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  • 1 area

    مِنْطَقَة \ area: a part of the world: desert areas, parts in and aroud a place He lives somewhere in the London area. neighbourhood: a particular area: a quiet neighbourhood; somewhere in the neighbourhood of Bristol. region: an area: the desert regions of Africa; the London region. township: a town area (not in Britain) with its own local government. zone: a particular area: a danger zone (an area where one might be killed or hurt).

    Arabic-English glossary > area

  • 2 área

    f.
    1 area, surface, surface area.
    2 domain, area, field, realm.
    3 place, locality, region, area.
    4 area, room, space.
    * * *
    (Takes el in sing)
    1 (zona) area, zone
    2 (medida) are
    \
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=zona, superficie) area

    área de castigo — (Dep) penalty area

    área de descanso — (Aut) rest area

    área de gol, área de meta — goal area

    área de penalty — (Dep) penalty area

    área de servicio — (Aut) service area

    2) (Inform)
    3) (=campo)
    4) (=medida) area ( 100 square metres)
    5)

    área metropolitana — metropolitan area, urban district

    área verde — Caribe green area, park area

    * * *
    femenino‡ area
    * * *
    = area, area, field, front, sphere, domain, zone, bit, radius, area, programme area, service area.
    Ex. The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.
    Ex. An area is a major section of the entry, comprising data of a particular category or serving a particular function.
    Ex. An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.
    Ex. Present auguries on the resource front are not good.
    Ex. I am not convinced that people become connoisseurs -- experts: educated and discriminating people in any sphere -- from limited knowledge and experience, no matter how rich in quality.
    Ex. The CRONOS data bank includes a FISH domain, with data on catches and fleet statistics, and the COMEXT data bank covers the external trade statistics of fisheries.
    Ex. But now the traditional industrial zone is declining and a new 'technopolis' is proposed for the area.
    Ex. The assistant in charge of a section will see that their bit is kept tidy and will keep an eye open for thieves.
    Ex. The fact that the library can only attract people within a relatively small radius means that it has no alternative but to serve whoever lives -- or works -- in that radius.
    Ex. Libraries usually arrange separate areas where current periodicals, maps, government publications, early printed books and manuscripts are housed.
    Ex. Now that financial stringencies were the order of the day, libraries had to compete with the more pressing needs of other programme areas, like education, social services, and housing, for dwindling resources.
    Ex. The study examined the relative use of different service areas of the library = El estudio analizó al uso relativo de las diferentes zonas de la biblioteca.
    ----
    * análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.
    * área chica, el = six-yard box, the.
    * área clave = key area.
    * área de acción = remit.
    * área de actuación = area for action, area of policy, policy area.
    * área de aplicación comercial = niche.
    * área de aterrizaje = landing site, landing area.
    * área de comunicación = communications area.
    * área de conocimiento = area of study.
    * área de conservación del patrimonio = heritage field.
    * área de datos específicos de la clase de documento = material (or type of publication) specific details area.
    * área de datos matemáticos = mathematical data area.
    * área de descanso = rest area, rest stop, lay-by.
    * área de descripción = area of description.
    * área de descripción física = physical description area.
    * área de edición = edition area.
    * área de ejemplar = copy area.
    * área de encabezamiento = header area.
    * área de especialización = niche, area of competence.
    * área de estudio = study area, study area.
    * área de formación = teaching unit.
    * área de influencia = remit.
    * área de información = communications area.
    * área de interés = field of interest.
    * área de la biblioteconomía = library field.
    * área del conocimiento = area of knowledge, discipline, subject field, field of activity, knowledge domain, discipline of knowledge.
    * área de lectura = reading floor.
    * área del número normalizado y de las condiciones de adquisición = International Standard Book Number and terms of availability area, standard number and terms of availability area.
    * área de notas = note area.
    * área de numeración de la ficha = card counter area.
    * área de préstamo = checkout area.
    * área de publicación = publication, distribution etc. area.
    * area de publicación o distribución = imprint.
    * área de serie = series area, series statement area.
    * área de signatura topográfica = shelf list area.
    * área de título y de mención de responsabilidad = title and statement of responsibility area.
    * área en desarrollo = growth area.
    * área específica = niche.
    * área flotante del programa = transient program area (TPA).
    * área geográfica = geographical area.
    * área marginada = deprived area.
    * area menos favorecida = less favoured area.
    * área metropolitana = metropolitan area, metro area.
    * área metropolitana de Londres, el = Greater London.
    * área rural = rural region.
    * área temática = subject area, subject field, topic area.
    * area temática específica = narrow subject area.
    * área urbana = urban area.
    * área útil = floor area, floor space.
    * bibliógrafo especializado en un área temática = area bibliographer.
    * conocimiento de un área temática = area knowledge.
    * empleado de línea aérea = airline official.
    * en el área de + Lugar = Lugar + area.
    * en las áreas de = in the areas of.
    * especializado en un área temática = domain-specific.
    * examen de área = area scanning.
    * particular a un área = localised [localized, -USA].
    * trabajador en el área de cultura = cultural worker.
    * WAN (red de área amplia) = WAN (wide area network).
    * * *
    femenino‡ area
    * * *
    = area, area, field, front, sphere, domain, zone, bit, radius, area, programme area, service area.

    Ex: The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

    Ex: An area is a major section of the entry, comprising data of a particular category or serving a particular function.
    Ex: An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.
    Ex: Present auguries on the resource front are not good.
    Ex: I am not convinced that people become connoisseurs -- experts: educated and discriminating people in any sphere -- from limited knowledge and experience, no matter how rich in quality.
    Ex: The CRONOS data bank includes a FISH domain, with data on catches and fleet statistics, and the COMEXT data bank covers the external trade statistics of fisheries.
    Ex: But now the traditional industrial zone is declining and a new 'technopolis' is proposed for the area.
    Ex: The assistant in charge of a section will see that their bit is kept tidy and will keep an eye open for thieves.
    Ex: The fact that the library can only attract people within a relatively small radius means that it has no alternative but to serve whoever lives -- or works -- in that radius.
    Ex: Libraries usually arrange separate areas where current periodicals, maps, government publications, early printed books and manuscripts are housed.
    Ex: Now that financial stringencies were the order of the day, libraries had to compete with the more pressing needs of other programme areas, like education, social services, and housing, for dwindling resources.
    Ex: The study examined the relative use of different service areas of the library = El estudio analizó al uso relativo de las diferentes zonas de la biblioteca.
    * análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.
    * área chica, el = six-yard box, the.
    * área clave = key area.
    * área de acción = remit.
    * área de actuación = area for action, area of policy, policy area.
    * área de aplicación comercial = niche.
    * área de aterrizaje = landing site, landing area.
    * área de comunicación = communications area.
    * área de conocimiento = area of study.
    * área de conservación del patrimonio = heritage field.
    * área de datos específicos de la clase de documento = material (or type of publication) specific details area.
    * área de datos matemáticos = mathematical data area.
    * área de descanso = rest area, rest stop, lay-by.
    * área de descripción = area of description.
    * área de descripción física = physical description area.
    * área de edición = edition area.
    * área de ejemplar = copy area.
    * área de encabezamiento = header area.
    * área de especialización = niche, area of competence.
    * área de estudio = study area, study area.
    * área de formación = teaching unit.
    * área de influencia = remit.
    * área de información = communications area.
    * área de interés = field of interest.
    * área de la biblioteconomía = library field.
    * área del conocimiento = area of knowledge, discipline, subject field, field of activity, knowledge domain, discipline of knowledge.
    * área de lectura = reading floor.
    * área del número normalizado y de las condiciones de adquisición = International Standard Book Number and terms of availability area, standard number and terms of availability area.
    * área de notas = note area.
    * área de numeración de la ficha = card counter area.
    * área de préstamo = checkout area.
    * área de publicación = publication, distribution etc. area.
    * area de publicación o distribución = imprint.
    * área de serie = series area, series statement area.
    * área de signatura topográfica = shelf list area.
    * área de título y de mención de responsabilidad = title and statement of responsibility area.
    * área en desarrollo = growth area.
    * área específica = niche.
    * área flotante del programa = transient program area (TPA).
    * área geográfica = geographical area.
    * área marginada = deprived area.
    * area menos favorecida = less favoured area.
    * área metropolitana = metropolitan area, metro area.
    * área metropolitana de Londres, el = Greater London.
    * área rural = rural region.
    * área temática = subject area, subject field, topic area.
    * area temática específica = narrow subject area.
    * área urbana = urban area.
    * área útil = floor area, floor space.
    * bibliógrafo especializado en un área temática = area bibliographer.
    * conocimiento de un área temática = area knowledge.
    * empleado de línea aérea = airline official.
    * en el área de + Lugar = Lugar + area.
    * en las áreas de = in the areas of.
    * especializado en un área temática = domain-specific.
    * examen de área = area scanning.
    * particular a un área = localised [localized, -USA].
    * trabajador en el área de cultura = cultural worker.
    * WAN (red de área amplia) = WAN (wide area network).

    * * *
    f‡
    A
    1 ( Mat) area
    2 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (medida agraria) area, square dekameter* ( 100m2.)
    B
    1 (zona) area
    las áreas más afectadas por las inundaciones the areas worst affected by the flooding
    2 (campo, ámbito) area
    un área de las ciencias donde ha habido poca investigación an area of science where little research has been carried out
    3 ( Dep) tb
    área de castigo or penalty penalty area
    Compuestos:
    goal area
    rest area o stop ( AmE), lay-by ( BrE)
    service area, services (pl)
    penalty area
    metropolitan area, city
    goal area
    Single Euro Payments Area
    * * *

     

    área feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular
    area;
    área chica or pequeña goal area;

    área de servicio service area, services (pl)
    área sustantivo femenino
    1 (espacio delimitado) area
    área de servicio, service area
    2 (medida de superficie) hundred square metres
    3 (deportes) la falta se produjo dentro del área, the foul was committed inside the penalty area

    ' área' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alrededor
    - anticiclón
    - antinuclear
    - arrabal
    - arrasar
    - barriada
    - barrio
    - borrasca
    - cabaña
    - capítulo
    - castigo
    - circunscribirse
    - comisionada
    - comisionado
    - concurrida
    - concurrido
    - construcción
    - cuenca
    - deprimida
    - deprimido
    - desarrollo
    - expandir
    - expolio
    - extensión
    - franca
    - franco
    - francófona
    - francófono
    - huerta
    - inmediaciones
    - interfluvio
    - latitud
    - milimétrica
    - milimétrico
    - órbita
    - parcela
    - poblada
    - poblado
    - polígono
    - prefijo
    - propia
    - propio
    - radio
    - rellano
    - sector
    - superficie
    - tendedero
    - trascender
    - triangular
    - vasta
    English:
    area
    - area code
    - belt
    - danger area
    - demonstrate
    - disaster area
    - enter
    - extent
    - grey area
    - industrial area
    - lay-by
    - mark out
    - metropolitan
    - penalty area
    - penalty box
    - province
    - restricted
    - service area
    - unemployment
    - well-known
    - bay
    - brief
    - built
    - canvass
    - catchment area
    - center
    - central
    - comb
    - constituency
    - country
    - cover
    - depot
    - depressed
    - develop
    - development
    - diverse
    - division
    - enclose
    - enlarge
    - extensive
    - field
    - fringe
    - incoming
    - living
    - moor
    - narrow
    - neighborhood
    - nice
    - out
    - over
    * * *
    1. [zona] area
    área de descanso [en carretera] Br lay-by, US rest area; Econ área (del) euro Euro zone; Econ área de libre comercio free trade area;
    área metropolitana metropolitan area;
    área protegida protected area;
    área de servicio [en carretera] service area
    2. [ámbito] area;
    la investigación en áreas como la inteligencia artificial research in areas such as artificial intelligence;
    una carrera del área de Ciencias a university course in a science subject;
    el responsable del área económica del partido the person in charge of the party's economic policy
    3. [medida] are, = 100 square metres
    4. Geom [superficie] area
    5. Dep
    área (de penalty o [m5] castigo) (penalty) area
    área grande eighteen-yard box, penalty area;
    área pequeña six-yard box
    * * *
    f area;
    área de influencia area of influence
    * * *
    área nf
    : area
    * * *
    1. (en general) area
    2. (en fútbol) penalty area

    Spanish-English dictionary > área

  • 3 Chamberlen (the Elder), Peter

    SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology
    [br]
    b. c. 1601 London, England
    d. 22 December 1683 Woodham Mortimer, Essex, England
    [br]
    English obstetrician who was a member of a family of obstetricians of the same name who made use of a secret design of obstetric forceps (probably designed by him).
    [br]
    Of Huguenot stock, his ancestor William having probably come to England in 1569, he was admitted to Cambridge University in 1615 at the age of 14. He graduated Doctor of Medicine in Padua in 1619, having also spent some time at Heidelberg. In 1628 he was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians, though with some reservations on account of his dress and conduct; these appear to have had some foundation for he was dismissed from the fellowship for repeated contumacy in 1659. Nonetheless, he was appointed Physician in Ordinary to Charles I in 1660. There are grounds for suspecting that in later years he developed some signs of insanity.
    Chamberlen was engaged extensively in the practice of midwifery, and his reputation and that of the other members of the family, several of whom were also called Peter, was enhanced by their possession of their own pattern of obstetric forceps, hitherto unknown and kept carefully guarded as a family secret. The original instruments were discovered hidden at the family home in Essex in 1815 and have been preserved by the Royal Society of Medicine. Chamberlen appears to have threatened the physicians' obstetric monopoly by attempting to organize mid-wives into a corporate company, to be headed by himself, a move which was successfully opposed by the College of Physicians.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Physician in Ordinary to King Charles I, King Charles II, King James II, Queen Mary and Queen Anne.
    Bibliography
    1662, The Accomplished Midwife. The Sober Mans Vindication, discovering the true cause and manner how Dr. Chamberlen came to be reported mad, London.
    Further Reading
    MG

    Biographical history of technology > Chamberlen (the Elder), Peter

  • 4 Peter the Great (Pyotr Alekseyevich Romanov)

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 10 June 1672 (30 May 1672 Old Style) Moscow, Russia
    d. 8 February 1725 (28 January 1725 Old Style) St Petersburg, Russia
    [br]
    Russian Tsar (1682–1725), Emperor of all the Russias (1722–5), founder of the Russian Navy, shipbuilder and scientist; as a shipbuilder he was known by the pseudonym Petr Mikhailov.
    [br]
    Peter the Great was a man with a single-minded approach to problems and with passionate and lifelong interests in matters scientific, military and above all maritime. The unusual and dominating rule of his vast lands brought about the age of Russian enlightenment, and ensured that his country became one of the most powerful states in Europe.
    Peter's interest in ships and shipbuilding started in his childhood; c. 1687 he had an old English-built day sailing boat repaired and launched, and on it he learned the rudiments of sailing and navigation. This craft (still preserved in St Petersburg) became known as the "Grandfather of the Russian Navy". In the years 1688 to 1693 he established a shipyard on Lake Plestsheev and then began his lifelong study of shipbuilding by visiting and giving encouragement to the industry at Archangelsk on the White Sea and Voronezh in the Sea of Azov. In October 1696, Peter took Azov from the Turks, and the Russian Fleet ever since has regarded that date as their birthday. Setting an example to the young aristocracy, Peter travelled to Western Europe to widen his experience and contacts and also to learn the trade of shipbuilding. He worked in the shipyards of Amsterdam and then at the Naval Base of Deptford on the Thames.
    The war with Sweden concentrated his attention on the Baltic and, to establish a base for trading and for the Navy, the City of St Petersburg was constructed on marshland. The Admiralty was built in the city and many new shipyards in the surrounding countryside, one being the Olonez yard which in 1703 built the frigate Standart, the first for the Baltic Fleet, which Peter himself commanded on its first voyage. The military defence of St Petersburg was effected by the construction of Kronstadt, seawards of the city.
    Throughout his life Peter was involved in ship design and it is estimated that one thousand ships were built during his reign. He introduced the building of standard ship types and also, centuries ahead of its time, the concept of prefabrication, unit assembly and the building of part hulls in different places. Officially he was the designer of the ninety-gun ship Lesnoe of 1718, and this may have influenced him in instituting Rules for Shipbuilders and for Seamen. In 1716 he commanded the joint fleets of the four naval powers: Denmark, Britain, Holland and Russia.
    He established the Marine Academy, organized and encouraged exploration and scientific research, and on his edict the St Petersburg Academy of Science was opened. He was not averse to the recruitment of foreigners to key posts in the nation's service. Peter the Great was a remarkable man, with the unusual quality of being a theorist and an innovator, in addition to the endowments of practicality and common sense.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    Robert K.Massie, 1981, Peter the Great: His Life and Work, London: Gollancz.
    Henri Troyat, 1979, Pierre le Grand; pub. in English 1988 as Peter the Great, London: Hamish Hamilton (a good all-round biography).
    AK / FMW

    Biographical history of technology > Peter the Great (Pyotr Alekseyevich Romanov)

  • 5 Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus)

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. c. 23 AD Como, Italy
    d. 25 August 79 AD near Pompeii, Italy
    [br]
    Roman encyclopedic writer on the natural world.
    [br]
    Pliny was well educated in Rome, and for ten years or so followed a military career with which he was able to combine literary work, writing especially on historical subjects. He completed his duties c. 57 AD and concentrated on writing until he resumed his official career in 69 AD with administrative duties. During this last phase he began work on his only extant work, the thirty-seven "books" of his Historia Naturalis (Natural History), each dealing with a broad subject such as astronomy, geography, mineralogy, etc. His last post was the command of the fleet based at Misenum, which came to an end when he sailed too near Vesuvius during the eruption that engulfed Pompeii and he was overcome by the fumes.
    Pliny developed an insatiable curiosity about the natural world. Unlike the Greeks, the Romans made few original contributions to scientific thought and observation, but some made careful compilations of the learning and observations of Greek scholars. The most notable and influential of these was the Historia Naturalis. To the ideas about the natural world gleaned from earlier Greek authors, he added information about natural history, mineral resources, crafts and some technological processes, such as the extraction of metals from their ores, reported to him from the corners of the Empire. He added a few observations of his own, noted during travels on his official duties. Not all the reports were reliable, and the work often presents a tangled web of fact and fable. Gibbon described it as an immense register in which the author has "deposited the discoveries, the arts, and the errors of mankind". Pliny was indefatigable in his relentless note-taking, even dictating to his secretary while dining.
    During the Dark Ages and early Middle Ages in Western Europe, Pliny's Historia Naturalis was the largest known collection of facts about the natural world and was drawn upon freely by a succession of later writers. Its influence survived the influx into Western Europe, from the twelfth century, of translations of the works of Greek and Arab scholars. After the invention of printing in the middle of the fifteenth century, Pliny was the first work on a scientific subject to be printed, in 1469. Many editions followed and it may still be consulted with profit for its insights into technical knowledge and practice in the ancient world.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    The standard Latin text with English translation is that edited by H.Rackham et al.(1942– 63, Loeb Classical Library, London: Heinemann, 10 vols). The French version is by A.
    Ernout et al. (1947–, Belles Lettres, Paris).
    Further Reading
    The editions mentioned above include useful biographical and other details. For special aspects of Pliny, see K.C.Bailey, 1929–32, The Elder Pliny's Chapters on Chemical Subjects, London, 2 vols.
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus)

  • 6 Rolls, The Hon. Charles Stewart

    [br]
    b. 28 August 1877 London, England
    d. 12 July 1910 Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
    [br]
    English motorist, aviator and automobile manufacturer.
    [br]
    The son of a baron, Rolls drove cars such as Panhards and Mors from 1895. He was educated at Cambridge University, and set up in business selling French and Belgian cars. Henry Royce's third car was built for a director of Royce Ltd, Henry Edwards, who was a friend of Rolls. A meeting was arranged between Royce and Rolls and, in 1904, they formed a partnership. From 1907. Rolls was selling the 40/50 hp RollsRoyce Ghost from his London showroom; in 1908. the factory moved to Derby. Rolls took up flying and crossed the English Channel in a balloon in 1906, and in June 1910 he crossed it by plane. In the following month, he was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    J.J.Fucini and S.Fucini, 1985, Entrepreneurs, Boston: C.K.Hall \& Co.
    IMcN

    Biographical history of technology > Rolls, The Hon. Charles Stewart

  • 7 Gegend

    f; -, -en
    1. (Landschaft) country (-side); (Gebiet) area, region, part of the country; in der Gegend von München (nahe bei) near Munich; (um... herum) around Munich, in the Munich area
    2. in einer Stadt: area, part of town; (Nachbarschaft) neighbo(u)rhood, vicinity; (Umgebung) surroundings Pl., environs Pl.; in unserer Gegend in our area ( oder neighbo[u]rhood), where we live; eine üble Gegend a tough area ( oder neighbo[u]rhood); hier in der Gegend around here, in this area, in these parts; wenn Sie mal wieder in der Gegend sind if ever you happen to be in the area ( oder neighbo[u]rhood) again; außerhalb der Stadt: if you ever happen to be in these parts ( oder in this part of the country etc.) again; die Gegend unsicher machen umg. terrorize the neighbo(u)rhood
    3. (Körpergegend) region, area; die Gegend um den Blinddarm (the area) around the appendix; der Schmerz sitzt ungefähr in dieser Gegend the pain is roughly in this area
    4. umg.: in der Gegend herumlaufen / herumwerfen have a stroll around (the area) / throw things everywhere ( oder anywhere); muss dein Zeug denn überall in der Gegend herumliegen? do you have to leave your things (lying) all over the place?; schrei nicht so in der Gegend herum! stop shouting your head off!; wie läufst du denn wieder durch die Gegend? what do you look like?
    5. umg., fig.: die ganze Gegend kam everyone (from miles around) came, the whole village etc. came; es kostet 100 Euro oder so, ungefähr in dieser Gegend it costs 100 euros or thereabouts ( oder or something like that)
    * * *
    die Gegend
    (Landschaft) country; countryside;
    (Region) tract; region; area
    * * *
    Ge|gend ['geːgnt]
    f -, -en
    [-dn] area; (= Wohngegend auch) neighbourhood (Brit), neighborhood (US), district; (= geografisches Gebiet, Körpergegend) region; (= Richtung) direction; (inf = Nähe) area

    die Gégend von London, die Londoner Gégend — the London area

    er wohnt in der Gégend des Bahnhofs — he lives in the area near the station

    Neuwied liegt in einer schönen Gégend — Neuwied is in a beautiful area

    eine schöne Gégend Deutschlands — a beautiful part of Germany

    hier in der Gégend — (a)round here, in this area, hereabouts

    ungefähr in dieser Gégend — somewhere in this area

    die ganze Gégend spricht davon — it's the talk of the neighbourhood (Brit) or neighborhood (US)

    ein bisschen durch die Gégend laufen (inf) — to have a stroll (a)round

    sie warfen die leeren Bierflaschen einfach in die Gégend (inf) — they just threw the empty beer bottles around anywhere

    brüll nicht so durch die Gégend (inf) — don't scream your head off (inf)

    * * *
    die
    1) (a place; part (of a town etc): Do you live in this area?) area
    2) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) quarter
    * * *
    Ge·gend
    <-, -en>
    [ˈge:gn̩t, pl ˈge:gn̩dən]
    f
    1. (geographisches Gebiet) region, area
    2. (Wohngegend) area, neighbourhood BRIT, neighborhood AM, district
    die \Gegend unsicher machen (fam) to be on the loose [in the area], to paint the town red fam
    3. (fam: Richtung) direction
    4. (Nähe) area
    in der Münchner \Gegend [o \Gegend von München] in the Munich area
    in der \Gegend um etw akk (sl) in the region of sth, approximately
    in der \Gegend um Ostern/um den 15. around about Easter/the 15th
    5. ANAT region
    6. (Gebiet um jdn herum)
    in der \Gegend herumbrüllen to yell one's head off
    durch die \Gegend laufen/fahren (fam) to stroll about/drive around
    in die \Gegend (fam) anywhere
    heb das Papier auf, das kannst du nicht einfach so in die \Gegend werfen pick that paper up, you can't just throw it anywhere
    * * *
    die; Gegend, Gegenden
    1) (Landschaft) landscape; (geographisches Gebiet) region

    durch die Gegend latschen/kurven — (salopp) traipse around (coll.) /drive around

    2) (Umgebung) area; neighbourhood

    in der Gegend von/um Hamburg — in the Hamburg area

    3)
    * * *
    Gegend f; -, -en
    1. (Landschaft) country(-side); (Gebiet) area, region, part of the country;
    in der Gegend von München (nahe bei) near Munich; (um … herum) around Munich, in the Munich area
    2. in einer Stadt: area, part of town; (Nachbarschaft) neighbo(u)rhood, vicinity; (Umgebung) surroundings pl, environs pl;
    in unserer Gegend in our area ( oder neighbo[u]rhood), where we live;
    eine üble Gegend a tough area ( oder neighbo[u]rhood);
    hier in der Gegend around here, in this area, in these parts;
    wenn Sie mal wieder in der Gegend sind if ever you happen to be in the area ( oder neighbo[u]rhood) again; außerhalb der Stadt: if you ever happen to be in these parts ( oder in this part of the country etc) again;
    die Gegend unsicher machen umg terrorize the neighbo(u)rhood
    3. (Körpergegend) region, area;
    die Gegend um den Blinddarm (the area) around the appendix;
    der Schmerz sitzt ungefähr in dieser Gegend the pain is roughly in this area
    4. umg:
    in der Gegend herumlaufen/herumwerfen have a stroll around (the area)/throw things everywhere ( oder anywhere);
    muss dein Zeug denn überall in der Gegend herumliegen? do you have to leave your things (lying) all over the place?;
    schrei nicht so in der Gegend herum! stop shouting your head off!;
    wie läufst du denn wieder durch die Gegend? what do you look like?
    5. umg, fig:
    die ganze Gegend kam everyone (from miles around) came, the whole village etc came;
    es kostet 100 Euro oder so, ungefähr in dieser Gegend it costs 100 euros or thereabouts ( oder or something like that)
    * * *
    die; Gegend, Gegenden

    durch die Gegend latschen/kurven — (salopp) traipse around (coll.) /drive around

    2) (Umgebung) area; neighbourhood

    in der Gegend von/um Hamburg — in the Hamburg area

    3)
    * * *
    -en f.
    clime n.
    country n.
    quarter n.
    region n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Gegend

  • 8 منطقة

    مِنْطَقَة \ area: a part of the world: desert areas, parts in and aroud a place He lives somewhere in the London area. neighbourhood: a particular area: a quiet neighbourhood; somewhere in the neighbourhood of Bristol. region: an area: the desert regions of Africa; the London region. township: a town area (not in Britain) with its own local government. zone: a particular area: a danger zone (an area where one might be killed or hurt). \ المِنْطَقَة الاستوائيّة \ tropics: the hot parts of the world, on or near the equator. \ مِنْطَقَة داخليّة \ interior: the inside; the parts of a country not near a coast: The interior of the hut was dark and dirty. The interior of the country is mountainous. \ مِنْطَقَة رمليّة \ sands: an area of sand: We swam, and played on the sands. \ المِنْطَقَة القُطْبيّة الجَنُوبِيّة \ antarctic: (of) the icy southern end of the earth: the Antarctic; the Antarctic Ocean. \ مِنْطَقَة مُجَاوِرَة \ vicinity: the area near a place.

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  • 9 Savery, Thomas

    [br]
    b. c. 1650 probably Shilston, near Modbury, Devonshire, England
    d. c. 15 May 1715 London, England
    [br]
    English inventor of a partially successful steam-driven pump for raising water.
    [br]
    Little is known of the early years of Savery's life and no trace has been found that he served in the Army, so the title "Captain" is thought to refer to some mining appointment, probably in the West of England. He may have been involved in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, for later he was well known to William of Orange. From 1705 to 1714 he was Treasurer for Sick and Wounded Seamen, and in 1714 he was appointed Surveyor of the Water Works at Hampton Court, a post he held until his death the following year. He was interested in mechanical devices; amongst his early contrivances was a clock.
    He was the most prolific inventor of his day, applying for seven patents, including one in 1649, for polishing plate glass which may have been used. His idea for 1697 for propelling ships with paddle-wheels driven by a capstan was a failure, although regarded highly by the King, and was published in his first book, Navigation Improved (1698). He tried to patent a new type of floating mill in 1707, and an idea in 1710 for baking sea coal or other fuel in an oven to make it clean and pure.
    His most famous invention, however, was the one patented in 1698 "for raising water by the impellent force of fire" that Savery said would drain mines or low-lying land, raise water to supply towns or houses, and provide a source of water for turning mills through a water-wheel. Basically it consisted of a receiver which was first filled with steam and then cooled to create a vacuum by having water poured over the outside. The water to be pumped was drawn into the receiver from a lower sump, and then high-pressure steam was readmitted to force the water up a pipe to a higher level. It was demonstrated to the King and the Royal Society and achieved some success, for a few were installed in the London area and a manufactory set up at Salisbury Court in London. He published a book, The Miner's Friend, about his engine in 1702, but although he made considerable improvements, due to excessive fuel consumption and materials which could not withstand the steam pressures involved, no engines were installed in mines as Savery had hoped. His patent was extended in 1699 until 1733 so that it covered the atmospheric engine of Thomas Newcomen who was forced to join Savery and his other partners to construct this much more practical engine.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1706.
    Bibliography
    1698, Navigation Improved.
    1702, The Miner's Friend.
    Further Reading
    The entry in the Dictionary of National Biography (1897, Vol. L, London: Smith Elder \& Co.) has been partially superseded by more recent research. The Transactions of the Newcomen Society contain various papers; for example, Rhys Jenkins, 1922–3, "Savery, Newcomen and the early history of the steam engine", Vol. 3; A.Stowers, 1961–2, "Thomas Newcomen's first steam engine 250 years ago and the initial development of steam power", Vol. 34; A.Smith, 1977–8, "Steam and the city: the committee of proprietors of the invention for raising water by fire", 1715–1735, Vol. 49; and J.S.P.Buckland, 1977–8, "Thomas Savery, his steam engine workshop of 1702", Vol. 49. Brief accounts may be found in H.W. Dickinson, 1938, A Short History of the Steam Engine, Cambridge University Press, and R.L. Hills, 1989, Power from Steam. A History of the Stationary Steam Engine, Cambridge University Press. There is another biography in T.I. Williams (ed.), 1969, A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, London: A. \& C.Black.
    RLH

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  • 10 neighbourhood

    مِنْطَقَة \ area: a part of the world: desert areas, parts in and aroud a place He lives somewhere in the London area. neighbourhood: a particular area: a quiet neighbourhood; somewhere in the neighbourhood of Bristol. region: an area: the desert regions of Africa; the London region. township: a town area (not in Britain) with its own local government. zone: a particular area: a danger zone (an area where one might be killed or hurt).

    Arabic-English glossary > neighbourhood

  • 11 region

    مِنْطَقَة \ area: a part of the world: desert areas, parts in and aroud a place He lives somewhere in the London area. neighbourhood: a particular area: a quiet neighbourhood; somewhere in the neighbourhood of Bristol. region: an area: the desert regions of Africa; the London region. township: a town area (not in Britain) with its own local government. zone: a particular area: a danger zone (an area where one might be killed or hurt).

    Arabic-English glossary > region

  • 12 township

    مِنْطَقَة \ area: a part of the world: desert areas, parts in and aroud a place He lives somewhere in the London area. neighbourhood: a particular area: a quiet neighbourhood; somewhere in the neighbourhood of Bristol. region: an area: the desert regions of Africa; the London region. township: a town area (not in Britain) with its own local government. zone: a particular area: a danger zone (an area where one might be killed or hurt).

    Arabic-English glossary > township

  • 13 zone

    مِنْطَقَة \ area: a part of the world: desert areas, parts in and aroud a place He lives somewhere in the London area. neighbourhood: a particular area: a quiet neighbourhood; somewhere in the neighbourhood of Bristol. region: an area: the desert regions of Africa; the London region. township: a town area (not in Britain) with its own local government. zone: a particular area: a danger zone (an area where one might be killed or hurt).

    Arabic-English glossary > zone

  • 14 Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de

    [br]
    b. 9 April 1864 Liverpool, England
    d. 13 January 1930 Zurich, Switzerland
    [br]
    English manufacturing engineer and inventor, a pioneer and early advocate of high-voltage alternating-current electric-power systems.
    [br]
    Ferranti, who had taken an interest in electrical and mechanical devices from an early age, was educated at St Augustine's College in Ramsgate and for a short time attended evening classes at University College, London. Rather than pursue an academic career, Ferranti, who had intense practical interests, found employment in 1881 with the Siemens Company (see Werner von Siemens) in their experimental department. There he had the opportunity to superintend the installation of electric-lighting plants in various parts of the country. Becoming acquainted with Alfred Thomson, an engineer, Ferranti entered into a short-lived partnership with him to manufacture the Ferranti alternator. This generator, with a unique zig-zag armature, had an efficiency exceeding that of all its rivals. Finding that Sir William Thomson had invented a similar machine, Ferranti formed a company with him to combine the inventions and produce the Ferranti- Thomson machine. For this the Hammond Electric Light and Power Company obtained the sole selling rights.
    In 1885 the Grosvenor Gallery Electricity Supply Corporation was having serious problems with its Gaulard and Gibbs series distribution system. Ferranti, when consulted, reviewed the design and recommended transformers connected across constant-potential mains. In the following year, at the age of 22, he was appointed Engineer to the company and introduced the pattern of electricity supply that was eventually adopted universally. Ambitious plans by Ferranti for London envisaged the location of a generating station of unprecedented size at Deptford, about eight miles (13 km) from the city, a departure from the previous practice of placing stations within the area to be supplied. For this venture the London Electricity Supply Corporation was formed. Ferranti's bold decision to bring the supply from Deptford at the hitherto unheard-of pressure of 10,000 volts required him to design suitable cables, transformers and generators. Ferranti planned generators with 10,000 hp (7,460 kW)engines, but these were abandoned at an advanced stage of construction. Financial difficulties were caused in part when a Board of Trade enquiry in 1889 reduced the area that the company was able to supply. In spite of this adverse situation the enterprise continued on a reduced scale. Leaving the London Electricity Supply Corporation in 1892, Ferranti again started his own business, manufacturing electrical plant. He conceived the use of wax-impregnated paper-insulated cables for high voltages, which formed a landmark in the history of cable development. This method of flexible-cable manufacture was used almost exclusively until synthetic materials became available. In 1892 Ferranti obtained a patent which set out the advantages to be gained by adopting sector-shaped conductors in multi-core cables. This was to be fundamental to the future design and development of such cables.
    A total of 176 patents were taken out by S.Z. de Ferranti. His varied and numerous inventions included a successful mercury-motor energy meter and improvements to textile-yarn produc-tion. A transmission-line phenomenon where the open-circuit voltage at the receiving end of a long line is greater than the sending voltage was named the Ferranti Effect after him.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1927. President, Institution of Electrical Engineers 1910 and 1911. Institution of Electrical Engineers Faraday Medal 1924.
    Bibliography
    18 July 1882, British patent no. 3,419 (Ferranti's first alternator).
    13 December 1892, British patent no. 22,923 (shaped conductors of multi-core cables). 1929, "Electricity in the service of man", Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers 67: 125–30.
    Further Reading
    G.Z.de Ferranti and R. Ince, 1934, The Life and Letters of Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, London.
    A.Ridding, 1964, S.Z.de Ferranti. Pioneer of Electric Power, London: Science Museum and HMSO (a concise biography).
    R.H.Parsons, 1939, Early Days of the Power Station Industry, Cambridge, pp. 21–41.
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  • 15 alrededor

    adv.
    around.
    alrededor de around
    de alrededor surrounding
    * * *
    1 (lugar) round, around
    1 surrounding area sing
    ■ en los alrededores de Sevilla in the vicinity of Seville, just outside Seville
    * * *
    adv.
    * * *
    1. ADV
    2)

    alrededor mío etc — Cono Sur around me etc

    3)

    alrededor de — (=en torno a) around

    mirar alrededor de sí, mirar alrededor suyo — to look around o about one

    4)

    alrededor de — (=aproximadamente) about, in the region of

    2.
    SM (=contorno)

    alrededores — [de un lugar] surroundings, neighbourhood sing, neighborhood sing (EEUU); [de ciudad] outskirts

    en los alrededores de Londres — in the area round London, on the outskirts of London

    * * *
    1) ( en torno) around

    a mi/tu/su alrededor — around me/you/him

    2)

    alrededor de — (loc prep) ( en torno a) around; ( aproximadamente) around, about

    * * *
    ----
    * alrededor de = around, round about.
    * alrededor de + Cantidad = around + Cantidad.
    * alrededor de + Expresión Numérica = in about + Expresión Numérica.
    * alrededor de + Fecha = about + Fecha.
    * alrededor de + Fecha/Número = ca. + Fecha/Número, circa + Fecha/Número [ca o c, -abrev.], c + Fecha/Número.
    * alrededor de la córnea = circumcorneal.
    * alrededor de + Número = in the region of + Número.
    * a todo alrededor = all round.
    * averiguar lo que ocurre alrededor = put + Posesivo + ear to the ground.
    * Ciudad + y los pueblos de su alrededor = Greater + Ciudad + area.
    * en los alrededores = in the vicinity.
    * en los alrededores de = in the vicinity of, around.
    * girar alrededor de = spin about.
    * mantenerse atento a lo que ocurre alrededor = keep + Posesivo + ear to the ground.
    * * *
    1) ( en torno) around

    a mi/tu/su alrededor — around me/you/him

    2)

    alrededor de — (loc prep) ( en torno a) around; ( aproximadamente) around, about

    * * *
    * alrededor de = around, round about.
    * alrededor de + Cantidad = around + Cantidad.
    * alrededor de + Expresión Numérica = in about + Expresión Numérica.
    * alrededor de + Fecha = about + Fecha.
    * alrededor de + Fecha/Número = ca. + Fecha/Número, circa + Fecha/Número [ca o c, -abrev.], c + Fecha/Número.
    * alrededor de la córnea = circumcorneal.
    * alrededor de + Número = in the region of + Número.
    * a todo alrededor = all round.
    * averiguar lo que ocurre alrededor = put + Posesivo + ear to the ground.
    * Ciudad + y los pueblos de su alrededor = Greater + Ciudad + area.
    * en los alrededores = in the vicinity.
    * en los alrededores de = in the vicinity of, around.
    * girar alrededor de = spin about.
    * mantenerse atento a lo que ocurre alrededor = keep + Posesivo + ear to the ground.
    * * *
    A (en torno) around
    una mesa con ocho sillas alrededor a table with eight chairs around it
    a mi/tu/su alrededor or ( crit) alrededor mío/tuyo/suyo around me/you/him
    B
    1 (en torno a) around
    corrían alrededor de la fuente they ran around the fountain
    2 (aproximadamente) around, about
    tendrá alrededor de 40 años she must be around o about 40
    * * *

     

    alrededor adverbio


    b)



    ( aproximadamente) around, about
    alrededor
    I adv (en torno) round, around: había un montón de niños alrededor suyo, there were crowds of children around her
    mirar alrededor, to look around
    II mpl alrededores, surrounding area sing: vive en los alrededores de Bogotá, she lives in the outskirts o suburbs of Bogotá
    ♦ Locuciones: alrededor de (rodeando algo) around: se sentaron alrededor de la mesa, they took their seats round the table
    (aproximadamente) around, about: llegué alrededor de las dos, I arrived around two o'clock
    había alrededor de veinte personas, there were about twenty people
    ' alrededor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escopetazo
    - ligadura
    - mariposear
    - pulular
    - rodar
    - rotar
    - torno
    - corro
    - esperar
    - girar
    - rodear
    - sobre
    - vuelta
    English:
    about
    - around
    - astronomical
    - boom
    - circa
    - do
    - flit
    - glance round
    - gravel
    - hilly
    - hoarding
    - look round
    - loop
    - neighborhood
    - neighbourhood
    - odd
    - orbit
    - pass
    - region
    - revolve
    - round
    - so
    - some
    - stay down
    - thereabout
    - thereabouts
    - to
    - twine
    - vicinity
    - wind
    - at
    - center
    - circle
    - foot
    - GCSE
    - get
    - look
    - mid-
    - move
    - something
    - somewhere
    - surrounding
    - swarm
    - twist
    * * *
    ♦ adv
    1. [en torno] around;
    alrededor de la mesa around the table;
    las casas de alrededor the surrounding houses
    2. [aproximadamente]
    alrededor de around;
    llegaremos alrededor de medianoche we'll arrive around midnight;
    ♦ nm
    miré a mi alrededor I looked around (me);
    todo a su alrededor era desierto she was surrounded by desert;
    alrededores surrounding area;
    los alrededores de Guadalajara the area around Guadalajara;
    el apagón afectó a Nueva York y sus alrededores the power cut affected New York and the surrounding area;
    había mucha gente en los alrededores del estadio there were a lot of people in the area around the stadium
    * * *
    I adv around;
    a mi alrededor around me
    II prp
    :
    alrededor de around
    * * *
    1) : around, about
    todo temblaba alrededor: all around things were shaking
    2)
    alrededor de : around, approximately
    alrededor de quince personas: around fifteen people
    alrededor prep
    alrededor de : around, about
    corrió alrededor de la casa: she ran around the house
    llegaré alrededor de diciembre: I will get there around December
    * * *
    1. (en torno a) around

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  • 16 Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

    [br]
    b. 9 April 1806 Portsea, Hampshire, England
    d. 15 September 1859 18 Duke Street, St James's, London, England
    [br]
    English civil and mechanical engineer.
    [br]
    The son of Marc Isambard Brunel and Sophia Kingdom, he was educated at a private boarding-school in Hove. At the age of 14 he went to the College of Caen and then to the Lycée Henri-Quatre in Paris, after which he was apprenticed to Louis Breguet. In 1822 he returned from France and started working in his father's office, while spending much of his time at the works of Maudslay, Sons \& Field.
    From 1825 to 1828 he worked under his father on the construction of the latter's Thames Tunnel, occupying the position of Engineer-in-Charge, exhibiting great courage and presence of mind in the emergencies which occurred not infrequently. These culminated in January 1828 in the flooding of the tunnel and work was suspended for seven years. For the next five years the young engineer made abortive attempts to find a suitable outlet for his talents, but to little avail. Eventually, in 1831, his design for a suspension bridge over the River Avon at Clifton Gorge was accepted and he was appointed Engineer. (The bridge was eventually finished five years after Brunel's death, as a memorial to him, the delay being due to inadequate financing.) He next planned and supervised improvements to the Bristol docks. In March 1833 he was appointed Engineer of the Bristol Railway, later called the Great Western Railway. He immediately started to survey the route between London and Bristol that was completed by late August that year. On 5 July 1836 he married Mary Horsley and settled into 18 Duke Street, Westminster, London, where he also had his office. Work on the Bristol Railway started in 1836. The foundation stone of the Clifton Suspension Bridge was laid the same year. Whereas George Stephenson had based his standard railway gauge as 4 ft 8½ in (1.44 m), that or a similar gauge being usual for colliery wagonways in the Newcastle area, Brunel adopted the broader gauge of 7 ft (2.13 m). The first stretch of the line, from Paddington to Maidenhead, was opened to traffic on 4 June 1838, and the whole line from London to Bristol was opened in June 1841. The continuation of the line through to Exeter was completed and opened on 1 May 1844. The normal time for the 194-mile (312 km) run from Paddington to Exeter was 5 hours, at an average speed of 38.8 mph (62.4 km/h) including stops. The Great Western line included the Box Tunnel, the longest tunnel to that date at nearly two miles (3.2 km).
    Brunel was the engineer of most of the railways in the West Country, in South Wales and much of Southern Ireland. As railway networks developed, the frequent break of gauge became more of a problem and on 9 July 1845 a Royal Commission was appointed to look into it. In spite of comparative tests, run between Paddington-Didcot and Darlington-York, which showed in favour of Brunel's arrangement, the enquiry ruled in favour of the narrow gauge, 274 miles (441 km) of the former having been built against 1,901 miles (3,059 km) of the latter to that date. The Gauge Act of 1846 forbade the building of any further railways in Britain to any gauge other than 4 ft 8 1/2 in (1.44 m).
    The existence of long and severe gradients on the South Devon Railway led to Brunel's adoption of the atmospheric railway developed by Samuel Clegg and later by the Samuda brothers. In this a pipe of 9 in. (23 cm) or more in diameter was laid between the rails, along the top of which ran a continuous hinged flap of leather backed with iron. At intervals of about 3 miles (4.8 km) were pumping stations to exhaust the pipe. Much trouble was experienced with the flap valve and its lubrication—freezing of the leather in winter, the lubricant being sucked into the pipe or eaten by rats at other times—and the experiment was abandoned at considerable cost.
    Brunel is to be remembered for his two great West Country tubular bridges, the Chepstow and the Tamar Bridge at Saltash, with the latter opened in May 1859, having two main spans of 465 ft (142 m) and a central pier extending 80 ft (24 m) below high water mark and allowing 100 ft (30 m) of headroom above the same. His timber viaducts throughout Devon and Cornwall became a feature of the landscape. The line was extended ultimately to Penzance.
    As early as 1835 Brunel had the idea of extending the line westwards across the Atlantic from Bristol to New York by means of a steamship. In 1836 building commenced and the hull left Bristol in July 1837 for fitting out at Wapping. On 31 March 1838 the ship left again for Bristol but the boiler lagging caught fire and Brunel was injured in the subsequent confusion. On 8 April the ship set sail for New York (under steam), its rival, the 703-ton Sirius, having left four days earlier. The 1,340-ton Great Western arrived only a few hours after the Sirius. The hull was of wood, and was copper-sheathed. In 1838 Brunel planned a larger ship, some 3,000 tons, the Great Britain, which was to have an iron hull.
    The Great Britain was screwdriven and was launched on 19 July 1843,289 ft (88 m) long by 51 ft (15.5 m) at its widest. The ship's first voyage, from Liverpool to New York, began on 26 August 1845. In 1846 it ran aground in Dundrum Bay, County Down, and was later sold for use on the Australian run, on which it sailed no fewer than thirty-two times in twenty-three years, also serving as a troop-ship in the Crimean War. During this war, Brunel designed a 1,000-bed hospital which was shipped out to Renkioi ready for assembly and complete with shower-baths and vapour-baths with printed instructions on how to use them, beds and bedding and water closets with a supply of toilet paper! Brunel's last, largest and most extravagantly conceived ship was the Great Leviathan, eventually named The Great Eastern, which had a double-skinned iron hull, together with both paddles and screw propeller. Brunel designed the ship to carry sufficient coal for the round trip to Australia without refuelling, thus saving the need for and the cost of bunkering, as there were then few bunkering ports throughout the world. The ship's construction was started by John Scott Russell in his yard at Millwall on the Thames, but the building was completed by Brunel due to Russell's bankruptcy in 1856. The hull of the huge vessel was laid down so as to be launched sideways into the river and then to be floated on the tide. Brunel's plan for hydraulic launching gear had been turned down by the directors on the grounds of cost, an economy that proved false in the event. The sideways launch with over 4,000 tons of hydraulic power together with steam winches and floating tugs on the river took over two months, from 3 November 1857 until 13 January 1858. The ship was 680 ft (207 m) long, 83 ft (25 m) beam and 58 ft (18 m) deep; the screw was 24 ft (7.3 m) in diameter and paddles 60 ft (18.3 m) in diameter. Its displacement was 32,000 tons (32,500 tonnes).
    The strain of overwork and the huge responsibilities that lay on Brunel began to tell. He was diagnosed as suffering from Bright's disease, or nephritis, and spent the winter travelling in the Mediterranean and Egypt, returning to England in May 1859. On 5 September he suffered a stroke which left him partially paralysed, and he died ten days later at his Duke Street home.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    L.T.C.Rolt, 1957, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, London: Longmans Green. J.Dugan, 1953, The Great Iron Ship, Hamish Hamilton.
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  • 17 metropolitano

    adj.
    metropolitan, city, urban, municipal.
    m.
    underground railroad, underground railway.
    * * *
    1 metropolitan
    1 formal underground, tube, US subway
    \
    área metropolitana metropolitan area
    ————————
    1 formal underground, tube, US subway
    * * *
    (f. - metropolitana)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    2. SM
    1) (Rel) metropolitan
    2) (=tren)
    = metro II
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( de la ciudad) metropolitan
    b) < iglesia> metropolitan
    II
    a) (Transp) subway (AmE), underground (BrE)
    b) ( arzobispo) metropolitan
    * * *
    Ex. This article studies how news library staff and editorial staff in a large metropolitan daily newspaper perceive the contribution of the news library to newsmaking.
    ----
    * área metropolitana de Londres, el = Greater London.
    * biblioteca metropolitana = metropolitan library.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( de la ciudad) metropolitan
    b) < iglesia> metropolitan
    II
    a) (Transp) subway (AmE), underground (BrE)
    b) ( arzobispo) metropolitan
    * * *

    Ex: This article studies how news library staff and editorial staff in a large metropolitan daily newspaper perceive the contribution of the news library to newsmaking.

    * área metropolitana de Londres, el = Greater London.
    * biblioteca metropolitana = metropolitan library.

    * * *
    1 (de la ciudad) metropolitan
    área metropolitana metropolitan area
    2 ‹iglesia› metropolitan
    1 ( Transp) subway ( AmE), underground ( BrE)
    2 (arzobispo) metropolitan
    * * *

    metropolitano 1
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    metropolitan
    metropolitano 2 sustantivo masculino
    subway (AmE), underground (BrE)
    metropolitano,-a
    I adjetivo metropolitan
    II m frml ➣ metro

    ' metropolitano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    metropolitana
    English:
    metro
    - metropolitan
    * * *
    metropolitano, -a
    ♦ adj
    metropolitan;
    el cinturón metropolitano de Barcelona the metropolitan area of Barcelona, greater Barcelona;
    ferrocarril metropolitano Br underground, US subway
    ♦ nm
    [metro] Br underground, US subway
    * * *
    I adj metropolitan
    II m subway, Br underground
    * * *
    metropolitano, -na adj
    : metropolitan

    Spanish-English dictionary > metropolitano

  • 18 Bateman, John Frederick La Trobe

    [br]
    b. 30 May 1810 Lower Wyke, near Halifax, Yorkshire, England
    d. 10 June 1889 Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey, England
    [br]
    English civil engineer whose principal works were concerned with reservoirs, water-supply schemes and pipelines.
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    Bateman's maternal grandfather was a Moravian missionary, and from the age of 7 he was educated at the Moravian schools at Fairfield and Ockbrook. At the age of 15 he was apprenticed to a "civil engineer, land surveyor and agent" in Oldham. After this apprenticeship, Bateman commenced his own practice in 1833. One of his early schemes and reports was in regard to the flooding of the river Medlock in the Manchester area. He came to the attention of William Fairbairn, the engine builder and millwright of Canal Street, Ancoats, Manchester. Fairbairn used Bateman as his site surveyor and as such he prepared much of the groundwork for the Bann reservoirs in Northern Ireland. Whilst the reports on the proposals were in the name of Fairbairn, Bateman was, in fact, appointed by the company as their engineer for the execution of the works. One scheme of Bateman's which was carried forward was the Kendal Reservoirs. The Act for these was signed in 1845 and was implemented not for the purpose of water supply but for the conservation of water to supply power to the many mills which stood on the river Kent between Kentmere and Morecambe Bay. The Kentmere Head dam is the only one of the five proposed for the scheme to survive, although not all the others were built as they would have retained only small volumes of water.
    Perhaps the greatest monument to the work of J.F.La Trobe Bateman is Manchester's water supply; he was consulted about this in 1844, and construction began four years later. He first built reservoirs in the Longdendale valley, which has a very complicated geological stratification. Bateman favoured earth embankment dams and gravity feed rather than pumping; the five reservoirs in the valley that impound the river Etherow were complex, cored earth dams. However, when completed they were greatly at risk from landslips and ground movement. Later dams were inserted by Bateman to prevent water loss should the older dams fail. The scheme was not completed until 1877, by which time Manchester's population had exceeded the capacity of the original scheme; Thirlmere in Cumbria was chosen by Manchester Corporation as the site of the first of the Lake District water-supply schemes. Bateman, as Consulting Engineer, designed the great stone-faced dam at the west end of the lake, the "gothic" straining well in the middle of the east shore of the lake, and the 100-mile (160 km) pipeline to Manchester. The Act for the Thirlmere reservoir was signed in 1879 and, whilst Bateman continued as Consulting Engineer, the work was supervised by G.H. Hill and was completed in 1894.
    Bateman was also consulted by the authorities in Glasgow, with the result that he constructed an impressive water-supply scheme derived from Loch Katrine during the years 1856–60. It was claimed that the scheme bore comparison with "the most extensive aqueducts in the world, not excluding those of ancient Rome". Bateman went on to superintend the waterworks of many cities, mainly in the north of England but also in Dublin and Belfast. In 1865 he published a pamphlet, On the Supply of Water to London from the Sources of the River Severn, based on a survey funded from his own pocket; a Royal Commission examined various schemes but favoured Bateman's.
    Bateman was also responsible for harbour and dock works, notably on the rivers Clyde and Shannon, and also for a number of important water-supply works on the Continent of Europe and beyond. Dams and the associated reservoirs were the principal work of J.F.La Trobe Bateman; he completed forty-three such schemes during his professional career. He also prepared many studies of water-supply schemes, and appeared as professional witness before the appropriate Parliamentary Committees.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1860. President, Institution of Civil Engineers 1878, 1879.
    Bibliography
    Among his publications History and Description of the Manchester Waterworks, (1884, London), and The Present State of Our Knowledge on the Supply of Water to Towns, (1855, London: British Association for the Advancement of Science) are notable.
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1889, Proceedings of the Royal Society 46:xlii-xlviii. G.M.Binnie, 1981, Early Victorian Water Engineers, London.
    P.N.Wilson, 1973, "Kendal reservoirs", Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 73.
    KM / LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Bateman, John Frederick La Trobe

  • 19 Giles, Francis

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    b. 1787 England
    d. 4 March 1847 England
    [br]
    English civil engineer engaged in canal, harbour and railway construction.
    [br]
    Trained as a surveyor in John Rennie's organization, Giles carried out surveys on behalf of Rennie before setting up in practice on his own. His earliest survey seems to have been on the line of the proposed Weald of Kent Canal in 1809. Then in 1811 he surveyed the proposed London \& Cambridge Canal linking Bishops Stortford on the Stort with Cambridge and with a branch to Shefford on the Ivel. In the same year he surveyed the line of the Wey \& Arun Junction Canal, and in 1816, in the same area, the Portsmouth \& Arundel Canal. In 1819 he carried out what is regarded as his first independent commission—the extension of the River Ivel Navigation from Biggleswade to Shefford. At this time he was helping John Rennie on the Aire \& Calder Navigation and continued there after Rennie's death in 1821. In 1825 he was engaged on plans for a London to Portsmouth Ship Canal and also on a suggested link between the Basingstoke and Kennet \& Avon Canals. Later, on behalf of Sir George Duckett, he was Engineer to the Hertford Union Canal, which was completed in 1830, and linked the Regent's Canal to the Lee Navigation. In 1833 he completed the extension of the Sankey Brook Navigation from Fiddler's Ferry to the Mersey at Widnes. One of his last canal works was a survey of the River Lee in 1844. Apart from his canal work, he was appointed Engineer to the Newcastle \& Carlisle Railway in 1829 and designed, among other works, the fine viaducts at Wetheral and Cor by. He was also, for a very short time, Engineer to the London \& Southampton Railway. Among other commissions, he was involved in harbour surveys and works at Dover, Rye, Holyhead, Dundee, Bridport and Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown). He was elected a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1842 and succeeded Telford on the Exchequer Bill Loans Board.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    1848, Memoir 17, London: Institution of Civil Engineers, 9.
    JHB

    Biographical history of technology > Giles, Francis

  • 20 Praed, William

    SUBJECT AREA: Canals
    [br]
    b. 24 June 1747 Trevethoe, Leland, St Ives, Cornwall, England
    d. 9 October 1833 Trevethoe, Leland, St Ives, Cornwall, England
    [br]
    English banker and Member of Parliament.
    [br]
    Born into a wealthy Cornish family, he was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was elected Member of Parliament for St Ives in 1774, but it was alleged that his father, who was a banker, had acted as agent for both his son and Drummond, the other candidate for the same party, in the course of which he advanced money to voters "on their notes payable with interest to the bank of Truro (Praed's bank)" but with the understanding that repayment would not be demanded from those who had voted for Praed and Drummond. Praed's election was therefore declared void on 8 May 1775. He was re-elected in 1780, by which time St Ives was virtually a Praed family monopoly. He served in successive Parliaments until 1806 and then represented Banbury until 1808. Meanwhile, in 1779 he had become a partner in his father's Truro bank, c. 1801 founded the London bank of Praed \& Co. at 189 Fleet Street.
    While in Parliament, he was instrumental in obtaining and carrying into effect the Bill for the Grand Junction Canal from Braunston to London. He was elected Chairman of the company formed for constructing the canal and proved an excellent choice, serving the company faithfully for nearly thirty years until his resignation in 1821. Upon his marriage to Elizabeth Tyringham in 1778 he made his home at Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire and so was very much in the Grand Junction Canal Company's area. London's Praed Street, in which Paddington Station stands, is named in his honour and the canal basin is at the rear of this street. His monument in Tyringham Church bears a relief illustrating a pair of lock gates and a canal boat.
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    Further Reading
    Alan H.Faulkner, 1972, The Grand Junction Canal, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles. L.S.Presnell, 1956, Country Banking in the Industrial Revolution, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 295–6.
    G.C.Boase and W.P.Courtney, 1874, Biblio-theca Cornubiensis, Vol. II, London: Longmans, p. 524.
    JHB

    Biographical history of technology > Praed, William

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