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  • 1 subject

    1. noun
       a. ( = matter, topic, person) sujet m (of, for de ) ; (studied at school or university) matière f
    ► on the subject of... au sujet de...
    • while we're on the subject of... pendant que nous parlons de...
       b. ( = citizen) sujet (te) m(f)
       a. subject to ( = prone to) sujet à
    • the decision is subject to approval/confirmation cette décision doit être approuvée/confirmée
    • "subject to availability" [holiday, concert, flight] « dans la limite des places disponibles » ; [free gift] « dans la limite des stocks disponibles »
    • "prices are subject to alteration" « ces prix sont sujets à modifications »
    [+ country] soumettre
    • to subject sth to heat/cold exposer qch à la chaleur/au froid
    ► subject matter noun ( = theme) sujet m ; ( = content) contenu m
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    ✦ Lorsque subject est un nom ou un adjectif, l'accent tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈsʌbdʒɪkt, lorsque c'est un verbe, sur la seconde: səbˈdʒekt.
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    1. ['sʌbdʒɪkt]
    1) ( topic) sujet m also Art, Photography, Linguistics

    to change ou drop the subject — parler d'autre chose

    while we're on the subject of bonuses... — pendant que nous en sommes aux primes...

    2) (at school, college) matière f; (for research, study) sujet m
    3) ( focus) objet m
    4) ( citizen) sujet/-ette m/f
    2. ['sʌbdʒɪkt]
    1) ( subservient) asservi
    2) ( liable)

    to be subject to — être sujet/-ette à [flooding, fits]; être passible de [tax]

    3) ( dependent)

    ‘subject to alteration’ — ‘sous réserve de modification’

    ‘subject to availability’ — (of flights, tickets) ‘dans la limite des places disponibles’; ( of goods) ‘dans la limite des stocks disponibles’

    3. [səb'dʒekt]

    to be subjected to — devoir supporter [noise]; faire l'objet de [attacks]; être soumis à [torture]

    English-French dictionary > subject

  • 2 subject

    1. noun
    1) (citizen) Staatsbürger, der/-bürgerin, die; (in relation to monarch) Untertan, der/Untertanin, die
    2) (topic) Thema, das; (department of study) Fach, das; (area of knowledge) Fach[gebiet], das; (Art) Motiv, das; (Mus.) Thema, das

    on the subject of money — über das Thema Geld [reden usw.]; beim Thema Geld [sein, bleiben]

    3)

    be a subject for something — (cause something) zu etwas Anlass geben

    4) (Ling., Logic, Philos.) Subjekt, das
    2. adjective
    1) (conditional)
    2) (prone)

    be subject to — anfällig sein für [Krankheit]; neigen zu [Melancholie]

    3) (dependent) abhängig

    subject to — (dependent on) untertan (+ Dat.) [König usw.]; unterworfen (+ Dat.) [Verfassung, Gesetz, Krone]; untergeben (+ Dat.) [Dienstherrn]

    3. adverb 4. transitive verb
    1) (subjugate, make submissive) unterwerfen (to Dat.)
    2) (expose)

    subject somebody/something to something — jemanden/etwas einer Sache (Dat.) aussetzen

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    1. adjective
    ((of countries etc) not independent, but dominated by another power: subject nations.) abhängig
    2. noun
    1) (a person who is under the rule of a monarch or a member of a country that has a monarchy etc: We are loyal subjects of the Queen; He is a British subject.) der/die Untertan(in)
    2) (someone or something that is talked about, written about etc: We discussed the price of food and similar subjects; What was the subject of the debate?; The teacher tried to think of a good subject for their essay; I've said all I can on that subject.) der Gegenstad
    3) (a branch of study or learning in school, university etc: He is taking exams in seven subjects; Mathematics is his best subject.) das Fach
    4) (a thing, person or circumstance suitable for, or requiring, a particular kind of treatment, reaction etc: I don't think her behaviour is a subject for laughter.) der Gegenstand
    5) (in English, the word(s) representing the person or thing that usually does the action shown by the verb, and with which the verb agrees: The cat sat on the mat; He hit her because she broke his toy; He was hit by the ball.) das Subjekt
    3. [səb'‹ekt] verb
    1) (to bring (a person, country etc) under control: They have subjected all the neighbouring states (to their rule).) unterwerfen
    2) (to cause to suffer, or submit (to something): He was subjected to cruel treatment; These tyres are subjected to various tests before leaving the factory.) aussetzen
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    - academic.ru/71616/subjection">subjection
    - subjective
    - subjectively
    - subject matter
    - change the subject
    - subject to
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    sub·ject
    I. n
    [ˈsʌbʤɪkt, -ʤekt]
    1. (theme, topic) Thema nt
    ▪ on the \subject of sb/sth über jdn/etw
    while we're on the \subject wo wir gerade beim Thema sind
    the planes have been the \subject of their concern die Flugzeuge waren Gegenstand ihrer Befürchtungen
    the guest lecturer took as her \subject ‘imprisonment in modern society’ die Gastsprecherin hatte ‚die Freiheitsstrafe in der modernen Gesellschaft‘ zu ihrem Thema gewählt
    \subject of debate [or discussion] Diskussionsthema nt
    the plan has been the \subject of debate recently über den Plan wurde vor Kurzem diskutiert
    to change the \subject das Thema wechseln
    to wander off the \subject vom Thema abschweifen
    2. (person) Versuchsperson f, Testperson f
    3. (field) Fach nt; (at school) [Schul]fach nt; (specific research area) Spezialgebiet nt, Fachgebiet nt
    he's better at arts \subjects than science in den künstlerischen Fächern ist er besser als in den naturwissenschaftlichen
    her \subject is low-temperature physics sie hat sich auf Kältephysik spezialisiert
    favourite [or AM favorite] \subject Lieblingsfach nt
    4. (under monarchy) Untertan(in) m(f); ( rare: not under monarchy) Staatsbürger(in) m(f)
    5. LING Subjekt nt, Satzgegenstand m
    II. adj
    [ˈsʌbʤɪkt]
    1. attr, inv POL (dominated) people unterworfen
    2. pred, inv (exposed to)
    ▪ to be \subject to sth etw dat ausgesetzt sein
    these flights are \subject to delay bei diesen Flügen muss mit Verspätung gerechnet werden
    the goods are \subject to a 20% discount die Waren sind um 20 % herabgesetzt
    to be \subject to colds sich akk leicht erkälten
    to be \subject to many dangers vielen Gefahren ausgesetzt sein
    to be \subject to depression zu Depressionen neigen
    to be \subject to a high rate of tax einer hohen Steuer unterliegen
    to be \subject to prosecution LAW offence strafbar sein; person strafrechtlich verfolgt werden
    3. (contingent on)
    ▪ to be \subject to sth von etw dat abhängig sein
    to be \subject to approval genehmigungspflichtig sein
    \subject to payment vorbehaltlich einer Zahlung, unter dem Vorbehalt einer Zahlung
    III. adv
    [ˈsʌbʤɪkt]
    ▪ \subject to wenn
    we plan to go on Wednesday \subject to your approval wir haben vor, am Mittwoch zu gehen, wenn du nichts dagegen hast
    \subject to your consent vorbehaltlich Ihrer Zustimmung
    IV. vt
    [səbˈʤekt]
    ▪ to \subject sb/sth jdn/etw unterwerfen [o geh unterjochen
    2. usu passive (cause to undergo)
    ▪ to \subject sb/sth to sth jdn/etw etw dat aussetzen
    ▪ to be \subjected to sb/sth jdm/etw ausgesetzt [o unterworfen] sein
    everyone interviewed had been \subjected to unfair treatment alle Interviewten waren unfair behandelt worden
    to \subject sb/sth to criticism jdn/etw kritisieren
    to \subject sb to a lie-detector test jdn einem Lügendetektortest unterziehen
    to \subject sb to torture jdn foltern
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    ['sʌbdZɪkt]
    1. n
    1) (POL) Staatsbürger(in) m(f); (of king etc) Untertan m, Untertanin f
    2) (GRAM) Subjekt nt, Satzgegenstand m
    3) (= topic MUS) Thema nt

    the subject of the picture is... — das Thema or Sujet (geh)

    he paints urban subjects — er malt städtische Motive

    on the subject of... — zum Thema (+gen)...

    while we're on the subject — da wir gerade beim Thema sind

    while we're on the subject of mushrooms — wo wir gerade von Pilzen reden, apropos Pilze

    4) (= discipline SCH, UNIV) Fach nt; (= specialist subject) (Spezial)gebiet nt
    5) (= reason) Grund m, Anlass m (for zu)
    6) (= object) Gegenstand m (
    of +gen in experiment, = person) Versuchsperson f, Versuchsobjekt nt; (= animal) Versuchstier nt, Versuchsobjekt nt; (ESP MED, for treatment) Typ m

    he is the subject of much criticism — er wird stark kritisiert, er ist Gegenstand häufiger Kritik

    7) (PHILOS: ego) Subjekt nt, Ich nt
    8) (PHOT) Objekt nt
    2. adj
    1) (= conquered) unterworfen
    2)

    provinces subject to foreign rule — Provinzen pl unter Fremdherrschaft

    to be subject to sth (to law, constant change, sb's will) — einer Sache (dat) unterworfen sein; to illness für etw anfällig sein; to consent, approval von etw abhängig sein

    prices/opening times are subject to change or alteration without notice — Preisänderungen/Änderungen der Öffnungszeiten sind vorbehalten

    all these plans are subject to last minute changes — all diese Pläne können in letzter Minute noch geändert werden

    subject to confirmation in writing — vorausgesetzt, es wird schriftlich bestätigt

    3. vt
    [səb'dZekt]
    1) (= subjugate) unterwerfen; terrorists, guerrillas zerschlagen
    2)

    to subject sb to sth (to questioning, analysis, treatment) — jdn einer Sache (dat) unterziehen; to test also jdn einer Sache (dat) unterwerfen; to torture, suffering, heat, ridicule, criticism jdn einer Sache (dat) aussetzen

    to subject sb to criticism — jdn unter Kritik nehmen, jdn kritisieren

    4. vr
    [səb'dZekt]

    to subject oneself to sth (to insults, suffering) — etw hinnehmen; (to criticism, ridicule) sich einer Sache (dat) aussetzen; (to examination, test, questioning) sich einer Sache (dat) unterziehen

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    subject [ˈsʌbdʒıkt]
    A s
    1. (Gesprächs- etc) Gegenstand m, Thema n, Stoff m:
    a subject for debate ein Diskussionsthema;
    change the subject das Thema wechseln, von etwas anderem reden;
    don’t change the subject lenk nicht ab!;
    a) über (akk), bezüglich (gen),
    b) (in Briefen) betrifft, meist abk betr
    2. SCHULE, UNIV (Lehr-, Schul-, Studien)Fach n, Fachgebiet n:
    cooking has never been her subject Kochen war noch nie ihr Fach
    3. Grund m, Anlass m ( beide:
    for complaint zur Beschwerde)
    4. Gegenstand m, Objekt n:
    the subject of ridicule der Gegenstand des Spottes
    5. MUS Thema n (einer Fuge)
    6. KUNST Vorwurf m, Thema n, Sujet n
    7. a) Untertan(in)
    b) Staatsbürger(in), -angehörige(r) m/f(m):
    he is a British subject er hat oder besitzt die britische Staatsangehörigkeit
    8. LING Subjekt n, Satzgegenstand m
    9. MED etc
    a) (Versuchs)Objekt n
    b) Versuchsperson f oder -tier n
    c) Leichnam m (für Sektionszwecke)
    d) Patient(in)
    10. (ohne art) die betreffende Person (in Informationen)
    11. Logik: Subjekt(sbegriff) n(m)
    12. PHIL
    a) Substanz f
    b) Subjekt n, Ich n:
    subject and object Subjekt und Objekt, Ich und Nicht-Ich
    B adj
    1. untertan, untergeben ( beide:
    to dat)
    2. abhängig (to von) (Staat etc)
    3. ausgesetzt (to dat):
    4. (to) unterworfen, -liegend (dat), abhängig (von), vorbehaltlich (gen):
    subject to approval ( oder authorization) genehmigungspflichtig;
    be subject to the approval of (erst noch) genehmigt werden müssen von;
    “subject to change” „Änderungen vorbehalten“;
    “subject to change without notice” WIRTSCH „freibleibend“;
    subject to consent vorbehaltlich Ihrer Zustimmung;
    subject to duty zollpflichtig;
    subject to the laws of nature den Naturgesetzen unterworfen;
    “subject to prior sale” WIRTSCH „Zwischenverkauf vorbehalten“
    5. anfällig (to für):
    he’s subject to headaches er neigt zu Kopfschmerzen
    C v/t [səbˈdʒekt]
    1. (to) unterwerfen, -jochen, untertan machen (dat), abhängig machen (von)
    2. fig unterwerfen, -ziehen, aussetzen ( alle:
    to dat):
    subject sb to a test jemanden einer Prüfung unterziehen;
    subject o.s. to ridicule sich dem Gespött aussetzen
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (citizen) Staatsbürger, der/-bürgerin, die; (in relation to monarch) Untertan, der/Untertanin, die
    2) (topic) Thema, das; (department of study) Fach, das; (area of knowledge) Fach[gebiet], das; (Art) Motiv, das; (Mus.) Thema, das

    on the subject of money — über das Thema Geld [reden usw.]; beim Thema Geld [sein, bleiben]

    3)

    be a subject for something — (cause something) zu etwas Anlass geben

    4) (Ling., Logic, Philos.) Subjekt, das
    2. adjective
    1) (conditional)

    be subject to — anfällig sein für [Krankheit]; neigen zu [Melancholie]

    3) (dependent) abhängig

    subject to — (dependent on) untertan (+ Dat.) [König usw.]; unterworfen (+ Dat.) [Verfassung, Gesetz, Krone]; untergeben (+ Dat.) [Dienstherrn]

    3. adverb 4. transitive verb
    1) (subjugate, make submissive) unterwerfen (to Dat.)

    subject somebody/something to something — jemanden/etwas einer Sache (Dat.) aussetzen

    * * *
    (grammar) n.
    Satzgegenstand f. (one who is submitted to a higher authority) n.
    Untertan -en m. (school) n.
    Schulfach n. n.
    Fach ¨-er n.
    Fragenkomplex m.
    Gegenstand m.
    Lehrfach -¨er n.
    Subjekt -e n.
    Thema Themen n. v.
    unterwerfen v.

    English-german dictionary > subject

  • 3 INDEX BY SUBJECT AREA

    See also: _about
    [br]

    Biographical history of technology > INDEX BY SUBJECT AREA

  • 4 speciality

    noun
    Spezialität, die
    * * *
    [speʃi'əti]
    , (American) specialty ['speʃəlti] - plurals specialities, specialties - noun
    1) (a special product for which one is well-known: Brown bread is this baker's speciality.) die Spezialität
    2) (a special activity, or subject about which one has special knowledge: His speciality is physics.) das Spezialgebiet
    * * *
    spe·ci·al·ity
    [ˌspeʃiˈæləti]
    n esp BRIT
    1. (product, quality) Spezialität f
    \speciality of the house (food) Spezialität f des Hauses
    local \speciality (food) örtliche Spezialität
    2. (feature) besonderes Merkmal; ( iron or pej) Spezialität f iron
    unkind remarks are one of his specialities unfreundliche Bemerkungen sind eine seiner Spezialitäten
    that's my \speciality darin bin ich wirklich ein Meister
    3. (skill) Fachgebiet nt, Fachbereich m
    * * *
    ["speʃI'lItɪ] (US) ['speʃəltɪ]
    n
    Spezialität f; (= subject also) Spezialgebiet nt

    to make a speciality of doing sth — sich darauf spezialisieren, etw zu tun

    * * *
    speciality [-ʃıˈælətı] s besonders Br
    1. Besonderheit f
    2. a) besonderer Punkt
    b) pl Einzelheiten pl
    3. besonderes Merkmal
    4. Spezialität f ( auch WIRTSCH), SPORT Spezialdisziplin f
    5. → academic.ru/69307/specialty">specialty 1, 2, 3
    * * *
    noun
    Spezialität, die
    * * *
    n.
    Besonderheit f.
    Spezialfach n.
    Spezialität f.

    English-german dictionary > speciality

  • 5 set

    1.
    [set]transitive verb, -tt-, set
    1) (put) (horizontally) legen; (vertically) stellen

    set the proposals before the board — (fig.) dem Vorstand die Vorschläge unterbreiten od. vorlegen

    set something against something — (balance) etwas einer Sache (Dat.) gegenüberstellen

    2) (apply) setzen
    3) (adjust) einstellen (at auf + Akk.); aufstellen [Falle]; stellen [Uhr]

    set the alarm for 5.30 a.m. — den Wecker auf 5.30 Uhr stellen

    4)

    be set — (have location of action) [Buch, Film:] spielen

    set a book/film in Australia — ein Buch/einen Film in Australien spielen lassen

    5) (specify) festlegen [Bedingungen]; festsetzen [Termin, Ort usw.] ( for auf + Akk.)

    set the interest rate at 10 % — die Zinsen auf 10 % festsetzen

    6) (bring into specified state)

    set something/things right or in order — etwas/die Dinge in Ordnung bringen

    set somebody thinking that... — jemanden auf den Gedanken bringen, dass...

    7) (put forward) stellen [Frage, Aufgabe]; aufgeben [Hausaufgabe]; vorschreiben [Textbuch, Lektüre]; (compose) zusammenstellen [Rätsel, Fragen]

    set somebody a task/problem — jemandem eine Aufgabe stellen/jemanden vor ein Problem stellen

    set [somebody/oneself] a target — [jemandem/sich] ein Ziel setzen

    8) (turn to solid) fest werden lassen
    9) (lay for meal) decken [Tisch]; auflegen [Gedeck]
    10) (establish) aufstellen [Rekord, Richtlinien]
    11) (Med.): (put into place) [ein]richten; einrenken [verrenktes Gelenk]
    12) (fix) legen [Haare]

    set eyes on somebody/something — jemanden/etwas sehen

    13) (Printing) setzen
    14)
    15)

    be set on a hill — [Haus:] auf einem Hügel stehen

    2. intransitive verb,
    -tt-, set
    1) (solidify) fest werden
    2) (go down) [Sonne, Mond:] untergehen
    3. noun
    1) (group) Satz, der

    set [of two] — Paar, das

    chess set — Schachspiel, das

    2) see academic.ru/66102/service">service 1. 9)
    3) (section of society) Kreis, der
    4) (Math.) Menge, die
    5)

    set [of teeth] — Gebiss, das

    6) (radio or TV receiver) Gerät, das; Apparat, der
    7) (Tennis) Satz, der
    8) (of hair) Frisieren, das; Einlegen, das
    9) (Cinemat., film): (built-up scenery) Szenenaufbau, der; Dekoration, die
    10) (acting area for film)
    4. adjective
    1) (fixed) starr [Linie, Gewohnheit, Blick, Lächeln]; fest [Absichten, Zielvorstellungen, Zeitpunkt]

    be set in one's ways or habits — in seinen Gewohnheiten festgefahren sein

    2) (assigned for study) vorgeschrieben [Buch, Text]
    3) (according to fixed menu)

    set meal or menu — Menü, das

    4) (ready)

    be/get set for something — zu etwas bereit sein/sich zu etwas fertig machen

    be/get set to leave — bereit sein/sich fertig machen zum Aufbruch

    all set? — (coll.) alles klar od. fertig?

    be all set to do something — bereit sein, etwas zu tun

    be set on something/doing something — zu etwas entschlossen sein/entschlossen sein, etwas zu tun

    be [dead] set against something — [absolut] gegen etwas sein

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    [set] 1. present participle - setting; verb
    1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) stellen, legen, setzen
    2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) decken
    3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) festlegen
    4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) stellen
    5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) veranlassen
    6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) untergehen
    7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) festwerden
    8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) einstellen
    9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) herrichten
    10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) fassen
    11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) richten
    2. adjective
    1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) das Set
    2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.)
    3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) wohlüberlegt
    4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) starr
    5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) fest
    6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) eingefaßt
    3. noun
    1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) der Satz
    2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) das Gerät
    3) (a group of people: the musical set.) der Kreis
    4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) das Legen
    5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) der Szenenaufbau
    6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) der Satz
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    - setting
    - setback
    - set phrase
    - set-square
    - setting-lotion
    - set-to
    - set-up
    - all set
    - set about
    - set someone against someone
    - set against someone
    - set someone against
    - set against
    - set aside
    - set back
    - set down
    - set in
    - set off
    - set something or someone on someone
    - set on someone
    - set something or someone on
    - set on
    - set out
    - set to
    - set up
    - set up camp
    - set up house
    - set up shop
    - set upon
    * * *
    [set]
    1. pred (ready) bereit, fertig
    ▪ to be [all] \set [for sth] [für etw akk] bereit sein
    be \set to leave by 8 a.m. um 8 Uhr solltest du startklar sein
    to get \set to do sth sich akk darauf vorbereiten, etw zu tun
    ready, get \set, go! auf die Plätze, fertig, los!
    we were just getting \set to leave when... wir wollten gerade gehen, als...
    2. (fixed) pattern, time fest[gesetzt]
    \set expression [or phrase] feststehender Ausdruck
    \set meal Stammessen nt, Stammgericht nt ÖSTERR; (dish of the day) Tagesgericht nt
    \set menu Tageskarte f
    \set price Festpreis m, Fixpreis m
    at \set times zu festen Zeiten
    3. (expression of face) starr
    her face took on a \set expression ihre Miene erstarrte
    \set smile aufgesetztes Lächeln
    4. (unlikely to change)
    to have a \set idea about sth eine feste Vorstellung von etw dat haben
    to have become a \set habit zur festen Gewohnheit geworden sein
    to be \set in one's ways in seinen Gewohnheiten festgefahren sein
    5. (likely)
    Manchester United looks \set for victory es sieht ganz so aus, als würde Manchester United gewinnen
    the rain is \set to continue all week der Regen wird wohl noch die ganze Woche andauern
    6. attr, inv (assigned) number, pattern vorgegebene(r, s); subject also bestimmte(r, s)
    \set book [or text] Pflichtlektüre
    ▪ to be [dead] \set against sth [vollkommen] gegen etw akk sein
    ▪ to be [dead] \set on sth zu etw akk [wild] entschlossen sein
    II. NOUN
    1. (collection, group) of glasses, stamps etc. Satz m; (of two items) Paar nt; of clothes etc. Set nt, Garnitur f
    he's got a complete \set of Joyce's novels er hat eine Gesamtausgabe von Joyce
    box[ed] \set Box-Set nt (ein komplettes Set etwa von CDs oder Videokassetten, das in einem Schuber o.Ä. erhältlich ist)
    chemistry \set Chemiekasten m
    chess \set Schachspiel nt
    a \set of chromosomes ein Chromosomensatz m
    \set of encyclopaedias Enzyklopädiereihe f
    \set of lectures Vortragsreihe f
    \set of rules Regelwerk nt
    tea \set Teeservice nt
    \set of teeth Gebiss nt
    tool \set Werkzeugsatz m
    \set of twins Zwillingspaar nt
    2. + sing/pl vb (group of people) [Personen]kreis m, Clique f fam
    she's got in with a very arty \set sie bewegt sich neuerdings in sehr ausgewählten Künstlerkreisen
    the fashion \set die Modefreaks pl sl
    the literary \set die Literaten pl
    the smart \set die Schickeria meist pej
    3. BRIT SCH (class) Kurs f
    4. THEAT Bühnenbild nt, Bühnenausstattung f; FILM Szenenaufbau m; (film location) Drehort m
    on the \set bei den Dreharbeiten; (location) am Set
    5. (appliance) Gerät nt; (television) Fernsehgerät nt, Fernseher m; (radio) Radio[gerät] nt
    colour \set Farbfernseher m
    an electric fondue \set ein elektrisches Fonduegerät
    6. SPORT Satz m
    to win a \set einen Satz gewinnen
    7. MATH Menge f
    \set theory Mengenlehre f
    8. MUS Block m
    data \set Datensatz m; (file) Datei f
    10. TYPO (width of character) Set nt o m fachspr
    11. BOT (young plant) Setzling m; (bulb) Knolle f
    12. (coat of plaster) Feinputz m
    13. (sett) Bau m
    14. no pl of eyes, jaw Stellung f; of shoulders Haltung f
    15. no pl (hair arrangement)
    to have a shampoo and \set sich dat die Haare waschen und legen lassen
    16. no pl see mindset
    17. no pl of the current, tide Richtung f, Lauf m
    18. no pl AUS, NZ ( fam: grudge)
    to get a \set on sb [die] Wut auf jdn kriegen fam
    19. no pl HUNT Vorstehen nt fachspr
    21. no pl TECH (in metal, wood, etc.) Durchbiegung f fachspr
    22.
    ▶ to make a \set at sb BRIT sich akk an jdn ranmachen fam
    <set, set>
    ▪ to \set sb/sth somewhere jdn/etw irgendwohin stellen; (on its side) jdn/etw irgendwohin legen
    the cat \set a dead mouse in front of us die Katze legte uns eine tote Maus vor
    \set the bricks one on top of the other setze einen Klotz auf den anderen
    to \set a chair by the bed/window einen Stuhl ans Bett/Fenster stellen
    to \set sb on his/her way ( fig) jdn losschicken
    I \set her above all others für mich ist sie die Allergrößte
    2. usu passive (take place in, be located)
    ▪ to be \set somewhere:
    ‘West Side Story’ is \set in New York ‚West Side Story‘ spielt in New York
    their house is \set on a hill ihr Haus liegt auf einem Hügel
    the novel is \set in the 16th century der Roman spielt im 16. Jahrhundert
    3. (cause to be, start)
    to \set a boat afloat ein Boot zu Wasser lassen
    to \set sth on fire etw in Brand setzen
    to \set sth in motion etw in Bewegung setzen [o fig a. ins Rollen bringen]
    ▪ to \set sb doing sth jdn veranlassen [o dazu bringen], etw zu tun
    his remarks \set me thinking seine Bemerkungen gaben mir zu denken
    to \set sb loose [or free] jdn freilassen [o auf freien Fuß setzen]
    to \set sth right etw [wieder] in Ordnung bringen
    to \set sb straight jdn berichtigen
    these changes will \set the country on the road to economic recovery diese Änderungen werden das Land zum wirtschaftlichen Aufschwung führen
    the noise \set the dog barking wegen des Lärms fing der Hund an zu bellen
    to \set sth free etw freisetzen
    5. (adjust, prepare)
    ▪ to \set sth etw einstellen; (prepare) etw vorbereiten
    to \set the alarm for 7.00 a.m. den Wecker auf 07.00 Uhr stellen
    to \set a clock/watch eine Uhr/Armbanduhr stellen
    to \set the margin TYPO den Rand einstellen
    to \set the table den Tisch decken
    to \set a thermostat/timer einen Thermostat/Zeitmesser einstellen
    to \set a trap eine Falle aufstellen
    ▪ to \set sth etw festsetzen
    to \set the budget das Budget festlegen
    to \set a date/time einen Termin/eine Zeit ausmachen
    they still haven't \set a date for their wedding sie haben immer noch keinen Termin für die Hochzeit festgesetzt
    to \set a deadline for sb jdm eine Frist setzen
    to \set oneself a goal sich dat ein Ziel setzen
    to \set a limit eine Grenze setzen
    to \set a norm eine Norm festlegen
    to \set a price [on sth] einen Preis [für etw akk] festsetzen
    to \set one's teeth die Zähne zusammenbeißen
    ... she said, \setting her jaw firmly... sagte sie mit versteinerter Miene
    to \set a good example to sb jdm ein Vorbild sein
    to \set the pace das Tempo angeben [o bestimmen]
    to \set a record einen Rekord aufstellen
    8. ANAT
    ▪ to \set sth etw einrenken
    to \set a broken bone einen gebrochenen Knochen einrichten fachspr
    to \set sb's hair jdm die Haare legen
    to have one's hair \set sich dat die Haare legen lassen
    10. (adorn)
    ▪ to \set sth with sth etw mit etw dat besetzen
    a watch \set with sapphires eine mit Saphiren besetzte Uhr
    11. (insert)
    ▪ to \set sth in[to] sth etw in etw akk einlassen [o fassen]
    a bracelet with rubies \set in gold ein Armband mit in Gold gefassten Rubinen
    12. MUS
    to \set a poem/words etc. to music ein Gedicht/einen Text etc. vertonen
    13. esp BRIT, AUS (assign)
    to \set sb in charge of sth jdn mit etw dat betrauen
    to \set homework Hausaufgaben [o ÖSTERR a. eine Hausübung] aufgeben
    to \set a task for sb [or sb a task] jdm eine Aufgabe stellen
    to \set sb to work jdm Arbeit zuweisen
    14. COMPUT
    ▪ to \set sth (give variable a value) etw setzen; (define value) etw einstellen
    to \set a text einen Text setzen
    to be \set in Times Roman in Times Roman gesetzt sein
    16. (keep watch on)
    to \set a guard on sb jdn bewachen lassen
    17.
    to \set the scene [or stage] for sth (create conditions) die Bedingungen für etw akk schaffen; (facilitate) den Weg für etw akk frei machen
    the scene is \set for the summit next week die Vorbereitungen für das Gipfeltreffen nächste Woche sind unter Dach und Fach
    18. (sail)
    to \set course for sth auf etw akk Kurs nehmen
    to \set sail ( also fig) die Segel setzen
    to \set sail for/from... nach/von... losfahren
    19. (see)
    to \set eyes on sb/sth jdn/etw sehen
    20. (enter)
    to \set foot in [or on] sth etw betreten
    21. (calm)
    to \set one's mind at ease sich akk beruhigen
    22.
    to \set one's mind to [or on] sth (concentrate on) sich akk auf etw akk konzentrieren; (approach with determination) etw entschlossen angehen
    23.
    ▶ to \set the world [or the Thames] ablaze [or on fire] [or alight] die Welt aus den Angeln heben
    <set, set>
    1. (grow together) bones, limbs zusammenwachsen
    2. (become firm) concrete, jelly fest werden
    the glue has \set hard der Klebstoff ist ausgehärtet
    3. (sink) moon, sun untergehen
    4. (have a specified direction) river, stream
    to \set to the north/westwards nach Norden/Westen verlaufen
    5. HUNT dog vorstehen fachspr
    6. (become fixed) eyes verharren; features sich akk versteinern
    7. BOT Frucht ansetzen
    * * *
    (INTERNET) abbr SET m
    * * *
    set [set]
    A s
    1. Satz m (Briefmarken, Dokumente, Werkzeuge etc), (Möbel-, Toiletten- etc) Garnitur f, (Speise- etc) Service n:
    a set of agreements POL ein Vertragswerk;
    a set of colo(u)rs ein Farbensortiment n;
    a set of drills ein Satz Bohrer;
    set of values Wertanschauung f
    2. (Häuser- etc) Gruppe f, (Zimmer) Flucht f:
    a set of houses (rooms)
    3. WIRTSCH Kollektion f
    4. Sammlung f, besonders
    a) mehrbändige Ausgabe (eines Autors)
    b) (Schriften) Reihe f, (Artikel) Serie f
    5. TECH
    a) (Maschinen) Satz m, (-)Anlage f, Aggregat n
    b) RADIO etc Gerät n, Apparat m
    6. a) THEAT Bühnenausstattung f
    b) FILM Szenenaufbau m
    7. Tennis etc: Satz m
    8. MATH
    a) Zahlenreihe f
    b) Menge f
    9. set of teeth Gebiss n
    10. (Personen)Kreis m:
    a) Gesellschaft(sschicht) f, (literarische etc) Welt
    b) pej Clique f
    c) SCHULE Unterrichtsgruppe f:
    the chic set die Schickeria
    11. Sitz m, Schnitt m (von Kleidern)
    12. a) Form f
    b) Haltung f
    13. Richtung f, (Ver)Lauf m (einer Strömung etc):
    the set of public opinion der Meinungstrend
    14. fig Neigung f, Tendenz f ( beide:
    toward[s] zu)
    15. PSYCH (innere) Bereitschaft ( for zu)
    16. (Sonnen- etc) Untergang m:
    the set of day poet das Tagesende
    17. TECH Schränkung f (einer Säge)
    18. TECH → setting 10
    19. ARCH Feinputz m
    20. BOT
    a) Ableger m, Setzling m
    b) Fruchtansatz m
    a) Tänzer(zahl) pl(f), -paare pl
    b) Tour f, Hauptfigur f:
    first set Quadrille f
    22. MUS Serie f, Folge f, Zyklus m
    23. JAGD Vorstehen n (des Hundes):
    a) jemanden scharf aufs Korn nehmen umg, herfallen über jemanden,
    b) es auf einen Mann abgesehen haben (Frau)
    24. JAGD (Dachs- etc) Bau m
    B adj
    1. festgesetzt (Tag etc):
    set meal Menü n
    2. a) bereit
    b) fest entschlossen (on, upon doing zu tun):
    all set startklar;
    be all set for vorbereitet oder eingestellt sein auf (akk)
    3. vorgeschrieben, festgelegt (Regeln etc):
    set books pl ( oder reading) SCHULE Pflichtlektüre f
    4. wohlüberlegt, einstudiert (Rede etc)
    5. feststehend (Redewendungen etc)
    6. fest (Meinung): → purpose Bes Redew
    7. starr:
    a set face ein unbewegtes Gesicht
    8. US halsstarrig, stur
    9. konventionell, formell (Party etc)
    10. zusammengebissen (Zähne)
    11. (ein)gefasst (Edelstein)
    12. TECH eingebaut (Rohr etc)
    13. set fair beständig (auf dem Barometer)
    14. → hard-set
    15. (in Zusammensetzungen) … gebaut, … gestaltet:
    well-set gut gebaut
    C v/t prät und pperf set
    1. setzen, stellen, legen:
    set the glass to one’s lips das Glas an die Lippen setzen;
    set a match to ein Streichholz halten an (akk), etwas in Brand stecken (siehe a. die Verbindungen mit anderen entsprechenden Substantiven)
    2. in einen Zustand (ver)setzen, bringen:
    set sb free jemanden auf freien Fuß setzen, jemanden freilassen; → ease A 2, liberty Bes Redew, right A 5, B 5, etc
    3. veranlassen zu:
    set a party laughing eine Gesellschaft zum Lachen bringen;
    set going in Gang setzen;
    a) jemanden nachdenklich machen, jemandem zu denken geben,
    b) jemandem Denkanstöße oder einen Denkanstoß geben; → roar C 1
    4. ein-, herrichten, (an)ordnen, zurechtmachen, besonders
    a) THEAT die Bühne aufbauen, (Skisport) die Strecke abstecken
    b) den Tisch decken
    c) TECH (ein)stellen, (-)richten, regulieren
    d) die Uhr, den Wecker stellen (by nach dem Radio etc):
    set the alarm (clock) for five o’clock den Wecker auf 5 Uhr stellen
    e) eine Säge schränken
    f) ein Messer abziehen, schärfen
    g) MED einen Bruch, Knochen (ein)richten
    h) das Haar legen
    5. MUS
    a) vertonen
    b) arrangieren
    6. TYPO absetzen
    7. AGR
    a) Setzlinge (an)pflanzen
    b) den Boden bepflanzen
    8. a) die Bruthenne setzen
    b) Eier unterlegen
    9. a) einen Edelstein (ein)fassen
    b) mit Edelsteinen etc besetzen
    10. eine Wache aufstellen
    11. eine Aufgabe, Frage stellen
    12. jemanden anweisen ( to do sth etwas zu tun), jemanden an eine Sache setzen
    13. a) etwas vorschreiben, bestimmen
    b) einen Zeitpunkt festlegen, -setzen, ansetzen
    c) ein Beispiel etc geben, eine Regel etc aufstellen
    d) einen Rekord aufstellen: → fashion A 1, pace1 A 1
    14. einen Hund etc hetzen (on auf jemanden):
    set spies on sb jemanden bespitzeln lassen, auf jemanden Spitzel ansetzen
    15. Flüssiges fest werden lassen, Milch gerinnen lassen
    16. die Zähne zusammenbeißen
    17. den Wert bestimmen, festsetzen
    18. einen Preis aussetzen (on auf akk)
    19. Geld, sein Leben etc riskieren, aufs Spiel setzen
    20. fig legen, setzen:
    set one’s hopes on seine Hoffnung setzen auf (akk);
    the scene is set in Rome der Schauplatz oder Ort der Handlung ist Rom, das Stück etc spielt in Rom;
    the novel is set in Spain der Roman spielt in Spanien
    D v/i
    1. untergehen (Sonne etc):
    his star has set fig sein Stern ist untergegangen
    2. a) auswachsen (Körper)
    b) ausreifen (Charakter)
    3. beständig werden (Wetter etc): → B 13
    4. a) fest werden (Flüssiges), erstarren (auch Gesicht, Muskel)
    b) TECH abbinden (Zement etc)
    c) gerinnen (Milch)
    d) sich absetzen (Rahm)
    5. brüten (Glucke)
    6. gut etc sitzen (Kleidungsstück)
    7. fig passen ( with zu)
    8. sich bewegen, fließen, strömen:
    the current sets to the north die Stromrichtung ist Nord
    9. wehen, kommen ( from aus, von) (Wind)
    10. sich neigen oder richten:
    opinion is setting against him die Meinung richtet sich gegen ihn
    11. BOT Frucht ansetzen (Blüte, Baum)
    12. ZOOL sich festsetzen (Austern)
    13. TECH sich verbiegen
    14. JAGD vorstehen (Hund)
    15. MED sich einrenken
    s. abk
    1. second ( seconds pl) s, Sek.
    3. see s.
    5. set
    6. HIST Br shilling ( shillings pl)
    7. sign
    8. signed gez.
    9. singular Sg.
    10. son
    * * *
    1.
    [set]transitive verb, -tt-, set

    set the proposals before the board — (fig.) dem Vorstand die Vorschläge unterbreiten od. vorlegen

    set something against something — (balance) etwas einer Sache (Dat.) gegenüberstellen

    2) (apply) setzen
    3) (adjust) einstellen (at auf + Akk.); aufstellen [Falle]; stellen [Uhr]

    set the alarm for 5.30 a.m. — den Wecker auf 5.30 Uhr stellen

    4)

    be set — (have location of action) [Buch, Film:] spielen

    set a book/film in Australia — ein Buch/einen Film in Australien spielen lassen

    5) (specify) festlegen [Bedingungen]; festsetzen [Termin, Ort usw.] ( for auf + Akk.)

    set the interest rate at 10 % — die Zinsen auf 10 % festsetzen

    set something/things right or in order — etwas/die Dinge in Ordnung bringen

    set somebody thinking that... — jemanden auf den Gedanken bringen, dass...

    7) (put forward) stellen [Frage, Aufgabe]; aufgeben [Hausaufgabe]; vorschreiben [Textbuch, Lektüre]; (compose) zusammenstellen [Rätsel, Fragen]

    set somebody a task/problem — jemandem eine Aufgabe stellen/jemanden vor ein Problem stellen

    set [somebody/oneself] a target — [jemandem/sich] ein Ziel setzen

    8) (turn to solid) fest werden lassen
    9) (lay for meal) decken [Tisch]; auflegen [Gedeck]
    10) (establish) aufstellen [Rekord, Richtlinien]
    11) (Med.): (put into place) [ein]richten; einrenken [verrenktes Gelenk]
    12) (fix) legen [Haare]

    set eyes on somebody/something — jemanden/etwas sehen

    13) (Printing) setzen
    14)
    15)

    be set on a hill — [Haus:] auf einem Hügel stehen

    2. intransitive verb,
    -tt-, set
    1) (solidify) fest werden
    2) (go down) [Sonne, Mond:] untergehen
    3. noun
    1) (group) Satz, der

    set [of two] — Paar, das

    chess set — Schachspiel, das

    2) see service 1. 9)
    3) (section of society) Kreis, der
    4) (Math.) Menge, die
    5)

    set [of teeth] — Gebiss, das

    6) (radio or TV receiver) Gerät, das; Apparat, der
    7) (Tennis) Satz, der
    8) (of hair) Frisieren, das; Einlegen, das
    9) (Cinemat., film): (built-up scenery) Szenenaufbau, der; Dekoration, die
    4. adjective
    1) (fixed) starr [Linie, Gewohnheit, Blick, Lächeln]; fest [Absichten, Zielvorstellungen, Zeitpunkt]

    be set in one's ways or habits — in seinen Gewohnheiten festgefahren sein

    2) (assigned for study) vorgeschrieben [Buch, Text]

    set meal or menu — Menü, das

    be/get set for something — zu etwas bereit sein/sich zu etwas fertig machen

    be/get set to leave — bereit sein/sich fertig machen zum Aufbruch

    all set? — (coll.) alles klar od. fertig?

    be all set to do something — bereit sein, etwas zu tun

    be set on something/doing something — zu etwas entschlossen sein/entschlossen sein, etwas zu tun

    be [dead] set against something — [absolut] gegen etwas sein

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (sport) n.
    Satz ¨-e m. adj.
    festgelegt adj.
    festgesetzt adj. n.
    Garnitur -en f.
    Menge -n (Mathematik) f.
    Reihe -n f.
    Zusammenstellung f. v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: set)
    = aufstellen v.
    einstellen v.
    erstarren v.
    fest werden ausdr.
    festlegen v.
    festsetzen v.
    legen v.
    setzen v.
    stellen v.
    veranlassen v.

    English-german dictionary > set

  • 6 elevation

    [ˌelɪ'veɪʃ(ə)n], ['elə-]
    сущ.
    1)
    а) повышение, поднятие

    But the land is subject also to local elevations and depressions. — Но земля также подвержена локальным подъёмам и понижениям.

    б) иск. элевация ( в балете)

    Elevation refers not only to "inches off the floor" - as in running or jumping - but also to the body lift. — Элевация относится не только к "дюймам над полом" - как в беге или прыжках - но также к подъёму и парению всего тела.

    2) возвышение, возвышенность; высота
    4) величие, возвышенность

    Elevation of character constituted the Roman ideal of perfection. — Величие характера составляло римский идеал совершенства.

    His style wanted a little elevation. — Его стилю недоставало некоторого благородства.

    Syn:
    5) воен. угол возвышения; вертикальная наводка
    6) астр. высота небесного тела над горизонтом
    7) тех. вертикаль, профиль
    - side elevation

    Англо-русский современный словарь > elevation

  • 7 excursion

    noun
    Ausflug, der

    day excursion — Tagesausflug, der

    * * *
    [ik'skə:ʃən, ]( American[) -ʒən]
    (a trip; an outing: an excursion to the seaside.) der Ausflug
    * * *
    ex·cur·sion
    [ɪkˈskɜ:ʃən, eks-, AM -ˈskɜ:rʒ-]
    n Ausflug m
    annual \excursion Jahresausflug m
    to go on [or make] an \excursion einen Ausflug machen; ( fig) Abstecher m
    to make an \excursion einen Abstecher machen
    * * *
    [Ik'skɜːSən]
    n
    Ausflug m; (fig, into a subject also) Exkurs m
    * * *
    excursion [ıkˈskɜːʃn; US ıkˈskɜrʒən] s
    1. fig Exkurs m, Abschweifung f
    2. Ausflug m:
    go on an excursion einen Ausflug machen;
    scientific excursion wissenschaftliche Exkursion;
    an excursion into politics fig ein Ausflug oder Abstecher in die Politik;
    excursion ticket BAHN (Sonntags)Ausflugskarte f;
    excursion train Sonder-, Ausflugszug m
    3. Streifzug m
    4. ASTRON Abweichung f
    5. PHYS Ausschlag m (des Pendels etc)
    6. TECH Weg m (eines Maschinenteils), z. B. (Kolben)Hub m
    exc. abk
    2. except (excepted)
    * * *
    noun
    Ausflug, der

    day excursion — Tagesausflug, der

    * * *
    n.
    Ausflug -ë m.
    Auslenkung f.
    Exkurs -e m.

    English-german dictionary > excursion

  • 8 specialty

    (esp. Amer.) see academic.ru/69299/speciality">speciality
    * * *
    spe·cial·ty
    [AM ˈspeʃəlti]
    n AM, AUS see speciality
    * * *
    ["speʃI'lItɪ] (US) ['speʃəltɪ]
    n
    Spezialität f; (= subject also) Spezialgebiet nt

    to make a speciality of doing sth — sich darauf spezialisieren, etw zu tun

    * * *
    specialty [ˈspeʃltı] s besonders US
    1. Spezialfach n, -gebiet n
    2. WIRTSCH
    a) Spezialartikel m, Spezialität f
    b) Neuheit f
    3. JUR
    a) formgebundener Vertrag
    b) besiegelte Urkunde
    4. → speciality 2 a, 3, 4
    * * *
    (esp. Amer.) see speciality

    English-german dictionary > specialty

  • 9 typography

    noun
    Typographie, die
    * * *
    ty·pog·ra·phy
    [taɪˈpɒgrəfi, AM -ˈpɑ:-]
    n no pl Typografie f, Buchdruckerkunst f
    * * *
    [taI'pɒgrəfɪ]
    n
    Typografie f; (= subject also) Buchdruckerkunst f
    * * *
    typography [-fı] s
    1. Buchdruckerkunst f, Typografie f
    2. (Buch)Druck m
    3. Druckbild n
    typ., typog. abk
    2. typographic (typographical)
    typo., typog. abk
    2. typographic (typographical)
    * * *
    noun
    Typographie, die
    * * *
    n.
    Drucktechnik f.

    English-german dictionary > typography

  • 10 Abel, Sir Frederick August

    [br]
    b. 17 July 1827 Woolwich, London, England
    d. 6 September 1902 Westminster, London, England
    [br]
    English chemist, co-inventor of cordite find explosives expert.
    [br]
    His family came from Germany and he was the son of a music master. He first became interested in science at the age of 14, when visiting his mineralogist uncle in Hamburg, and studied chemistry at the Royal Polytechnic Institution in London. In 1845 he became one of the twenty-six founding students, under A.W.von Hofmann, of the Royal College of Chemistry. Such was his aptitude for the subject that within two years he became von Hermann's assistant and demonstrator. In 1851 Abel was appointed Lecturer in Chemistry, succeeding Michael Faraday, at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and it was while there that he wrote his Handbook of Chemistry, which was co-authored by his assistant, Charles Bloxam.
    Abel's four years at the Royal Military Academy served to foster his interest in explosives, but it was during his thirty-four years, beginning in 1854, as Ordnance Chemist at the Royal Arsenal and at Woolwich that he consolidated and developed his reputation as one of the international leaders in his field. In 1860 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, but it was his studies during the 1870s into the chemical changes that occur during explosions, and which were the subject of numerous papers, that formed the backbone of his work. It was he who established the means of storing gun-cotton without the danger of spontaneous explosion, but he also developed devices (the Abel Open Test and Close Test) for measuring the flashpoint of petroleum. He also became interested in metal alloys, carrying out much useful work on their composition. A further avenue of research occurred in 1881 when he was appointed a member of the Royal Commission set up to investigate safety in mines after the explosion that year in the Sealham Colliery. His resultant study on dangerous dusts did much to further understanding on the use of explosives underground and to improve the safety record of the coal-mining industry. The achievement for which he is most remembered, however, came in 1889, when, in conjunction with Sir James Dewar, he invented cordite. This stable explosive, made of wood fibre, nitric acid and glycerine, had the vital advantage of being a "smokeless powder", which meant that, unlike the traditional ammunition propellant, gunpowder ("black powder"), the firer's position was not given away when the weapon was discharged. Although much of the preliminary work had been done by the Frenchman Paul Vieille, it was Abel who perfected it, with the result that cordite quickly became the British Army's standard explosive.
    Abel married, and was widowed, twice. He had no children, but died heaped in both scientific honours and those from a grateful country.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Grand Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 1901. Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath 1891 (Commander 1877). Knighted 1883. Created Baronet 1893. FRS 1860. President, Chemical Society 1875–7. President, Institute of Chemistry 1881–2. President, Institute of Electrical Engineers 1883. President, Iron and Steel Institute 1891. Chairman, Society of Arts 1883–4. Telford Medal 1878, Royal Society Royal Medal 1887, Albert Medal (Society of Arts) 1891, Bessemer Gold Medal 1897. Hon. DCL (Oxon.) 1883, Hon. DSc (Cantab.) 1888.
    Bibliography
    1854, with C.L.Bloxam, Handbook of Chemistry: Theoretical, Practical and Technical, London: John Churchill; 2nd edn 1858.
    Besides writing numerous scientific papers, he also contributed several articles to The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1875–89, 9th edn.
    Further Reading
    Dictionary of National Biography, 1912, Vol. 1, Suppl. 2, London: Smith, Elder.
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  • 11 Kapp, Gisbert Johann Eduard Karl

    SUBJECT AREA: Electricity
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    b. 2 September 1852 Mauer, Vienna, Austria
    d. 10 August 1922 Birmingham, England
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    Austrian (naturalized British in 1881) engineer and a pioneer of dynamo design, being particularly associated with the concept of the magnetic circuit.
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    Kapp entered the Polytechnic School in Zurich in 1869 and gained a mechanical engineering diploma. He became a member of the engineering staff at the Vienna International Exhibition of 1873, and then spent some time in the Austrian navy before entering the service of Gwynne \& Co. of London, where he designed centrifugal pumps and gas exhausters. Kapp resolved to become an electrical engineer after a visit to the Paris Electrical Exhibition of 1881 and in the following year was appointed Manager of the Crompton Co. works at Chelmsford. There he developed and patented the dynamo with compound field winding. Also at that time, with Crompton, he patented electrical measuring instruments with over-saturated electromagnets. He became a naturalized British subject in 1881.
    In 1886 Kapp's most influential paper was published. This described his concept of the magnetic circuit, providing for the first time a sound theoretical basis for dynamo design. The theory was also developed independently by J. Hopkinson. After commencing practice as a consulting engineer in 1884 he carried out design work on dynamos and also electricity-supply and -traction schemes in Germany, Italy, Norway, Russia and Switzerland. From 1891 to 1894 much of his time was spent designing a new generating station in Bristol, officially as Assistant to W.H. Preece. There followed an appointment in Germany as General Secretary of the Verband Deutscher Electrotechniker. For some years he edited the Electrotechnische Zeitschrift and was also a part-time lecturer at the Charlottenberg Technical High School in Berlin. In 1904 Kapp was invited to accept the new Chair of Electrical Engineering at the University of Birmingham, which he occupied until 1919. He was the author of several books on electrical machine and transformer design.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Institution of Civil Engineers Telford Medal 1886 and 1888. President, Institution of Electrical Engineers 1909.
    Bibliography
    10 October 1882, with R.E.B.Crompton, British patent no. 4,810; (the compound wound dynamo).
    1886, "Modern continuous current dynamo electric machines and their engines", Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 83: 123–54.
    Further Reading
    D.G.Tucker, 1989, "A new archive of Gisbert Kapp papers", Proceedings of the Meeting on History of Electrical Engineering, IEE 4/1–4/11 (a transcript of an autobiography for his family).
    D.G.Tucker, 1973, Gisbert Kapp 1852–1922, Birmingham: Birmingham University (includes a bibliography of his most important publications).
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  • 12 Shannon, Claude Elwood

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    b. 30 April 1916 Gaylord, Michigan, USA
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    American mathematician, creator of information theory.
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    As a child, Shannon tinkered with radio kits and enjoyed solving puzzles, particularly crypto-graphic ones. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1936 with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and electrical engineering, and earned his Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1937. His thesis on applying Boolean algebra to switching circuits has since been acclaimed as possibly the most significant this century. Shannon earned his PhD in mathematics from MIT in 1940 with a dissertation on the mathematics of genetic transmission.
    Shannon spent a year at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, then in 1941 joined Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he began studying the relative efficiency of alternative transmission systems. Work on digital encryption systems during the Second World War led him to think that just as ciphers hide information from the enemy, "encoding" information could also protect it from noise. About 1948, he decided that the amount of information was best expressed quantitatively in a two-value number system, using only the digits 0 and 1. John Tukey, a Princeton colleague, named these units "binary digits" (or, for short, "bits"). Almost all digital computers and communications systems use such on-off, or two-state logic as their basis of operation.
    Also in the 1940s, building on the work of H. Nyquist and R.V.L. Hartley, Shannon proved that there was an upper limit to the amount of information that could be transmitted through a communications channel in a unit of time, which could be approached but never reached because real transmissions are subject to interference (noise). This was the beginning of information theory, which has been used by others in attempts to quantify many sciences and technologies, as well as subjects in the humanities, but with mixed results. Before 1970, when integrated circuits were developed, Shannon's theory was not the preferred circuit-and-transmission design tool it has since become.
    Shannon was also a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, claiming that computing machines could be used to manipulate symbols as well as do calculations. His 1953 paper on computers and automata proposed that digital computers were capable of tasks then thought exclusively the province of living organisms. In 1956 he left Bell Laboratories to join the MIT faculty as Professor of Communications Science.
    On the lighter side, Shannon has built many devices that play games, and in particular has made a scientific study of juggling.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    National Medal of Science. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honor, Kyoto Prize.
    Bibliography
    His seminal paper (on what has subsequently become known as information theory) was entitled "The mathematical theory of communications", first published in Bell System Technical Journal in 1948; it is also available in a monograph (written with Warren Weaver) published by the University of Illinois Press in 1949, and in Key Papers in the Development of Information Theory, ed. David Slepian, IEEE Press, 1974, 1988. For readers who want all of Shannon's works, see N.J.A.Sloane and A.D.Wyner, 1992, The
    Collected Papers of Claude E.Shannon.
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  • 13 Sutton, Thomas

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    b. 1819 England
    d. 1875 Jersey, Channel Islands
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    English photographer and writer on photography.
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    In 1841, while studying at Cambridge, Sutton became interested in photography and tried out the current processes, daguerreotype, calotype and cyanotype among them. He subsequently settled in Jersey, where he continued his photographic studies. In 1855 he opened a photographic printing works in Jersey, in partnership with L.-D. Blanquart- Evrard, exploiting the latter's process for producing developed positive prints. He started and edited one of the first photographic periodicals, Photographic Notes, in 1856; until its cessation in 1867, his journal presented a fresher view of the world of photography than that given by its London-based rivals. He also drew up the first dictionary of photography in 1858.
    In 1859 Sutton designed and patented a wideangle lens in which the space between two meniscus lenses, forming parts of a sphere and sealed in a metal rim, was filled with water; the lens so formed could cover an angle of up to 120 degrees at an aperture of f12. Sutton's design was inspired by observing the images produced by the water-filled sphere of a "snowstorm" souvenir brought home from Paris! Sutton commissioned the London camera-maker Frederick Cox to make the Panoramic camera, demonstrating the first model in January 1860; it took panoramic pictures on curved glass plates 152×381 mm in size. Cox later advertised other models in a total of four sizes. In January 1861 Sutton handed over manufacture to Andrew Ross's son Thomas Ross, who produced much-improved lenses and also cameras in three sizes. Sutton then developed the first single-lens reflex camera design, patenting it on 20 August 1961: a pivoted mirror, placed at 45 degrees inside the camera, reflected the image from the lens onto a ground glass-screen set in the top of the camera for framing and focusing. When ready, the mirror was swung up out of the way to allow light to reach the plate at the back of the camera. The design was manufactured for a few years by Thomas Ross and J.H. Dallmeyer.
    In 1861 James Clerk Maxwell asked Sutton to prepare a series of photographs for use in his lecture "On the theory of three primary colours", to be presented at the Royal Institution in London on 17 May 1861. Maxwell required three photographs to be taken through red, green and blue filters, which were to be printed as lantern slides and projected in superimposition through three projectors. If his theory was correct, a colour reproduction of the original subject would be produced. Sutton used liquid filters: ammoniacal copper sulphate for blue, copper chloride for the green and iron sulphocyanide for the red. A fourth exposure was made through lemon-yellow glass, but was not used in the final demonstration. A tartan ribbon in a bow was used as the subject; the wet-collodion process in current use required six seconds for the blue exposure, about twice what would have been needed without the filter. After twelve minutes no trace of image was produced through the green filter, which had to be diluted to a pale green: a twelve-minute exposure then produced a serviceable negative. Eight minutes was enough to record an image through the red filter, although since the process was sensitive only to blue light, nothing at all should have been recorded. In 1961, R.M.Evans of the Kodak Research Laboratory showed that the red liquid transmitted ultraviolet radiation, and by an extraordinary coincidence many natural red dye-stuffs reflect ultraviolet. Thus the red separation was made on the basis of non-visible radiation rather than red, but the net result was correct and the projected images did give an identifiable reproduction of the original. Sutton's photographs enabled Maxwell to establish the validity of his theory and to provide the basis upon which all subsequent methods of colour photography have been founded.
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  • 14 Blackett, William Cuthbert

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    b. 18 November 1859 Durham, England
    d. 13 June 1935 Durham, England
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    English mine manager, expert in preventing mine explosions and inventor of a coal-face conveyor.
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    After leaving Durham college of Physical Science and having been apprenticed in different mines, he received the certificate for colliery managers and subsequently, in 1887, was appointed Manager of all the mines of Charlaw and Sacriston collieries in Durham. He remained in this position for the rest of his working life.
    Frequent explosions in mines led him to investigate the causes. He was among the first to recognize the role contributed by coal-dust on mine roads, pioneered the use of inert rock-or stone-dust to render the coal-dust harmless and was the originator of many technical terms on the subject. He contributed many papers on explosion and was appointed a member of many advisory committees on prevention measures. A liquid-air rescue apparatus, designed by him and patented in 1910, was installed in various parts of the country.
    Blackett also developed various new devices in mining machinery. He patented a wire-rope socket which made use of a metal wedge; invented a rotary tippler driven by frictional contact instead of gearing and which stopped automatically; and he designed a revolving cylindrical coal-washer, which also gained interest among German mining engineers. His most important invention, the first successful coal-face conveyor, was patented in 1902. It was driven by compressed air and consisted of a trough running along the length of the race through which ran an endless scraper chain. Thus fillers cast the coal into the trough, and the scraper chain drew it to the main gate to be loaded into trams.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. OBE. Honorary MSc University of Durham; Honorary LLD University of Birmingham. Honorary Member, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Honorary Member, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. Royal Humane Society Medal.
    Further Reading
    Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers (1934–5) 89:339–41.
    Mining Association of Great Britain (ed.), 1924, Historical Review of Coal Mining London (describes early mechanical devices for the extraction of coal).
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  • 15 Douglas, Donald Wills

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 6 April 1892 Brooklyn, New York, USA
    d. 1 February 1981 Palm Springs, California, USA
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    American aircraft designer best known for bis outstanding airliner', the DC-3.
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    In 1912 Donald Douglas went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study aeronautical engineering. After graduating in this relatively new subject he joined the Glenn L.Martin Company as Chief Engineer. In 1920 he founded the Davis-Douglas Company in California to build an aircraft capable of flying across America non-stop: unfortunately, the Cloudster failed to achieve its target. Douglas reorganized the company in 1921 as the Douglas Company (later it became the Douglas Aircraft Company). In 1924 a team of US Army personnel made the first round-the-world flight in specially designed Douglas World Cruisers, a feat which boosted Douglas's reputation considerably. This reputation was further enhanced by his airliner, designed in 1935, that revolutionized air travel: the Douglas Commercial 3, or DC-3, of which some 13,000 were built. A series of piston-engined airliners followed, culminating in the DC-7. Meanwhile, in the military field, Douglas aircraft played a major part in the Second World War. In the jet age Douglas continued to produce a wide range of successful civil and military aircraft, and the company also moved into the rocket and guided missile business. In 1966 Donald W. Douglas was still Chairman of the company, with Donald W.Douglas Jr as President. In 1967 the company merged with the McDonnell Aircraft Company to become the giant McDonnell Douglas Corporation.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Daniel Guggenheim Medal 1939.
    Bibliography
    1935, "The development and reliability of the modern multi-engined airliner", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, London (lecture).
    Further Reading
    B.Yenne, 1985, McDonnell Douglas: A Tale of Two Giants, London (pays some attention to both Douglas and McDonnell, but also covers the history of the companies and the aircraft they produced).
    René J.Francillon, 1979, McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920, London; 1988, 2nd edn (a comprehensive history of the company's aircraft).
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  • 16 Dyer, Joseph Chessborough

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
    [br]
    b. 15 November 1780 Stonnington Point, Connecticut, USA
    d. 2 May 1871 Manchester, England
    [br]
    American inventor of a popular type of roving frame for cotton manufacture.
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    As a youth, Dyer constructed an unsinkable life-boat but did not immediately pursue his mechanical bent, for at 16 he entered the counting-house of a French refugee named Nancrède and succeeded to part of the business. He first went to England in 1801 and finally settled in 1811 when he married Ellen Jones (d. 1842) of Gower Street, London. Dyer was already linked with American inventors and brought to England Perkins's plan for steel engraving in 1809, shearing and nail-making machines in 1811, and also received plans and specifications for Fulton's steamboats. He seems to have acted as a sort of British patent agent for American inventors, and in 1811 took out a patent for carding engines and a card clothing machine. In 1813 there was a patent for spinning long-fibred substances such as hemp, flax or grasses, and in 1825 there was a further patent for card making machinery. Joshua Field, on his tour through Britain in 1821, saw a wire drawing machine and a leather splitting machine at Dyer's works as well as the card-making machines. At first Dyer lived in Camden Town, London, but he had a card clothing business in Birmingham. He moved to Manchester c.1816, where he developed an extensive engineering works under the name "Joseph C.Dyer, patent card manufacturers, 8 Stanley Street, Dale Street". In 1832 he founded another works at Gamaches, Somme, France, but this enterprise was closed in 1848 with heavy losses through the mismanagement of an agent. In 1825 Dyer improved on Danforth's roving frame and started to manufacture it. While it was still a comparatively crude machine when com-pared with later versions, it had the merit of turning out a large quantity of work and was very popular, realizing a large sum of money. He patented the machine that year and must have continued his interest in these machines as further patents followed in 1830 and 1835. In 1821 Dyer had been involved in the foundation of the Manchester Guardian (now The Guardian) and he was linked with the construction of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway. He was not so successful with the ill-fated Bank of Manchester, of which he was a director and in which he lost £98,000. Dyer played an active role in the community and presented many papers to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. He helped to establish the Royal Institution in London and the Mechanics Institution in Manchester. In 1830 he was a member of the delegation to Paris to take contributions from the town of Manchester for the relief of those wounded in the July revolution and to congratulate Louis-Philippe on his accession. He called for the reform of Parliament and helped to form the Anti-Corn Law League. He hated slavery and wrote several articles on the subject, both prior to and during the American Civil War.
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    Bibliography
    1811, British patent no. 3,498 (carding engines and card clothing machine). 1813, British patent no. 3,743 (spinning long-fibred substances).
    1825, British patent no. 5,309 (card making machinery).
    1825, British patent no. 5,217 (roving frame). 1830, British patent no. 5,909 (roving frame).
    1835, British patent no. 6,863 (roving frame).
    Further Reading
    Dictionary of National Biography.
    J.W.Hall, 1932–3, "Joshua Field's diary of a tour in 1821 through the Midlands", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 6.
    Evan Leigh, 1875, The Science of Modern Cotton Spinning, Vol. II, Manchester (provides an account of Dyer's roving frame).
    D.J.Jeremy, 1981, Transatlantic Industrial Revolution: The Diffusion of Textile
    Technologies Between Britain and America, 1790–1830s, Oxford (describes Dyer's links with America).
    See also: Arnold, Aza
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  • 17 Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens

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    b. 5 February 1840 Brockway's Mills, Maine, USA
    d. 24 November 1916 Streatham, London, England
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    American (naturalized British) inventor; designer of the first fully automatic machine gun and of an experimental steam-powered aircraft.
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    Maxim was born the son of a pioneer farmer who later became a wood turner. Young Maxim was first apprenticed to a carriage maker and then embarked on a succession of jobs before joining his uncle in his engineering firm in Massachusetts in 1864. As a young man he gained a reputation as a boxer, but it was his uncle who first identified and encouraged Hiram's latent talent for invention.
    It was not, however, until 1878, when Maxim joined the first electric-light company to be established in the USA, as its Chief Engineer, that he began to make a name for himself. He developed an improved light filament and his electric pressure regulator not only won a prize at the first International Electrical Exhibition, held in Paris in 1881, but also resulted in his being made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. While in Europe he was advised that weapons development was a more lucrative field than electricity; consequently, he moved to England and established a small laboratory at Hatton Garden, London. He began by investigating improvements to the Gatling gun in order to produce a weapon with a faster rate of fire and which was more accurate. In 1883, by adapting a Winchester carbine, he successfully produced a semi-automatic weapon, which used the recoil to cock the gun automatically after firing. The following year he took this concept a stage further and produced a fully automatic belt-fed weapon. The recoil drove barrel and breechblock to the vent. The barrel then halted, while the breechblock, now unlocked from the former, continued rearwards, extracting the spent case and recocking the firing mechanism. The return spring, which it had been compressing, then drove the breechblock forward again, chambering the next round, which had been fed from the belt, as it did so. Keeping the trigger pressed enabled the gun to continue firing until the belt was expended. The Maxim gun, as it became known, was adopted by almost every army within the decade, and was to remain in service for nearly fifty years. Maxim himself joined forces with the large British armaments firm of Vickers, and the Vickers machine gun, which served the British Army during two world wars, was merely a refined version of the Maxim gun.
    Maxim's interests continued to occupy several fields of technology, including flight. In 1891 he took out a patent for a steam-powered aeroplane fitted with a pendulous gyroscopic stabilizer which would maintain the pitch of the aeroplane at any desired inclination (basically, a simple autopilot). Maxim decided to test the relationship between power, thrust and lift before moving on to stability and control. He designed a lightweight steam-engine which developed 180 hp (135 kW) and drove a propeller measuring 17 ft 10 in. (5.44 m) in diameter. He fitted two of these engines into his huge flying machine testrig, which needed a wing span of 104 ft (31.7 m) to generate enough lift to overcome a total weight of 4 tons. The machine was not designed for free flight, but ran on one set of rails with a second set to prevent it rising more than about 2 ft (61 cm). At Baldwyn's Park in Kent on 31 July 1894 the huge machine, carrying Maxim and his crew, reached a speed of 42 mph (67.6 km/h) and lifted off its rails. Unfortunately, one of the restraining axles broke and the machine was extensively damaged. Although it was subsequently repaired and further trials carried out, these experiments were very expensive. Maxim eventually abandoned the flying machine and did not develop his idea for a stabilizer, turning instead to other projects. At the age of almost 70 he returned to the problems of flight and designed a biplane with a petrol engine: it was built in 1910 but never left the ground.
    In all, Maxim registered 122 US and 149 British patents on objects ranging from mousetraps to automatic spindles. Included among them was a 1901 patent for a foot-operated suction cleaner. In 1900 he became a British subject and he was knighted the following year. He remained a larger-than-life figure, both physically and in character, until the end of his life.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur 1881. Knighted 1901.
    Bibliography
    1908, Natural and Artificial Flight, London. 1915, My Life, London: Methuen (autobiography).
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1916, Engineer (1 December).
    Obituary, 1916, Engineering (1 December).
    P.F.Mottelay, 1920, The Life and Work of Sir Hiram Maxim, London and New York: John Lane.
    Dictionary of National Biography, 1912–1921, 1927, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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  • 18 Mercer, John

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
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    b. 21 February 1791 Great Harwood, Lancashire, England
    d. 30 November 1866 Oakenshaw, Lancashire, England
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    English pioneer in textile chemistry.
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    Mercer began work at the age of 9 as a bobbinwinder and then a hand-loom weaver. He had no formal education in chemistry but taught himself and revealed remarkable ability in both theoretical and applied aspects of the subject. He became the acknowledged "father of textile chemistry" and the Royal Society elected him Fellow in 1850. His name is remembered in connection with the lustrous "mercerized" cotton which, although not developed commercially until 1890, arose from his discovery, c. 1844, of the effect of caustic soda on cotton linters. He also discovered that cotton could be dissolved in a solution of copper oxide in ammonia, a phenomenon later exploited in the manufacture of artificial silk. As a youth, Mercer experimented at home with dyeing processes and soon acquired sufficient skill to set up as an independent dyer. Most of his working life was, however, spent with the calico-printing firm of Oakenshaw Print Works in which he eventually became a partner, and it was there that most of his experimental work was done. The association was a very appropriate one, for it was a member of this firm's staff who first recognized Mercer's potential talent and took the trouble in his spare time to teach him reading, writing and arithmetic. Mercer developed manganese-bronze colours and researched into catalysis and the ferrocyanides. Among his innovations was the chlorination of wool in order to make it print as easily as cotton. It was many years later that it was realized that this treatment also conferred valuable shrink-resisting qualities. Becoming interested in photochemistry, he devised processes for photographic printing on fabric. Queen Victoria was presented with a handkerchief printed in this way when she visited the Great Exhibition of 1851, of which Mercer was a juror. A photograph of Mercer himself on cloth is preserved in the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. He presented papers to the British Association and was a member of the Chemical Society.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1850.
    Further Reading
    Obituary, Manchester Memoirs, Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.
    Dictionary of National Biography.
    E.A.Parnell, 1886. The Life and Labours of John Mercer, F.R.S., London (biography). 1867, biography, Journal of the Chemical Society.
    A.E.Musson and E.Robinson, 1969, Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester (includes a brief reference to Mercer's work).
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  • 19 Plimsoll, Samuel

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
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    b. 10 February 1824 Bristol, England
    d. 8 June 1898 Folkestone, Kent, England
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    English inventor of the Plimsoll Line on ships.
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    Plimsoll was educated privately and at Dr Eadon's school in Sheffield. On leaving school he became Clerk to a solicitor and then to a brewery, where he rose to become Manager. In 1851 he acted as an honorary secretary to the Great Exhibition. Two years later he went to London and set up as a coal merchant: he published two pamphlets on the coal trade in 1862. After several unsuccessful attempts, he managed to be elected as Member of Parliament for Derby in 1868, in the Radical interest. He concerned himself with mercantile shipping and in 1870 he began his campaign to improve safety at sea, particularly by the imposition of a load-line on vessels to prevent dangerous overloading. In 1871 he introduced a resolution into the House of Commons and also a bill, the Government also having proposed one on the same subject, but strong opposition from the powerful shipping-business interest forced a withdrawal. Plimsoll published a pamphlet, Our Seamen, bitterly attacking the shipowners. This aroused public feeling and controversy, and under pressure the Government appointed a Royal Commission in 1873, under the chairmanship of the Duke of Somerset, to examine the matter. Their report did not support Plimsoll's proposal for a load-line, but that did not prevent him from bringing forward his own bill, which was narrowly defeated by only three votes. The Government then introduced its own merchant shipping bill in 1875, but it was so mauled by the Opposition that the Prime Minister, Disraeli, threatened to withdraw it. That provoked a violent protest from Plimsoll in the House, including a description of the shipowners which earned him temporary suspension from the House. He was allowed to return after an apology, but the incident served to heighten public feeling for the seamen. The Government were obliged to hustle through the Merchant Shipping Act 1876, which ensured, among other things, that ships should be marked with what has become universally known as the Plimsoll Line; Plimsoll himself became known as "The Seamen's Friend".
    In 1880 he relinquished his parliamentary seat at Derby, but he continued his campaign to improve conditions for seamen and to ensure that the measures in the Act were properly carried out.
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  • 20 Torricelli, Evangelista

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    b. 15 October 1608 Faenza, Italy
    d. 25 October 1647 Florence, Italy
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    Italian physicist, inventor of the mercury barometer and discoverer of atmospheric pressure.
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    Torricelli was the eldest child of a textile artisan. Between 1625 and 1626 he attended the Jesuit school at Faenza, where he showed such outstanding aptitude in mathematics and philosophy that his uncle was persuaded to send him to Rome to a school run by Benedetto Castelli, a mathematician and engineer and a former pupil of Galileo Galilei. Between 1630 and 1641, Torricelli was possibly Secretary to Giovanni Ciampoli, Galileo's friend and protector. In 1641 Torricelli wrote a treatise, De motugravium, amplifying Galileo's doctrine on the motion of projectiles, and Galileo accepted him as a pupil. On Galileo's death in 1642, he was appointed as mathematician and philosopher to the court of Grand Duke Ferdinando II of Tuscany. He remained in Florence until his early death in 1647, possibly from typhoid fever. He wrote a great number of mathematical papers on conic sections, the cycloid, the logarithmic curve and other subjects, which made him well known.
    By 1642 Torricelli was producing good lenses for telescopes; he subsequently improved them, and attained near optical perfection. He also constructed a simple microscope with a small glass sphere as a lens. Galileo had looked at problems of raising water with suction pumps, and also with a siphon in 1630. Torricelli brought up the subject again in 1640 and later produced his most important invention, the barometer. He used mercury to fill a glass tube that was sealed at one end and inverted it. He found that the height of mercury in the tube adjusted itself to a well-defined level of about 76 cm (30 in.), higher than the free surface outside. He realized that this must be due to the pressure of the air on the outside surface and predicted that it would fall with increasing altitude. He thus demonstrated the pressure of the atmosphere and the existence of a vacuum on top of the mercury, publishing his findings in 1644. He later noticed that changes in the height of the mercury were related to changes in the weather.
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    Bibliography
    1641, De motu gravium.
    Further Reading
    T.I.Williams (ed.), 1969, A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, London: A. \& C.Black.
    Chambers Concise Dictionary of Scientists, 1989, Cambridge.
    A Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 1976, Vol. XIII, New York: C.Scribner's Sons.
    A.Stowers, 1961–2, "Thomas Newcomen's first steam engine 250 years ago and the initial development of steam power", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 34 (provides an account of his mercury barometer).
    W.E.Knowles Middleton, 1964, The History of the Barometer, Baltimore.
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Torricelli, Evangelista

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