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  • 121 ♦ rise

    ♦ rise /raɪz/
    n.
    1 aumento; crescita: a rise in prices (o a price rise) un aumento dei prezzi; a rise in temperature [unemployment], un aumento della temperatura [della disoccupazione]; Prices are on the rise, i prezzi sono in aumento; pay rise, aumento salariale; big rise, forte aumento; a sharp rise, un brusco rialzo; steady rise, continuo (o costante) aumento
    2 ascesa: the rise of a politician, l'ascesa di un uomo politico; rise to power [fame], ascesa al potere [al successo]; the rise and fall of the British Empire, l'ascesa e il declino dell'impero britannico
    3 salita: a steep rise, una salita ripida
    4 altura; rialzo: The house stands on a rise, la casa è situata su un'altura
    5 (ingl.) aumento (di stipendio): I asked my employer for a rise, ho chiesto al mio principale un aumento (di stipendio)
    6 ( raro) sorgente; origine
    7 [u] ( di pesce) affioramento; il salire a fior d'acqua ( per cibarsi): I fished all day but didn't get a rise, ho pescato tutto il giorno ma non si è visto neanche un pesce
    8 [u] altezza; livello: The tidal rise is twenty feet, l'altezza della marea è di venti piedi ( sei metri)
    10 (archit.) freccia ( di un arco, di un ponte)
    11 (teatr.) alzata del sipario
    ● (geogr.) continental rise, rilievo continentale □ (naut.) the rise and fall of the tide, il movimento alterno della marea □ (naut.) the rise of the tide, il flusso della marea □ to give rise to, dare origine a: The proposition gave rise to an extensive debate, la proposta ha dato origine a un ampio dibattito □ (fam.) to take (o to get) a rise out of sb., far perdere la pazienza a q.; fare uscire dai gangheri q.
    ♦ (to) rise /raɪz/
    (pass. rose, p. p. risen)
    A v. i.
    1 ( spesso to rise up) salire: Thick black smoke was rising in the sky, uno spesso fumo nero si alzava nel cielo
    2 ( spesso to rise up) alzarsi: He rose from the chair [from the table], si è alzato dalla sedia [da tavola]; They rise at dawn, si alzano all'alba; to rise to one's feet, alzarsi in piedi; to rise to the surface, salire in superficie
    3 ( del sole, della luna, ecc.) sorgere: The sun was rising, il sole sorgeva
    4 aumentare; salire; ( di fiume, ecc.) aumentare di livello: Prices are rising, i prezzi aumentano; Temperatures are rising steadily, le temperature continuano a salire; Our net income rose 10% last year, l'anno scorso il nostro utile netto è aumentato del 10%; to rise in price [value], aumentare di prezzo [di valore]; The dollar is rising against the euro, il dollaro sta salendo rispetto all'euro; In the flood the river rose three feet, con la piena il fiume è cresciuto di tre piedi; The Tiber is rising, il livello del Tevere sta salendo; The tide is rising, si sta alzando la marea; Tensions are rising in the Middle East, cresce la tensione in Medio Oriente; He felt anger rise in him, sentiva la rabbia crescere dentro di lui; Her spirits rose at the prospect of seeing him again, all'idea di rivederlo, le si è sollevato il morale
    5 (fig.) elevarsi; far carriera: to rise through the ranks, venire dalla gavetta; to rise to prominence [fame], raggiungere una posizione di rilievo [la notorietà]; to rise to power, salire al potere; to rise to the top, arrivare al vertice
    6 ( spesso to rise up) ( di una strada, del terreno, ecc.) essere in salita; ( di un edificio, una montagna, ecc.) ergersi; ( di capelli, peli) rizzarsi: The road rises fairly steeply past the bend, la strada diventa piuttosto ripida dopo la curva; A snow-capped mountain rose up on our left, un monte dalla cima innevata si ergeva alla nostra sinistra; a tree that rises twenty feet, un albero alto venti piedi; I felt the hairs rising on the back of my neck, mi si sono sentito rizzare i peli in testa
    7 (= to rise up) insorgere; sollevarsi: The people rose against their oppressors, il popolo è insorto contro gli oppressori; to rise up in rebellion, sollevarsi in rivolta
    8 ( di un fiume) nascere: The Thames rises in the Cotswold Hills, il Tamigi nasce nelle Cotswold Hills
    9 ( del vento) alzarsi: A strong wind rose suddenly, improvvisamente si è alzato un forte vento
    11 ( del pane, ecc.) crescere; lievitare; The dough has risen, la pasta è lievitata
    12 ( di un gonfiore, una vescica, ecc.) formarsi; spuntare: a skin disease in which blisters rise on slight pressure, una malattia della pelle in cui delle vesciche si formano a una lieve pressione
    13 ( dello stomaco) rivoltarsi: My stomach rose at the smell, mi si è rivoltato lo stomaco all'odore
    14 ( del pesce) affiorare; venire a galla ( per cibarsi)
    B v. t.
    1 ( caccia) scovare, stanare ( selvaggina)
    2 ( pesca) prendere, pescare
    ● to rise again, risorgere □ (fig.) to rise from the ashes, risorgere dalle ceneri □ to rise from the dead (o the grave), resuscitare □ to be rising forty, essere vicino ai quarant'anni □ Christ is risen, Cristo è risorto □ (fam.) Rise and shine!, sveglia!; in piedi!

    English-Italian dictionary > ♦ rise

  • 122 lie

    I 1. I
    1) let the book lie оставь книгу там, где она лежит; that great temple where the bones of so many heroes lie знаменитый собор, где погребены останки стольких героев; the snow did not lie снег быстро стаял
    2) he knows where his interests lie он знает, что ему выгодно; where does happiness lie? в чем счастье?
    2. II
    1) lie somewhere lie here (there, everywhere, etc.) лежать /валяться/ здесь и т.д., have you lain here all day? вы пролежали здесь весь день?; here lies John Smith здесь покоится прах Джона Смита
    2) lie at some time how does the matter lie at present? в каком состоянии находятся /как обстоят/ дела в настоящее время?
    3. IV
    || lie face downward лежать ничком; lie face upward лежать лицом вверх /на спине/
    4. XIV
    lie doing smth. lie reading (looking around, waiting, etc.) читать и т. д. лежа; lie crying лежать и плакать
    5. XV
    lie in some state lie asleep [лежать и] спать; lie half-awake наполовину /не совсем еще/ проснуться; he was lying half-asleep он лежал в полусне, он [лежал и] дремал; lie still (rigid, motionless, etc.) лежать спокойно /тихо/ и т.д., lie ill [in bed] болеть, лежать в постели; lie open быть открытым; lie dead лежать мертвым; lie helpless лежать в беспомощном состоянии; lie waste /barren/ быть заброшенным; the land lies waste земля не обрабатывается /заброшена/; lie idle лежать, ничего не делая, валяться без дела; money lies idle in the bank деньги в банке лежат без движения /мертвым капиталом/; the factory has been lying idle for a year фабрика не работает /стоит/ уже год; the snow lies deep снег лежит толстым слоем; the principle lies deep in human nature эта черта присуща человеку /укоренилась в человеке/; lie heavy on smb.'s conscience лежать тяжким грузом у кого-л. на совести; lie high (low, far away, etc.) лежать /находиться/ высоко и т. д.
    6. XVI
    1) lie он smth. lie on the table (on the ground, on the floor, on the bed, on a couch, on the damp grass, etc.) лежать /валяться/ на столе и т. д., lie on one's back (on one's side) лежать на спине (на боку); lie on one's face лежать ничком; all the responsibility lies on his shoulders вся ответственность лежит на нем; lie in smth. lie in the dust (in a box, in a junk room, etc.) лежать /валяться/ в пыли и т. д.; lie in bed with flu болеть гриппом; don't lie in bed all morning не валяйся в постели все утро; ships lie in the harbour корабли стоит в гавани; lie in one's grave лежать в могиле; lie in the churchyard покоиться на кладбище; lie in Westminster (in Plymouth, etc.) быть похороненным в Вестминстере и т. д., lie in prison сидеть /томиться/ в тюрьме; lie in ambush сидеть в засаде; lie in wait for smb. подстерегать кого-л.; lie in ruins (in ashes) лежать в развалинах /в руинах/; lie with smth. on (to, in, etc.) smth. lie with one's head on the pillow (with one's legs on the floor, with one's face to the east,lie with one's back to the wall, etc.) лежать головой на подушке и т. д.; lie with smth. in some state lie with one's eyes open (with one's mouth shut, etc.) лежать с открытыми глазами и т. д; lie about smth. lie about the room (about the beach, about the territory, etc.) валяться /лежать, быть разбросанным/ по всей комнате и т. д.; lie around smb. ruins lay all around us повсюду /вокруг нас/ лежали руины; lie over smth. a white mist lay over London Лондон был окутан белым туманом
    2) lie in (among, to, etc.) smth. lie in the mountains (among pretty scenery, below the castle) to the west of the city, etc.) находиться /быть расположенным/ в горах и т. д., the village lies on a plain деревня находится /лежит, стоит, раскинулась/ посреди равнины; London lies on the Thames Лондон стоит на Темзе; the town lies on the right bank of the river город раскинулся на правом берегу реки; а road lies along a stream (along the coast, along the valley, among bushes, through the woods, etc.) дорога идет /проходит/ вдоль ручья и т. д.; my house lies on his way мой дом находится у него на пути; the ocean lay at our feet [внизу] у наших ног /под нами/ лежал /простирался/ океан; а town lay before us перед нашим взором раскинулся город; а long journey lies before you вам предстоит длинное путешествие; the world (a splendid future, a brilliant career, etc.) lies before you перед вами открыт весь мир и т. д.; the philosophy (the principle, the theory, etc.) that lies at the bottom /at the base/ of their activities философия и т. д., лежащая / которая лежит/ в основе их деятельности; lie between life and death находиться между жизнью и смертью; the truth lies between these extremes истину следует искать между этими крайностями; as much as lies in my power насколько это в моей власти; I will do all that lies in my power я сделаю все, что в моих силах; the problem lies outside our present inquiry эта проблема не входит в данное исследование; lie with smb. the fault (the responsibility, etc.) lies with him (with the teacher, with the government officials, etc.) он и т. д. виноват. это его и т. д. вина; with whom does the blame lie? кто виноват?; the choice lies with you вам предоставляется право выбора; it lies with smb. to do smth. it lies with you to decide (to take the initiative, to prove smth., to make excuses, to make amends, to watch over the child, etc.) право решать и т. д. предоставляется вам
    3) lie in smth. lie in education ( in contentment, in one's character, in smb.'s weakness, etc.) основываться на образовании и т. д., the point /the nub/ of the story lies in its humour соль рассказа в его юморе /объясняется его юмором/; the trouble lies in the engine неполадки /причину неполадок/ следует искать в моторе; his talents do not lie in that direction его способности проявляются в другой области
    7. XVII
    lie in doing smth. his future lies in farming (in acting, in fencing, etc.) его будущее в сельском хозяйстве и т. д.; the success of this venture lies in planning успех этого мероприятия зависит от того, какой будет разработан план; the point lies more in telling that in the tale дело не в самом рассказе, а в том, как его рассказывают
    II 1. I
    he is lying он лжет; stop lying хватит врать!; lie but don't overdo it ври, да не завирайся; that clock must be lying эти часы, должно быть, врут /идут неправильно/; the camera doesn't lie камера не искажает
    2. II
    lie in some manner lie intentionally (readily, unknowingly, shamelessly, brazenly, glibly, plausibly, etc.) намеренно /сознательно/ и т. д. лгать; lie unblushingly врать и не краснеть; she never lies она никогда не лжет /не говорят неправды/
    3. XVI
    lie to smb. he lied to me он мне солгал /сказал неправду/; she never lied to her husband она никогда не лгала своему мужу; lie about smb., smth. she lied about you она вас оболгала; there is no doubt he is lying about it насчет этого он, несомненно, врет id lie in one's teeth нагло лгать
    4. XVIII
    lie oneself into (out of) smth. he lied himself into the theatre он попал в театр с помощью лжи: he lied himself into trouble ложь довела его до беды; he lied himself out of trouble /out of a difficulty, out of a scrape/ он выпутался из неприятностей при помощи лжи
    5. XIX1
    lie like smb. lie like a child (like a lawyer, like any card-player, etc.) врать как ребенок и т. д.
    6. XXI1
    lie smb. out of smth. she lied him out of his money она вытянула у него деньги обманным путем || lie one's way into smth. обманным путем проникнуть куда-л.; he managed to lie his way into the director's office ему удалось придумать какой-то предлог, чтобы попасть в кабинет директора; he lied his way into the job он заполучил эту работу обманным путем; lie one's way out of smth. обманным путем выпутаться из чего-л.; lie one's way out of difficulty /out of trouble, out of a scrape/ выпутаться из затруднительного положения при помощи лжи
    7. XXII
    lie smb. into (out of) doing smth. she lied him into going with her она наплела с три короба, и ему пришлось пойти с ней; he lied her out of going with him он наговорил ей всяких небылиц, чтобы она с ним не ходила

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > lie

  • 123 sail

    1. I
    1) be ready to sail быть готовым к отплытию; when does the ship sail?, when do we sail? когда отходит /отплывает/ [наш] пароход?
    2) the "Aquitania" is one of the largest ships that sails "Аквитания" один из самых больших пароходов; the boys are learning to sail мальчики учатся грести или плавать на парусниках /ходить под парусами/ и т.д.; let's go sailing пойдем кататься на лодке или на яхте и т.п.
    2. II
    1) sail at some time sail tomorrow (next week, weekly, at dawn, at midnight, etc.) отплывать /отправляться/ завтра и т.д.; sailin some direction sail homeward (west, суй, northward's), southward's), etc.) плыть /направляться/ к дому и т.д.; will she sail direct? пароход пойдет прямо туда?
    2) sail in some manner sail quickly (quietly, gracefully, majestically, etc.) плыть /плавать/ быстро и т.д.; this boat is sailing too slowly (swiftly) эта [парусная] лодка плывет слишком медленно (быстро); the new yacht sails well (heavily, fast, etc.) новая яхта хорошо и т.д. идет, у новой яхты хороший и т.д. ход; sail at full speed идти /плыть/ полным ходом; sail some where wild ducks were sailing by мимо проплывали дикие утки; sail on плыть дальше; sail back приплывать обратно
    3. III
    sail smth.
    1) sail a ship (one's own yacht, a bark, etc.) управлять судном и т.д., плавать на судне и т.д., вести корабль и т.д.; can you sail a boat? вы умеете управлять лодкой?
    2) sail the seas (the Pacific, the oceans, etc.) плавать по морям и т.д., бороздить моря и т.д.; he's been sailing the seas for years он провел много лет в плаваниях; sail the sky (the air) плыть в небе (в воздухе); one day we sailed 150 miles, another 200 miles один день мы проплыли сто пятьдесят миль, другой sail двести
    4. XVI
    1) sail from some place sail from London (from New York, from the port, etc.) отплывать /отправляться/ из Лондона и т.д.; sail back from Europe возвращаться пароходом из Европы; sail for /to/ some place sail for Europe (to America, to Lisbon, for home, etc.) отплывать /отправляться/ в Европу и т.д.; sail into smth. sail into the port прийти /войти/ в порт; sail into harbour войти в гавань; sail from some place to /for /some place sail from Liverpool to New York (from Europe for home, etc.) отплывать /отправляться/ из Ливерпуля в Нью-Йорк и т.д.; sail in some time the "Lusitania" sailed on her last voyage in May 1915 "Луситейния" вышла в свой последний рейс в мае тысяча девятьсот пятнадцатого года; sail on Sunday (at 2 p.m., in the morning, etc.) отплывать в воскресенье и т.д.; sail on smth. sail on the "Queen Магу" (on the "Argosy", on the "Empress of Japan", etc.) отплывать на пароходе "Куин Мэри" и т.д.; sail by smth. I sail tomorrow by the Cunard line я отплываю завтра пароходом Кьюнардской компании
    2) sail on smth. boats sail on the water по воде плывут /снуют/ лодки; he used to sail on the Thames a good deal as a boy когда он был мальчишкой, он много плавал по Темзе; sail in smth. sail in a steamer плавать на корабле; sail in a boat кататься на лодке: sail down (up, across, etc.) smth. sail down (up) the river плыть вниз (вверх) по реке; sail about the lake плавать по озеру; sail along the coast плавать вдоль побережья; sail across the Indian Ocean (across the Atlantic, etc.) пересечь Индийский и т.д. океан; sail through the Channel пройти /проплыть/ Ла-Манш; sail round a cape обогнуть мыс; sail round the world совершить кругосветное плавание; sail past smth. проплывать мимо чего-л.; the moon (a glider, a kite, the airship, etc.) sails across /over, through/ the sky луна и т.д. плывет по небу; a large bird sailed over our heads большая птица парила у вас над головами; sail by smth. sail by the chart (by the compass, by the stars, etc.) плыть по карте и т.д.; sail under smth. sail under the American flag (under British colours, etc.) плавать под американским и т.д. флагом || sail with the wind идти /плыть/ с попутным ветром; sail against the wind идти /плыть/ претив ветра
    3) sail into (along, etc.) smth. sail along the passage плыть /шествовать/ по коридору; the duchess,into the room герцогиня, важно выступая, вошла /вплыла/ в комнату
    5. XXI1
    sail smth. on (in, across, etc.) smth. sail toy boat (s) on (in, across) a pond пускать кораблики на пруду

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > sail

  • 124 reach

    1. n тк. g
    2. n протягивание
    3. n размах
    4. n досягаемость; доступность
    5. n радиус действия

    the reach of eye — видимость, пределы видимости

    6. n дистанция удара
    7. n круг, уровень; кругозор; охват
    8. n круги; уровень

    the higher reaches of academic life — академическая элита, высшие научные круги

    9. n область
    10. n протяжение, пространство; полоса
    11. n колено реки; плёс; бьеф

    downstream reach — нижний бьеф, НБ

    12. n прямой участок
    13. n ж. -д. длина плеча
    14. n перегон, этап
    15. n ездка
    16. n мор. галс
    17. v протягивать, вытягивать; простирать
    18. v вытягиваться, протягиваться
    19. v дотягиваться; тянуться
    20. v доставать, брать
    21. v разг. передавать, подавать

    reach me the mustard, please — передайте мне, пожалуйста, горчицу

    22. v простираться; доходить

    empire that reaches from … to … — империя, простирающаяся от … до …

    23. v охватывать
    24. v проникать, достигать
    25. v доходить
    26. v достигать; доезжать, доходить, добираться
    27. v прийти
    28. v арх. поэт. понимать, постигать

    some double sense that I reach not — некий двойной смысл, непостижимый для меня

    29. v достичь, добиться
    30. v доживать; достигать
    31. v составлять; доходить, достигать
    32. v трогать, пронимать; производить впечатление; оказывать влияние

    he saw that he had not reached her at all — он видел, что его слова не произвели на неё никакого впечатления

    what more must I say to reach you? — что же мне ещё сказать, чтобы вы поняли?

    33. v стремиться; добиваться, искать

    to reach after fame — стремиться к славе, искать славы

    34. v разг. связаться; устанавливать контакт; сноситься, сообщаться; застать

    where can I reach you? — куда вам позвонить?; как можно с вами связаться?; где вас можно поймать?

    35. v проф. разг. попасть; задеть, ранить; нанести удар, ударить
    36. v амер. разг. «подъехать»; «обработать»
    37. v амер. разг. подкупить
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. distance (noun) distance; extent; length; span
    2. grab (noun) grab; grasp; stretch
    3. range (noun) ambit; area; capacity; circle; compass; confines; dimensions; distance; extension; extensity; extent; gamut; horizon; influence; ken; length; magnitude; orbit; panorama; purview; radius; range; realm; scope; sphere; sweep; width
    4. arrive (verb) arrive; arrive at; come; come to; get; get in; get to; pull in; show; show up; turn up
    5. communicate with (verb) communicate with; contact; touch
    6. extend (verb) approach; carry; carry over; extend; go; lead; lunge; make; outstretch; overtake; spread; stretch
    7. gain (verb) accomplish; achieve; attain; gain; rack up; realise; realize; score; win
    8. number (verb) aggregate; amount; number; run; total
    9. pass (verb) buck; hand; pass
    Антонимический ряд:
    bungle; cease; drop; fail; leave; miss; start; stop

    English-Russian base dictionary > reach

  • 125 Papin, Denis

    [br]
    b. 22 August 1647 Blois, Loire et Cher, France
    d. 1712 London, England
    [br]
    French mathematician and physicist, inventor of the pressure-cooker.
    [br]
    Largely educated by his father, he worked for some time for Huygens at Ley den, then for a time in London where he assisted Robert Boyle with his experiments on the air pump. He supposedly invented the double-acting air pump. He travelled to Venice and worked there for a time, but was back in London in 1684 before taking up the position of Professor of Mathematics at the University of Marburg (in 1669 or 1670 he became a Doctor of Medicine at Angers), where he remained from 1687 to 1695. Then followed a period at Cassel, where he was employed by the Duke of Hesse. In this capacity he was much involved in the application of steam-power to pumping water for the Duke's garden fountains. Papin finally returned to London in 1707. He is best known for his "digester", none other than the domestic pressure-cooker. John Evelyn describes it in his diary (12 April 1682): "I went this Afternoone to a Supper, with severall of the R.Society, which was all dressed (both fish and flesh) in Monsieur Papins Digestorie; by which the hardest bones of Biefe itself, \& Mutton, were without water, or other liquor, \& with less than 8 ounces of Coales made as soft as Cheeze, produc'd an incredible quantity of Gravie…. This Philosophical Supper raised much mirth among us, \& exceedingly pleased all the Companie." The pressure-cooker depends on the increase in the boiling point of water with increase of pressure. To avoid the risk of the vessel exploding, Papin devised a weight-loaded lever-type safety valve.
    There are those who would claim that Papin preceded Newcomen as the true inventor of the steam engine. There is no doubt that as early as 1690 Papin had the idea of an atmospheric engine, in which a piston in a cylinder is forced upwards by expanding steam and then returned by the weight of the atmosphere upon the piston, but he lacked practical engineering skill such as was necessary to put theory into practice. The story is told of his last trip from Cassel, when returning to England. It is said that he built his own steamboat, intending to make the whole journey by this means, ending with a triumphal journey up the Thames. However, boatmen on the river Weser, thinking that the steamboat threatened their livelihood, attacked it and broke it up. Papin had to travel by more orthodox means. Papin is said to have co-operated with Thomas Savery in the development of the lat-ter's steam engine, on which he was working c. 1705.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    Charles-Armand Klein, 1987, Denis Papin: Illustre savant blaisois, Chambray, France: CLD.
    A.P.M.Fleming and H.R.S.Brocklehurst, 1925, A History of Engineering.
    Sigvar Strandh, 1979, Machines, Mitchell Beazley.
    IMcN

    Biographical history of technology > Papin, Denis

  • 126 Rastrick, John Urpeth

    [br]
    b. 26 January 1780 Morpeth, England
    d. 1 November 1856 Chertsey, England
    [br]
    English engineer whose career spanned the formative years of steam railways, from constructing some of the earliest locomotives to building great trunk lines.
    [br]
    John Urpeth Rastrick, son of an engineer, was initially articled to his father and then moved to Ketley Ironworks, Shropshire, c. 1801. In 1808 he entered into a partnership with John Hazledine at Bridgnorth, Shropshire: Hazledine and Rastrick built many steam engines to the designs of Richard Trevithick, including the demonstration locomotive Catch-Me-Who-Can. The firm also built iron bridges, notably the bridge over the River Wye at Chepstow in 1815–16.
    Between 1822 and 1826 the Stratford \& Moreton Railway was built under Rastrick's direction. Malleable iron rails were laid, in one of the first instances of their use. They were supplied by James Foster of Stourbridge, with whom Rastrick went into partnership after the death of Hazledine. In 1825 Rastrick was one of a team of engineers sent by the committee of the proposed Liverpool \& Manchester Railway (L \& MR) to carry out trials of locomotives built by George Stephenson on the Killingworth Waggonway. Early in 1829 the directors of the L \& MR, which was by then under construction, sent Rastrick and James Walker to inspect railways in North East England and report on the relative merits of steam locomotives and fixed engines with cable haulage. They reported, rather hesitantly, in favour of the latter, particularly the reciprocal system of Benjamin Thompson. In consequence the Rainhill Trials, at which Rastrick was one of the judges, were held that October. In 1829 Rastrick constructed the Shutt End colliery railway in Worcestershire, for which Foster and Rastrick built the locomotive Agenoria; this survives in the National Railway Museum. Three similar locomotives were built to the order of Horatio Allen for export to the USA.
    From then until he retired in 1847 Rastrick found ample employment surveying railways, appearing as a witness before Parliamentary committees, and supervising construction. Principally, he surveyed the southern part of the Grand Junction Railway, which was built for the most part by Joseph Locke, and the line from Manchester to Crewe which was eventually built as the Manchester \& Birmingham Railway. The London \& Brighton Railway (Croydon to Brighton) was his great achievement: built under Rastrick's supervision between 1836 and 1840, it included three long tunnels and the magnificent Ouse Viaduct. In 1845 he was Engineer to the Gravesend \& Rochester Railway, the track of which was laid through the Thames \& Medway Canal's Strood Tunnel, partly on the towpath and partly on a continuous staging over the water.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1837.
    Bibliography
    1829, with Walker, Report…on the Comparative Merits of Locomotive and Fixed Engines, Liverpool.
    Further Reading
    C.F.Dendy Marshall, 1953, A History of Railway Locomotives Down to the End of the Year 1831, The Locomotive Publishing Co.
    R.E.Carlson, 1969, The Liverpool \& Manchester Railway Project 1821–1831, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.
    C.Hadfield and J.Norris, 1962, Waterways to Stratford, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles (covers Stratford and Moreton Railway).
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Rastrick, John Urpeth

  • 127 Vermuyden, Sir Cornelius

    SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering
    [br]
    b. c. 1590 St Maartensdijk, Zeeland, the Netherlands
    d. 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 Distinctions
    Knighted 1628.
    Further Reading
    L.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 / LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Vermuyden, Sir Cornelius

  • 128 which

    wi  1. adjective, pronoun
    (used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) hvilken; hvem, hva
    2. relative pronoun
    ((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) som
    3. relative adjective, relative pronoun
    (used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) som; hvilket
    - which is which? - which is which
    som
    I
    determ. \/wɪtʃ\/
    hvilke(n), hvilket, hvem (av)
    • which girl is it?
    • he left on Monday or Tuesday, I forget which
    han dro mandag eller tirsdag, jeg husker ikke hvilken av de to dagene det var
    • which way did she go?
    • which of them is your husband?
    of which hvis
    • the house, the roof of which could be seen above the trees...
    huset, hvis tak man kunne se over trærne...
    to which og dertil, i tillegg
    which is which hvem som er hvem, hva som er hva
    which of hvilke(n) av, hvilket av, hvem av
    which one? hvilken da?, hvem da?
    II
    subjunksjon \/wɪtʃ\/
    ( i relativsetninger) som, hvilket, hva, noe som
    • was the book (which) you were reading a novel?
    • this desk, which I bought yesterday, is made of oak
    dette skrivebordet, som jeg kjøpte i går, er av eik
    • he is an old man, which ought not to be forgotten
    han er en gammel mann, hvilket ikke bør glemmes
    • I lost my way, which delayed me considerably
    jeg gikk meg bort, noe som forsinket meg betraktelig
    • he said he had seen it, which was a lie
    han sa han hadde sett det, noe som var en løgn
    • she told me to leave, which I did
    hun ba meg om å gå, hvilket jeg gjorde
    all of which som alle, hvorav alle
    • these books, all of which are very old, were discovered in the attic
    disse bøkene, som alle er svært gamle, ble funnet på loftet
    • the changes, about which we spoke yesterday, will not be implemented
    forandringene som vi snakket om i går, vil ikke bli iverksatt
    against which mot hvilke(n), mot hvilket, som... ikke
    among which blant hvilke
    for which hvilket, som
    of which som... om
    • the letter of which I have informed you...
    brevet, som jeg har informert deg om...

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