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1. noun1) Interesse, das; Anliegen, das[just] for or out of interest — [nur] interessehalber
with interest — interessiert ( see also academic.ru/9982/c">c)
lose interest in somebody/something — das Interesse an jemandem/etwas verlieren
interest in life/food — Lust am Leben/Essen
be of interest — interessant od. von Interesse sein (to für)
act in one's own/somebody's interest[s] — im eigenen/in jemandes Interesse handeln
in the interest[s] of humanity — zum Wohle der Menschheit
2) (thing in which one is concerned) Angelegenheit, die; Belange Pl.3) (Finance) Zinsen Pl.at interest — gegen od. auf Zinsen
with interest — (fig.): (with increased force etc.) überreichlich; doppelt und dreifach (ugs.) (see also a)
declare an interest — seine Interessen darlegen
5) (legal concern) [Rechts]anspruch, der2. transitive verbinteressieren (in für)be interested in somebody/something — sich für jemanden/etwas interessieren
somebody is interested by somebody/something — jemand/etwas erregt jemandes Interesse; see also interested
* * *['intrəst, ]( American[) 'intərist] 1. noun1) (curiosity; attention: That newspaper story is bound to arouse interest.) das Interesse2) (a matter, activity etc that is of special concern to one: Gardening is one of my main interests.) das Interesse3) (money paid in return for borrowing a usually large sum of money: The (rate of) interest on this loan is eight per cent; ( also adjective) the interest rate.) die Zinsen (pl.); Zins-...4) ((a share in the ownership of) a business firm etc: He bought an interest in the night-club.) der Anteil5) (a group of connected businesses which act together to their own advantage: I suspect that the scheme will be opposed by the banking interest (= all the banks acting together).) Kreise(pl.)2. verb1) (to arouse the curiosity and attention of; to be of importance or concern to: Political arguments don't interest me at all.) interessieren•- interested- interesting
- interestingly
- in one's own interest
- in one's interest
- in the interests of
- in the interest of
- lose interest
- take an interest* * *in·ter·est[ˈɪntrəst, AM -trɪst]I. nshe looked about her with \interest sie sah sich interessiert umvested \interest eigennütziges Interesse, Eigennutz mto have [or take] an \interest in sth an etw dat Interesse haben, sich akk für etw akk interessierento lose \interest in sb/sth das Interesse an jdm/etw verlierento pursue one's own \interests seinen eigenen Interessen nachgehen, seine eigenen Interessen verfolgento show an \interest in sth an etw dat Interesse zeigento take no further \interest in sth das Interesse an etw dat verloren haben, kein Interesse mehr für etw akk zeigen▪ sth is in sb's \interest etw liegt in jds Interesse▪ \interests pl Interessen pl, Belange plin the \interests of safety, please do not smoke aus Sicherheitsgründen Rauchen verbotenI'm only acting in your best \interests ich tue das nur zu deinem BestenJane is acting in the \interests of her daughter Jane vertritt die Interessen ihrer Tochterin the \interests of humanity zum Wohle der Menschheitto look after the \interests of sb jds Interessen wahrnehmenbuildings of historical \interest historisch interessante Gebäudeto be of \interest to sb für jdn von Interesse seinto hold \interest for sb jdn interessierenat 5% \interest zu 5 % Zinsenwhat is the \interest on a loan these days? wie viel Zinsen zahlt man heutzutage für einen Kredit?rate of \interest [or \interest rate] Zinssatz m\interest on advance Vorauszahlungszins m\interest on arrears Verzugszinsen pl\interest on principal Kapitalverzinsung f\interest on savings deposits Sparzinsen plto earn/pay \interest Zinsen einbringen/zahlenhe earns \interest on his money sein Geld bringt ihm Zinsen [ein]the \interests of the company include steel and chemicals das Unternehmen ist auch in den Bereichen Stahl und Chemie aktiva legal \interest in a company ein gesetzlicher Anteil an einer Firmapowerful business \interests einflussreiche Kreise aus der Geschäftsweltforeign \interest ausländische Interessengruppenthe landed \interest[s] die Großgrundbesitzer(innen) m(f)II. vtmay I \interest you in this encyclopaedia? darf ich Ihnen diese Enzyklopädie vorstellen?don't suppose I can \interest you in a quick drink before lunch, can I? kann ich dich vor dem Mittagessen vielleicht noch zu einem kurzen Drink überreden?* * *['Intrɪst]1. n1) Interesse ntdo you have any interest in chess? — interessieren Sie sich für Schach?, haben Sie Interesse an Schach (dat)?
to take/feel an interest in sb/sth — sich für jdn/etw interessieren
after that he took no further interest in us/it — danach war er nicht mehr an uns (dat)/daran interessiert
to show (an) interest in sb/sth — Interesse für jdn/etw zeigen
just for interest — nur aus Interesse, nur interessehalber
he has lost interest — er hat das Interesse verloren
what are your interests? — was sind Ihre Interessen(gebiete)?
his interests are... — er interessiert sich für...
2) (= importance) Interesse nt (to für)matters of vital interest to the economy — Dinge pl von lebenswichtiger Bedeutung or lebenswichtigem Interesse für die Wirtschaft
3) (= advantage, welfare) Interesse ntto act in sb's/one's own (best) interest(s) — in jds/im eigenen Interesse handeln
in the interest(s) of sth — im Interesse einer Sache (gen)
to bear interest at 4% — 4% Zinsen tragen, mit 4% verzinst sein
the landed interest(s) — die Landbesitzer pl, die Gutsbesitzer pl
America has an interest in helping Russia with its economy — Amerika hat ein Interesse daran, Russland Wirtschaftshilfe zu geben
2. vtinteressieren (in für, an +dat)to interest sb in doing sth — jdn dafür interessieren, etw zu tun
to interest sb in politics etc — jds Interesse an or für Politik etc wecken, jdn für Politik etc interessieren
to interest oneself in sb/sth — sich für jdn/etw interessieren
* * *interest [ˈıntrıst; ˈıntərest]A sthere’s not much interest in es besteht kein großes Interesse an;lose interest das Interesse verlieren;she hasn’t got much interest in football Fußball interessiert sie nicht sehr;music is his only interest er interessiert sich nur für Musik2. Reiz m, Interesse n:be of interest (to) von Interesse sein (für), interessieren (akk), reizvoll sein (für);3. Wichtigkeit f, Bedeutung f, Interesse n:of great (little) interest von großer Wichtigkeit (von geringer Bedeutung);this question is of no interest at the moment diese Frage ist im Moment nicht aktuellin an dat):5. meist pl besonders WIRTSCH Geschäfte pl, Interessen pl, Belange pl:shipping interests Reedereigeschäfte, -betrieb m6. auch pl WIRTSCH Interessenten pl, Interessengruppe(n) f(pl), (die) beteiligten Kreise pl:the banking interest die Bankkreise;the business interests die Geschäftswelt;7. Interesse n, Vorteil m, Nutzen m, Gewinn m:in your (own) interest zu Ihrem (eigenen) Vorteil, in Ihrem (eigenen) Interesse;in the public interest im öffentlichen Interesse;study sb’s interest jemandes Vorteil im Auge haben; → lie2 Bes Redew8. Eigennutz m11. WIRTSCH Zinsen pl:a loan at 8% interest ein Darlehen zu 8% Zinsen;interest due fällige Zinsen;as interest zinsweise;ex interest ohne Zinsen;free of interest zinslos;interest on credit balances Habenzinsen;interest on debit balances Sollzinsen;interest on deposits Zinsen auf (Bank)Einlagen;interest on shares Stückzinsen;interest rate → A 12;invest money at interest Geld verzinslich anlegen;return a blow (an insult) with interest fig einen Schlag (eine Beleidigung) mit Zinsen oder mit Zins und Zinseszins zurückgeben;return sb’s kindness with interest fig sich für jemandes Freundlichkeit mehr als nur erkenntlich zeigen; → rate1 A 212. WIRTSCH Zinsfuß m, -satz mB v/t1. interessieren (in für), jemandes Interesse oder Teilnahme erwecken ( in sth an einer Sache; for sb für jemanden):interest o.s. in sich interessieren für2. angehen, betreffen:every citizen is interested in this law dieses Gesetz geht jeden Bürger an3. interessieren, fesseln, anziehen, reizenint. abk1. intelligence3. interim4. interior5. internal* * *1. noun1) Interesse, das; Anliegen, dastake or have an interest in somebody/something — sich für jemanden/etwas interessieren
[just] for or out of interest — [nur] interessehalber
lose interest in somebody/something — das Interesse an jemandem/etwas verlieren
interest in life/food — Lust am Leben/Essen
be of interest — interessant od. von Interesse sein (to für)
act in one's own/somebody's interest[s] — im eigenen/in jemandes Interesse handeln
in the interest[s] of humanity — zum Wohle der Menschheit
2) (thing in which one is concerned) Angelegenheit, die; Belange Pl.3) (Finance) Zinsen Pl.at interest — gegen od. auf Zinsen
with interest — (fig.): (with increased force etc.) überreichlich; doppelt und dreifach (ugs.) (see also a)
5) (legal concern) [Rechts]anspruch, der2. transitive verbinteressieren (in für)be interested in somebody/something — sich für jemanden/etwas interessieren
somebody is interested by somebody/something — jemand/etwas erregt jemandes Interesse; see also interested
* * *(in) n.Beteiligung f. (finance) n.Zinsen - m. n.Anteil -e m.Anteilnahme f.Bedeutung f.Interesse n.Vorteil -e m.Wichtigkeit f.Zins -en m. v.interessieren v. -
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I ['ɪntrəst] n1) интерес, интересы, благо, польза, заинтересованность, выгода, преимуществоHe found a fresh interest. — У него новое увлечение.
His main/great interest is football (music, painting, stamp-collecting). — Больше всего он увлекается футболом (музыкой, живописью, филателией).
Gardening is one of her many interests. — Садоводство одно из ее многочисленных занятий.
Is there anything of interest in the newspaper? — В газете есть что-нибудь интересное/заслуживающее?
The names are arranged in alphabetical order in the interests of ready reference. — Названия расположены в алфавитном порядке для удобства пользования.
It is to his interest to do so. — Ему выгодно так поступить/это в его интересах.
You'll find it to your interest to consult him. — Вам будет полезно с ним посоветоваться.
He takes no more than a passing interest in such things. — Он не очень интересуется такими вещами.
- great interest- public interests
- human interests
- material interests- unflagging interest- passing interest
- interest in smb's affairs
- material interests of the country
- legitimate interests of works
- smb's chief interest in life
- smb's best interests
- matter of local interest
- centre of world interest
- lack of interest
- general level of interest
- conflict of interests
- man of many interests
- object of intense interest
- matter of vital interest
- topic of historical interest
- names of commanding interest
- event of local interest
- agreement in their mutual interest
- just for interest
- in the interests of safety
- in the interests of national security
- in the interest of your children
- another fact of interest
- do smth with great interest
- do smth without interest
- be in smb's interests
- be against smb's interests
- be of interest
- have no interest in smb, smth
- arouse interest in smth
- do smth from interest
- arouse common interest
- quicken public interest
- acquire special interest
- have many-sided interests
- act for one's personal interests
- sacrifice the national interests to those of the world
- have no interests outside one's business
- lose interest in smth
- blunt interest in smth
- promote interest in the scheme
- take much interest in smth
- serve the interests of peace
- safeguard the interests of civilization
- have a personal interest in the mattes
- protect smb's interests
- have smb's real interests at heart
- look after one's own interest
- give up sacrifice one's interests
- have in view one's own interests
- add interest to a story
- interfere with smb's interests2) круги (люди, объединённые общими интересами и родом деятельности)- landed interests- vested interests
- outside interests
- influential British interests
- shipping interests
- iron interests
- publishing interest
- banking interest3) процент, прибыль, доходThe interest on the loan was 5 percent a year. — За ссуду брали 5 процентов годовых.
Interest is paid on money that is invested. — С вложенного капитала платят проценты.
- annual interestIt promoted the advancement of their national interests. — Это способствовало развитию национального благосостояния
- current interest
- average interest
- high interest - interest in profit
- interest on the capital
- interest on a loan
- high rate of interest
- lend money on high interest
- have an interest in a business
- buy a half interest in that firm
- lend money at an interest of 3% - borrow money at an interest of 3% - lend money on interest
- lose interest on your money
- pay interest on a loan
- live on interest from the capital
- pay a loan without interest
- repay smb with interest II ['ɪntrɪst] v1) интересовать, заинтересоватьThat doesn't interest me. — Меня это не интересует.
The offer interested him. — Это предложение его заинтересовало.
2) интересоваться, заинтересоватьсяWe don't know what he is interested in. — Мы не знаем, чем он интересуется.
She is not interested in where I live. — Ее не интересует, где я живу
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['ɪnt(ə)rəst] 1. сущ.1) интерес, заинтересованность, увлечение, увлечённостьdeep / profound interest — глубокий интерес
intense / keen / lively — живой интерес
vested interest — личный интерес, заинтересованность
common / mutual interests — общие, взаимные интересы
to hold smb.'s interest — разделять чьи-л. интересы
to demonstrate / display / express / manifest / show interest — проявлять, выражать интерес
His only interest was mathematics. — Единственным его увлечением была математика.
She took a keen interest in the project. — Она живо интересовалась проектом
This story will be of interest to us. — Эта история будет нам интересна.
interest group — группа людей, объединенная общими интересами
Syn:2) интерес, интересность, привлекательность; значимостьto be of interest to smb. — представлять интерес для кого-л.
This trip was of no special interest to her. — Эта поездка не представляла для неё особого интереса.
These things possess no moral interest. — Эти явления не представляют никакой важности с точки зрения морали.
3) интерес, выгода, польза, преимуществоOh, that's in his own intererst that he did it! — О, у него тут был свой интерес!
I love you without interest, without pretence. — Я люблю тебя, не думая ни о каких личных выгодах, без всякой лжи.
Syn:4)а) доля (в предприятии, бизнесе, собственности); участие в прибыляхSyn:б) ( interests) капиталовложенияto defend / guard / protect one's interests — охранять капиталовложения
Syn:stake 1., investment5) ( interests) круги (группы людей, контролирующих какую-л. экономическую область и объединённых общими деловыми или профессиональными интересами), компании6) проценты ( на капитал)to bear / pay / yield interest — выплачивать, приносить проценты
- compound interestto draw / receive interest — получать проценты
- rate of interest 2. гл.интересовать; заинтересовать; вызывать интерес; привлекать внимание; вовлекатьPolitics doesn't interest me. — Политика меня не интересует.
It may interest you to know that John didn't accept the job. — Тебе, возможно, будет интересно узнать, что Джон отказался от этой работы.
The experiment interested me a lot. — Эксперимент весьма заинтересовал меня.
to interest oneself in smth. — интересоваться чем-л.; проявлять интерес к чему-л.
He has always interested himself in medicine. — Он всегда интересовался медициной.
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1) интерес, значение2) (материальная) заинтересованность; доля; участие || заинтересовывать; привлекать к участию3) (ссудный) процент; проценты, процентный доход4) выгода, преимущество5) pl заинтересованные лица; деловые круги6) интерес (объект страхования) -
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1. [ʹıntrıst] n1. 1) интересwith a keen [intense] interest in smb., smth. - с большим [с повышенным] интересом к кому-л., чему-л.
to arouse /to excite, to awake/ smb.'s interest - вызвать /возбудить, пробудить/ чей-л. интерес
to take (an) interest in smb., smth. - заинтересоваться кем-л., чем-л.
to have /to feel/ (an) interest in smb., smth. - интересоваться кем-л., чем-л., проявлять интерес к кому-л., чему-л.
to feel [to show, to take] no interest in smb., smth. - не испытывать [не проявлять] никакого интереса к кому-л., чему-л.
2) интерес, запрос; влечение, стремление, потребностьa man of wide interests - человек с большими запросами /с широким кругом интересов/
his two great interests are music and painting - больше всего он увлекается музыкой и живописью
3) значение, интересthis is of no interest to me - это меня не интересует, это не представляет для меня интереса
a matter of considerable scientific interest - вопрос, представляющий интерес для науки
2. заинтересованность; польза; выгодаpublic [private] interests - общественные [личные] интересы
it is to his interest to do so - ему выгодно /в его интересах/ так поступить
to know where one's interests lie - ≅ своего не упустить
party of interest - юр. заинтересованная ( в деле) сторона
3. 1) доля, участие (в чём-л.)2) имущественное правоvested interest - а) закреплённое законом имущественное право; б) личная заинтересованность (в чём-л.); в) эгоистический или корыстный интерес; [см. тж. 5]
4. книжн. влияние, воздействие; сила авторитетаto have interest with smb. - пользоваться авторитетом у кого-л. /чьим-л. уважением, расположением/
to make interest with smb. - завоевать чьё-л. доверие, расположить кого-л. к себе
to obtain smth. through interest with smb. - достичь чего-л. благодаря (своему) влиянию на кого-л.
5. pl лица, объединённые общностью (профессиональных) интересов; заинтересованные лица, круги или организации; деловые кругиvested interests - а) крупные предприниматели; корпорации, монополии; б) привилегированные классы, верхушка общества; в) правящие круги, истеблишмент; [см. тж. 3, 2)]
6. 1) проценты, процентный доходcompound interest, interest on interest - сложные проценты, проценты на проценты
to live on the interest received from one's capital - жить на доходы с капитала
2) (ссудный) процентrate of interest - процент, процентная ставка, норма процента
3) избытокto repay smb. with interest - отплатить кому-л. с лихвой
with interest - сполна, с лихвой
2. [ʹıntrıst] vshe returned our favour with interest - она щедро отблагодарила нас за сделанное ей одолжение
1. интересовать, вызывать интерес, любопытство; привлекать вниманиеthe article interests everybody - эта статья у всех вызывает интерес, статья привлекла всеобщее внимание
to be interested in smth. - а) интересоваться чем-л.; б) быть заинтересованным в чём-л.
2. заинтересовывать (кого-л. в чём-л.); привлекать (кого-л.) к участию (в чём-л.)to interest smb. in a business - заинтересовать кого-л. в участии в предприятии
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SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 2 January 1864 Glasgow, Scotlandd. 27 September 1954 Wimbledon, London, England[br]Scottish shipowner and shipbuilder.[br]James Caird was educated at Glasgow Academy. While the connections are difficult to unravel, it is clear he was related to the Cairds of Greenock, whose shipyard on the Clyde built countless liners for the P \& O Company, and to the Caird family who were munificent benefactors of Dundee and the Church of Scotland.In 1878 Caird joined a firm of East India Merchants in Glasgow, but later went to London. In 1890 he entered the service of Turnbull, Martin \& Co., managers of the Scottish Shire Line of Steamers; he quickly rose to become Manager, and by 1903 he was the sole partner and owner. In this role his business skill became apparent, as he pioneered (along with the Houlder and Federal Lines) refrigerated shipping connections between the United Kingdom and Australia and New Zealand. In 1917 he sold his shipping interests to Messrs Cayzer Irvine, managers of the Clan Line.During the First World War, Caird set up a new shipyard on the River Wye at Chepstow in Wales. Registered in April 1916, the Standard Shipbuilding and Engineering Company took over an existing shipbuilder in an area not threatened by enemy attacks. The purpose of the yard was rapid building of standardized merchant ships during a period when heavy losses were being sustained because of German U-boat attacks. Caird was appointed Chairman, a post he held until the yard came under full government control later in the war. The shipyard did not meet the high expectations of the time, but it did pioneer standard shipbuilding which was later successful in the USA, the UK and Japan.Caird's greatest work may have been the service he gave to the councils which helped form the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. He used all his endeavours to ensure the successful launch of the world's greatest maritime museum; he persuaded friends to donate, the Government to transfer artefacts and records, and he gave of his wealth to purchase works of art for the nation. Prior to his death he endowed the Museum with £1.25 million, a massive sum for the 1930s, and this (the Caird Fund) is administered to this day by the Trustees of Greenwich.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsBaronet 1928 (with the title Sir James Caird of Glenfarquhar).Further ReadingFrank C.Bowen, 1950, "The Chepstow Yards and a costly venture in government shipbuilding", Shipbuilding and Shipping Record (14 December).FMW -
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'intrəst, ]( American) 'intərist 1. noun1) (curiosity; attention: That newspaper story is bound to arouse interest.) interesse2) (a matter, activity etc that is of special concern to one: Gardening is one of my main interests.) interesse3) (money paid in return for borrowing a usually large sum of money: The (rate of) interest on this loan is eight per cent; ( also adjective) the interest rate.) rente(r)4) ((a share in the ownership of) a business firm etc: He bought an interest in the night-club.) andel, rettighet5) (a group of connected businesses which act together to their own advantage: I suspect that the scheme will be opposed by the banking interest (= all the banks acting together).) forretningsverden/-interesser2. verb1) (to arouse the curiosity and attention of; to be of importance or concern to: Political arguments don't interest me at all.) interessere (seg for), være interessert i2) ((with in) to persuade to do, buy etc: Can I interest you in (buying) this dictionary?) interessere for, gjøre interessert i•- interesting
- interestingly
- in one's own interest
- in one's interest
- in the interests of
- in the interest of
- lose interest
- take an interestinteresse--------rente--------tidsfordrivIsubst. \/ˈɪntrəst\/, \/ˈɪnt(ə)rest\/1) interesse2) interesse, beste, egen fordel3) interesse, engasjement4) ( handel og økonomi) andel, rettighet, innsats, aksjepost5) ( økonomi) fordring6) ( økonomi og overført) rente, renter7) ( også interests) interesserte kretser, gruppe av interessenterkapitalinteressen, kapitalistenerederne, sjøfartsinteresseneaccrued interest ( økonomi) påløpne renterat interest ( om lån) mot rentebear\/carry\/return\/yield interest ( økonomi) gi rente, forrente seg, forrentesbe in someone's interest stå på noens side, begunstige noendraw interest ( økonomi) trekke renterfeel\/take\/have an interest in interessere seg forfeel\/take no interest in ikke interessere seg for• Mr. Brown took no interest in the bookMr. Brown hadde ingen interesse av bokenflagging interest synkende interessehave an interest in (doing) something ha interesse av (å gjøre) noeknow one's own interest vite sitt eget bestelend money at\/on interest eller put out money at\/on interest låne ut penger mot rentelook after one's own interests eller attend to one's interests ivareta (sine) egne interesserof interest interessant, av interessepay interest on ( økonomi) betale rente avreturn something with interest ( overført) betale med rentersink one's own interest sette til side egne interessersphere of interest interessesfære, interesseområdewatch someone's interests bevare noens interesser, ivareta noens interesserwithout interest ( økonomi) rentefrittIIverb \/ˈɪntrəst\/, \/ˈɪnt(ə)rest\/1) interessere, gjøre interessert2) angå, interessereinterest oneself in interessere seg forinterest someone in gjøre noen interessert i, vekke noens interesse for -
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['intrəst, ]( American[) 'intərist] 1. noun1) (curiosity; attention: That newspaper story is bound to arouse interest.) zanimanje2) (a matter, activity etc that is of special concern to one: Gardening is one of my main interests.) zanimanje3) (money paid in return for borrowing a usually large sum of money: The (rate of) interest on this loan is eight per cent; ( also adjective) the interest rate.) obresti; obresten4) ((a share in the ownership of) a business firm etc: He bought an interest in the night-club.) delež5) (a group of connected businesses which act together to their own advantage: I suspect that the scheme will be opposed by the banking interest (= all the banks acting together).) interesi2. verb1) (to arouse the curiosity and attention of; to be of importance or concern to: Political arguments don't interest me at all.) zanimati2) ((with in) to persuade to do, buy etc: Can I interest you in (buying) this dictionary?) zbuditi zanimanje•- interesting
- interestingly
- in one's own interest
- in one's interest
- in the interests of
- in the interest of
- lose interest
- take an interest* * *I [íntrist]nouninteres, zanimanje (in za); udeležba; važnost, pomen; economy udeležba, delež, pravica do deleža (in); economy (samo singular) obresti; vpliv ( with na), oblast ( with nad); prid, korist, dobiček; juridically pravica, zahteva (in)ex interest, free of interest — brez obrestifiguratively to return s.th. with interest — vrniti kaj z obrestmito be of interest to — biti zanimiv za, mikati kogato study the interest of s.o. — imeti korist nekoga pred očmito have an interest in s.th. — imeti delež v čemto take an interest in sth. — zanimati se za kaj, potegovati se za kajto make interest with s.o. — vplivati na kogato have interest with s.o. — imeti vpliv pri komto excite s.o.'s interest — zbuditi zanimanje pri komto obtain s.th. through interest with s.o. — dobiti kaj po zvezahto use one's interest with one for s.o. — zavzeti se za koga pri kompolitics sphere of interest — interesna sferaII [íntrist]transitive verbzbuditi zanimanje (in za); zanimati, zainteresirati; vplivati, privlačitito interest o.s. in — zanimati se za -
12 World War II
(1939-1945)In the European phase of the war, neutral Portugal contributed more to the Allied victory than historians have acknowledged. Portugal experienced severe pressures to compromise her neutrality from both the Axis and Allied powers and, on several occasions, there were efforts to force Portugal to enter the war as a belligerent. Several factors lent Portugal importance as a neutral. This was especially the case during the period from the fall of France in June 1940 to the Allied invasion and reconquest of France from June to August 1944.In four respects, Portugal became briefly a modest strategic asset for the Allies and a war materiel supplier for both sides: the country's location in the southwesternmost corner of the largely German-occupied European continent; being a transport and communication terminus, observation post for spies, and crossroads between Europe, the Atlantic, the Americas, and Africa; Portugal's strategically located Atlantic islands, the Azores, Madeira, and Cape Verde archipelagos; and having important mines of wolfram or tungsten ore, crucial for the war industry for hardening steel.To maintain strict neutrality, the Estado Novo regime dominated by Antônio de Oliveira Salazar performed a delicate balancing act. Lisbon attempted to please and cater to the interests of both sets of belligerents, but only to the extent that the concessions granted would not threaten Portugal's security or its status as a neutral. On at least two occasions, Portugal's neutrality status was threatened. First, Germany briefly considered invading Portugal and Spain during 1940-41. A second occasion came in 1943 and 1944 as Great Britain, backed by the United States, pressured Portugal to grant war-related concessions that threatened Portugal's status of strict neutrality and would possibly bring Portugal into the war on the Allied side. Nazi Germany's plan ("Operation Felix") to invade the Iberian Peninsula from late 1940 into 1941 was never executed, but the Allies occupied and used several air and naval bases in Portugal's Azores Islands.The second major crisis for Portugal's neutrality came with increasing Allied pressures for concessions from the summer of 1943 to the summer of 1944. Led by Britain, Portugal's oldest ally, Portugal was pressured to grant access to air and naval bases in the Azores Islands. Such bases were necessary to assist the Allies in winning the Battle of the Atlantic, the naval war in which German U-boats continued to destroy Allied shipping. In October 1943, following tedious negotiations, British forces began to operate such bases and, in November 1944, American forces were allowed to enter the islands. Germany protested and made threats, but there was no German attack.Tensions rose again in the spring of 1944, when the Allies demanded that Lisbon cease exporting wolfram to Germany. Salazar grew agitated, considered resigning, and argued that Portugal had made a solemn promise to Germany that wolfram exports would be continued and that Portugal could not break its pledge. The Portuguese ambassador in London concluded that the shipping of wolfram to Germany was "the price of neutrality." Fearing that a still-dangerous Germany could still attack Portugal, Salazar ordered the banning of the mining, sale, and exports of wolfram not only to Germany but to the Allies as of 6 June 1944.Portugal did not enter the war as a belligerent, and its forces did not engage in combat, but some Portuguese experienced directly or indirectly the impact of fighting. Off Portugal or near her Atlantic islands, Portuguese naval personnel or commercial fishermen rescued at sea hundreds of victims of U-boat sinkings of Allied shipping in the Atlantic. German U-boats sank four or five Portuguese merchant vessels as well and, in 1944, a U-boat stopped, boarded, searched, and forced the evacuation of a Portuguese ocean liner, the Serpa Pinto, in mid-Atlantic. Filled with refugees, the liner was not sunk but several passengers lost their lives and the U-boat kidnapped two of the ship's passengers, Portuguese Americans of military age, and interned them in a prison camp. As for involvement in a theater of war, hundreds of inhabitants were killed and wounded in remote East Timor, a Portuguese colony near Indonesia, which was invaded, annexed, and ruled by Japanese forces between February 1942 and August 1945. In other incidents, scores of Allied military planes, out of fuel or damaged in air combat, crashed or were forced to land in neutral Portugal. Air personnel who did not survive such crashes were buried in Portuguese cemeteries or in the English Cemetery, Lisbon.Portugal's peripheral involvement in largely nonbelligerent aspects of the war accelerated social, economic, and political change in Portugal's urban society. It strengthened political opposition to the dictatorship among intellectual and working classes, and it obliged the regime to bolster political repression. The general economic and financial status of Portugal, too, underwent improvements since creditor Britain, in order to purchase wolfram, foods, and other materials needed during the war, became indebted to Portugal. When Britain repaid this debt after the war, Portugal was able to restore and expand its merchant fleet. Unlike most of Europe, ravaged by the worst war in human history, Portugal did not suffer heavy losses of human life, infrastructure, and property. Unlike even her neighbor Spain, badly shaken by its terrible Civil War (1936-39), Portugal's immediate postwar condition was more favorable, especially in urban areas, although deep-seated poverty remained.Portugal experienced other effects, especially during 1939-42, as there was an influx of about a million war refugees, an infestation of foreign spies and other secret agents from 60 secret intelligence services, and the residence of scores of international journalists who came to report the war from Lisbon. There was also the growth of war-related mining (especially wolfram and tin). Portugal's media eagerly reported the war and, by and large, despite government censorship, the Portuguese print media favored the Allied cause. Portugal's standard of living underwent some improvement, although price increases were unpopular.The silent invasion of several thousand foreign spies, in addition to the hiring of many Portuguese as informants and spies, had fascinating outcomes. "Spyland" Portugal, especially when Portugal was a key point for communicating with occupied Europe (1940-44), witnessed some unusual events, and spying for foreigners at least briefly became a national industry. Until mid-1944, when Allied forces invaded France, Portugal was the only secure entry point from across the Atlantic to Europe or to the British Isles, as well as the escape hatch for refugees, spies, defectors, and others fleeing occupied Europe or Vichy-controlled Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. Through Portugal by car, ship, train, or scheduled civil airliner one could travel to and from Spain or to Britain, or one could leave through Portugal, the westernmost continental country of Europe, to seek refuge across the Atlantic in the Americas.The wartime Portuguese scene was a colorful melange of illegal activities, including espionage, the black market, war propaganda, gambling, speculation, currency counterfeiting, diamond and wolfram smuggling, prostitution, and the drug and arms trade, and they were conducted by an unusual cast of characters. These included refugees, some of whom were spies, smugglers, diplomats, and business people, many from foreign countries seeking things they could find only in Portugal: information, affordable food, shelter, and security. German agents who contacted Allied sailors in the port of Lisbon sought to corrupt and neutralize these men and, if possible, recruit them as spies, and British intelligence countered this effort. Britain's MI-6 established a new kind of "safe house" to protect such Allied crews from German espionage and venereal disease infection, an approved and controlled house of prostitution in Lisbon's bairro alto district.Foreign observers and writers were impressed with the exotic, spy-ridden scene in Lisbon, as well as in Estoril on the Sun Coast (Costa do Sol), west of Lisbon harbor. What they observed appeared in noted autobiographical works and novels, some written during and some after the war. Among notable writers and journalists who visited or resided in wartime Portugal were Hungarian writer and former communist Arthur Koestler, on the run from the Nazi's Gestapo; American radio broadcaster-journalist Eric Sevareid; novelist and Hollywood script-writer Frederick Prokosch; American diplomat George Kennan; Rumanian cultural attache and later scholar of mythology Mircea Eliade; and British naval intelligence officer and novelist-to-be Ian Fleming. Other notable visiting British intelligence officers included novelist Graham Greene; secret Soviet agent in MI-6 and future defector to the Soviet Union Harold "Kim" Philby; and writer Malcolm Muggeridge. French letters were represented by French writer and airman, Antoine Saint-Exupery and French playwright, Jean Giroudoux. Finally, Aquilino Ribeiro, one of Portugal's premier contemporary novelists, wrote about wartime Portugal, including one sensational novel, Volframio, which portrayed the profound impact of the exploitation of the mineral wolfram on Portugal's poor, still backward society.In Estoril, Portugal, the idea for the world's most celebrated fictitious spy, James Bond, was probably first conceived by Ian Fleming. Fleming visited Portugal several times after 1939 on Naval Intelligence missions, and later he dreamed up the James Bond character and stories. Background for the early novels in the James Bond series was based in part on people and places Fleming observed in Portugal. A key location in Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale (1953) is the gambling Casino of Estoril. In addition, one aspect of the main plot, the notion that a spy could invent "secret" intelligence for personal profit, was observed as well by the British novelist and former MI-6 officer, while engaged in operations in wartime Portugal. Greene later used this information in his 1958 spy novel, Our Man in Havana, as he observed enemy agents who fabricated "secrets" for money.Thus, Portugal's World War II experiences introduced the country and her people to a host of new peoples, ideas, products, and influences that altered attitudes and quickened the pace of change in this quiet, largely tradition-bound, isolated country. The 1943-45 connections established during the Allied use of air and naval bases in Portugal's Azores Islands were a prelude to Portugal's postwar membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). -
13 Lithgow, James
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 27 January 1883 Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotlandd. 23 February 1952 Langbank, Renfrewshire, Scotland[br]Scottish shipbuilder; creator of one of the twentieth century's leading industrial organizations.[br]Lithgow attended Glasgow Academy and then spent a year in Paris. In 1901 he commenced a shipyard apprenticeship with Russell \& Co., where his father, William Lithgow, was sole proprietor. For years Russell's had topped the Clyde tonnage output and more than once had been the world's leading yard. Along with his brother Henry, Lithgow in 1908 was appointed a director, and in a few years he was Chairman and the yard was renamed Lithgows Ltd. By the outbreak of the First World War the Lithgow brothers were recognized as good shipbuilders and astute businessmen. In 1914 he joined the Royal Artillery; he rose to the rank of major and served with distinction, but his skills in administration were recognized and he was recalled home to become Director of Merchant Shipbuilding when British shipping losses due to submarine attack became critical. This appointment set a pattern, with public duties becoming predominant and the day-to-day shipyard business being organized by his brother. During the interwar years, Lithgow served on many councils designed to generate work and expand British commercial interests. His public appointments were legion, but none was as controversial as his directorship of National Shipbuilders Security Ltd, formed to purchase and "sterilize" inefficient shipyards that were hindering recovery from the Depression. To this day opinions are divided on this issue, but it is beyond doubt that Lithgow believed in the task in hand and served unstintingly. During the Second World War he was Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs and was one of the few civilians to be on the Board of Admiralty. On the cessation of hostilities, Lithgow devoted time to research boards and to the expansion of the Lithgow Group, which now included the massive Fairfield Shipyard as well as steel, marine engineering and other companies.Throughout his life Lithgow worked for the Territorial Army, but he was also a devoted member of the Church of Scotland. He gave practical support to the lona Community, no doubt influenced by unbounded love of the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsMilitary Cross and mentioned in dispatches during the First World War. Baronet 1925. Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 1945. Commander of the Order of the Orange-Nassau (the Netherlands). CB 1947. Served as the employers' representative on the League of Nations International Labour Conference in the 1930s. President, British Iron and Steel Cofederation 1943.Further ReadingJ.M.Reid, 1964, James Lithgow, Master of Work, London: Hutchinson.FMW -
14 Egerton, Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 21 May 1736d. 9 March 1803 London, England[br]English entrepreneur, described as the "father of British inland navigation".[br]Francis Egerton was the younger of the two surviving sons of Scroop, 1st Duke of Bridgewater, and on the death of his brother, the 2nd Duke, he succeeded to the title in 1748. Until that time he had received little or no education as his mother considered him to be of feeble intellect. His guardians, the Duke of Bedford and Lord Trentham, decided he should be given an opportunity and sent him to Eton in 1749. He remained there for three years and then went on the "grand tour" of Europe. During this period he saw the Canal du Midi, though whether this was the spark that ignited his interest in canals is hard to say. On his return to England he indulged in the social round in London and raced at Newmarket. After two unsuccessful attempts at marriage he retired to Lancashire to further his mining interests at Worsley, where the construction of a canal to Manchester was already being considered. In fact, the Act for the Bridgewater Canal had been passed at the time he left London. John Gilbert, his land agent at Worsley, encouraged the Duke to pursue the canal project, which had received parliamentary approval in March 1759. Brindley had been recommended on account of his work at Trentham, the estate of the Duke's brother-in-law, and Brindley was consulted and subsequently appointed Engineer; the canal opened on 17 July 1761. This was immediately followed by an extension project from Longford Brook to Runcorn to improve communications between Manchester and Liverpool; this was completed on 31 December 1772, after Brindley's death. The Duke also invested heavily in the Trent \& Mersey Canal, but his interests were confined to his mines and the completed canals for the rest of his life.It is said that he lacked a sense of humour and even refused to read books. He was untidy in his dress and habits yet he was devoted to the Worsley undertakings. When travelling to Worsley he would have his coach placed on a barge so that he could inspect the canal during the journey. He amassed a great fortune from his various activities, but when he died, instead of leaving his beloved canal to the beneficiaries under his will, he created a trust to ensure that the canal would endure; the trust did not expire until 1903. The Duke is commemorated by a large Corinthian pillar, which is now in the care of the National Trust, in the grounds of his mansion at Ashridge, Hertfordshire.[br]Further ReadingH.Malet, 1961, The Canal Duke, Dawlish: David \& Charles.JHBBiographical history of technology > Egerton, Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
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15 order
I сущ.1)а) общ. порядок (последовательность, расположение, размещение в определенном порядке)б) мат. кратность, степень2)а) общ. (заведенный) порядок, системаSee:б) общ. (общественный) порядокSee:в) упр. порядок, процедура, регламент (собрания и т. п)See:3) общ. строй (система общественного, государственного устройства)4) потр. исправность; порядок; хорошее состояниеThe car is in [out of\] order. — Автомобиль исправен [неисправен\].
See:II 1. сущ.1) общ., часто мн. приказ; распоряжение; предписание; командаCOMBS:
The British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London. — Британские корабли стали на якорь в ожидании распоряжений из Лондона.
Syn:See:antidumping duty order, banker's order, collection order, countervailing duty order, delivery order, money order, shipping order, stop payment order, secondary legislation, charge 1. 4) а), command 1. 1) а)2) фин. финансовое требование, ордер (требование выплатить какую-л. сумму на основании документа, напр., векселя, чека)See:3) юр. предписание судаCOMBS:
See:4) торг. заказ (предложение заказчика изготовить, поставить товары с указанием количества, ассортимента, качества, сроков и других необходимых данных либо выполнить работу; вид оферты)COMBS:
on order — быть заказанным, производиться по заказу
We expect the price to rise, once the government order occurs. — Мы ожидаем повышения цены, как только будет размещен государственный заказ.
See:advertising order, credit order, purchase order, order buyer, order point, Table of Denial Orders, cash with order, offer 1. 2) а), economic order quantity model5) общ. заказ (в ресторане и т. п.)I gave the waiter my order. — Я сделал официанту заказ.
6) бирж. (биржевой) приказ, ордер, заявка ( приказ брокеру о покупке или продаже ценных бумаг или других активов)See:all-or-any part, alternative order, at-the-close order, at-the-opening order, buy order, buy stop order, contingent order, day order, discretionary order, fill-or-kill order, firm order, good this month order, good this week order, good till cancelled order, limit order, limit-on-close order, limit-or-better order, market if touched order, market order, matching orders, no limit order, not-held order, odd lot order, off-floor order, on-floor order, price limit order, scale order, sell order, sell stop order, significant order, split order, spread order, stop-close-only order, stop-limit order, stop loss order, supporting order, take profit order, time limit order, time of day order, Automated Order Entry System, Boston Exchange Automated Communication Order-routing Network, computer-assisted order routing and execution system, Designated Order Turnaround System, Small Order Execution System, Special Order Routing and Execution System, Super Designated Order Turnaround System, System on Computerized Order Routing and Execution, stockbroker, safeguarding interests2. гл.1) упр., воен. приказывать, распоряжаться, поручатьSyn:2) общ. назначать, прописывать (лекарство и т. п.)разг.
just what the doctor ordered — то, что доктор прописал; то, что надо3) общ. заказывать4) общ. располагать, распределять ( в определенном порядке)III сущ.1) общ. слой общества, социальная группаthe lower [higher\] orders — низшие [высшие\] слои общества
Syn:2)а) общ. рыцарский или религиозный орденб) общ. (тайное) общество, (тайная) организация ( частных лиц)3)а) общ. духовный санб) общ. группа духовных лицholy [full\] orders — духовенство
4) общ. знак отличия, орденOrder of Merit — орден "За заслуги"
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приказ: 1) приказ клиента брокеру купить или продать ценные бумаги (товары) на тех или иных условиях; см. limit order; 2) предписание суда; распоряжение властей; 3) см. "to the order of"; 4) заказ на покупку или продажу товаров или услуг, который связывает эмитента заказа условиями, которые в нем поименованы.* * *ЗАКАЗ, ордер. документ, направляемый покупателем (заказчиком) продавцу с твердым намерением купить определенный товар; содержит информацию о необходимом количестве товара, его качестве, цене, сроках поставки, предельном сроке ответа. Если в течении указанного срока продавец безоговорочно подтверждает (акцептирует) З. покупателя, между ними возникают договорные отношения (заключается договор) с вытекающими обязательствами для обеих сторон. . Биржевой приказ - Используется при покупке или продаже финансовых инструментов Словарь экономических терминов 1 .* * *документ, направляемый покупателем (заказчиком) продавцу, в котором выражено твердое намерение купить определенный товар (услуги) и изложены все условия совершения покупки (количество, качество товара, цена, срок поставки) -
16 Fife, William
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 15 June 1857 Fairlie, Scotlandd. 11 August 1944 Fairlie, Scotland[br]Scottish naval architect and designer of sailing yachts of legendary beauty and performance.[br]Following his education at Brisbane Academy in Largs, William Fife (the third generation of the name) became apprenticed at the age of 14 to the already famous yacht-building yard owned by his family at Fairlie in Ayrshire. On completion of his apprenticeship, he joined the Paisley shipbuilders John Fullerton \& Co. to gain experience in iron shipbuilding before going on as Manager to the Marquis of Ailsa's Culzean Steam Launch and Yacht Works. Initially the works was sited below the famous castle at Culzean, but some years later it moved a few miles along the Ayrshire Coast to Maidens. The Culzean Company was wound up in 1887 and Fife then returned to the family yard, where he remained for the rest of his working life. Many outstanding yachts were the product of his hours on the drawing board, including auxiliary sailing cruisers, motor yachts and well-known racing craft. The most outstanding designs were for two of Sir Thomas Lipton's challengers for the America's Cup: Shamrock I and Shamrock III. The latter yacht was tested at the Ship Model Experiment Tank owned by Denny of Dumbarton before being built at their Leven Shipyard in 1903. Shamrock III may have been one of the earliest America's Cup yachts to have been designed with a high level of scientific input. The hull construction was unusual for the early years of the twentieth century, being of alloy steel with decks of aluminium.William Fife was decorated for his service to shipbuilding during the First World War. With the onset of the Great Depression the shipyard's output slowed, and in the 1930s it was sold to other interests; this was the end of the 120-year Fife dynasty.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsOBE c.1919.FMW -
17 Fox, Uffa
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 15 January 1898 Cowes, Isle of Wight, Englandd. 27 October 1972 Isle of Wight (?), England[br]English yacht designer.[br]Coming from a family that had originated in East Anglia, his first name was that of an early British king and was to typify his unusual and refreshing zest for life. Fox commenced his professional career as an apprentice with the flying boat and high-speed craft builders Messrs S.E.Saunders, and shortly after the outbreak of the First World War he was conscripted into the Royal Naval Air Service. In 1920 he made his first transatlantic crossing under sail, a much greater adventure then than now, and returned to the United Kingdom as deck-hand on a ship bound for Liverpool. He was to make the crossing under sail twice more. Shortly after his marriage in 1925, he purchased the old Floating Bridge at Cowes and converted it to living accommodation, workshops and drawing offices. By the 1930s his life's work was in full swing, with designs coming off his drawing board for some of the most outstanding mass-produced craft ever built, as well as for some remarkable one-off yachts. His experimentation with every kind of sailing craft, and even with the Eskimo kayak, gave him the knowledge and experience that made his name known worldwide. During the Second World War he designed and produced the world's first airborne parachuted lifeboat. Despite what could be described as a robust lifestyle, coupled with interests in music, art and horseriding, Fox continued to produce great designs and in the late 1940s he introduced the Firefly, followed by the beautiful Flying Fifteen class of racing keel boats. One of his most unusual vessels was Britannia, the 24 ft (7.3 m) waterline craft that John Fairfax was to row across the Atlantic. Later came Britannia II, which Fairfax took across the Pacific![br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsCBE 1959. Royal Designer to Industry (RDI).BibliographyFox produced a series of yachting books, most first published in the late 1930s, and some more lighthearted volumes of reminiscences in the 1960s. Some of the best-known titles are: Sail and Power, Racing and Cruising Design, Uffa Fox's Second Book and The Crest of the Wave.Further ReadingJ.Dixon, 1978, Uffa Fox. A Personal Biography, Brighton: Angus \& Robertson.FMW -
18 Peter the Great (Pyotr Alekseyevich Romanov)
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 10 June 1672 (30 May 1672 Old Style) Moscow, Russiad. 8 February 1725 (28 January 1725 Old Style) St Petersburg, Russia[br]Russian Tsar (1682–1725), Emperor of all the Russias (1722–5), founder of the Russian Navy, shipbuilder and scientist; as a shipbuilder he was known by the pseudonym Petr Mikhailov.[br]Peter the Great was a man with a single-minded approach to problems and with passionate and lifelong interests in matters scientific, military and above all maritime. The unusual and dominating rule of his vast lands brought about the age of Russian enlightenment, and ensured that his country became one of the most powerful states in Europe.Peter's interest in ships and shipbuilding started in his childhood; c. 1687 he had an old English-built day sailing boat repaired and launched, and on it he learned the rudiments of sailing and navigation. This craft (still preserved in St Petersburg) became known as the "Grandfather of the Russian Navy". In the years 1688 to 1693 he established a shipyard on Lake Plestsheev and then began his lifelong study of shipbuilding by visiting and giving encouragement to the industry at Archangelsk on the White Sea and Voronezh in the Sea of Azov. In October 1696, Peter took Azov from the Turks, and the Russian Fleet ever since has regarded that date as their birthday. Setting an example to the young aristocracy, Peter travelled to Western Europe to widen his experience and contacts and also to learn the trade of shipbuilding. He worked in the shipyards of Amsterdam and then at the Naval Base of Deptford on the Thames.The war with Sweden concentrated his attention on the Baltic and, to establish a base for trading and for the Navy, the City of St Petersburg was constructed on marshland. The Admiralty was built in the city and many new shipyards in the surrounding countryside, one being the Olonez yard which in 1703 built the frigate Standart, the first for the Baltic Fleet, which Peter himself commanded on its first voyage. The military defence of St Petersburg was effected by the construction of Kronstadt, seawards of the city.Throughout his life Peter was involved in ship design and it is estimated that one thousand ships were built during his reign. He introduced the building of standard ship types and also, centuries ahead of its time, the concept of prefabrication, unit assembly and the building of part hulls in different places. Officially he was the designer of the ninety-gun ship Lesnoe of 1718, and this may have influenced him in instituting Rules for Shipbuilders and for Seamen. In 1716 he commanded the joint fleets of the four naval powers: Denmark, Britain, Holland and Russia.He established the Marine Academy, organized and encouraged exploration and scientific research, and on his edict the St Petersburg Academy of Science was opened. He was not averse to the recruitment of foreigners to key posts in the nation's service. Peter the Great was a remarkable man, with the unusual quality of being a theorist and an innovator, in addition to the endowments of practicality and common sense.[br]Further ReadingRobert K.Massie, 1981, Peter the Great: His Life and Work, London: Gollancz.Henri Troyat, 1979, Pierre le Grand; pub. in English 1988 as Peter the Great, London: Hamish Hamilton (a good all-round biography).AK / FMWBiographical history of technology > Peter the Great (Pyotr Alekseyevich Romanov)
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19 Stevenson, Robert
[br]b. 8 June 1772 Glasgow, Scotlandd. 12 July 1850 Edinburgh, Scotland[br]Scottish lighthouse designer and builder.[br]After his father's death when he was only 2 years old, Robert Stevenson was educated at a school for children from families in reduced circumstances. However, c. 1788 his mother married again, to Thomas Smith, Engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board. Stevenson then served an apprenticeship under his new stepfather. The Board, which is still an active force in the 1990s, was founded in 1786 to oversee the lights and buoyage in some of the wildest waters in Western Europe, the seas around the coasts of Scotland and the Isle of Man.After studies at Andersen's College (now the University of Strathclyde) and later at Edinburgh University, Stevenson assumed responsibility in the field for much of the construction work sanctioned by the Board. After some years he succeeded Smith as Engineer to the Board and thereby the long connection between the Northern Lights and the Stevenson family commenced.Stevenson became Engineer to the Board when he was about 30 years old, remaining in that office for the best part of half a century. During these years he improved catoptric lighting, adopted the central lamp refracting system and invented the intermittent flashing light. While these developments were sufficient to form a just memorial to the man, he was involved in greater endeavours in the construction of around twenty lighthouses, most of which had ingenious forms of construction. The finest piece was the Bell Rock Lighthouse, built on a reef off the Scottish East Coast. This enterprise took five years to complete and can be regarded as the most important construction of his life.His interests fitted in with those of the other great men living in and around Edinburgh at the time, and included oceanography, astronomy, architecture and antiquarian studies. He designed several notable bridges, proposed a design for the rails for railways and also made a notable study of marine timber borers. He contributed to Encyclopaedia Britannica and to many journals.His grandson, born in the year of his death, was the famous author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94).[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS Edinburgh.Further ReadingSir Walter Scott, 1982, Northern Lights, Hawick.FMW
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