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1 the Fens
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2 the Fens
1) Общая лексика: низкая болотистая местность в Кембриджшире и Линкольншире -
3 the fens
1) Общая лексика: низкая болотистая местность в Кембриджшире и Линкольншире -
4 Fens npl Brit
[fɛnz]the Fens — la regione delle Fens (regione paludosa dell'Inghilterra orientale)
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5 Fens
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6 Abzugskanal in den Fens
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7 witness for the defence
['witnis fo: dhë di'fens] dëshmitar i mbrojtjeswitness for the prosecution ['witnis fo: dhë 'prosi'kju:shën] dëshmitar i akuzës -
8 witness for the prosecution
['witnis fo: dhë 'prosi'kju:shën] dëshmitar i akuzëswitness for the defence ['witnis fo: dhë di'fens] dëshmitar i mbrojtjes -
9 Defence of the Realm Act
[dɪ,fensəvðə'relmækt]Зако́н о защи́те короле́вства (1914; предоставлял чрезвычайные полномочия правительству в связи с войной; ограничивал гражданские и личные свободы населения)English-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь) > Defence of the Realm Act
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10 fen
nounSumpfland, das; Fenn, das* * *[fen](an area of low marshy land often covered with water.) das Moor* * *[fen]the F\fens die Niederungen in East Anglia* * *[fen]nMoor- or Sumpfland ntthe Fens — die Niederungen in East Anglia
* * *a) Sumpf-, Marschland nb) (Nieder-, Flach)Moor n:the fens GEOG die Niederungen in East Anglia* * *nounSumpfland, das; Fenn, das* * *n.Marschland n.Moor -e n.Sumpfland n. -
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̈ɪfen I сущ. болото, топь the Fens ≈ болотистая местность в Кембриджшире и Линкольншире Syn: marsh II = fain II болото, топь - the Fens Болота, низкая болотистая местность в Кембриджшире и Линкольншире - * grass болотная трава - * farming обработка болотистых земель > * nightingale "болотный соловей", лягушка fen =fain ~ болото, топь, фен;
the fens болотистая местность в Кембриджшире и Линкольншире ~ болото, топь, фен;
the fens болотистая местность в Кембриджшире и Линкольншире fens: fens =fain -
12 fen
[̈ɪfen]fen =fain fen болото, топь, фен; the fens болотистая местность в Кембриджшире и Линкольншире fen болото, топь, фен; the fens болотистая местность в Кембриджшире и Линкольншире fens: fens =fain -
13 Vermuyden, Sir Cornelius
SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering[br]b. c. 1590 St Maartensdijk, Zeeland, the Netherlandsd. 4 February 1656 probably London, England[br]Dutch/British civil engineer responsible for many of the drainage and flood-protection schemes in low-lying areas of England in the seventeenth century.[br]At the beginning of the seventeenth century, several wealthy men in England joined forces as "adventurers" to put their money into land ventures. One such group was responsible for the draining of the Fens. The first need was to find engineers who were versed in the processes of land drainage, particularly when that land was at, or below, sea level. It was natural, therefore, to turn to the Netherlands to find these skilled men. Joachim Liens was one of the first of the Dutch engineers to go to England, and he started work on the Great Level; however, no real progress was made until 1621, when Cornelius Vermuyden was brought to England to assist in the work.Vermuyden had grown up in a district where he could see for himself the techniques of embanking and reclaiming land from the sea. He acquired a reputation of expertise in this field, and by 1621 his fame had spread to England. In that year the Thames had flooded and breached its banks near Havering and Dagenham in Essex. Vermuyden was commissioned to repair the breach and drain neighbouring marshland, with what he claimed as complete success. The Commissioners of Sewers for Essex disputed this claim and whthheld his fee, but King Charles I granted him a portion of the reclaimed land as compensation.In 1626 Vermuyden carried out his first scheme for drainage works as a consultant. This was the drainage of Hatfield Chase in South Yorkshire. Charles I was, in fact, Vermuyden's employer in the drainage of the Chase, and the work was undertaken as a means of raising additional rents for the Royal Exchequer. Vermuyden was himself an "adventurer" in the undertaking, putting capital into the venture and receiving the title to a considerable proportion of the drained lands. One of the important elements of his drainage designs was the principal of "washes", which were flat areas between the protective dykes and the rivers to carry flood waters, to prevent them spreading on to nearby land. Vermuyden faced bitter opposition from those whose livelihoods depended on the marshlands and who resorted to sabotage of the embankments and violence against his imported Dutch workmen to defend their rights. The work could not be completed until arbiters had ruled out on the respective rights of the parties involved. Disagreements and criticism of his engineering practices continued and he gave up his interest in Hatfield Chase. The Hatfield Chase undertaking was not a great success, although the land is now rich farmland around the river Don in Doncaster. However, the involved financial and land-ownership arrangements were the key to the granting of a knighthood to Cornelius Vermuyden in January 1628, and in 1630 he purchased 4,000 acres of low-lying land on Sedgemoor in Somerset.In 1629 Vermuyden embarked on his most important work, that of draining the Great Level in the fenlands of East Anglia. Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, was given charge of the work, with Vermuyden as Engineer; in this venture they were speculators and partners and were recompensed by a grant of land. The area which contains the Cambridgeshire tributaries of the Great Ouse were subject to severe and usually annual flooding. The works to contain the rivers in their flood period were important. Whilst the rivers were contained with the enclosed flood plain, the land beyond became highly sought-after because of the quality of the soil. The fourteen "adventurers" who eventually came into partnership with the Earl of Bedford and Vermuyden were the financiers of the scheme and also received land in accordance with their input into the scheme. In 1637 the work was claimed to be complete, but this was disputed, with Vermuyden defending himself against criticism in a pamphlet entitled Discourse Touching the Great Fennes (1638; 1642, London). In fact, much remained to be done, and after an interruption due to the Civil War the scheme was finished in 1652. Whilst the process of the Great Level works had closely involved the King, Oliver Cromwell was equally concerned over the success of the scheme. By 1655 Cornelius Vermuyden had ceased to have anything to do with the Great Level. At that stage he was asked to account for large sums granted to him to expedite the work but was unable to do so; most of his assets were seized to cover the deficiency, and from then on he subsided into obscurity and poverty.While Cornelius Vermuyden, as a Dutchman, was well versed in the drainage needs of his own country, he developed his skills as a hydraulic engineer in England and drained acres of derelict flooded land.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1628.Further ReadingL.E.Harris, 1953, Vermuyden and the Fens, London: Cleaver Hume Press. J.Korthals-Altes, 1977, Sir Cornelius Vermuyden: The Lifework of a Great Anglo-Dutchman in Land-Reclamation and Drainage, New York: Alto Press.KM / LRDBiographical history of technology > Vermuyden, Sir Cornelius
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14 fen
fen(an area of low marshy land often covered with water.) pantanotr[fen]1 SMALLGEOGRAPHY/SMALL terreno pantanoson.• marjal s.m.• pantano s.m.fennoun terreno m pantanoso, pantano m[fen]N (Brit) (often pl) zona f pantanosa, pantano m ; see Fens* * *[fen]noun terreno m pantanoso, pantano m -
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n. moeras, moerasgrond[ fen]I 〈telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord; vaak meervoud〉II 〈eigennaam; the Fens〉 -
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17 Rennie, John
[br]b. 7 June 1761 Phantassie, East Linton, East Lothian, Scotlandd. 4 October 1821 Stamford Street, London, England[br]Scottish civil engineer.[br]Born into a prosperous farming family, he early demonstrated his natural mechanical and structural aptitude. As a boy he spent a great deal of time, often as a truant, near his home in the workshop of Andrew Meikle. Meikle was a millwright and the inventor of a threshing machine. After local education and an apprenticeship with Meikle, Rennie went to Edinburgh University until he was 22. He then travelled south and met James Watt, who in 1784 offered him the post of Engineer at the Albion Flour Mills, London, which was then under construction. Rennie designed all the mill machinery, and it was while there that he began to develop an interest in canals, opening his own business in 1791 in Blackfriars. He carried out work on the Kennet and Avon Canal and in 1794 became Engineer for the company. He meanwhile carried out other surveys, including a proposed extension of the River Stort Navigation to the Little Ouse and a Basingstoke-to-Salisbury canal, neither of which were built. From 1791 he was also engaged on the Rochdale Canal and the Lancaster Canal, as well as the great masonry aqueduct carrying the latter canal across the river Lune at Lancaster. He also surveyed the Ipswich and Stowmarket and the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigations. He advised on the Horncastle Canal in 1799 and on the River Ancholme in 1799, both of which are in Lincolnshire. In 1802 he was engaged on the Royal Canal in Ireland, and in the same year he was commissioned by the Government to prepare a plan for flooding the Lea Valley as a defence on the eastern approach to London in case Napoleon invaded England across the Essex marshes. In 1809 he surveyed improvements on the Thames, and in the following year he was involved in a proposed canal from Taunton to Bristol. Some of his schemes, particularly in the Fens and Lincolnshire, were a combination of improvements for both drainage and navigation. Apart from his canal work he engaged extensively in the construction and development of docks and harbours including the East and West India Docks in London, Holyhead, Hull, Ramsgate and the dockyards at Chatham and Sheerness. In 1806 he proposed the great breakwater at Plymouth, where work commenced on 22 June 1811.He was also highly regarded for his bridge construction. These included Kelso and Musselburgh, as well as his famous Thames bridges: London Bridge (uncompleted at the time of his death), Waterloo Bridge (1810–17) and Southwark Bridge (1815–19). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1798.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1798.Further ReadingC.T.G.Boucher, 1963, John Rennie 1761–1821, Manchester University Press. W.Reyburn, 1972, Bridge Across the Atlantic, London: Harrap.JHB -
18 fen
{fen}
n мочурище, тресавище, блатиста местност
the FEN s блатиста област в Източна Англия* * *{fen} n мочурище, тресавище, блатиста местност; the F.s блатиста* * *тресавище; мочурище;* * *1. n мочурище, тресавище, блатиста местност 2. the fen s блатиста област в Източна Англия* * * -
19 Naboth's vineyard
книжн."виноградник Навуфея", предмет зависти, вожделения [этим. библ. III Kings XXI, 2]...periods of drought... made the fens a Naboth's vineyard... even to the men of the oases. (Kenk) —...во время засухи... болота становились предметом зависти... даже у обитателей оазисов.
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20 fenland
fenland /ˈfɛnlænd/n. (geogr.)
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