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101 Elkington, George Richard
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 17 October 1801 Birmingham Englandd. 22 September 1865 Pool Park, Denbighshire, England[br]English pioneer in electroplating.[br]He was apprenticed to his uncles, makers of metalware, in 1815 and showed such aptitude for business that he was taken into partnership. On their deaths, Elkington assumed sole ownership of the business. In conjunction with his cousin Henry (1810–52), by unrelenting enterprise, he established an industry for electroplating and electrogilding. Up until c.1840, silver-plated goods were produced by rolling or soldering thin sheets of silver to a base metal, such as copper. Back in 1801, the English chemist William Wollaston had deposited one metal upon another by means of an electric current generated from a voltaic pile or battery. In the 1830s, certain inventors, such as Bessemer used this result to produce plated articles and these efforts in turn induced the Elkingtons to apply the method in their trade. In 1836 and 1837 they took out patents for "mercurial gilding", and one patent of 1838 refers to a separate electric current. In 1840 they bought from John Wright, a Birmingham surgeon, his discovery of what proved to be the best electroplating solution: namely, solutions of cyanides of gold and silver in potassium cyanide. They also purchased rights to use the electric machine invented by J.S. Woolrich. Armed with these techniques, the Elkingtons produced in their large new works in Newhall Street a wide range of gold-and silver-plated decorative and artistic ware. Henry was particularly active on the artistic side of the business, as was their employee Alexander Parkes. For some twenty-five years, Britain enjoyed a virtual monopoly of this kind of ware, due largely to the enterprise of the Elkingtons, although by the end of the century rising tariffs had closed many foreign markets and the lead had passed to Germany. George spent all his working life in Birmingham, taking some part in the public life of the city. He was a governor of King Edward's Grammar School and a borough magistrate. He was also a caring employer, setting up houses and schools for his workers.[br]Bibliography1864, Journal of the Royal Society for Arts (29 January).LRDBiographical history of technology > Elkington, George Richard
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102 Perkins, Jacob
[br]b. 9 July 1766 Newburyport, Massachusetts, USAd. 30 July 1849 London, England[br]American inventor of a nail-making machine and a method of printing banknotes, investigator of the use of steam at very high pressures.[br]Perkins's occupation was that of a gold-and silversmith; while he does not seem to have followed this after 1800, however, it gave him the skills in working metals which he would continue to employ in his inventions. He had been working in America for four years before he patented his nail-making machine in 1796. At the time there was a great shortage of nails because only hand-forged ones were available. By 1800, other people had followed his example and produced automatic nail-making machines, but in 1811 Perkins' improved machines were introduced to England by J.C. Dyer. Eventually Perkins had twenty-one American patents for a range of inventions in his name.In 1799 Perkins invented a system of engraving steel plates for printing banknotes, which became the foundation of modern siderographic work. It discouraged forging and was adopted by many banking houses, including the Federal Government when the Second United States Bank was inaugurated in 1816. This led Perkins to move to Philadelphia. In the intervening years, Perkins had improved his nail-making machine, invented a machine for graining morocco leather in 1809, a fire-engine in 1812, a letter-lock for bank vaults and improved methods of rolling out spoons in 1813, and improved armament and equipment for naval ships from 1812 to 1815.It was in Philadelphia that Perkins became interested in the steam engine, when he met Oliver Evans, who had pioneered the use of high-pressure steam. He became a member of the American Philosophical Society and conducted experiments on the compressibility of water before a committee of that society. Perkins claimed to have liquified air during his experiments in 1822 and, if so, was the real discoverer of the liquification of gases. In 1819 he came to England to demonstrate his forgery-proof system of printing banknotes, but the Bank of England was the only one which did not adopt his system.While in London, Perkins began to experiment with the highest steam pressures used up to that time and in 1822 took out his first of nineteen British patents. This was followed by another in 1823 for a 10 hp (7.5 kW) engine with only 2 in. (51 mm) bore, 12 in. (305 mm) stroke but a pressure of 500 psi (35 kg/cm2), for which he claimed exceptional economy. After 1826, Perkins abandoned his drum boiler for iron tubes and steam pressures of 1,500 psi (105 kg/cm2), but the materials would not withstand such pressures or temperatures for long. It was in that same year that he patented a form of uniflow cylinder that was later taken up by L.J. Todd. One of his engines ran for five days, continuously pumping water at St Katherine's docks, but Perkins could not raise more finance to continue his experiments.In 1823 one his high-pressure hot-water systems was installed to heat the Duke of Wellington's house at Stratfield Saye and it acquired a considerable vogue, being used by Sir John Soane, among others. In 1834 Perkins patented a compression ice-making apparatus, but it did not succeed commercially because ice was imported more cheaply from Norway as ballast for sailing ships. Perkins was often dubbed "the American inventor" because his inquisitive personality allied to his inventive ingenuity enabled him to solve so many mechanical challenges.[br]Further ReadingHistorical Society of Pennsylvania, 1943, biography which appeared previously as a shortened version in the Transactions of the Newcomen Society 24.D.Bathe and G.Bathe, 1943–5, "The contribution of Jacob Perkins to science and engineering", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 24.D.S.L.Cardwell, 1971, From Watt to Clausius. The Rise of Thermodynamics in the Early Industrial Age, London: Heinemann (includes comments on the importance of Perkins's steam engine).A.F.Dufton, 1940–1, "Early application of engineering to warming of buildings", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 21 (includes a note on Perkins's application of a high-pressure hot-water heating system).RLH -
103 Priestman, William Dent
SUBJECT AREA: Steam and internal combustion engines[br]b. 23 August 1847 Sutton, Hull, Englandd. 7 September 1936 Hull, England[br]English oil engine pioneer.[br]William was the second son and one of eleven children of Samuel Priestman, who had moved to Hull after retiring as a corn miller in Kirkstall, Leeds, and who in retirement had become a director of the North Eastern Railway Company. The family were strict Quakers, so William was sent to the Quaker School in Bootham, York. He left school at the age of 17 to start an engineering apprenticeship at the Humber Iron Works, but this company failed so the apprenticeship was continued with the North Eastern Railway, Gateshead. In 1869 he joined the hydraulics department of Sir William Armstrong \& Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, but after a year there his father financed him in business at a small, run down works, the Holderness Foundry, Hull. He was soon joined by his brother, Samuel, their main business being the manufacture of dredging equipment (grabs), cranes and winches. In the late 1870s William became interested in internal combustion engines. He took a sublicence to manufacture petrol engines to the patents of Eugène Etève of Paris from the British licensees, Moll and Dando. These engines operated in a similar manner to the non-compression gas engines of Lenoir. Failure to make the two-stroke version of this engine work satisfactorily forced him to pay royalties to Crossley Bros, the British licensees of the Otto four-stroke patents.Fear of the dangers of petrol as a fuel, reflected by the associated very high insurance premiums, led William to experiment with the use of lamp oil as an engine fuel. His first of many patents was for a vaporizer. This was in 1885, well before Ackroyd Stuart. What distinguished the Priestman engine was the provision of an air pump which pressurized the fuel tank, outlets at the top and bottom of which led to a fuel atomizer injecting continuously into a vaporizing chamber heated by the exhaust gases. A spring-loaded inlet valve connected the chamber to the atmosphere, with the inlet valve proper between the chamber and the working cylinder being camoperated. A plug valve in the fuel line and a butterfly valve at the inlet to the chamber were operated, via a linkage, by the speed governor; this is believed to be the first use of this method of control. It was found that vaporization was only partly achieved, the higher fractions of the fuel condensing on the cylinder walls. A virtue was made of this as it provided vital lubrication. A starting system had to be provided, this comprising a lamp for preheating the vaporizing chamber and a hand pump for pressurizing the fuel tank.Engines of 2–10 hp (1.5–7.5 kW) were exhibited to the press in 1886; of these, a vertical engine was installed in a tram car and one of the horizontals in a motor dray. In 1888, engines were shown publicly at the Royal Agricultural Show, while in 1890 two-cylinder vertical marine engines were introduced in sizes from 2 to 10 hp (1.5–7.5 kW), and later double-acting ones up to some 60 hp (45 kW). First, clutch and gearbox reversing was used, but reversing propellers were fitted later (Priestman patent of 1892). In the same year a factory was established in Philadelphia, USA, where engines in the range 5–20 hp (3.7–15 kW) were made. Construction was radically different from that of the previous ones, the bosses of the twin flywheels acting as crank discs with the main bearings on the outside.On independent test in 1892, a Priestman engine achieved a full-load brake thermal efficiency of some 14 per cent, a very creditable figure for a compression ratio limited to under 3:1 by detonation problems. However, efficiency at low loads fell off seriously owing to the throttle governing, and the engines were heavy, complex and expensive compared with the competition.Decline in sales of dredging equipment and bad debts forced the firm into insolvency in 1895 and receivers took over. A new company was formed, the brothers being excluded. However, they were able to attend board meetings, but to exert no influence. Engine activities ceased in about 1904 after over 1,000 engines had been made. It is probable that the Quaker ethics of the brothers were out of place in a business that was becoming increasingly cut-throat. William spent the rest of his long life serving others.[br]Further ReadingC.Lyle Cummins, 1976, Internal Fire, Carnot Press.C.Lyle Cummins and J.D.Priestman, 1985, "William Dent Priestman, oil engine pioneer and inventor: his engine patents 1885–1901", Proceedings of the Institution ofMechanical Engineers 199:133.Anthony Harcombe, 1977, "Priestman's oil engine", Stationary Engine Magazine 42 (August).JBBiographical history of technology > Priestman, William Dent
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104 Theophilus Presbyter
[br]fl. late eleventh/early twelfth century[br]German author of the most detailed medieval treatise relating to technology.[br]The little that is known of Theophilus is what can be inferred from his great work, De diversis artibus. He was a Benedictine monk and priest living in north-west Germany, probably near an important art centre. He was an educated man, conversant with scholastic philosophy and at the same time a skilled, practising craftsman. Even his identity is obscure: Theophilus is a pseudonym, possibly for Roger of Helmarshausen, for the little that is known of both is in agreement.Evidence in De diversis suggests that it was probably composed during 1110 to 1140. White (see Further Reading) goes on to suggest late 1122 or early 1123, on the grounds that Theophilus only learned of St Bernard of Clairvaulx's diatribe against lavish church ornamentation during the writing of the work, for it is only in the preface to Book 3 that Theophilus seeks to justify his craft. St Bernard's Apologia can be dated late 1122. No other medieval work on art combines the comprehensive range, orderly presentation and attention to detail as does De diversis. It has been described as an encyclopedia of medieval skills and crafts. It also offers the best and often the only description of medieval technology, including the first direct reference to papermaking in the West, the earliest medieval account of bell-founding and the most complete account of organ building. Many metallurgical techniques are described in detail, such as the making of a crucible furnace and bloomery hearth.The treatise is divided into three books, the first on the materials and art of painting, the second on glassmaking, including stained glass, glass vessels and the blown-cylinder method for flat glass, and the final and longest book on metalwork, including working in iron, copper, gold and silver for church use, such as chalices and censers. The main texts are no mere compilations, but reveal the firsthand knowledge that can only be gained by a skilled craftsman. The prefaces to each book present perhaps the only medieval expression of an artist's ideals and how he sees his art in relation to the general scheme of things. For Theophilus, his art is a gift from God and every skill an act of praise and piety. Theophilus is thus an indispensable source for medieval crafts and technology, but there are indications that the work was also well known at the time of its composition and afterwards.[br]BibliographyThe Wolfenbuttel and Vienna manuscripts of De diversis are the earliest, both dating from the first half of the twelfth century, while the British Library copy, in an early thirteenth-century hand, is the most complete. Two incomplete copies from the thirteenth century held at Cambridge and Leipzig offer help in arriving at a definitive edition.There are several references to De diversis in sixteenth-century printed works, such as Cornelius Agrippa (1530) and Josias Simmler (1585). The earliest printed edition ofDe diversis was prepared by G.H.Lessing in 1781 with the title, much used since, Diversarium artium schedula.There are two good recent editions: Theophilus: De diversis artibus. The Various Arts, 1964, trans. with introd. by C.R.Dodwell, London: Thomas Nelson, and On Diverse Arts. The Treatise of Theophilus, 1963, trans. with introd. and notes by J.G.Harthorne and C.S.Smith, Chicago University Press.Further ReadingLynn White, 1962, "Theophilus redivivus", Technology and Culture 5:224–33 (a comparative review of Theophilus (op. cit.) and On Diverse Arts (op. cit.)).LRD -
105 диапазон давлений
Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > диапазон давлений
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106 средство запуска
Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > средство запуска
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107 амплитудный
1. peak; amplitude2. amplitudeАвиация и космонавтика. Русско-английский словарь > амплитудный
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108 метод навигации
Авиация и космонавтика. Русско-английский словарь > метод навигации
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109 путь
путь сущwayавтомат счисления пути1. automatic dead reckoning computer2. air-mileage unit блок индикатора оставшегося путиalong track display unitблок индикатора отклонения от линии путиacross track display unitвоздушная яма на пути полетаin flight bumpвосстанавливать заданную линию путиreestablish the trackвыбирать кратчайший путьcut shortвывод на линию путиtracking guidanceдлина пути распространения звукаsound propagation distanceзаданная линия путиintended trackизменять линию путиchange the trackиндикатор отклонения от линии путиacross track displayконтроль состояния посевов по пути выполнения основного заданияassociated crop control operationлиния заданного пути1. track reference2. course line 3. desired track линия огней пути руленияsteering barлиния путиtrackлиния пути относительно координатной сеткиgrid trackлиния пути полетаflight trackлиния пути по локсодромииrhumb-line trackлиния пути по схеме с двумя спаренными разворотамиrace trackлиния пути приближенияinbound trackлиния пути при взлетеtakeoff trackлиния пути удаленияoutbound trackлиния пути установленной схемыprocedure trackмагнитная ортодромическая линия путиmagnetic great circle trackметод счисления пути1. dead reckoning method2. dead-reckoning technique навигация методом счисления путиdead-reckoning navigationопределение местоположения по пройденному пути и курсуrange-bearing fixingопределение положения счислением путиreckoningотклонение от линии путиacross-track displacementотклонение от прямого путиobliquityположение, определенное методом счисления путиdead-reckoned positionпрепятствие на пути полетаair obstacleпроизводить счисление путиdead-reckonпротивопожарное патрулирование по пути выполнения основного заданияassociated fire control operationрасчетное время в путиestimated time en-routeсчисление путиdead reckoningсчисление пути полетаflight dead reckoningтормозной путьbrake-wayуказатель автомата счисления путиdead-reckoning indicatorуказатель оставшегося путиdistance-to-go indicatorуказатель пройденного путиdistance flown indicatorустанавливать кратчайший путьbeat a shorter partфактическая линия путиtrue trackхарактеристики наведения по линии путиtrack-defining characteristics -
110 характеристика
характеристика сущperformanceакустическая характеристикаacoustic propertyакустическая характеристика двигателяengine acoustic performanceантидетонационная характеристикаantiknock ratingаэродинамическая характеристика1. aerodynamic performance2. aerodynamic characteristic 3. aerodynamic property аэродинамические характеристикиaerodynamic behaviorаэроупругая характеристикаaeroelastic characteristicбалансировочная характеристикаtrim characteristicвзлетная характеристика1. takeoff ability2. takeoff performance взлетно-посадочные характеристикиtake-off and landing characteristicsвибрационная характеристикаvibration characteristicвлиять на летные характеристикиeffect on flight characteristicsвысотная характеристикаaltitude performanceвысотно-скоростная характеристикаaltitude-airspeed performanceвысотные характеристики двигателяengine altitude performancesдиапазон полетных характеристикflight-perfomance rangeдренажные характеристикиdrainage characteristicsдроссельная характеристика1. throttle performance2. throttle characteristic 3. thrust curve задавать характеристикиschedule the performancesинформация о летно-технических характеристикахperformance informationкоординаты характеристикиdata on the performanceлетная характеристика1. flight performance2. flying property летно-технические характеристики1. performance codes2. aircraft performance characteristics летно-технические характеристики воздушного суднаaircraft performancesлетные характеристикиflight characteristicsметод проверки характеристикperfomance check methodнавигационная характеристикаnavigation performanceобобщенные характеристики по шумуgeneralized noise characteristicsограничение характеристикperfomance limitationосновные характеристикиbasic characteristicsотрицательно влиять на характеристикиadversely affect performancesоценка летных характеристикperformance evaluationпадающая характеристикаfalling responseподвергать сомнению соответствие характеристик нормам летной годностиreflect on airworthinessполет для проверки летных характеристикperformance flightпологая характеристикаflat responseпомпажная характеристикаsurge characteristicпосадочная характеристикаlanding performanceпосадочные характеристикиlanding characteristicsПостоянный комитет по летно-техническим характеристикамStanding Committee of Performanceпротивоштопорные характеристикиspin-recovery characteristicsрабочая характеристикаoperating characteristicрасчетная характеристикаdesign characteristicскоростная характеристика1. thrust versus speed curve2. speed ability снижение характеристикperformance lossснимать характеристики1. take characteristics2. check performances стендовая характеристикаinstallation featuresтехнические характеристики зональной навигацииarea navigation capabilityтормозная характеристика воздушного судна1. aircraft braking performance2. aircraft stopping performance требования к эксплуатационным характеристикамoperating performance requirementsтяговая характеристикаthrust characteristicтяговые характеристикиpropulsion performance characteristicsусталостная характеристикаfatigue propertyустанавливать характеристикиestablish the characteristicsустановленные характеристикиspecified characteristicsуточнение летно-технических характеристикperfomance correctionухудшение характеристикdeterioration in performanceхарактеристика в зоне ожиданияholding performanceхарактеристика ВППrunway performanceхарактеристика выдерживания высотыheight-keeping performanceхарактеристика затуханияdecay characteristicхарактеристика излучения звукаsound emission characteristicхарактеристика набора высоты при полете по маршрутуen-route climb performanceхарактеристика планированияgliding performanceхарактеристика по наддувуmanifold pressure characteristicхарактеристика поперечной устойчивостиlateral characteristicхарактеристика процесса горенияcombustion characteristicхарактеристика прочности материалаmaterial strength propertyхарактеристика путевой устойчивостиdirectional stability characteristicхарактеристика расходаflow characteristicхарактеристика расхода воздухаair flow characteristicхарактеристика рентабельностиbreak-even pointхарактеристика сваливанияstall characteristicхарактеристика спектраspectral characteristicхарактеристика сцепления поверхности ВППrunway friction characteristicхарактеристика топливаfuel propertyхарактеристика управляемости1. control characteristic2. handling characteristic характеристика устойчивостиstability characteristicхарактеристика холостого ходаno-load characteristicхарактеристика чувствительности к звуковому давлениюpressure response characteristicхарактеристики авторотацииwindmilling performanceхарактеристики двигателяengine performancesхарактеристики короткого летного поляshort-field performancesхарактеристики наведения по линии путиtrack-defining characteristicsхарактеристики на разворотахturn characteristicsхарактеристики нарастанияonset characteristicsхарактеристики по шумуnoise characteristicsхарактеристики приемаacceleration characteristicхарактеристики скороподъемностиclimb performancesхарактеристики уровня безопасностиsafe featuresхарактеристики, установленные техническим заданиемscheduled performancesчастотная характеристикаfrequency responseэксплуатационная характеристикаoperating performance -
111 Logic
My initial step... was to attempt to reduce the concept of ordering in a sequence to that of logical consequence, so as to proceed from there to the concept of number. To prevent anything intuitive from penetrating here unnoticed, I had to bend every effort to keep the chain of inference free of gaps. In attempting to comply with this requirement in the strictest possible way, I found the inadequacy of language to be an obstacle. (Frege, 1972, p. 104)I believe I can make the relation of my 'conceptual notation' to ordinary language clearest if I compare it to the relation of the microscope to the eye. The latter, because of the range of its applicability and because of the ease with which it can adapt itself to the most varied circumstances, has a great superiority over the microscope. Of course, viewed as an optical instrument it reveals many imperfections, which usually remain unnoticed only because of its intimate connection with mental life. But as soon as scientific purposes place strong requirements upon sharpness of resolution, the eye proves to be inadequate.... Similarly, this 'conceptual notation' is devised for particular scientific purposes; and therefore one may not condemn it because it is useless for other purposes. (Frege, 1972, pp. 104-105)To sum up briefly, it is the business of the logician to conduct an unceasing struggle against psychology and those parts of language and grammar which fail to give untrammeled expression to what is logical. He does not have to answer the question: How does thinking normally take place in human beings? What course does it naturally follow in the human mind? What is natural to one person may well be unnatural to another. (Frege, 1979, pp. 6-7)We are very dependent on external aids in our thinking, and there is no doubt that the language of everyday life-so far, at least, as a certain area of discourse is concerned-had first to be replaced by a more sophisticated instrument, before certain distinctions could be noticed. But so far the academic world has, for the most part, disdained to master this instrument. (Frege, 1979, pp. 6-7)There is no reproach the logician need fear less than the reproach that his way of formulating things is unnatural.... If we were to heed those who object that logic is unnatural, we would run the risk of becoming embroiled in interminable disputes about what is natural, disputes which are quite incapable of being resolved within the province of logic. (Frege, 1979, p. 128)[L]inguists will be forced, internally as it were, to come to grips with the results of modern logic. Indeed, this is apparently already happening to some extent. By "logic" is not meant here recursive function-theory, California model-theory, constructive proof-theory, or even axiomatic settheory. Such areas may or may not be useful for linguistics. Rather under "logic" are included our good old friends, the homely locutions "and," "or," "if-then," "if and only if," "not," "for all x," "for some x," and "is identical with," plus the calculus of individuals, event-logic, syntax, denotational semantics, and... various parts of pragmatics.... It is to these that the linguist can most profitably turn for help. These are his tools. And they are "clean tools," to borrow a phrase of the late J. L. Austin in another context, in fact, the only really clean ones we have, so that we might as well use them as much as we can. But they constitute only what may be called "baby logic." Baby logic is to the linguist what "baby mathematics" (in the phrase of Murray Gell-Mann) is to the theoretical physicist-very elementary but indispensable domains of theory in both cases. (Martin, 1969, pp. 261-262)There appears to be no branch of deductive inference that requires us to assume the existence of a mental logic in order to do justice to the psychological phenomena. To be logical, an individual requires, not formal rules of inference, but a tacit knowledge of the fundamental semantic principle governing any inference; a deduction is valid provided that there is no way of interpreting the premises correctly that is inconsistent with the conclusion. Logic provides a systematic method for searching for such counter-examples. The empirical evidence suggests that ordinary individuals possess no such methods. (Johnson-Laird, quoted in Mehler, Walker & Garrett, 1982, p. 130)The fundamental paradox of logic [that "there is no class (as a totality) of those classes which, each taken as a totality, do not belong to themselves" (Russell to Frege, 16 June 1902, in van Heijenoort, 1967, p. 125)] is with us still, bequeathed by Russell-by way of philosophy, mathematics, and even computer science-to the whole of twentieth-century thought. Twentieth-century philosophy would begin not with a foundation for logic, as Russell had hoped in 1900, but with the discovery in 1901 that no such foundation can be laid. (Everdell, 1997, p. 184)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Logic
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112 meo'o
road; synonyms (n) course, passage, track, way, avenue, highway, line, route, approach, direction, roadway, street, thoroughfare, walk, access, artery, itinerary, means, method, pathway, trail, range, (v) path, ( adj) traveling, itinerant. -
113 rairtoi
Construction: traji+troci with all one's might, as hard as one can Structure: x1 = troci1 (try), x2 = troci2 (attempted), x3 = troci3 (trying method), x4 = traji4 (range limited by extreme)
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