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1.2. transitive verbsubject catalog — Sachkatalog, der (Buchw.)
* * *cata·logue, AM cata·log[ˈkætəlɒg, AM ˈkæt̬əlɑ:g]I. n Katalog ma \catalog of mistakes eine [ganze] Reihe von FehlernII. vt▪ to \catalog sth etw katalogisieren* * *(US) ['ktəlɒg]1. nKatalog m2. vtkatalogisieren* * *A s1. Katalog m2. Verzeichnis n, (Preis- etc) Liste f3. UNIV US Vorlesungsverzeichnis n4. Katalogpreis m, -wert mB v/t in einen Katalog aufnehmen, katalogisierenC v/i1. an einem Katalog arbeiten, einen Katalog erstellen2. catalogue at einen Katalogpreis haben von, im Katalog stehen mit* * *1.2. transitive verbsubject catalog — Sachkatalog, der (Buchw.)
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муж. catalogue предметный каталог ≈ subject catalogue каталог новых поступлений ≈ accession catalogueм. catalogue;
сводный pre-file catalogue;
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1) object;
article, item;
goods мн. предметы широкого потребления ≈ consumer goods предметы первой необходимости ≈ necessities, living essentials предметы домашнего обихода ≈ household goods
2) (тема) subject, topic, theme;
object (of), target (of) становиться предметом толков ≈ to become the object/target of gossip предмет насмешек ≈ object of ridicule, butt предмет спора ≈ point at issue
3) (в школе) subject ∙ на предметм.
1. object/thing;
2. (вещь) article;
~ы роскоши articles of luxury;
~ы первой необходимости the necessaries of life;
~ы домашнего обихода household articles;
~ы потребления эк. consumer items;
~ы вывоза articles of export;
~ы длительного пользования эк. durables;
3. (тема) subject, topic;
~ы научного исследования subjects of research;
~ лекции subject/ theme of a lecture;
~ договора matter/subject of contract;
4. (цикл знаний) subject;
какие ~ы он преподаёт? what subjects does he teach?;
5. быть ~ом насмешек be* an object of ridicule;
на ~ чего-л. in order to/for;
~ный subject attr. ;
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45 Pattinson, Hugh Lee
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 25 December 1796 Alston, Cumberland, Englandd. 11 November 1858 Scot's House, Gateshead, England[br]English inventor of a silver-extraction process.[br]Born into a Quaker family, he was educated at private schools; his studies included electricity and chemistry, with a bias towards metallurgy. Around 1821 Pattinson became Clerk and Assistant to Anthony Clapham, a soap-boiler of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1825 he secured appointment as Assay Master to the lords of the manor of Alston. There he was able to pursue the subject of special interest to him, and in January 1829 he devised a method of separating silver from lead ore; however, he was prevented from developing it because of a lack of funds.Two years later he was appointed Manager of Wentworth Beaumont's lead-works. There he was able to continue his researches, which culminated in the patent of 1833 enshrining the invention by which he is best known: a new process for extracting silver from lead by skimming crystals of pure lead with a perforated ladle from the surface of the molten silver-bearing lead, contained in a succession of cast-iron pots. The molten metal was stirred as it cooled until one pot provided a metal containing 300 oz. of silver to the ton (8,370 g to the tonne). Until that time, it was unprofitable to extract silver from lead ores containing less than 8 oz. per ton (223 g per tonne), but the Pattinson process reduced that to 2–3 oz. (56–84 g per tonne), and it therefore won wide acceptance. Pattinson resigned his post and went into partnership to establish a chemical works near Gateshead. He was able to devise two further processes of importance, one an improved method of obtaining white lead and the other a new process for manufacturing magnesia alba, or basic carbonate of magnesium. Both processes were patented in 1841.Pattinson retired in 1858 and devoted himself to the study of astronomy, aided by a 7½ in. (19 cm) equatorial telescope that he had erected at his home at Scot's House.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsVice-President, British Association Chemical Section 1838. Fellow of the Geological Society, Royal Astronomical Society and Royal Society 1852.BibliographyPattinson wrote eight scientific papers, mainly on mining, listed in Royal Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers, most of which appeared in the PhilosophicalMagazine.Further ReadingJ.Percy, Metallurgy (volume on lead): 121–44 (fully describes Pattinson's desilvering process).Lonsdale, 1873, Worthies of Cumberland, pp. 273–320 (contains details of his life). T.K.Derry and T.I.Williams, 1960, A Short History ofTechnology, Oxford: Oxford University Press.LRD -
46 Bouchon, Basile
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]fl. c.1725 Lyon, France[br]French pioneer in automatic pattern selection for weaving.[br]In the earliest draw looms, the pattern to be woven was selected by means of loops of string that were loosely tied round the appropriate leashes, which had to be lifted to make that pick of the pattern by raising the appropriate warp threads. In Isfahan, Persia, looms were seen in the 1970s where a boy sat in the top of the loom. Before the weaver could weave the next pick, the boy selected the appropriate loop of string, pulled out those leashes which were tied in it and lifted them up by means of a forked stick. The weaver below him held up these leashes by a pair of wooden sticks and sent the shuttle through that shed while the boy was sorting out the next loop of string with its leashes. When the pick had been completed, the first loop was dropped further down the leashes and, presumably, when the whole sequence of that pattern was finished, all the loops had be pushed up the leashes to the top of the loom again.Models in the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, show that in 1725 Bouchon, a worker in Lyon, dispensed with the loops of string and selected the appropriate leashes by employing a band of pierced paper pressed against a row of horizontal wires by the drawboy using a hand-bar so as to push forward those which happened to lie opposite the blank spaces. These connected with loops at the lower extremity of vertical wires linked to the leashes at the top of the loom. The vertical wires could be pulled down by a comb-like rack beside the drawboy at the side of the loom in order to pull up the appropriate leashes to make the next shed. Bouchon seems to have had only one row of needles or wires, which must have limited the width of the patterns. This is an early form of mechanical memory, used in computers much later. The apparatus was improved subsequently by Falcon and Jacquard.[br]Further ReadingA.Barlow, 1878, The History and Principles of Weaving by Hand and by Power, London (a brief description of Bouchon's apparatus).M.Daumas (ed.), 1968, Histoire générale des techniques Vol. III: L'Expansion dumachinisme, Paris (a description of this apparatus, with a diagram). Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, 1942, Catalogue du musée, section T, industries textiles, teintures et apprêts, Paris (another brief description; a model can be seen in this museum).C.Singer, (ed.), 1957, A History of Technology, Vol. III, Oxford: Clarendon Press (provides an illustration of Bouchon's apparatus).RLH -
47 Cowper, Edward Alfred
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 10 December 1819 London, Englandd. 9 May 1893 Weybridge, Surrey, England[br]English inventor of the hot-blast stove used in ironmaking.[br]Cowper was apprenticed in 1834 to John Braithwaite of London and in 1846 obtained employment at the engineers Fox \& Henderson in Birmingham. In 1851 he was engaged in the contract drawings for the Crystal Palace housing the Great Exhibition, and in the same year he set up in London as a consulting engineer. Cowper designed the 211 ft (64.3 m) span roof of Birmingham railway station, the first large-span station roof to be constructed. Cowper had an inventive turn of mind. While still an apprentice, he devised the well-known railway fog-signal and, at Fox \& Henderson, he invented an improved method of casting railway chairs. Other inventions included a compound steam-engine with receiver, patented in 1857; a bicycle wheel with steel spokes and rubber tyre (1868); and an electric writing telegraph (1879). Cowper's most important invention by far was the hot-blast stove, the first application of C.W. Siemens's regenerative principle to ironmaking, patented in 1857. Waste gases from the blast furnace were burnt in an iron chamber lined with a honeycomb of firebricks. When they were hot, the gas was directed to a second similar chamber while the incoming air blast for the blast furnace was heated by passing it through the first chamber. The stoves alternatively received and gave up heat and the heated blast, introduced by J.B. Neilson, led to considerable fuel economies in blast-furnace operation; the system is still in use. Cowper played an active part in the engineering institutions of his time, becoming President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1880–1. He was commissioned by the Science and Art Department to catalogue the collections of machinery and inventions at the South Kensington Museum, whose science collections now form the Science Museum, London.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsPresident, Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1880–1.Further ReadingObituary, 1893, Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute: 172–3, London.W.K.V.Gale, 1969, Iron and Steel, London: Longmans, pp. 42, 75 (describes his hot-blast stoves).LRD -
48 Daniell, John Frederick
SUBJECT AREA: Electricity[br]b. 12 March 1790 London, Englandd. 13 March 1845 London, England[br]English chemist, inventor of the Daniell primary electric cell.[br]With an early bias towards science, Daniell's interest in chemistry was formed when he joined a relative's sugar-refining business. He formed a lifelong friendship with W.T.Brande, Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, and together they revived the journal of the Royal Institution, to which Daniell submitted many of his early papers on chemical subjects. He made many contributions to the science of meteorology and in 1820 invented a hydrometer, which became widely used and gave precision to the measurement of atmospheric moisture. As one of the originators of the Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Daniell edited several of its early publications. His work on crystallization established his reputation as a chemist and in 1831 he was appointed the first Professor of Chemistry at King's College, London, where he was largely responsible for establishing its department of applied science. He was also involved in the Chemical Society of London and served as its Vice-President. At King's College he began the research into current electricity with which his name is particularly associated. His investigations into the zinc-copper cell revealed that the rapid decline in power was due to hydrogen gas being liberated at the positive electrode. Daniell's cell, invented in 1836, employed a zinc electrode in dilute sulphuric acid and a copper electrode in a solution of copper sulphate, the electrodes being separated by a porous membrane, typically an unglazed earthenware pot. He was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society for his invention which avoided the "polarization" of the simple cell and provided a further source of current for electrical research and for commercial applications such as electroplating. Although the high internal resistance of the Daniell cell limited the current and the potential was only 1.1 volts, the voltage was so unchanging that it was used as a reference standard until the 1870s, when J. Lattimer Clark devised an even more stable cell.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1814. Royal Society Rumford Medal 1832, Copley Medal 1837, Royal Medal 1842.Bibliography1836, "On voltaic combinations", Phil. Transactions of the Royal Society 126:107–24, 125–9 (the first report of his experiments).Listings of his scientific papers can be found in Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1868, Vol. II, London: Royal Society.Further ReadingObituary, 1845, Proceedings of the Royal Society, 5:577–80.J.R.Partington, 1964, History of Chemistry, Vol. IV, London (describes the Daniell cell and his electrical researches).B.Bowers, 1982, History of Electric Light and Power, London.GWBiographical history of technology > Daniell, John Frederick
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49 Falcon
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]fl. c.1728 France[br]French improver of the pattern-selection apparatus of Bouchon for weaving.[br]In 1728, Falcon used punched cards, one for each pick, to replace the roll of pierced paper that Bouchon had used for storing the pattern to be woven. The selection of the leashes was the same as the method used by Bouchon. The appropriate card was pressed against a set of horizontal needles at the side of the loom by the drawboy, who then lifted those leashes that had been selected ready for the weaver to send the shuttle across for that pick. The cards could be sewn up into an endless loop so the pattern could be repeated time after time. This apparatus could select a greater width of pattern than Bouchon's because the cards were pressed against the needles by a square block of wood known as the prism or cylinder. This meant that rows of needles could be mounted below each other, allowing for many more to be fitted into the space. Vaucanson tried to make alterations to this apparatus, but the Falcon method remained in use until 1817 at Lyon and formed the basis for the later improvements by Jacquard.[br]Further ReadingM.Daumas (ed.), 1968, Histoire générale des techniques, Vol. III, L'Expansion du machinisme, Paris.Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, 1942, Catalogue du musée, section T, industries textiles, teintures et apprêtes, Paris (includes a picture of a model of Falcon's apparatus in the museum).RLH -
50 Hjorth, Soren
SUBJECT AREA: Electricity[br]b. 13 October 1801 Vesterbygaard, Denmarkd. 28 August 1870 Copenhagen, Denmark[br]Danish engineer and inventor who first proposed the principle of the self-excited dynamo.[br]After passing a legal examination, Hjorth found employment in the state treasury in Copenhagen and in 1830 advanced to be Clerk of the Exchequer and Secretary. In 1834 he visited England to study the use of steam road and rail vehicles. Hjorth was involved in the formation of the first railway company in Denmark and became Technical Director of Denmark's first railway, a line between Copenhagen and Roskilde that opened in 1847. In 1848 he petitioned the Government for funds to visit England and have built there an electric motor of his own design with oscillating motion. This petition, supported by Hans Christian Oersted (1777–1851), was granted. A British patent was obtained for the machine, an example being exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. Turning his attention to the generation of electricity, he conceived as early as May 1851 the dynamo electric principle with self-excitation that was incorporated in his patent in 1855. Unfortunately, Hjorth held the firm but mistaken belief that if he could use his dynamo to drive a motor he would obtain more power than was consumed in driving the dynamo. The theory of conservation of energy was being only slowly accepted at that time, and Hjorth, with little scientific training, was to be disappointed at the failure of his schemes. He worked with great perseverance and industry to the end of his life on the design of his electrical machines.[br]Bibliography11 April 1855, British patent no. 806 (Hjorth's self-excited dynamo).11 April 1855, British patent nos. 807 and 808 (reciprocating and rotary electric motors).Further ReadingS.Smith, 1912, Soren Hjorth, Copenhagen (the most detailed biography).1907, "Soren Hjorth, discoverer of the dynamo-electric principle", Electrical Engineering 1: 957–8 (a short biography).Catalogue of the 1851 Exhibition, 1851, London, pp. 1, 359–60 (for a description of Hjorth's electromagnetic engine with oscillating motion.GW -
51 Jacobi, Moritz Hermann von
SUBJECT AREA: Electricity[br]b. 21 September 1801 Potsdam, Germanyd. 27 February 1874 St Petersburg, Russia[br]German scientist who developed one of the first practical electric motors.[br]After studying architecture at Göttingen University, Jacobi turned his attention to physics and chemistry. In 1835 he was appointed a professor of civil engineering at the University of Dorpat (which later assumed the Estonian name of Tartu). Later, moving to St Petersburg, he became a member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and commenced research on electricity and its practical applications. In December 1834 Jacobi presented a paper to the Academy of Sciences in Paris in which he stated that he had obtained rotation by electromagnetic methods in May of that year. Tsar Nicholas of Russia gave him a grant to prove that his electric motor had a practical application. Jacobi had a boat constructed that measured 28 ft in length and was propelled by paddles connected to an electric motor of his own design. Powered by Grove cells, it carried about fourteen passengers at a speed of almost 3 mph (5 km/h) on the River Neva. The weight of and possibly the fumes from the batteries contributed to the abandonment of the project. In 1839 Jacobi introduced electrotyping, i.e. the reproduction of forms by electrodeposition, which was one of the first commercial applications of electricity. In 1840 he reported the results of his investigations into the power of the electromagnet as a function of various parameters to the British Association.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsMember, Imperial Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 1847.BibliographyJacobi's papers are listed in Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1868, Vol. III, London: Royal Society, pp. 517–18.1837, Annals of Electricity 1:408–15 and 419–44 (describes his motor).Further ReadingBiography, 1876, Bulletin de l'Académie imperiale des sciences de St Petersburg 21:262–79.E.H.Huntress, 1951, in Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 79: 22–3 (a short biography).B.Bowers, 1982, A History of Electric Light and Power, London.GWBiographical history of technology > Jacobi, Moritz Hermann von
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52 Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van
[br]b. 24 October 1632 Delft, Netherlandsd. 1723 Delft, Netherlands[br]Dutch pioneer of microscopy.[br]He was the son of a basketmaker, Philip Tonisz Leeuwenhoek, and Grietje Jacobsdr van den Berch, a brewer's daughter. After the death of his father in 1637, his mother married the painter Jacob Jansz Molijn. He went to school at Warmond and, later to an uncle who was Sheriff of Benthuizen. In 1648 he went to Amsterdam, where he was placed in a linen-draper's shop owned by William Davidson, a Scottish merchant. In 1652 or 1653 he moved back to Delft, where in 1654 he married the daughter of a cloth-merchant, Barbara de Mey. They had five children, only one of whom survived (born 22 September 1656). At about this time he bought a house and shop in the Hippolytus buurt and set up in business as a draper and haberdasher. His wife died in 1666 and in 1671 he married Cornelia Swalmius, a Reformed Church minister's daughter. Lacking self-confidence and not knowing Latin, the scientific language of the day, he was reluctant to publish the results of his investigations into a multitude of natural objects. His observations were made with single-lens microscopes made by himself. (He made at least 387 microscopes with magnifications of between 30x and 266x.) Among the subjects he studied were the optic nerve of a cow, textile fibres, plant seeds, a spark from a tinderbox, the anatomy of mites and insects' blood corpuscles, semen and spermatozoa. It was the physician Reinier de Graaf who put him in touch with the Royal Society in London, with whom he corresponded for fifty years from 1673. One of his last letters, in 1723, to the Royal Society was about the histology of the rare disease of the diaphragm that he had studied in sheep and oxen and from which he died. In public service he was a chamberlain to the sheriffs of Delft, a surveyor and a wine-gauger, offices which together gave him an income of about 800 florins a year. Leeuwenhoek never wrote a book, but collections were published in Latin and in Dutch from his scientific letters, which numbered more than 250.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1680.Further ReadingL.C.Palm and H.A.M.Snelders, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek 1632–1723: Studies in the Life and Work of the Delft Scientist, Commemorating the 350th Anniversary of his Birthday.B.Bracegirdle (ed.), Beads of Glass: Leeuwenhoek and the Early Microscope. (Catalogue of an exhibition in the Museum Boerhaave, November 1982 to May 1983, and in the Science Museum, May to October 1983).IMcNBiographical history of technology > Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van
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53 Polhem, Christopher
SUBJECT AREA: Mining and extraction technology[br]b. 18 December 1661 Tingstade, Gotland, Sweden d. 1751[br]Swedish engineer and inventor.[br]He was the eldest son of Wolf Christopher Polhamma, a merchant. The father died in 1669 and the son was sent by his stepfather to an uncle in Stockholm who found him a place in the Deutsche Rechenschule. After the death of his uncle, he was forced to find employment, which he did with the Biorenklou family near Uppsala where he eventually became a kind of estate bailiff. It was during this period that he started to work with a lathe, a forge and at carpentry, displaying great technical ability. He realized that without further education he had little chance of making anything of his life, and accordingly, in 1687, he registered at the University of Uppsala where he studied astronomy and mathematics, remaining there for three years. He also repaired two astronomical pendulum clocks as well as the decrepit medieval clock in the cathedral. After a year's work he had this clock running properly: this was his breakthrough. He was summoned to Stockholm where the King awarded him a salary of 500 dalers a year as an encouragement to further efforts. Around this time, one of increasing mechanization and when mining was Sweden's principal industry, Pohlem made a model of a hoist frame for mines and the Mines Authority encouraged him to develop his ideas. In 1693 Polhem completed the Blankstot hoist at the Stora Kopparberg mine, which attracted great interest on the European continent.From 1694 to 1696 Polhem toured factories, mills and mines abroad in Germany, Holland, England and France, studying machinery of all kinds and meeting many foreign engineers. In 1698 he was appointed Director of Mining Engineering in Sweden, and in 1700 he became Master of Construction in the Falu Mine. He installed the Karl XII hoist there, powered by moving beams from a distant water-wheel. His plan of 1697 for all the machinery at the Falu mine to be driven by three large and remote water-wheels was never completed.In 1707 he was invited by the Elector of Hanover to visit the mines in the Harz district, where he successfully explained many of his ideas which were adopted by the local engineers. In 1700, in conjunction with Gabriel Stierncrona, he founded the Stiersunds Bruk at Husby in Southern Dalarna, a factory for the mass production of metal goods in iron, steel and bronze. Simple articles such as pans, trays, bowls, knives, scissors and mirrors were made there, together with the more sophisticated Polhem lock and the Stiersunds clock. Production was based on water power. Gear cutting for the clocks, shaping hammers for plates, file cutting and many other operations were all water powered, as was a roller mill for the sheet metal used in the factory. He also designed textile machinery such as stocking looms and spinning frames and machines for the manufacture of ribbons and other things.In many of his ideas Polhem was in advance of his time and Swedish country society was unable to absorb them. This was largely the reason for the Stiersund project being only a partial success. Polhem, too, was of a disputatious nature, self-opinionated almost to the point of conceit. He was a prolific writer, leaving over 20,000 pages of manuscript notes, drafts, essays on a wide range of subjects, which included building, brick-making, barrels, wheel-making, bell-casting, organ-building, methods of stopping a horse from bolting and a curious tap "to prevent serving maids from sneaking wine from the cask", the construction of ploughs and threshing machines. His major work, Kort Berattelse om de Fornamsta Mechaniska Inventioner (A Brief Account of the Most Famous Inventions), was printed in 1729 and is the main source of knowledge about his technological work. He is also known for his "mechanical alphabet", a collection of some eighty wooden models of mechanisms for educational purposes. It is in the National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm.[br]Bibliography1729, Kort Berattelse om de Fornamsta Mechaniska Inventioner (A Brief Account of the Most Famous Inventions).Further Reading1985, Christopher Polhem, 1661–1751, TheSwedish Daedalus' (catalogue of a travelling exhibition from the Swedish Institute in association with the National Museum of Science and Technology), Stockholm.IMcN -
54 Strachey, Christopher
SUBJECT AREA: Electronics and information technology[br]b. 16 November 1916 Englandd. 18 May 1975 Oxford, England[br]English physicist and computer engineer who proposed time-sharing as a more efficient means of using a mainframe computer.[br]After education at Gresham's School, London, Strachey went to King's College, Cambridge, where he completed an MA. In 1937 he took up a post as a physicist at the Standard Telephone and Cable Company, then during the Second World War he was involved in radar research. In 1944 he became an assistant master at St Edmunds School, Canterbury, moving to Harrow School in 1948. Another change of career in 1951 saw him working as a Technical Officer with the National Research and Development Corporation, where he was involved in computer software and hardware design. From 1958 until 1962 he was an independent consultant in computer design, and during this time (1959) he realized that as mainframe computers were by then much faster than their human operators, their efficiency could be significantly increased by "time-sharing" the tasks of several operators in rapid succession. Strachey made many contributions to computer technology, being variously involved in the design of the Manchester University MkI, Elliot and Ferranti Pegasus computers. In 1962 he joined Cambridge University Mathematics Laboratory as a senior research fellow at Churchill College and helped to develop the programming language CPL. After a brief period as Visiting Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he returned to the UK in 1966 as Reader in Computation and Fellow of Wolfeon College, Oxford, to establish a programming research group. He remained there until his death.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsDistinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society 1972.Bibliography1961, with M.R.Wilkes, "Some proposals for improving the efficiency of Algol 60", Communications of the ACM 4:488.1966, "Systems analysis and programming", Scientific American 25:112. 1976, with R.E.Milne, A Theory of Programming Language Semantics.Further ReadingJ.Alton, 1980, Catalogue of the Papers of C. Strachey 1916–1975.M.Campbell-Kelly, 1985, "Christopher Strachey 1916–1975. A biographical note", Annals of the History of Computing 7:19.M.R.Williams, 1985, A History of Computing Technology, London: Prentice-Hall.KF -
55 Thomson, James
SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering[br]b. 16 February 1822 Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland)d. 8 May 1892 Glasgow, Scotland[br]Irish civil engineer noted for his work in hydraulics and for his design of the "Vortex" turbine.[br]James Thomson was a pupil in several civil-engineering offices, but the nature of the work was beyond his physical capacity and from 1843 onwards he devoted himself to theoretical studies. Hhe first concentrated on the problems associated with the expansion of liquids when they reach their freezing point: water is one such example. He continued this work with his younger brother, Lord Kelvin (see Thomson, Sir William).After experimentation with a "feathered" paddle wheel as a young man, he turned his attention to water power. In 1850 he made his first patent application, "Hydraulic machinery and steam engines": this patent became his "Vortex" turbine design. He settled in Belfast, the home of the MacAdam-Fourneyron turbine, in 1851, and as a civil engineer became the Resident Engineer to the Belfast Water Commissioners in 1853. In 1857 he was appointed Professor of Civil Engineering and Surveying at Queen's College, Belfast.Whilst it is understood that he made his first turbine models in Belfast, he came to an arrangement with the Williamson Brothers of Kendal to make his turbine. In 1856 Williamsons produced their first turbine to Thomson's design and drawings. This was the Vortex Williamson Number 1, which produced 5 hp (3.7 kW) under a fall of 31 ft (9.4 m) on a 9 in. (23 cm) diameter supply. The rotor of this turbine ran in a horizontal plane. For several years the Williamson catalogue described their Vortex turbine as "designed by Professor James Thomson".Thomson continued with his study of hydraulics and water flow both at Queen's College, Belfast, and, later, at Glasgow University, where he became Professor in 1873, succeeding Macquorn Rankine, another famous engineer. At Glasgow, James Thomson studied the flow in rivers and the effects of erosion on river beds. He was also an authority on geological formations such as the development of the basalt structure of the Giant's Causeway, north of Belfast.James Thomson was an extremely active engineer and a very profound teacher of civil engineering. His form of water turbine had a long life before being displaced by the turbines designed in the twentieth century.[br]Bibliography1850, British patent no. 13,156 "Hydraulic machinery and steam engines".Further ReadingGilkes, 1956, One Hundred Years of Water Power, Kendal.KM -
56 Watson, George Lennox
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 1851 Glasgow, Scotlandd. 12 November 1904 Glasgow, Scotland[br]Scottish designer of some of the world's largest sailing and powered yachts, principal technical adviser to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[br]Almost all of Watson's life was spent in or around the City of Glasgow; his formal education was at the city's High School and at the age of 16 he entered the yard and drawing offices of Robert Napier's Govan Shipyard. Three years later he crossed the River Clyde and started work in the design office of the Pointhouse Shipyard of A. \& J.Inglis, and there received the necessary grounding of a naval architect. Dr John Inglis, the Principal of the firm, encouraged Watson, ensured that he was involved in advanced design work and allowed him to build a yacht in a corner of the shipyard in his spare time.At the early age of 22 Watson set up as a naval architect with his own company, which is still in existence 120 years later. In 1875, assisted by two carpenters, Watson built the 5-ton yacht Vril to his own design. This vessel was the first with an integral heavy lead keel and its success ensured that design contracts flowed to him for new yachts for the Clyde and elsewhere. His enthusiasm and increasing skill were recognized and soon he was working on the ultimate: the America's Cup challengers Thistle, Valkyrie II, Valkyrie III and Shamrock II. The greatest accolade was the contract for the design of the J Class yacht Britannia, built by D. \& W.Henderson of Glasgow in 1893 for the Prince of Wales.The company of G.L.Watson became the world's leading designer of steam yachts, and it was usual for it to offer a full design service as well as supervise construction in any part of the world. Watson took a deep interest in the work of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and was its technical consultant for many years. One of his designs, the Watson Lifeboat, was a stalwart in its fleet for many years. In public life he lectured, took an active part in the debates on yacht racing and was recognized as Britain's leading designer.[br]Bibliography1881, Progress in Yachting and Yacht-Building, Glasgow Naval and Marine Engineering Catalogue, London and Glasgow: Collins.1894, The Evolution of the Modern Racing Yacht, Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 1, London: Longmans Green, pp. 54–109.Further ReadingJohn Irving, 1937, The King's Britannia. The Story of a Great Ship, London: Seeley Service.FMW -
57 Wollaston, William Hyde
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 6 August 1766 East Dereham, Norfolk, Englandd. 22 December 1828 London, England[br]English chemist and metallurgist who discovered palladium and rhodium, pioneer in the fabrication of platinum.[br]Wollaston qualified in medicine at Cambridge University but gave up his practice in 1800 to devote himself to chemistry and metallurgy, funded from the profits from making malleable platinum. In partnership with Smithson Tennant, a friend from his Cambridge days, he worked on the extraction of platinum by dissolving it in aqua regia. In 1802 he found that in addition to platinum the solution contained a new metal, which he named palladium. Two years later he identified another new metal, rhodium.Wollaston developed a method of forming platinum by means of powder metallurgy and was the first to produce malleable and ductile platinum on a commercial scale. He produced platinum vessels for sulphuric acid manufacture and scientific apparatus such as crucibles. He devised an elegant method for forming fine platinum wire. He also applied his inventive talents to improving scientific apparatus, including the sextant and microscope and a reflecting goniometer for measuring crystal angles. In 1807 he was appointed Joint Secretary of the Royal Society with Sir Humphry Davy, which entailed a heavy workload and required them to referee all the papers submitted to the Society for publication.Wollaston's output of platinum began to decline after 1822. Due to ill health he ceased business operations in 1828 and at last made public the details of his secret platinum fabrication process. It was fully described in the Bakerian Lecture he delivered to the Royal Society on 28 November 1828, shortly before his death.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1793.BibliographyHis scientific papers were published in various journals, nearly all listed in the Royal Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers.Further ReadingThere is no good general biography, the best general account being the entry inDictionary of Scientific Biography.D.McDonald, 1960, A History of Platinum from the Earliest Times to the Eighteen- Eighties, London (provides a good discussion of his work on platinum).M.E.Weeks, 1939, "The discovery of the elements", Journal of Chemical Education: 184–5.ASDBiographical history of technology > Wollaston, William Hyde
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2 ( card catalogue) catalogue m ; author/subject index catalogue par auteur/sujet ; card index fichier m ;4 Econ, Fin indice m ; cost-of-living index GB, consumer price index US indice des prix à la consommation ; share index, stock index indice boursier ;6 ( indication) indice m (of de) ;7 ( list) répertoire m ;8 Comput index m inv ;C vtr1 Print munir [qch] d'un index [book] ; indexer [word] ; this book is badly indexed l'index de ce livre est mal fait ;2 ( catalogue) classer, cataloguer [article, book, data, information, subject] (under sous, à) ;4 Comput indexer.D vi établir un index. -
59 master
ˈmɑ:stə
1. сущ.
1) хозяин, владелец;
господин The dog obeyed his master. ≈ Собака слушала своего хозяина. Syn: owner, boss, lord, conqueror, ruler
2) а) специалист, знаток своего дела master of sports master of style б) мастер;
квалифицированный рабочий в) великий художник, мастер old masters ∙ Syn: expert, master hand, skilled artist, craftsman, wizard, genius, virtuoso, ace, whiz
3) а) (школьный) учитель б) глава колледжа (в Оксфорде и Кембридже)
4) магистр (ученая степень) Master of Arts
5) капитан торгового судна (тж. master mariner) The first mate was studying to become a master. ≈ Помощник капитана проходил курс обучения, чтобы стать капитаном. Syn: ship's captain, skipper, commanding officer
6) мастер, господин (в обращении к юноше;
ставится перед именем или перед фамилией старшего сына, напр.: Master John, Master Jones)
7) (The Master) Христос
8) а) оригинал;
образец б) первый оригинал( в звукозаписи)
2. прил.
1) главный, старший master aerodrome ≈ воен. основной аэродром master station ≈ радио ведущая/задающая радиопеленгаторная станция master card
2) искусный;
квалифицированный a master craftsman ≈ искусный мастер a master criminal ≈ профессиональный преступник
3) основной;
сводный master catalogue ≈ сводный каталог
4) контрольный master print ≈ контрольная копия кинофильма Keep one as a master copy for your own reference and circulate the others. ≈ Сохраните одну копию для себя, а остальные передайте другим. master form ≈ копир;
шаблон
3. гл.
1) одолевать;
подчинять себе;
справляться;
преодолевать to master completely, thoroughly ≈ полностью преодолеть You must learn to master your temper. ≈ Ты должен учиться справляться со своим характером. Syn: conquer, subdue, overcome, triumph over, control, regulate, govern, manage, dominate, tame, curb, suppress, check, bridle.
2) овладевать, усваивать He could never master mathematics. ≈ Он никогда не мог справиться с математикой. Syn: grasp, learn thoroughly, be adept in, be skilled at, be proficient in, excel at, get the hang of
3) руководить, управлять master the house хозяин, владелец;
господин - * of a shor хозяин /владелец/ мастерской - * of a large fortune обладатель большого состояния - * and man хозяин и рабочий;
господин и слуга - the * of the house глава семьи;
хозяин дома - is the * in? дома хозяин? - to be * in one's own house быть хозяином в собственном доме;
не допускать вмешательства посторонних в свои дела - to play the * хозяйничать, распоряжаться - to be one's own * быть самостоятельным /независимым/, свободно распоряжаться собой - to be (the) * of one's fate самому вершить свою судьбу;
быть кузнецом своего счастья - he is his own * он сам себе хозяин - I am not my own * я не волен поступать, как хочу, я собой не распоряжаюсь - to be * of one's time свободно распоряжаться своим временем - to be * of oneself владеть собой, держать себя в руках - to be * of the situation быть хозяином положения - we will see which of us is * посмотрим, кто из нас /здесь/ хозяин положения /кто из нас главный/ - after hard fighting, the defenders were still *s of the city после тяжелых боев город оставался в руках его защитников - * printer хозяин типографии - * workman подрядчик учитель - maths * учитель математики - form * классный наставник;
классный руководитель глава колледжа (в Оксфорде и Кембридже) магистр (ученая степень) - M. of Arts магистр гуманитарных наук - M. of Science магистр (естественных) наук - M. of Law магистр права - to take one's *'s degree получить степень магистра магистр, знаток своего дела, специалист - * of satire мастер сатиры - * of English знаток английского языка - * of sports мастер спорта - * of fence опытный фехтовальщик;
искусный спорщик - * class аспирантура( в консерватории) - he is * of this subject он глубоко знает этот предмет, он специалист по этому предмету - to be the * of smb. превосходить кого-л. - to be the * of the other runners in a race превосходить (мастерством, техникой, скоростью) других бегунов в забеге - the painting is the work of a * эта картина принадлежит кисти мастера - he is a past * of this art он непревзойденный мастер в этом искусстве - in X he has met his * Х его превзошел;
Х сильнее его квалифицированный рабочий;
мастер (тж. * workman) - * printer квалифицированный печатник - * touch рука мастера великий, знаменитый художник, мастер - the old *s старые мастера (великие художники XIII-XYII вв.) картины, полотна старых мастеров - the little *s художники XVI в. (школы А.Дюрера) ;
картины этих художников в названиях должностей - M. in /of the/ Chancery чиновник канцлерского суда;
(m. in c.) (американизм) чиновник суда справедливости - M. of the Horse королевский шталмейстер - M. of the Jewel-house хранитель королевских драгоценностей - M. of the (King's) Music придворный капельмейстер - M. of the Rolls начальник архивов канцлерского суда молодой барин, барчук;
мастер, господин (в обращении к юноше) (шотландское) старший сын титулованного лица( the M.) Христос (морское) капитан, шкипер( торгового судна;
тж. * mariner) - *'s cabin каюта капитана (историческое) штурман( на военном судне) (специальное) модель (для формы) ;
оригинал, образец первый оригинал (в звукозаписи;
тж. * sound-track) руководство (вид издания) > like * like man (пословица) у хорошего хозяина и работники хороши;
каков поп, таков и приход главный, старший - * bedroom спальня хозяев, господская спальня - * aerodrome (военное) основной аэродром - * card старшая карта в игре;
сильный аргумент - * equation основное /управляющее/ уравнение - * clock (радиотехника) задающий генератор;
первичные часы основной;
сводный - * catalogue сводный каталог - * file основная /сводная/ картотека;
основной (информационный) массив контрольный - * print контрольная копия кинофильма - * negative контрольный /архивный/ негатив кинофильма - * sound-track контрольная фонограмма, фонограмма на одной пленке справляться, одолевать, подчинять себе - to * the enemy наносить поражение противнику, одерживать победу над противником - to * a horse справиться с (норовистой) лошадью;
подчинить лошадь себе /своей воле/ - to * unruly children справиться с непослушными детьми - to * one's temper овладеть собой преодолевать - to * a difficulty преодолевать трудность /затруднение/ овладевать (знаниями, языком и т. п.) - to * a language овладеть языком - to * a subject глубоко изучать предмет - to * the piano научиться играть на рояле - he never *ed the art of public speaking ему так и не удалось овладеть искусством публичных выступлений руководить, управлять - to * the house вести дом /хозяйство/ - to be *ed руководствоваться( чем-л.) (-master) как компонент сложных слов, соответствует русск. компоненту -мачтовик - three-master трехмачтовик to be ~ (of smth.) владеть, обладать( чем-л.) ;
to be one's own master быть самостоятельным, независимым to be ~ of oneself прекрасно владеть собой, держать себя в руках to be ~ (of smth.) владеть, обладать (чем-л.) ;
to be one's own master быть самостоятельным, независимым bus ~ вчт. ведущее устройство на шине Grand Master шахм. гроссмейстер head ~ директор школы ~ of fence перен. спорщик;
to make oneself master (of smth.) добиться совершенства (в чем-л.), овладеть (чем-л.) master ведущий ~ великий художник, мастер ~ владелец мастерской ~ владеть, овладевать (языком, музыкальным инструментом и т. п.) ~ глава колледжа (в Оксфорде и Кембридже) ~ attr. главный, ведущий;
руководящий;
основной;
контрольный;
master form тех. копир;
шаблон ~ главный ~ капитан (торгового судна) ~ капитан торгового судна (тж. master mariner) ~ капитан торгового судна ~ магистр (ученая степень) ;
Master of Arts (сокр. M. A.) магистр искусств, магистр гуманитарных наук ~ мастер, господин (в обращении к юноше;
ставится перед именем или перед фамилией старшего сына, напр.: M. John, M. Jones) ~ мастер;
квалифицированный рабочий ~ мастер ~ наниматель ~ овладевать ~ одолеть;
подчинить себе;
справиться ~ оригинал;
образец ~ оригинал ~ основной ~ первый оригинал (в звукозаписи) ~ преодолевать (трудности) ~ руководить, управлять;
to master the house вести дом ~ руководить ~ специалист, знаток своего дела;
master of sports мастер спорта ~ справляться ~ судебный распорядитель (лицо, руководящее предварительным производством и подготовкой дела к слушанию) ~ судебный распорядитель ~ управлять ~ управляющий ~ (школьный) учитель ~ хозяин, владелец;
господин;
master of the house глава семьи ~ хозяин ~ (the M.) Христос ~ эталон ~ attr. главный, ведущий;
руководящий;
основной;
контрольный;
master form тех. копир;
шаблон Master in Chancery судебный распорядитель канцлерского суда (Великобритания) ~ магистр (ученая степень) ;
Master of Arts (сокр. M. A.) магистр искусств, магистр гуманитарных наук Master of Laws магистр права Master of political science магистр политических наук ~ специалист, знаток своего дела;
master of sports мастер спорта Master of the Horse шталмейстер ~ хозяин, владелец;
господин;
master of the house глава семьи Master of the Supreme Court распорядитель верховного суда ~ руководить, управлять;
to master the house вести дом music ~ преподаватель музыки old ~s картины старых мастеров old ~s старые мастера (великие художники XIII - XVII вв.) past ~ (непревзойденный) мастер (in - в чем-л.) post ~ начальник почтового отделения riding ~ берейтор riding ~ инструктор по верховой езде ship's ~ капитан торгового судна ship's ~ правительственный инспектор по найму и увольнению моряков торгового флота station радио ведущая или задающая радиопеленгаторная станция station: station биол. ареал ~ военно-морская база (тж. naval station) ;
авиабаза ~ вокзал ~ железнодорожная станция, вокзал (тж. railway station) ~ железнодорожная станция ~ место, стоянка, станция, железнодорожная станция, таможенный склад, (амер.) почтовая контора ~ место, пост;
battle station боевой пост;
he took up a convenient station он занял удобную позицию ~ место ~ общественное положение ~ австрал. овцеводческая ферма;
овечье пастбище ~ определять позицию ~ помещать ~ почтовая контора ~ размещать ~ воен. размещать;
to station a guard выставить караул ~ ставить на (определенное) место;
помещать;
to station oneself расположиться ~ станция, пункт;
life-boat station спасательная станция;
broadcasting station радиостанция ~ станция ~ стоянка ~ таможенный склад taxing ~ распорядитель по судебным издержкам taxing ~ таксатор расходов по делу -
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I [bʊk] n1) книга, том, фолиант, книжечка, книжка, книжонка, альбом, учебник, тетрадьThe book can be easily slipped into a small pocket. — Книжка легко входит в небольшой карман.
His face was an open book. — У него на лице все написано, как на ладони.
These articles were never published in book form. — Эти статьи никогда не выходили книгой.
I will make you a present of this book. — Я вам дам эту книгу в подарок.
A few pages of the book were missing. — Нескольких страниц в книге не хватало.
How many copies of the book were printed? — Сколько экземпляров книги было напечатано? /Какой был тираж книги?
- interesting book- amusing book
- timely book
- smb's favourite book
- little book
- bulky book
- dirty book
- immoral book
- telephone book
- cookery book
- complaint book- good book- rare book
- historical books
- visitors' book
- gilt-edged book
- stamp book
- name book
- autograph book
- learned books
- ancient book
- long book
- incomplete book
- useful book
- wise book
- elementary book
- reliable book
- juvenile book
- fresh and unconventional book
- dynamic book
- readable book
- second-hand books
- mislaid books
- sexy book
- authoritative book
- amazing book
- dummy book
- uncut book
- unknown book
- adventure books
- geopraphy book
- text book
- school book
- class book
- desk book
- instruction book
- question-answer book
- jest book
- picture book
- travel books
- prayer book
- pocket reference book
- nonfiction books
- childrens books
- gift book
- six-penny book
- two volume book
- Good Book
- Red Book
- Blue Book
- reference book
- guide book
- hymn book
- exercise book
- pattern book
- signal-book
- catalogue book
- seven-day book
- Devil's book
- inspiring book
- forthcoming books
- betting book
- illustrated book
- unwritten book
- well bound book
- stitched book
- book cover
- book jacket
- book readers
- book store
- book club
- book stand
- book size
- book page
- book plate
- book on art
- book abou the history of this country
- book about great inventions
- book by Dickens
- book bound in leather
- book of stories
- book of the oppera
- book of fate
- book of Nature
- Book of Books
- book of life
- first Book on the Bible
- book in English
- book with prints
- book for beginners
- book in several volumes
- book in folio
- book of stamps
- book of needles
- closed book to smb
- passage in a book
- book devoted to the subject of sociology
- bundle pile of books
- title of the book
- review of a book
- set of four books
- borrow books from a library
- read books
- return books to the library
- bring new books out
- consist made up of three books
- prepare one's book for the press
- be at one's books
- sign the Visitors' book
- write off the lost books
- publish books
- abridge books
- lend out books
- bind books
- pack up books
- renew books
- skim the book
- thumb the book
- set up a book
- talk books
- misplace a book
- belittle the book
- devote a book to the subject
- introduce the book to the public
- translate the book from German into English
- read a book from cover to cover
- work these facts into the book
- take down a book from the shelf
- arrange books in the alphabetical order
- make books into bundles
- put the book face downwards
- spoil a book by pencil marks
- put the book into the catalogue
- swear on the Bible
- speak by the book
- book is in print
- book is out of print
- book is on sale
- book is sold out
- book sells well
- book was favourably noticed
- book begins with a description of...
- book is fairly readable
- book is badly torn2) (только множественное число) бухгалтерская книга, конторская книга, реестр, книга записи приходов и расходовThe books show a slight loss. — Финансовые документы показывают небольшие потери/убытки.
He kept books for our business. — Он вел бухгалтерию в нашем предприятии.
- cheque book- account book
- company books
- firm's book profit
- keep the books of the firm
- examine the books
- do the book
- make false entries in the company's books•CHOICE OF WORDS:(1.) Русское слово "учебник" может иметь разные английские эквиваленты в зависимости от помещенного в них материалы. Наиболее общее слово - textbook - учебник по какому-либо предмету; refference book - справочник, свод правил, знаний в какой-либо области: grammar reference book учебник по грамматике; handbook/deskbook - справочник (который всегда находится под рукой), настольная книга/учебник; manual - инструкция-учебник, например, по сборке телевизора, по установке и эксплуатации стиральной машины: operating manual инструкция по эксплуатации, assembly manual инструкция по сборке; insfallation manual инструкция по установке. (2.) Форма множественного числа books - может называть сборник материалов/документов по учёту, чаще всего финансов: to enter amth in the books записывать что-либо в бухгалтерскую книгу; to be on the books числиться в документах/в архивах; to keep books вести бухгалтерский учетII [bʊk] vзаказывать, брать заранееTrain tickets must be booked two days in advance. — Железнодорожные билеты надо заказывать за два дня
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subject catalogue — magazine with topics … English contemporary dictionary
subject — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 a a matter, theme, etc. to be discussed, described, represented, dealt with, etc. b (foll. by for) a person, circumstance, etc., giving rise to specified feeling, action, etc. (a subject for congratulation). 2 a… … Useful english dictionary
catalogue — ▪ I. catalogue cat‧a‧logue 1 [ˈkætəlɒg ǁ lɒːg, lɑːg] also catalog noun [countable] MARKETING 1. a book containing a list of products that are for sale together with their prices: • You will find the product listed on page 19 of our current catal … Financial and business terms
catalogue — n. 1) to compile, make up a catalogue 2) an author; card; subject; union catalogue 3) a college, school, university; mail order; museum catalogue * * * [ kætəlɒg] card mail order make up a catalogue museum catalogue school … Combinatory dictionary
catalogue — /ˈkætəlɒg / (say katuhlog) noun 1. a list, usually in alphabetical order, with brief notes on the names, articles, etc., listed. 2. a record of the books and other resources of a library or a collection, indicated on cards, or, occasionally, in… …
catalogue raisonné — |rāzən|ā, ez noun (plural catalogues raisonnés g(z)|r...n|ā) Etymology: French, literally, reasoned catalog : a systematic catalog with critical or descriptive notes; especially : a critical bibliography arranged according to subject … Useful english dictionary
Library of Congress Subject Headings — The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) comprise a thesaurus (in the information technology sense) of subject headings, maintained by the United States Library of Congress, for use in bibliographic records. LC Subject Headings are an… … Wikipedia
Descriptive Catalogue (1809) — The title page of the Descriptive Catalogue The Descriptive Catalogue of 1809 is a description of, and prospectus for, an exhibition by William Blake of a number of his own illustrations for various topics, but most notably including a set of… … Wikipedia
Vice-county Census Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Great Britain — NOTOC The Vice county Census Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Great Britain (ISBN 0 901158 30 5) is a A5 softback book produced in 2003 by the Botanical Society of the British Isles. It attempts to present a complete picture of the vice county … Wikipedia
