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1 ironsides
the subst. flt. \/ˈaɪənsaɪdz\/ eller the Ironsides( historisk) jernsidene (Cromwells rytteravdeling) -
2 ironside
ironside /ˈaɪənsaɪd/n.1 (arc.) uomo assai coraggioso● (stor.) the Ironsides, i cavalleggeri di Oliver Cromwell. -
3 Baldwin, Matthias William
[br]b. 10 November 1795 Elizabethtown, New Jersey, USAd. 7 September 1866 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA[br]American builder of steam locomotives, founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works.[br]After apprenticeship as a jeweller, Baldwin set up a machinery manufacturing business, and built stationary steam engines and, in 1832, his first locomotive, Old Ironsides, for the then-new Philadelphia, Germantown \& Norristown Railroad. Old Ironsides achieved only 1 mph (1.6 km/h) on trial, but after experimentation reached 28 mph (45 km/h). Over the next ten years Baldwin built many stationary engines and ten more locomotives, and subsequently built locomotives exclusively.He steadily introduced detail improvements in locomotive design; standardized components by means of templates and gauges from 1838 onwards; introduced the cylinder cast integrally with half of the smokebox saddle in 1858; and in 1862 imported steel tyres, which had first been manufactured in Germany by Krupp of Essen in 1851, and began the practice in the USA of shrinking them on to locomotive wheels. At the time of Matthias Baldwin's death, the Baldwin Locomotive Works had built some 1,500 locomotives: it went on to become the largest locomotive building firm to develop from a single foundation, and by the time it built its last steam locomotive, in 1955, had produced about 75,000 in total.[br]Further ReadingJ.H.White Jr, 1979, A History of the American Locomotive—Its Development 1830–1880, New York: Dover Publications Inc.J.Marshall, 1978, A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.Dictionary of American Biography.PJGRBiographical history of technology > Baldwin, Matthias William
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4 Holmes, Oliver Wendell
I(1809-1894) Холмс, Оливер УэнделлВрач-физиолог; поэт, эссеист. Один из "бостонских браминов" [ Boston brahmins], выпускник Гарвардского университета [ Harvard University], позднее его профессор, декан медицинского факультета [ medical school]. Как поэт прославился в студенческие годы, выступив за сохранение фрегата "Конститьюшн" [ Constitution, U.S.S.] в стихотворении "Старик-железный бок" [ Old Ironsides] (1830). Основные особенности прозы - свободные, бессюжетные повествования, насыщенные афоризмами, игрой слов и т.п. С 1857 в "Атлантик мансли" [ Atlantic Monthly] выходят его эссе под общим названием "Самодержец утреннего застолья" ["The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table"], содержавшие дерзкие выпады против религиозных устоев. В последний период творчества писал мемуары, создал ряд "медицинских романов", опубликовал биографии Дж. Мотли [ Motley, John Lothrop] и Р. У. Эмерсона [ Emerson, Ralph Waldo] и других крупнейших деятелей американской культуры и науки. В 1910 избран в Национальную галерею славы [ Hall of Fame]. Отец юриста О. У. Холмса [Holmes, Oliver Wendell]II(1841-1935) Холмс, Оливер УэнделлЮрист, государственный деятель. После Гражданской войны [ Civil War] адвокат, преподаватель конституционного права в Гарвардском университете [ Harvard University] (1870-71), главный редактор журнала "Американ ло ревью" [American Law Review] (1870-73), председатель Верховного суда Массачусетса (1899-1912). В 1902-32 член Верховного суда США [ Associate Justice of the Supreme Court]. Как лидер его либерального крыла заслужил уважительное прозвище "великий инакомыслящий" ["the great dissenter"], отражающее роль, которую он сыграл при рассмотрении Верховным судом [ Supreme Court, U.S.] дел "Локнер против штата Нью-Йорк" [ Lochner v. New York] (1905) и "Хаммер против Дагенхарта" [ Hammer v. Dagenhart] (1918). Его особое мнение в деле "Эбрамс против Соединенных Штатов" [ Abrams v. the United States] (1919) вошло в историю как мощный аргумент в защиту свободы слова. Среди научных трудов - "Общее право" ["The Common Law"] (1881). В 1965 избран в Национальную галерею славы [ Hall of Fame]English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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Ironsides — I ron*sides , n. A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; applied specifically to Cromwell s cavalry. {Old Ironsides}. (U. S. Hist.) A nickname for the U.S.S. Constitution, a sailing ship which fought in the American… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
(the) USS Constitution — the USS Constitution [the USS Constitution] a famous US Navy ship. Its popular name is ‘Old Ironsides’ because bullets could not pierce its strong oak sides. It was completed in 1797 in ↑Boston and used in the ↑War of 1812. When the ship was old… … Useful english dictionary
Ironsides — [ī′ərn sīdz΄] n. 1. name for CROMWELL Oliver 2. a) the regiment that Cromwell led in the English Civil War b) his whole army * * * … Universalium
Ironsides — [ī′ərn sīdz΄] n. 1. name for CROMWELL Oliver 2. a) the regiment that Cromwell led in the English Civil War b) his whole army … English World dictionary
Ironsides (DC Comics) — Superherobox caption = Wonder Woman captures Ironsides. character name = Ironsides publisher = DC Comics debut = Comic Cavalcade #23 (November 1947) creators = William Moulton Marston (writer) Harry G. Peter (artist) powers = GeologistIronsides… … Wikipedia
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IRONSIDES — Cromwell s troopers, a thousand strong, and raised by him in the Eastern counties of England, so called at first from the invincibility displayed by them at Marston Moor; were selected by Cromwell as men, he says, that had the fear of God… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Ironsides — n. cavalry unit that Oliver Cromwell led in the English Civil War … English contemporary dictionary
Ironsides — n. a man of great bravery, esp. (as pl.) Cromwell s troopers in the English Civil War … Useful english dictionary
