fact was noted without proof in Chapter 4.• Этот эффект будет обсуждаться в главе 2, где будет показано, что... - This effect will be discussed in Chapter 2, where it will be shown that... -
116 Appleby, John F.
SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology[br]b. 1840 New York, US Ad. ? USA[br]American inventor of the knotting mechanism used on early binders and still found on modern baling machines.[br]As a young man John Appleby worked as a labourer for a farmer near Whitewater in Wisconsin. He was 18 when the farmer bought a new reaping machine. Appleby believed that the concept had not been progressed far enough and that the machine should be able to bind sheaths as well as to cut the corn. It is claimed that while watching a dog playing with a skipping rope he noticed a particular knot created as the dog removed its head from the loop that had passed over it, and recognized the potential of the way in which this knot had been formed. From a piece of apple wood he carved a device that would produce the knot he had seen. A local school teacher backed Appleby's idea with a $50 loan, but the American Civil War and service in the Union Army prevented any further development until 1869 when he took out a patent on a wire-tying binder. A number of the devices were made for him by a company in Beloit. Trials of wire binders held in 1873 highlighted the danger of small pieces of wire caught up in the hay leading to livestock losses. Appleby looked again at the possibility of twine. In 1875 he successfully operated a machine and the following season four were in operation. A number of other developments, not least Behel's "bill hook" knotting device, were also to have an influence in the final development of Appleby's twine-tying binder. As so often happens, it was the vision of the entrepreneur which ultimately led to the success of Appleby's device. In 1877 Appleby persuaded William Deering to produce and market his binder, and 3,000 twine binders, together with the twine produced for them, were put on the market in 1880, with immediate success. Over the next dozen years all harvesting-machine manufacturers adopted the idea, under licence to Appleby.[br]Further ReadingG.Quick and W.Buchele, 1978, The Grain Harvesters, American Society of Agricultural Engineers (provides an account of the development of harvesting machinery and the various tying devices developed for them).1927, "Twine knotter history", Wisconsin Magazine of History (a more specific account).AP -
117 Gorton, Richard
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]fl. 1790s England[br]English patentee of a power loom for weaving narrow fabrics.[br]In May 1791, Richard Gorton took out a patent for a new type of power-driven loom for narrow fabrics to "work one or several pieces at the same time, either by hand, lath, steam engine, or by water-machinery". The sley with the reed was worked by a crank, and the picker by a lever and cam. The shuttle-box had springs to retain the shuttle, and the warp was kept tight by weights. A stop, which was usually pushed out of the way by the shuttle entering the box, prevented the sley or lath "driving the shuttle against the piece" when the shuttle stuck in the middle. One particularly interesting feature was the sizing of the warp threads by means of brushes and a roller that turned in a square trough filled with size. This pre-dates Radcliffe's sizing machine, which is always considered the first, by a number of years. The mill in which these machines worked was at Cuckney, near Mansfield, England. In 1788 Thomas Gorton had installed one of the earliest Boulton \& Watt rotative steam engines there.[br]BibliographyMay 1791, British patent no. 1,804 (power loom for weaving narrow fabrics).Further ReadingR.L.Hills, 1970, Power in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester (provides an account of Gorton's patent).S.D.Chapman, 1967, The Early Factory Masters, Newton Abbot (makes a brief mention of this invention).RLH -
118 Lilienthal, Otto
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 23 May 1848 Anklam, Prussia (now Germany)d. 10 August 1896 Berlin, Germany[br]German glider pioneer, the first to make a controlled flight using wings.[br]Otto Lilienthal and his brother Gustav developed an interest in flying as boys, when they studied birds in flight, built models and even tried to fit wings to their arms. Gustav went on to become a successful architect while Otto, after a brilliant scholastic career, became a mechanical engineer. Otto was able to devote his spare time to the problems of flight, and Gustav helped when his work allowed. They considered manpowered and mechanically powered projects, but neither looked hopeful so they turned to gliding. Otto published his research work in a book, Bird Flight as a Basis for Aviation. By 1889 Otto Lilienthal was ready to test his first full-size gliders. No. 1 and No. 2 were not successful, but No. 3, built in 1891, showed promise. He gradually improved his designs and his launching sites as he gained experience. To take off he ran downhill carrying his hang-glider until it became airborne, then he controlled it by swinging his body weight in the appropriate direction. He even built an artificial mound near Berlin so that he could take off into the wind whichever way it was blowing.In all, Lilienthal built some eighteen gliders with various wing shapes, including biplanes. By 1895 he was planning movable control surfaces (operated by head movement) and a powered version using a carbonic acid gas motor. Unfortunately, Lilienthal crashed and died of his injuries before these ideas could be tested. In all, he made over two thousand flights covering distances up to 300 m (300 yds. Many of these flights were recorded on photographs and so generated an interest in flying. Lilienthal's achievements also encouraged other pioneers, such as Percy Pilcher in Britain, and Octave Chanute and the Wright brothers in the United States.[br]Bibliography1899, Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst, Berlin, reprinted c. 1977; repub. in English, 1911, as Bird Flight as a Basis for Aviation.Further ReadingCharles H.Gibbs-Smith, 1985, Aviation, London (provides a detailed account of Lilienthal's gliders).P.H.Lilienthal, 1978, "Die Lilienthal Gebrüder", Aerospace (Royal Aeronautical Society) (January) (for more personal information)."The Lilienthal and Pilcher gliders compared", Flight (1 January 1910 and 8 January 1910) (for details about and plans of a typical Lilienthal glider).JDS -
119 Introspection
1) Experimental Introspection Is the One Reliable Method of Knowing OurselvesWhen we are trying to understand the mental processes of a child or a dog or an insect as shown by conduct and action, the outward signs of mental processes,... we must always fall back upon experimental introspection... [;] we cannot imagine processes in another mind that we do not find in our own. Experimental introspection is thus our one reliable method of knowing ourselves; it is the sole gateway to psychology. (Titchener, 1914, p. 32)There is a somewhat misleading point of view that one's own experience provides a sufficient understanding of mental life for scientific purposes. Indeed, early in the history of experimental psychology, the main method for studying cognition was introspection. By observing one's own mind, the argument went, one could say how one carried out cognitive activities....Yet introspection failed to be a good technique for the elucidation of mental processes in general. There are two simple reasons for this. First, so many things which we can do seem to be quite unrelated to conscious experience. Someone asks you your name. You do not know how you retrieve it, yet obviously there is some process by which the retrieval occurs. In the same way, when someone speaks to you, you understand what they say, but you do not know how you came to understand. Yet somehow processes take place in which words are picked out from the jumble of sound waves which reach your ears, in-built knowledge of syntax and semantics gives it meaning, and the significance of the message comes to be appreciated. Clearly, introspection is not of much use here, but it is undeniable that understanding language is as much a part of mental life as is thinking.As if these arguments were not enough, it is also the case that introspective data are notoriously difficult to evaluate. Because it is private to the experiencer, and experience may be difficult to convey in words to somebody else. Many early introspective protocols were very confusing to read and, even worse, the kinds of introspection reported tended to conform to the theoretical categories used in different laboratories. Clearly, what was needed was both a change in experimental method and a different (non-subjective) theoretical framework to describe mental life. (Sanford, 1987, pp. 2-3)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Introspection
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сущ.1) эк. обеспечение жильем, предоставление жилья (осуществляется совместными усилиями частных строительных компаний и муниципальных властей, а также региональных и федеральных органов государственного управления, которые реализуют собственные программы помощи в приобретении жилья различным категориям граждан)housing department — отдел обеспечения жильем [по жилищным вопросам\]
The council provides low cost housing for families in the borough. — Совет осуществляет обеспечение городских семей недорогим жильем.
Housing Bonds are used to finance low-interest mortgages.
These housing bonds are not the obligation of the United States Government at all.
It is our conclusion that the $133 million New York City Housing Development Corp. general housing bonds, Series A, are general obligations of a State.
The outstanding housing bonds floated a few years ago bear very attractive interest.
This means that the market for housing bonds must be greatly expanded in size.
See:public housing, rental housing, housing list, housing agency, Department of Housing and Urban Development, housing bond2) эк. жилье, дом; жилищный фондthe family lives in council housing — семья проживает в муниципальном доме [муниципальной квартире\]
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