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  • 41 carbunculus

    carbuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. carbo].
    I.
    A small coal, Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.—
    b.
    Trop., a burning or devouring sorrow: amburet ei misero corculum carbunculus. Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 70 Lorenz ad loc.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    A kind of sandstone, red toph-stone, Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 2 Schneid.; Vitr. 2, 4; 2, 6; 8, 1; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 29; Pall. 1, 10, 1.—
    B.
    A reddish, bright kind of precious stone (prob. comprising the ruby, carbuncle, hyacinth, garnet, etc.), Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 92 sq.; Isid. Orig. 16, 14, 1; Vulg. Exod. 28, 18; id. Ezech. 28, 13; Inscr. Orell. 2510.—Hence, ut scintillet probitas e carbunculis, i. e. be adorned with jewels, Publ. Syr. ap. Petr. 55 Bücheler. —
    C.
    A disease.
    1.
    Of men, a kind of tumor, a carbuncle, Cels. 5, 28, 1; 6, 18, 1; a disease in Gallia Narbonensis, le charbon provençal, Plin. 26, 1, 4, § 5.—
    2.
    Of plants, a disease caused by hoar-frost, Col. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 272; 18, 29, 70, § 293.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > carbunculus

  • 42 мелкий уголь

    1. small-size coal
    2. fine coal
    3. barley coal

     

    мелкий уголь
    (куски угля размером 13-25 мм)
    [А.С.Гольдберг. Англо-русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.]

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    Русско-английский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > мелкий уголь

  • 43 маломощная печь

    1. small-scale furnace

     

    маломощная печь

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    small-scale furnace
    Small enclosed structures containing a heat source, typically used for the purpose of intense heating. Most are lined with refractory material, the heat source is typically provided by electrical elements or the burning of gas, coke or coal. (Source: GRAHAW)
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    Русско-английский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > маломощная печь

  • 44 мелкий уголь

    Small-sized coal...

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > мелкий уголь

  • 45 kurakcha

    small wooden shovel; ash or coal scoop

    Uzbek-English dictionary > kurakcha

  • 46 мелкий уголь

    Small-sized coal...

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > мелкий уголь

  • 47 Curr, John

    [br]
    b. 1756 Kyo, near Lanchester, or in Greenside, near Ryton-on-Tyne, Durham, England
    d. 27 January 1823 Sheffield, England
    [br]
    English coal-mine manager and engineer, inventor of flanged, cast-iron plate rails.
    [br]
    The son of a "coal viewer", Curr was brought up in the West Durham colliery district. In 1777 he went to the Duke of Norfolk's collieries at Sheffield, where in 1880 he was appointed Superintendent. There coal was conveyed underground in baskets on sledges: Curr replaced the wicker sledges with wheeled corves, i.e. small four-wheeled wooden wagons, running on "rail-roads" with cast-iron rails and hauled from the coal-face to the shaft bottom by horses. The rails employed hitherto had usually consisted of plates of iron, the flange being on the wheels of the wagon. Curr's new design involved flanges on the rails which guided the vehicles, the wheels of which were unflanged and could run on any hard surface. He appears to have left no precise record of the date that he did this, and surviving records have been interpreted as implying various dates between 1776 and 1787. In 1787 John Buddle paid tribute to the efficiency of the rails of Curr's type, which were first used for surface transport by Joseph Butler in 1788 at his iron furnace at Wingerworth near Chesterfield: their use was then promoted widely by Benjamin Outram, and they were adopted in many other English mines. They proved serviceable until the advent of locomotives demanded different rails.
    In 1788 Curr also developed a system for drawing a full corve up a mine shaft while lowering an empty one, with guides to separate them. At the surface the corves were automatically emptied by tipplers. Four years later he was awarded a patent for using double ropes for lifting heavier loads. As the weight of the rope itself became a considerable problem with the increasing depth of the shafts, Curr invented the flat hemp rope, patented in 1798, which consisted of several small round ropes stitched together and lapped upon itself in winding. It acted as a counterbalance and led to a reduction in the time and cost of hoisting: at the beginning of a run the loaded rope began to coil upon a small diameter, gradually increasing, while the unloaded rope began to coil off a large diameter, gradually decreasing.
    Curr's book The Coal Viewer (1797) is the earliest-known engineering work on railway track and it also contains the most elaborate description of a Newcomen pumping engine, at the highest state of its development. He became an acknowledged expert on construction of Newcomen-type atmospheric engines, and in 1792 he established a foundry to make parts for railways and engines.
    Because of the poor financial results of the Duke of Norfolk's collieries at the end of the century, Curr was dismissed in 1801 despite numerous inventions and improvements which he had introduced. After his dismissal, six more of his patents were concerned with rope-making: the one he gained in 1813 referred to the application of flat ropes to horse-gins and perpendicular drum-shafts of steam engines. Curr also introduced the use of inclined planes, where a descending train of full corves pulled up an empty one, and he was one of the pioneers employing fixed steam engines for hauling. He may have resided in France for some time before his death.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1788. British patent no. 1,660 (guides in mine shafts).
    1789. An Account of tin Improved Method of Drawing Coals and Extracting Ores, etc., from Mines, Newcastle upon Tyne.
    1797. The Coal Viewer and Engine Builder's Practical Companion; reprinted with five plates and an introduction by Charles E.Lee, 1970, London: Frank Cass, and New York: Augustus M.Kelley.
    1798. British patent no. 2,270 (flat hemp ropes).
    Further Reading
    F.Bland, 1930–1, "John Curr, originator of iron tram roads", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 11:121–30.
    R.A.Mott, 1969, Tramroads of the eighteenth century and their originator: John Curr', Transactions of the Newcomen Society 42:1–23 (includes corrections to Fred Bland's earlier paper).
    Charles E.Lee, 1970, introduction to John Curr, The Coal Viewer and Engine Builder's Practical Companion, London: Frank Cass, pp. 1–4; orig. pub. 1797, Sheffield (contains the most comprehensive biographical information).
    R.Galloway, 1898, Annals of Coalmining, Vol. I, London; reprinted 1971, London (provides a detailed account of Curr's technological alterations).
    WK / PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Curr, John

  • 48 kaa

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    [Swahili Word] kaa
    [Swahili Plural] makaa
    [English Word] coal
    [English Plural] coal
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Swahili Example] tumbawe, makaa, jivu, chumvi, karafuu na tangawizi [Abd]
    [English Example] coral rag, coal, ashes, salt, cloves and ginger
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    [Swahili Word] kaa
    [Swahili Plural] makaa
    [English Word] charcoal
    [English Plural] charcoal
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [Swahili Word] kaa
    [Swahili Plural] makaa
    [English Word] ember
    [English Plural] embers
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Swahili Example] makaa ya moto
    [English Example] glowing hot embers
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    [Swahili Word] kaa
    [Swahili Plural] makaa
    [English Word] cinder
    [English Plural] cinders
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [Swahili Word] kaa
    [Swahili Plural] makaa
    [English Word] fuel
    [English Plural] fuel
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
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    [Swahili Word] kaa la mawe
    [Swahili Plural] makaa ya mawe
    [English Word] coal
    [English Plural] coal
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Related Words] jiwe
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    [Swahili Word] kaa la miti
    [Swahili Plural] makaa ya miti
    [English Word] charcoal
    [English Plural] charcoal
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Related Words] mti
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    [Swahili Word] kaa la moto
    [Swahili Plural] makaa ya moto
    [English Word] live ember
    [English Plural] live embers
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Related Words] moto
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    [Swahili Word] kaa
    [Swahili Plural] kaa
    [English Word] crab
    [English Plural] crabs
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Swahili Example] kuokota kombe, chaza, makome, kaa, chanje au fukulile [Moh]
    [English Example] to gather conch, oysters, shellfish, large crabs, small crabs, or crabs hiding in the sand
    [Terminology] marine
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    [Swahili Word] kaa makoko
    [Swahili Plural] kaa makoko
    [English Word] small mud-crab
    [English Plural] mud-crabs
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Related Words] koko
    [Terminology] marine
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    [Swahili Word] kaa mswele
    [Swahili Plural] kaa mswele
    [English Word] box crab
    [English Plural] box crabs
    [Taxonomy] Calappa spp.
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] marine
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    [Swahili Word] kaa mswele
    [Swahili Plural] kaa mswele
    [English Word] shame-faced crab
    [English Plural] shame-faced crabs
    [Taxonomy] Calappa spp.
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] marine
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    [Swahili Word] kaa mswele
    [Swahili Plural] kaa mswele
    [English Word] shy crab
    [English Plural] shy crabs
    [Taxonomy] Calappa spp.
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] marine
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    [Swahili Word] kaa tunga
    [Swahili Plural] kaa tunga
    [English Word] mangrove crab
    [English Plural] mangrove crabs
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Terminology] marine
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    [Swahili Word] kaa
    [English Word] Cancer (astrology)
    [English Plural] Cancers
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10an
    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] sit
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] akatolewa kiti akakaa [Sul]
    [English Example] he was offered a seat and he sat
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa kitako
    [English Word] sit down
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] kitako
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa kitako
    [English Word] be seated
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] kitako
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] stay
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] matumaini yake ya kukaa pamoja na watoto hao [...] yalikaa katika mimba ya miezi mitano aliyokuwa nayo sasa [Kez]
    [English Example] her hopes of staying with those children resided in the five-month old fetus she now had
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] reside
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] kaa mjini
    [English Example] reside in the city
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] inhabit
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] dwell
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] kikalio, kikao, makao, makazi, mkaa, mkalio, ukaaji, ukao, ukazi
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] settle
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] kikalio, kikao, makao, makazi, mkaa, mkalio, ukaaji, ukao, ukazi
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] live
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] ilimpasa kuja kukaa karibu na shule [Kez]
    [English Example] it was necessary for her to come live near the school
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] exist
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] kikalio, kikao, makao, makazi, mkaa, mkalio, ukaaji, ukao, ukazi
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] be
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] kikalio, kikao, makao, makazi, mkaa, mkalio, ukaaji, ukao, ukazi
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] endure
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] kikalio, kikao, makao, makazi, mkaa, mkalio, ukaaji, ukao, ukazi
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] last
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] kikalio, kikao, makao, makazi, mkaa, mkalio, ukaaji, ukao, ukazi
    [Swahili Example] mitungi hii imekaa sana
    [English Example] these earthenware pots have lasted for a long time
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] continue
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] kikalio, kikao, makao, makazi, mkaa, mkalio, ukaaji, ukao, ukazi
    [Swahili Example] itakaa siku nyingi
    [English Example] it will continue for many days
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] remain
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] kikalio, kikao, makao, makazi, mkaa, mkalio, ukaaji, ukao, ukazi
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] wait
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] kikalio, kikao, makao, makazi, mkaa, mkalio, ukaaji, ukao, ukazi
    [Swahili Example] kaa hapa, nitarudi sasa hivi
    [English Example] wait here, I'll be back right away
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] fit
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [Swahili Word] -kaa
    [English Word] suit (of clothes)
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Swahili Example] ngoja nione kama litanikaa [Muk]
    [English Example] wait while I see if it will suit me
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    Swahili-english dictionary > kaa

  • 49 Clerke, Sir Clement

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    d. 1693
    [br]
    English entrepreneur responsible, with others, for attempts to introduce coal-fired smelting of lead and, later, of copper.
    [br]
    Clerke, from Launde Abbey in Leicestershire, was involved in early experiments to smelt lead using coal fuel, which was believed to have been located on the Leicestershire-Derbyshire border. Concurrently, Lord Grandison was financing experiments at Bristol for similar purposes, causing the downfall of an earlier unsuccessful patented method before securing his own patent in 1678. In that same year Clerke took over management of the Bristol works, claiming the ability to secure financial return from Grandison's methods. Financial success proved elusive, although the technical problems of adapting the reverberatory furnace to coal fuel appear to have been solved when Clerke was found to have established another lead works nearby on his own account. He was forced to cease work on lead in 1684 in respect of Grandison's patent rights. Clerke then turned to investigations into the coal-fired smelting of other metals and started to smelt copper in coal-fired reverberatory furnaces. By 1688–9 small supplied of merchantable copper were offered for sale in London in order to pay his workers, possibly because of further financial troubles. The practical success of his smelting innovation is widely acknowledged to have been the responsibility of John Coster and, to a smaller extent, Gabriel Wayne, both of whom left Clerke and set up separate works elsewhere. Clerke's son Talbot took over administration of his father's works, which declined still further and closed c. 1693, at about the time of Sir Clement's death. Both Coster and Wayne continued to develop smelting techniques, establishing a new British industry in the smelting of copper with coal.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Created baronet 1661.
    Further Reading
    Rhys Jenkins, 1934, "The reverberatory furnace with coal fuel", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 34:67–81.
    —1943–4, "Copper smelting in England: Revival at the end of the seventeenth century", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 24:78–80.
    J.Morton, 1985, The Rise of the Modern Copper and Brass Industry: 1690 to 1750, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Birmingham, 87–106.
    JD

    Biographical history of technology > Clerke, Sir Clement

  • 50 производство

    1. production; manufacture; make
    (добив) output
    производство на средства за производство production of means of production
    стоково производство (production of) marketable goods; commodity production
    масово производство mass/serial production, large-scale-production/manufacture
    машинно производство mechanical/mechanized production/manufacture
    серийно производство series/commercial production
    производство на обувки manufacture of shoes
    производство на зеленчуци vegetable-growing
    производство на въглища coal output
    влизам в производството go to work at/in a factory
    без откъсване от производството without interrupting o.'s work
    2. воен. (повишение в чин) promotion
    съдебно производство legal procedure/proceedings
    * * *
    произво̀дство,
    ср., само ед.
    1. production; manufacture; make; ( добив) output; ( нещо произведено) produce; без откъсване от \производството without interrupting o.’s work; влизам в \производството go to work at/in a factory; дребно серийно \производство short-run/small-scale/small-lot production; единично \производство job production; масово \производство wholesale manufacture; mass/serial production, large-scale production/manufacture; машинно \производство mechanical/mechanized production/manufacture; недостатъчно \производство underproduction; поточно \производство flow-production; \производство на въглища coal output; \производство на зеленчуци vegetable-growing; \производство на кожи leather manufacture; \производство на обувки shoemaking; ръчно \производство manual production; серийно \производство serial/commercial production; стоково \производство commodity production; структуроопределящо \производство basic production; шивашко \производство clothing manufacture;
    2. воен. ( повишение в чин) promotion; • съдебно \производство юр. legal procedure/proceedings.
    * * *
    manufacture (машинно): manual производство - ръчно производство; make; mass production (серийно); yield{yi;ld}; legal procedure (съдебно производство)
    * * *
    1. (добив) output 2. (нещо произведено) produce 3. production;manufacture;make 4. ПРОИЗВОДСТВО на въглища coal output 5. ПРОИЗВОДСТВО на зеленчуци vegetable-growing 6. ПРОИЗВОДСТВО на обувки manufacture of shoes 7. ПРОИЗВОДСТВО на средства за ПРОИЗВОДСТВО production of means of production 8. без откъсване отПРОИЗВОДСТВОто without interrupting o.'s work 9. влизам в ПРОИЗВОДСТВОто go to work at/in a factory 10. воен.. (повишение в чин) promotion 11. ма-сово ПРОИЗВОДСТВО mass/serial production, large-scale-production/manufacture 12. машинно ПРОИЗВОДСТВО mechanical/mechanized production/manufacture 13. наше собствено ПРОИЗВОДСТВО our own make/ production 14. поточно ПРОИЗВОДСТВО flow-production 15. ръчно ПРОИЗВОДСТВО manual production 16. серийно ПРОИЗВОДСТВО series/commercial production 17. стоково ПРОИЗВОДСТВО (production of) marketable goods;commodity production 18. съдебно ПРОИЗВОДСТВО legal procedure/proceedings

    Български-английски речник > производство

  • 51 уголек

    1) уменьш. от уголь
    2) small piece of coal
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    Новый русско-английский словарь > уголек

  • 52 parcela

    f.
    1 plot (of land).
    2 plot of land, parcel of land, parcel, lot.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: parcelar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: parcelar.
    * * *
    1 (de tierra) plot (of land)
    2 figurado share, portion
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=solar) plot, piece of ground; (Agr) smallholding
    2) [de conocimientos, autonomía] (=parte) part, portion; (=área) area

    parcela de poder[político] power base; [de influencia] sphere of influence

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    femenino plot (of land), lot (AmE)
    * * *
    = allotment, vegetable plot, croft, plot of land, piece of land.
    Ex. The factory worker compensates for his noisy and dirty work environment by digging his allotment.
    Ex. Vegetable plots found around British cities form a landscape type with its own particular human involvement.
    Ex. Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.
    Ex. The core of readers and borrowers of agricultural literature are pensioners wanting to improving cultivation of their small private plots of land.
    Ex. So it is important that every piece of land is divided by a boundary to show the demarcation.
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    * parcela de terreno = plot of land, piece of land.
    * parcela sin construir = vacant lot, vacant land.
    * proteger + Posesivo + parcela = guard + Posesivo + patch.
    * * *
    femenino plot (of land), lot (AmE)
    * * *
    = allotment, vegetable plot, croft, plot of land, piece of land.

    Ex: The factory worker compensates for his noisy and dirty work environment by digging his allotment.

    Ex: Vegetable plots found around British cities form a landscape type with its own particular human involvement.
    Ex: Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.
    Ex: The core of readers and borrowers of agricultural literature are pensioners wanting to improving cultivation of their small private plots of land.
    Ex: So it is important that every piece of land is divided by a boundary to show the demarcation.
    * parcela de terreno = plot of land, piece of land.
    * parcela sin construir = vacant lot, vacant land.
    * proteger + Posesivo + parcela = guard + Posesivo + patch.

    * * *
    1 (solar) plot of land, plot, lot ( AmE)
    2 ( Chi) ( Agric) small farm, smallholding ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo parcelar: ( conjugate parcelar)

    parcela es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    parcela    
    parcelar
    parcela sustantivo femenino
    plot (of land), lot (AmE)
    parcela sustantivo femenino
    1 (de tierra) plot
    2 (de conocimiento) field
    (de influencia, poder) area
    ' parcela' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    campo
    - estacar
    - huerta
    - intimidad
    - asignar
    - terreno
    English:
    allotment
    - land
    - lot
    - parcel
    - patch
    - piece
    - plot
    - property
    * * *
    1. [de tierra] plot (of land)
    2. [de saber, poder] area;
    el ministro no quiere que nadie invada su parcela de poder the minister doesn't want anyone encroaching on his area of authority;
    se agarra a su parcela de poder he's holding on to his power
    * * *
    f lot, Br
    plot
    * * *
    : parcel, tract of land
    * * *
    parcela n plot

    Spanish-English dictionary > parcela

  • 53 minuto

    1. adj persona tiny
    oggetto minute
    descrizione, indagine detailed
    commercio m al minuto retail trade
    2. m minute
    60 pulsazioni al minuto 60 beats a minute
    ho i minuti contati I don't have a minute to spare
    * * *
    minuto1 agg.
    1 (piccolo) minute, small, tiny: calligrafia minuta, small (o minute) handwriting; oggetti minuti, small (o tiny) objects; carbone minuto, tiny pieces of a coal; persona di ossatura minuta, a small-boned person; pioggia minuta, drizzle // (cuc.) frittura minuta, small fry // bestie minute, small stock
    2 (delicato) delicate; (gracile) frail: lineamenti minuti, delicate features; un bambino minuto, a frail child
    3 (dettagliato) detailed; (minuzioso) minute: una minuta spiegazione, a detailed explanation; fece minute indagini sul delitto, he made minute inquiries into the crime; un piano studiato nei più minuti particolari, a plan studied to the last detail; un minuto resoconto, a detailed account
    4 (accessorio, di poco conto) petty, trivial: occupazioni minute, trivial jobs; spese minute, petty expenses; denaro per i minuti piaceri, pocket money // popolo minuto, the common people, (spreg.) the mob
    s.m.
    1 (comm.) al minuto, (by) retail: commerciante al minuto, retailer; prezzo al minuto, retail price; vendere al minuto, to retail (o to sell by retail); comprare al minuto, to buy retail
    2 (minuzie) details (pl.) // cadere nel minuto, to get bogged down in details.
    minuto2 s.m.
    1 minute: minuto secondo, primo, second, minute; mancano dieci minuti alle cinque, it is ten (minutes) to five; sono le quattro e venti minuti, it is twenty (minutes) past four; ogni minuto mi sembrava un'ora, every minute seemed an hour to me; ogni cinque minuti c'è un autobus, every five minutes there's a bus; abitiamo a cinque minuti da un parco, we live five minutes from a park // il mio orologio spacca il minuto, my watch is dead on time // contare i minuti, to count the minutes // stare al minuto, guardare il minuto, (fig.) to be a stickler for punctuality
    2 (fig.) (pochissimo tempo) minute, moment: non ho mai un minuto di pace, di calma, I never have a moment of peace, of calm (o of rest); quel bimbo non sta fermo un minuto, that child doesn't keep still for a moment; in un minuto, tra un minuto, in a minute; sarò qui tra un minuto, I'll be here in a minute; aspetta, è una questione di due, di pochi minuti, wait, it's a matter of minutes // presto, non c'è un minuto da perdere!, quick, we can't afford to waste a moment! // avere i minuti contati, to have very little time // ogni (mezzo) minuto, every minute, all the time; non è possibile, mi interrompe ogni minuto!, it's impossible, he interrupts me every minute (o all the time) // di minuto in minuto, (da un momento all'altro) any minute, (di momento in momento) every moment, from one moment to the next; lo aspettiamo di minuto in minuto, we're expecting him any minute; la tensione aumentava di minuto in minuto, the tension was increasing every moment (o from one moment to the next).
    * * *
    I 1. [mi'nuto]
    1) (piccolo) [ scrittura] small, minute; [ oggetto] tiny, small
    2) (esile) [ persona] tiny, slight; [ donna] petite; (delicato) [ lineamenti] delicate, fine
    3) fig. (trascurabile) [ dettagli] petty, minute, trifling; [ spese] trifling
    4) fig. (dettagliato) [ descrizione] minute, detailed
    2.
    sostantivo maschile

    comprare, vendere al minuto — to buy, sell retail

    II [mi'nuto]
    sostantivo maschile
    2) (momento) minute, moment

    (solo) un minutohalf a minute o second o tick BE colloq.

    a -i (a momenti) at any moment, anytime

    ••

    avere i -i contati — to be hard-pressed for time, to work against the clock

    spaccare il minuto — [ persona] to be dead on time; [ orologio] to keep perfect time

    * * *
    minuto1
    /mi'nuto/
     1 (piccolo) [ scrittura] small, minute; [ oggetto] tiny, small; legna -a kindling
     2 (esile) [ persona] tiny, slight; [ donna] petite; (delicato) [ lineamenti] delicate, fine; di corporatura -a small-bodied; di ossatura -a fine-boned
     3 fig. (trascurabile) [ dettagli] petty, minute, trifling; [ spese] trifling
     4 fig. (dettagliato) [ descrizione] minute, detailed
      vendita al minuto retail; prezzo al minuto retail price; comprare, vendere al minuto to buy, sell retail.
    ————————
    minuto2
    /mi'nuto/ ⇒ 19, 13
    sostantivo m.
     1 (unità di tempo) minute; è a circa dieci -i di cammino it's about ten minutes' walk
     2 (momento) minute, moment; (solo) un minuto half a minute o second o tick BE colloq.; hai un minuto? can you spare a minute? non c'è un minuto da perdere there's not a moment to lose; l'angoscia aumenta di minuto in minuto fear is mounting by the minute; a -i (a momenti) at any moment, anytime; un cambiamento dell'ultimo minuto a last-minute change
    avere i -i contati to be hard-pressed for time, to work against the clock; spaccare il minuto [ persona] to be dead on time; [ orologio] to keep perfect time.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > minuto

  • 54 Green, Charles

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 31 January 1785 London, England
    d. 26 March 1870 London, England
    [br]
    English balloonist who introduced the use of coal gas for balloons.
    [br]
    Charles Green lived in London at a time when gas mains were being installed to supply coal gas for the recently introduced gas lighting. He was interested in the exploits of balloonists but lacked the finance needed to construct a balloon and fill it with expensive hydrogen. He decided to experiment with coal gas, which was very much cheaper, albeit a little heavier, than hydrogen: a larger balloon would be needed to lift the same weight. Green made his first ascent on 19 July 1821 to celebrate the coronation of King George. His large balloon was prepared in Green Park, London, and filled from the gas main in Piccadilly. He made a spectacular ascent to 11,000 ft (3,350 m), thus proving the suitability of coal gas, which was readily available and cheap. Like many balloonists, Green was also a showman. He made ascents on horseback or with fireworks to attract spectators. He did, however, try out some new ideas, such as cemented fabric joints (instead of stitching) for a huge new balloon, the Royal Vauxhall. On its first flight, in September 1836, this impressive balloon carried Green plus eight passengers. On 7 November 1836 Green and two friends ascended from Vauxhall Gardens, London, to make a long-distance flight. They landed safely in the Duchy of Nassau, Germany, having covered a record 480 miles (772 km) in eighteen hours. To help control the height of the balloon on this flight, Green fitted a long, heavy rope which trailed on the ground. If the balloon started to rise, then more of the "trail rope" was lifted off the ground, resulting in an increase in the weight to be lifted and a reduction in the rate of ascent. This idea had been suggested earlier by Thomas Baldwin in 1785, but Green developed it and in 1840 proposed to use if for a flight across the Atlantic: he later abandoned this plan.
    Charles Green made over five hundred ascents and died in bed at the age of 85, no small age for a balloonist.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Member of the (Royal) Aeronautical Society, founded in 1866.
    Bibliography
    Further Reading
    L.T.C.Rolt, 1966, The Aeronauts, London (provides a full account of Green's achievements).
    T.Monck Mason, 1838, Aeronautica, London.
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Green, Charles

  • 55 ayudar

    v.
    to help.
    ayudar a alguien a hacer algo to help somebody (to) do something
    ¿en qué puedo ayudarle? how can I help you?
    ¿puedo ayudar? can I help?
    Ella asiste a todo el mundo She helps everybody.
    * * *
    1 to help, aid, assist
    ¿en qué podemos ayudarte? how can we help you?
    1 (apoyarse) to make use (de/con, of)
    * * *
    verb
    to help, aid, assist
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=asistir) to help, assist, aid

    ¿me puedes ayudar con la limpieza esta tarde? — can you help me out with the cleaning this afternoon?

    me ayuda muchísimo — he's a great help to me, he helps me a lot

    2.
    See:
    AYUDAR Ayudar se puede traducir por help, assist y aid. La manera más frecuente de traducir ayudar es por help. Si help va seguido de un verbo, este puede ir en infinitivo {con} {o} {sin} to: ¿Puedes ayudarnos? Can you help (us)? Siempre le ayuda con la tarea He always helps her with her homework ¿Me puedes ayudar a preparar la cena? Can you help me (to) get dinner ready? ► Ayudar se traduce por assist en un registro bastante más formal y se construye frecuentemente en la estructura to assist somebody with something: La comadrona ayudó al médico con el parto The midwife assisted the doctor with the delivery ► Ayudar se traduce por aid en inglés formal en el contexto de asesorar o prestar ayuda a un grupo de personas necesitadas: ... los intentos de Estados Unidos de ayudar a los refugiados kurdos...... attempts by the United States to aid Kurdish refugees... Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to help

    ¿te ayudo? — do you need any help?

    ayudar a alguien a + inf — to help somebody (to) + inf

    2.
    ayudar vi to help

    ¿puedo ayudar en algo? — can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?

    ayudar a or en misa — to serve at mass

    3.
    ayudarse v pron to help oneself

    ayudarse de or con algo: camina ayudándose de or con un bastón — he walks with the aid o help of a stick

    * * *
    = aid, do + good, encourage, enlighten, help, provide + assistance, provide + guidance, tide over, assist, jump-start [jump start], lend + a (helping) hand, pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, give + Nombre + a hand, pull together, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in, chip in, succour [succor, -USA].
    Ex. Although others aided in the compilation of the schedules they were essentially the work of one man.
    Ex. You do not do the users a lot of good when you send them jumping all over the catalog simply to draw together material.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. Librarians often work with students who possess few library skills and teachers whose assignments neither improve these skills nor enlighten the students on their research.
    Ex. How can we help library users to gain confidence?.
    Ex. Its purpose is to provide advice and on-site salvage assistance to those organisations having documentary resources that are damaged in a natural or man-made disaster.
    Ex. There are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri.
    Ex. Reading aloud, in these circumstances, might be the only contact the adolescent gets with literature, tiding him over to the time when he is prepared to read for himself again.
    Ex. Any project which assists the use of coal and steel would be eligible.
    Ex. Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.
    Ex. In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.
    Ex. Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.
    Ex. These centres help women rebuild lives by giving them a hand up, not a handout.
    Ex. She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.
    Ex. They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.
    Ex. The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.
    Ex. All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.
    Ex. It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food.
    Ex. We're asking you to 'chip in' by investing your time and talents in your parks and your community.
    Ex. There are tens of thousands of hungry children in the world today and well-meant efforts are being made to succour them.
    ----
    * a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.
    * ayudar a = play + an instrumental role in.
    * ayudar a Alguien a recuperarse = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.
    * ayudar a Alguien a salir adelante = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.
    * ayudar a comprender mejor = offer + insights, improve + understanding, give + an insight into, glean + insights, provide + insight into, lend + understanding to.
    * ayudar a conocer mejor = advance + understanding.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.
    * ayudar a + Infinitivo = go some (of the) way to(wards) + Gerundio.
    * ayudar a la causa de = help + in the cause of.
    * ayudar a + Nombre/Infinitivo = assist in + Nombre/Gerundio.
    * ayudar a pasar por = get + Nombre + through.
    * ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.
    * ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.
    * ayudar e instigar = aid and abet.
    * dispuesto a ayudar = willing, willing to help.
    * estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.
    * que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.
    * utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to help

    ¿te ayudo? — do you need any help?

    ayudar a alguien a + inf — to help somebody (to) + inf

    2.
    ayudar vi to help

    ¿puedo ayudar en algo? — can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?

    ayudar a or en misa — to serve at mass

    3.
    ayudarse v pron to help oneself

    ayudarse de or con algo: camina ayudándose de or con un bastón — he walks with the aid o help of a stick

    * * *
    = aid, do + good, encourage, enlighten, help, provide + assistance, provide + guidance, tide over, assist, jump-start [jump start], lend + a (helping) hand, pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, give + Nombre + a hand, pull together, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in, chip in, succour [succor, -USA].

    Ex: Although others aided in the compilation of the schedules they were essentially the work of one man.

    Ex: You do not do the users a lot of good when you send them jumping all over the catalog simply to draw together material.
    Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex: Librarians often work with students who possess few library skills and teachers whose assignments neither improve these skills nor enlighten the students on their research.
    Ex: How can we help library users to gain confidence?.
    Ex: Its purpose is to provide advice and on-site salvage assistance to those organisations having documentary resources that are damaged in a natural or man-made disaster.
    Ex: There are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri.
    Ex: Reading aloud, in these circumstances, might be the only contact the adolescent gets with literature, tiding him over to the time when he is prepared to read for himself again.
    Ex: Any project which assists the use of coal and steel would be eligible.
    Ex: Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.
    Ex: In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.
    Ex: Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.
    Ex: These centres help women rebuild lives by giving them a hand up, not a handout.
    Ex: She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.
    Ex: They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.
    Ex: The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.
    Ex: All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.
    Ex: It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food.
    Ex: We're asking you to 'chip in' by investing your time and talents in your parks and your community.
    Ex: There are tens of thousands of hungry children in the world today and well-meant efforts are being made to succour them
    .
    * a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.
    * ayudar a = play + an instrumental role in.
    * ayudar a Alguien a recuperarse = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.
    * ayudar a Alguien a salir adelante = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.
    * ayudar a comprender mejor = offer + insights, improve + understanding, give + an insight into, glean + insights, provide + insight into, lend + understanding to.
    * ayudar a conocer mejor = advance + understanding.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.
    * ayudar a + Infinitivo = go some (of the) way to(wards) + Gerundio.
    * ayudar a la causa de = help + in the cause of.
    * ayudar a + Nombre/Infinitivo = assist in + Nombre/Gerundio.
    * ayudar a pasar por = get + Nombre + through.
    * ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.
    * ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.
    * ayudar e instigar = aid and abet.
    * dispuesto a ayudar = willing, willing to help.
    * estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.
    * que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.
    * utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.

    * * *
    ayudar [A1 ]
    vt
    to help
    ayudar al prójimo to help one's neighbor
    ¿te ayudo? do you need any help?, can o shall I help you?, can o shall I give you a hand? ( colloq)
    vino a ayudarme unos días she came to help me out for a few days
    ayudar a algn CON algo to help sb WITH sth
    ayuda a tu hermano con los deberes help your brother with his homework
    mis padres me ayudaron con los gastos de la fiesta my parents helped me (out) with the cost of the party
    ayudar a algn A + INF to help sb (to) + INF
    ayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the table
    lo ayudé a arreglar la moto I helped him (to) fix his motorbike
    ■ ayudar
    vi
    to help
    ¿puedo ayudar en algo? can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?, can I help you with anything?
    ayudar a or en misa to serve at mass
    to help oneself
    tú mismo tienes que ayudarte you've got to do something to help yourself
    para ayudarse empezó a dar clases de inglés he started giving English classes to earn a bit more money
    ayudarse DE or CON algo:
    camina ayudándose de or con un bastón he walks with the aid o help of a stick, he walks with a stick
    * * *

     

    ayudar ( conjugate ayudar) verbo transitivo
    to help;

    ¿te ayudo? do you need any help?;
    vino a ayudarme she came to help me out;
    ayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the table
    verbo intransitivo
    to help;
    ¿puedo ayudar en algo? can I do anything to help?
    ayudar verbo transitivo to help: ¿puedes ayudarme a mover la mesa?, can you help me to move the table? ➣ Ver nota en help

    ' ayudar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hacer
    - imposible
    - volcarse
    - asistir
    - condición
    - dedicar
    - favorecer
    - mano
    - mucho
    - poco
    - pretender
    - solícito
    English:
    aid
    - appreciate
    - assist
    - back
    - desire
    - finger
    - fund
    - help
    - help out
    - minister
    - offer
    - ostensible
    - pitch in
    - propensity
    - see
    - short
    - talk down
    - tide over
    - unable
    - useful
    - wave aside
    - anything
    - do
    - not
    - patch
    - precious
    - rally
    - rely
    - sorry
    - unhelpful
    - way
    - well
    * * *
    vt
    to help;
    ayudar a alguien a hacer algo to help sb (to) do sth;
    me ayudaron a subir el piano they helped me carry the piano up;
    una profesora particular le ayuda en los estudios a private tutor is helping him with his studies;
    necesito que me ayuden con este problema I need your help with this problem;
    ¿en qué puedo ayudarle? how can I help you?
    vi
    to help;
    ¿puedo ayudar? can I help?
    * * *
    v/t help;
    ¿le ayudo? can I help?, would you like some help?;
    le ayudó a ponerse el abrigo he helped her put on her coat
    * * *
    ayudar vt
    : to help, to assist
    * * *
    ayudar vb to help

    Spanish-English dictionary > ayudar

  • 56 granja pequeña

    f.
    small farm, small farmstead, smallholding, croft.
    * * *
    (n.) = croft
    Ex. Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.
    * * *
    (n.) = croft

    Ex: Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.

    Spanish-English dictionary > granja pequeña

  • 57 pala

    f.
    1 spade (tool).
    pala mecánica o excavadora excavator, digger
    2 bat(of fronton, ping-pong).
    3 blade.
    4 (upper) front tooth (diente).
    5 shovel, scoop, spade, digging tool.
    6 kitchen spatula, spatula.
    * * *
    2 (de cocina) slice
    4 (de hélice) blade
    5 (de zapato) upper
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [para cavar] spade; [para nieve, carbón, tierra] shovel

    pala quitanieves — snowplough, snowplow (EEUU)

    pala topadora Arg bulldozer

    2) (Culin) slice
    3) (Dep) (Béisbol) bat; [en ping-pong] bat, paddle (EEUU); [en tenis] racket
    4) [de hélice, remo] blade
    5)
    6) [de zapato] vamp
    7) ** (=mano) mitt **

    ¡choca la pala! — shake on it! *

    8) (=astucia) cunning, wiliness
    * * *
    1) ( para cavar) spade; (para mover arena, carbón) shovel; ( para recoger la basura) dustpan
    2) (Coc) ( para servir - pescado) slotted spatula (AmE), fish slice (BrE); (- tarta) cake slice
    3)
    a) ( para golpear alfombras) carpet beater
    b) ( de frontenis) racket; ( de ping-pong) paddle, bat (BrE); ( en piragüismo) paddle
    4)
    a) (de remo, hélice) blade
    b) ( de zapato) upper, vamp; ( de corbata) apron
    * * *
    = peel, shovel, spade.
    Ex. Racks for this purpose were fixed below the ceiling of the warehouse or other drying room and doublings of one or two dozen sheets were lifted on to them two at a time with a wooden peel, a tool similar to the peel with which bakers used to load and unload their ovens = Con este propósito se colocaban estantes por debajo del techo del almacén u otro tipo de secadero y los paquetes de folios impresos a dos caras de una o dos docenas de hojas se ponían sobre ellos de dos en dos con una pala de madera, una herramienta similar a la pala que usaban los panaderos para llenar y vaciar sus hornos.
    Ex. In another area he found that the coal shovels being used weighed from 16 to 38 pounds.
    Ex. Tree stumps of a small diameter can be removed relatively easily with a spade and/or preferably a mattock.
    ----
    * pala de quitar nieve = snow shovel.
    * pala excavadora = excavator.
    * pala para quitar nieve = snow shovel.
    * quitar con pala = shovel.
    * tener dinero a punta pala = roll in + Dinero.
    * * *
    1) ( para cavar) spade; (para mover arena, carbón) shovel; ( para recoger la basura) dustpan
    2) (Coc) ( para servir - pescado) slotted spatula (AmE), fish slice (BrE); (- tarta) cake slice
    3)
    a) ( para golpear alfombras) carpet beater
    b) ( de frontenis) racket; ( de ping-pong) paddle, bat (BrE); ( en piragüismo) paddle
    4)
    a) (de remo, hélice) blade
    b) ( de zapato) upper, vamp; ( de corbata) apron
    * * *
    = peel, shovel, spade.

    Ex: Racks for this purpose were fixed below the ceiling of the warehouse or other drying room and doublings of one or two dozen sheets were lifted on to them two at a time with a wooden peel, a tool similar to the peel with which bakers used to load and unload their ovens = Con este propósito se colocaban estantes por debajo del techo del almacén u otro tipo de secadero y los paquetes de folios impresos a dos caras de una o dos docenas de hojas se ponían sobre ellos de dos en dos con una pala de madera, una herramienta similar a la pala que usaban los panaderos para llenar y vaciar sus hornos.

    Ex: In another area he found that the coal shovels being used weighed from 16 to 38 pounds.
    Ex: Tree stumps of a small diameter can be removed relatively easily with a spade and/or preferably a mattock.
    * pala de quitar nieve = snow shovel.
    * pala excavadora = excavator.
    * pala para quitar nieve = snow shovel.
    * quitar con pala = shovel.
    * tener dinero a punta pala = roll in + Dinero.

    * * *
    A (para cavar) spade; (para mover arena, carbón) shovel; (para recoger la basura) dustpan
    Compuestos:
    power shovel
    backhoe, backhoe loader ( BrE)
    B ( Coc) (para servirpescado) slotted spatula ( AmE), fish slice ( BrE); (— tarta) cake slice; (de panadero) shovel
    C
    1 (para golpear alfombras) carpet beater
    2 (de frontenis) racket; (de ping-pong) paddle, bat ( BrE)
    D
    1 (de un remo, una hélice) blade
    2 (de un zapato) upper, vamp
    * * *

     

    pala sustantivo femenino
    1 (para cavar, de niño) spade;
    (para mover arena, carbón) shovel;
    ( para recoger la basura) dustpan
    2 (Coc) ( para servirpescado) slotted spatula (AmE), fish slice (BrE);
    (— tarta) cake slice
    3 (de remo, hélice) blade;
    ( de frontenis) racket;
    ( de ping-pong) paddle, bat (BrE);
    ( en piragüismo) paddle
    pala sustantivo femenino
    1 (cóncava) shovel
    (plana) spade
    2 (para servir alimentos) slice
    (para el pescado) fish slice
    3 (palada) shovelful
    4 Dep (de tenis de mesa, etc) bat
    5 (de remo, hélice, etc) blade
    6 fam (incisivo superior) upper incisor
    ' pala' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bat
    - paddle
    - scoop
    - scoop out
    - shovel
    - slice
    - spade
    - upper
    - blade
    - dust
    - spatula
    * * *
    pala nf
    1. [herramienta] spade;
    [para recoger] shovel pala excavadora excavator, digger;
    pala mecánica power shovel;
    pala quitanieves Br snow plough, US snow plow
    2. [cubierto] fish knife
    3. [de frontón] racket;
    [de ping-pong] bat, US paddle;
    jugar a las palas [en la playa] to play beach tennis
    4. [de remo, hélice] blade
    5. [diente] (upper) front tooth
    * * *
    f
    1 AGR spade
    2 raqueta paddle
    3 para servir slice
    4 para recoger dustpan
    * * *
    pala nf
    1) : shovel, spade
    2) : blade (of an oar or a rotor)
    3) : paddle, racket
    * * *
    pala n
    1. (para cavar) spade
    2. (para mover tierra, nieve) shovel

    Spanish-English dictionary > pala

  • 58 Edwards, Humphrey

    [br]
    fl. c.1808–25 London (?), England
    d. after 1825 France (?)
    [br]
    English co-developer of Woolf s compound steam engine.
    [br]
    When Arthur Woolf left the Griffin Brewery, London, in October 1808, he formed a partnership with Humphrey Edwards, described as a millwright at Mill Street, Lambeth, where they started an engine works to build Woolf's type of compound engine. A number of small engines were constructed and other ordinary engines modified with the addition of a high-pressure cylinder. Improvements were made in each succeeding engine, and by 1811 a standard form had been evolved. During this experimental period, engines were made with cylinders side by side as well as the more usual layout with one behind the other. The valve gear and other details were also improved. Steam pressure may have been around 40 psi (2.8 kg/cm2). In an advertisement of February 1811, the partners claimed that their engines had been brought to such a state of perfection that they consumed only half the quantity of coal required for engines on the plan of Messrs Boulton \& Watt. Woolf visited Cornwall, where he realized that more potential for his engines lay there than in London; in May 1811 the partnership was dissolved, with Woolf returning to his home county. Edwards struggled on alone in London for a while, but when he saw a more promising future for the engine in France he moved to Paris. On 25 May 1815 he obtained a French patent, a Brevet d'importation, for ten years. A report in 1817 shows that during the previous two years he had imported into France fifteen engines of different sizes which were at work in eight places in various parts of the country. He licensed a mining company in the north of France to make twenty-five engines for winding coal. In France there was always much more interest in rotative engines than pumping ones. Edwards may have formed a partnership with Goupil \& Cie, Dampierre, to build engines, but this is uncertain. He became a member of the firm Scipion, Perrier, Edwards \& Chappert, which took over the Chaillot Foundry of the Perrier Frères in Paris, and it seems that Edwards continued to build steam engines there for the rest of his life. In 1824 it was claimed that he had made about 100 engines in England and another 200 in France, but this is probably an exaggeration.
    The Woolf engine acquired its popularity in France because its compound design was more economical than the single-cylinder type. To enable it to be operated safely, Edwards first modified Woolf s cast-iron boiler in 1815 by placing two small drums over the fire, and then in 1825 replaced the cast iron with wrought iron. The modified boiler was eventually brought back to England in the 1850s as the "French" or "elephant" boiler.
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    Further Reading
    Most details about Edwards are to be found in the biographies of his partner, Arthur Woolf. For example, see T.R.Harris, 1966, Arthur Woolf, 1766–1837, The Cornish Engineer, Truro: D.Bradford Barton; Rhys Jenkins, 1932–3, "A Cornish Engineer, Arthur Woolf, 1766–1837", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 13. These use information from the originally unpublished part of J.Farey, 1971, A Treatise on the Steam Engine, Vol. II, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Edwards, Humphrey

  • 59 MacGregor, Robert

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 1873 Hebburn-on-Tyne, England
    d. 4 October 1956 Whitley Bay, England
    [br]
    English naval architect who, working with others, significantly improved the safety of life at sea.
    [br]
    On leaving school in 1894, MacGregor was apprenticed to a famous local shipyard, the Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company of Jarrow-on-Tyne. After four years he was entered for the annual examination of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, coming out top and being nominated Queen's Prizeman. Shortly thereafter he moved around shipyards to gain experience, working in Glasgow, Hull, Newcastle and then Dunkirk. His mastery of French enabled him to obtain in 1906 the senior position of Chief Draughtsman at an Antwerp shipyard, where he remained until 1914. On his return to Britain, he took charge of the small yard of Dibbles in Southampton and commenced a period of great personal development and productivity. His fertile mind enabled him to register no fewer than ten patents in the years 1919 to 1923.
    In 1924 he started out on his own as a naval architect, specializing in the coal trade of the North Sea. At that time, colliers had wooden hatch covers, which despite every caution could be smashed by heavy seas, and which in time of war added little to hull integrity after a torpedo strike. The International Loadline Committee of 1932 noted that 13 per cent of ship losses were through hatch failures. In 1927, designs for selftrimming colliers were developed, as well as designs for steel hatch covers. In 1928 the first patents were under way and the business was known for some years as MacGregor and King. During this period, steel hatch covers were fitted to 105 ships.
    In 1937 MacGregor invited his brother Joseph (c. 1883–1967) to join him. Joseph had wide experience in ship repairs and had worked for many years as General Manager of the Prince of Wales Dry Docks in Swansea, a port noted for its coal exports. By 1939 they were operating from Whitley Bay with the name that was to become world famous: MacGregor and Company (Naval Architects) Ltd. The new company worked in association with the shipyards of Austin's of Sunderland and Burntisland of Fife, which were then developing the "flatiron" colliers for the up-river London coal trade. The MacGregor business gained a great boost when the massive coastal fleet of William Cory \& Son was fitted with steel hatches.
    In 1945 the brothers appointed Henri Kummerman (b. 1908, Vienna; d. 1984, Geneva) as their sales agent in Europe. Over the years, Kummerman effected greater control on the MacGregor business and, through his astute business dealings and his well-organized sales drives worldwide, welded together an international company in hatch covers, cargo handling and associated work. Before his death, Robert MacGregor was to see mastery of the design of single-pull steel hatch covers and to witness the acceptance of MacGregor hatch covers worldwide. Most important of all, he had contributed to great increases in the safety and the quality of life at sea.
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    Further Reading
    L.C.Burrill, 1931, "Seaworthiness of collier types", Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architechts.
    S.Sivewright, 1989, One Man's Mission-20,000 Ships, London: Lloyd's of London Press.
    FMW

    Biographical history of technology > MacGregor, Robert

  • 60 Kleinindustrie

    Kleinindustrie f IND small industry, light industry
    * * *
    f < Ind> small industry, light industry
    * * *
    Kleinindustrie
    light industry;
    Kleinkinder small fry;
    Kleinkohle refuse coal;
    Kleinkonjunktur boomlet;
    Kleinkonjunktur in Warenpreisen commodity price boomlet;
    Kleinkram truck.

    Business german-english dictionary > Kleinindustrie

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