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  • 81 weapon

    ['wepən]
    (any instrument or means which is used for one's own defence or for attacking others: Rifles, arrows, atom bombs and tanks are all weapons; The police are looking for the murder weapon; Surprise is our best weapon.) våben
    * * *
    ['wepən]
    (any instrument or means which is used for one's own defence or for attacking others: Rifles, arrows, atom bombs and tanks are all weapons; The police are looking for the murder weapon; Surprise is our best weapon.) våben

    English-Danish dictionary > weapon

  • 82 move out

    move out (of house) andarsene; (of camp) [ soldiers] levare il campo; [ tanks] sgombrare il campo

    to move out of — andarsene da, lasciare [ area]; move [sb., sth.] out, move out [sb., sth.] (fare) evacuare [ residents]; rimuovere [ object]

    * * *
    (to leave, cease to live in, a house etc: She has to move out before the new owners arrive.) (andarsene di casa), traslocare
    * * *
    1. vt + adv
    (gen) portar fuori, (person) mandare fuori, (troops) far ritirare
    2. vi + adv
    (of house) sgombrare, trasferirsi, (withdraw: troops) ritirarsi
    * * *
    move out (of house) andarsene; (of camp) [ soldiers] levare il campo; [ tanks] sgombrare il campo

    to move out of — andarsene da, lasciare [ area]; move [sb., sth.] out, move out [sb., sth.] (fare) evacuare [ residents]; rimuovere [ object]

    English-Italian dictionary > move out

  • 83 concept

    концепция; замысел; принцип(ы); см. тж. policy, principle, strategy

    arresting gear concept (of strategy) — стратегическая концепция постепенного сдерживания наступления противника до полного прекращения его продвижения (по принципу действия аэрофинишера на авианосце)

    — fly-before-buy procurement concept
    — fuzeless shell concept
    — high-low mix concept

    English-Russian military dictionary > concept

  • 84 armour

    noun
    (Brit.)
    1) no pl. (Hist.) Rüstung, die

    suit of armour — Harnisch, der

    2) no pl. (steel plates)

    armour[-plate] — Panzerung, die

    3) no pl. (armoured vehicles) Panzerfahrzeuge
    * * *
    1) (formerly, a metal suit worn by knights etc as a protection while fighting: a suit of armour.) die Rüstung
    2) (a metal covering to protect ships, tanks etc against damage from weapons.) die Panzerung
    •
    - academic.ru/3662/armoured">armoured
    - armoury
    - army
    * * *
    ar·mour, AM ar·mor
    [ˈɑ:məʳ, AM ˈɑ:rmɚ]
    1. HIST Rüstung f
    knights in \armour Ritter in [voller] Rüstung
    suit of \armour Panzerkleid nt
    2. MIL
    body \armour kugelsichere Weste
    \armour plate Panzerplatte f
    3. MIL (tanks) Panzerfahrzeuge pl
    4. ZOOL Panzer m
    * * *
    (US) ['Aːmə(r)]
    1. n
    1) Rüstung f; (of animal) Panzer m

    suit of armour — Rüstung f; (fig) Panzer m, Rüstung f

    2) (no pl = steel plates) Panzerplatte(n) f(pl)
    3) (= vehicles) Panzerfahrzeuge pl; (= forces) Panzertruppen pl
    2. vt
    panzern; (fig) wappnen
    * * *
    armour, etc besonders Br für armor etc
    armor, besonders Br armour [ˈɑː(r)mə(r)]
    A s
    1. HIST Rüstung f, Panzer m
    2. fig Schutz m, Panzer m:
    3. MIL, TECH Panzer(ung) m(f)
    4. Taucheranzug m
    5. BOT, ZOOL Panzer m, Schutz(decke) m(f), Schutzmittel n
    6. koll MIL
    a) Panzer(fahrzeuge) pl
    b) Panzertruppen pl
    B v/t
    1. a) (be)waffnen, (aus)rüsten
    b) mit Panzerfahrzeugen ausrüsten
    2. panzern
    * * *
    noun
    (Brit.)
    1) no pl. (Hist.) Rüstung, die

    suit of armour — Harnisch, der

    2) no pl. (steel plates)

    armour[-plate] — Panzerung, die

    3) no pl. (armoured vehicles) Panzerfahrzeuge
    * * *
    (UK) n.
    Panzer - m. n.
    Rüstung -en f.

    English-german dictionary > armour

  • 85 pull back

    pull back
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   the commander pulled some tanks back • de commandant liet enkele tanks terugtrekken

    English-Dutch dictionary > pull back

  • 86 roll in

    1) (pour in) [tourists, money] affluire
    2) (gather) [ clouds] accumularsi
    3) (advance) [tanks, trucks] avanzare
    4) colloq. (stroll in) arrivare
    * * *
    verb (to come in or be got in large numbers or amounts: I'd like to own a chain store and watch the money rolling in.) affluire
    * * *
    vi + adv
    (money, letters) continuare ad arrivare, (fam: person) arrivare
    * * *
    1) (pour in) [tourists, money] affluire
    2) (gather) [ clouds] accumularsi
    3) (advance) [tanks, trucks] avanzare
    4) colloq. (stroll in) arrivare

    English-Italian dictionary > roll in

  • 87 ♦ roll

    ♦ roll /rəʊl/
    n.
    1 rotolo: a roll of cloth [of wallpaper], un rotolo di tela [di carta da parati]; rolls of flesh [of fat], rotoli di ciccia [di grasso]
    2 (fotogr.) rullino; rotolo: roll film, pellicola in rullino; a roll of film, un rotolo di pellicola
    4 (= bread roll) panino: a ham roll, un panino al prosciutto; roll and butter, panino con burro; Can I have a cheese and pickle roll, please?, mi dà un panino con formaggio e sottaceti, per favore?
    5 nei composti, per es.: jam roll, rotolo di pan di Spagna con la marmellata; swiss roll, rotolo di pan di Spagna ripieno ( di crema, marmellata, ecc.); spring roll, involtino primavera ( piatto cinese)
    7 ( di tamburi) rullo; rullio: a drum roll, un rullo di tamburo
    9 (naut., aeron., miss.) rollio; rollata
    10 elenco; lista; (leg.) ruolo (ad es., di cause), verbale: a long roll of heroes, una lunga lista di eroi; the roll of honour, il ruolo d'onore; the roll of saints, la lista dei santi
    12 (aeron.) frullo; vite orizzontale
    13 ondeggiamento; dondolio
    14 (mecc.) rullo; cilindro: finishing roll, cilindro finitore
    16 ( slang USA, Austral.) rotolo di banconote; mazzetta; ( per estens.) contanti, soldi (di q.)
    19 ( ginnastica) capovolta: a forward [backward] roll, una capovolta in avanti [all'indietro]
    20 (pl.) (mecc.) laminatoio: breaking-down rolls, laminatoio sbozzatore
    21 – the Rolls, ( un tempo) l'Archivio di Stato; ( ora) l'Albo degli avvocati
    ● (autom.) roll-bar ► rollbar □ (autom.) roll cage, scocca di protezione ( dell'abitacolo) □ roll call, appello: to have a roll call, fare l'appello ( nominale) □ ( slang, scherz.) a roll in the hay (o in the sack), sesso; zicchete-zacchete □ a roll of butter, una scaglia curva di burro; un panetto (cilindrico) di burro □ (archit.) roll moulding, modanatura convessa □ ( basket) roll pass, passaggio della palla rullata ( sul parquet) □ to be on a roll, (fam.) passare un periodo buono; andare a gonfie vele □ to call the roll, fare l'appello □ to strike sb. off the roll, radiare q. dall'albo (professionale); ( per estens.) espellere q. da un'associazione.
    ♦ (to) roll /rəʊl/
    A v. i.
    1 rotolare; rotolarsi: The ball rolled into the goalmouth, il pallone è rotolato in porta; The children were rolling on the grass, i bambini si rotolavano sull'erba; The egg rolled off the table, l'uovo è rotolato giù dal tavolo; to roll off the bed, rotolare giù dal letto
    2 ( di un veicolo) andare; muoversi: The train rolled into the station, il treno è entrato in stazione; The car rolled gently down the hill, l'auto scendeva a bassa velocità dalla collina; The cars rolled off the ferry, le macchine uscivano dal traghetto; Tanks were rolling along the streets of the city, dei carri armati percorrevano le strade della città
    3 ( della nebbia, del fumo, delle onde, ecc.) avanzare (ondeggiando): Mist rolled over the hills, la nebbia avanzava sulle colline; The smoke rolled away, il fumo si è disperso; The waves were rolling against the boat, le onde si infrangevano contro la barca
    4 (= to roll up) avvolgersi; avvilupparsi: to roll (up) into a ball, appallottolarsi, raggomitolarsi: The hedgehog rolled up into a ball, il porcospino si è appallottolato
    5 avvoltolarsi: Pigs like to roll in the mud, ai maiali piace avvoltolarsi nel fango
    6 – to roll onto ( anche to roll over onto) girarsi: Roll onto your back, giratevi e mettetevi supini; She rolled onto her stomach, si è messa sulla pancia
    7 scorrere: Tears were rolling down her cheeks, le lacrime le scorrevano sulle guance; Rain rolled down the window, la pioggia scorreva sulla finestra
    8 (naut., aeron., miss.) rollare: The ship rolled heavily, la nave rollava a più non posso
    9 ( per estens.) camminare dondolandosi; barcollare; ondeggiare: He rolled down the street singing, barcollava lungo la strada cantando
    12 ( del terreno, del paesaggio) essere ondulato: The hills rolled on to the horizon, le colline si estendevano con il loro profilo ondulato fino all'orizzonte
    13 ( di apparecchi, cinecamere, telecamere, ecc.) cominciare a ronzare; essere (o entrare) in funzione: The cameras were rolling, le cineprese erano in funzione
    14 ruotare; roteare; ( di titoli su schermo) scorrere (dal basso in alto): The horse's eyes were rolling and he was sweating, il cavallo aveva gli occhi che roteavano e sudava
    15 (fam.) andarsene; muoversi; darsi una mossa (fam.): Let's roll!, diamoci una mossa!; Are you ready to roll?, sei pronto ad andare?
    B v. t.
    1 (far) rotolare: They rolled the tyre across the yard, hanno fatto rotolare la gomma attraverso il cortile; We rolled the car into the garage, abbiamo spinto la macchina in garage; ( hockey) to roll the ball back into play, rimettere in gioco la palla ( dal fallo laterale); ( golf) to roll in a putt, imbucare
    2 girare: They rolled him onto his back, lo hanno girato e messo supino
    3 arrotolare; avvolgere: to roll one's trousers above one's knees, arrotolarsi i calzoni fin sopra le ginocchia; to roll up a carpet, arrotolare un tappeto; to roll a cigarette, arrotolarsi una sigaretta; to roll a snowball, fare una palla di neve; to roll wool into a ball, fare un gomitolo di lana; Roll the dough into a ball, fate una palla con la pasta
    4 (far) ruotare; roteare: She rolled her eyes at us, ci ha guardati roteando gli occhi
    5 ( parlando) arrotare (la «r»): I can't roll my r's, non riesco ad arrotare la erre
    6 gettare, lanciare (i dadi): to roll a two, fare due (ai dadi)
    7 (aeron.) fare rollare ( un aereo)
    8 (tecn.) rullare; spianare con un rullo; cilindrare: to roll a road, cilindrare una strada; to roll a lawn, spianare un prato con un rullo
    9 (= roll out) stendere, tirare ( la sfoglia: con un mattarello)
    10 (mecc.) rullare
    11 (metall.) laminare: rolled gold, oro laminato
    13 (ind. tess., ind. cartaria) calandrare
    ● (fam.: a teatr., ecc.) to roll in the aisles, rotolarsi (o sbellicarsi) dal ridere □ (fam.) to roll one's own, farsi le sigarette da sé □ to roll with the punch (o with the punches), ( boxe) accompagnare il colpo (o i colpi), assorbire il colpo con un arretramento o uno spostamento; (fig.) fare buon viso a cattiva sorte, adattarsi □ ( di cose o persone) rolled into one, combinati; fusi insieme: a sports programme and a quiz show rolled into one, un programma sportivo combinato con un quiz □ to be rolling in money (o in it), avere soldi a palate; nuotare nell'oro □ (fig. fam.) to start (o to set) the ball rolling, dare l'avvio ( a un progetto, un lavoro); dare inizio a qc.; iniziare qc. □ (fam. ingl.) Roll on Sunday!, non vedo l'ora che arrivi domenica! □ (prov.) A rolling stone gathers no moss, pietra mossa non fa muschio; chi non mette radici non fa fortuna.

    English-Italian dictionary > ♦ roll

  • 88 Trevithick, Richard

    [br]
    b. 13 April 1771 Illogan, Cornwall, England
    d. 22 April 1833 Dartford, Kent, England
    [br]
    English engineer, pioneer of non-condensing steam-engines; designed and built the first locomotives.
    [br]
    Trevithick's father was a tin-mine manager, and Trevithick himself, after limited formal education, developed his immense engineering talent among local mining machinery and steam-engines and found employment as a mining engineer. Tall, strong and high-spirited, he was the eternal optimist.
    About 1797 it occurred to him that the separate condenser patent of James Watt could be avoided by employing "strong steam", that is steam at pressures substantially greater than atmospheric, to drive steam-engines: after use, steam could be exhausted to the atmosphere and the condenser eliminated. His first winding engine on this principle came into use in 1799, and subsequently such engines were widely used. To produce high-pressure steam, a stronger boiler was needed than the boilers then in use, in which the pressure vessel was mounted upon masonry above the fire: Trevithick designed the cylindrical boiler, with furnace tube within, from which the Cornish and later the Lancashire boilers evolved.
    Simultaneously he realized that high-pressure steam enabled a compact steam-engine/boiler unit to be built: typically, the Trevithick engine comprised a cylindrical boiler with return firetube, and a cylinder recessed into the boiler. No beam intervened between connecting rod and crank. A master patent was taken out.
    Such an engine was well suited to driving vehicles. Trevithick built his first steam-carriage in 1801, but after a few days' use it overturned on a rough Cornish road and was damaged beyond repair by fire. Nevertheless, it had been the first self-propelled vehicle successfully to carry passengers. His second steam-carriage was driven about the streets of London in 1803, even more successfully; however, it aroused no commercial interest. Meanwhile the Coalbrookdale Company had started to build a locomotive incorporating a Trevithick engine for its tramroads, though little is known of the outcome; however, Samuel Homfray's ironworks at Penydarren, South Wales, was already building engines to Trevithick's design, and in 1804 Trevithick built one there as a locomotive for the Penydarren Tramroad. In this, and in the London steam-carriage, exhaust steam was turned up the chimney to draw the fire. On 21 February the locomotive hauled five wagons with 10 tons of iron and seventy men for 9 miles (14 km): it was the first successful railway locomotive.
    Again, there was no commercial interest, although Trevithick now had nearly fifty stationary engines completed or being built to his design under licence. He experimented with one to power a barge on the Severn and used one to power a dredger on the Thames. He became Engineer to a project to drive a tunnel beneath the Thames at Rotherhithe and was only narrowly defeated, by quicksands. Trevithick then set up, in 1808, a circular tramroad track in London and upon it demonstrated to the admission-fee-paying public the locomotive Catch me who can, built to his design by John Hazledine and J.U. Rastrick.
    In 1809, by which date Trevithick had sold all his interest in the steam-engine patent, he and Robert Dickinson, in partnership, obtained a patent for iron tanks to hold liquid cargo in ships, replacing the wooden casks then used, and started to manufacture them. In 1810, however, he was taken seriously ill with typhus for six months and had to return to Cornwall, and early in 1811 the partners were bankrupt; Trevithick was discharged from bankruptcy only in 1814.
    In the meantime he continued as a steam engineer and produced a single-acting steam engine in which the cut-off could be varied to work the engine expansively by way of a three-way cock actuated by a cam. Then, in 1813, Trevithick was approached by a representative of a company set up to drain the rich but flooded silver-mines at Cerro de Pasco, Peru, at an altitude of 14,000 ft (4,300 m). Low-pressure steam engines, dependent largely upon atmospheric pressure, would not work at such an altitude, but Trevithick's high-pressure engines would. Nine engines and much other mining plant were built by Hazledine and Rastrick and despatched to Peru in 1814, and Trevithick himself followed two years later. However, the war of independence was taking place in Peru, then a Spanish colony, and no sooner had Trevithick, after immense difficulties, put everything in order at the mines then rebels arrived and broke up the machinery, for they saw the mines as a source of supply for the Spanish forces. It was only after innumerable further adventures, during which he encountered and was assisted financially by Robert Stephenson, that Trevithick eventually arrived home in Cornwall in 1827, penniless.
    He petitioned Parliament for a grant in recognition of his improvements to steam-engines and boilers, without success. He was as inventive as ever though: he proposed a hydraulic power transmission system; he was consulted over steam engines for land drainage in Holland; and he suggested a 1,000 ft (305 m) high tower of gilded cast iron to commemorate the Reform Act of 1832. While working on steam propulsion of ships in 1833, he caught pneumonia, from which he died.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    Trevithick took out fourteen patents, solely or in partnership, of which the most important are: 1802, Construction of Steam Engines, British patent no. 2,599. 1808, Stowing Ships' Cargoes, British patent no. 3,172.
    Further Reading
    H.W.Dickinson and A.Titley, 1934, Richard Trevithick. The Engineer and the Man, Cambridge; F.Trevithick, 1872, Life of Richard Trevithick, London (these two are the principal biographies).
    E.A.Forward, 1952, "Links in the history of the locomotive", The Engineer (22 February), 226 (considers the case for the Coalbrookdale locomotive of 1802).
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Trevithick, Richard

  • 89 rattle

    1. [ʹrætl] n
    1. 1) треск; грохот; дребезжание; перестук
    2) трескотня, болтовня; суматоха
    2. 1) погремушка ( детская)
    2) трещотка (сторожа, болельщика)
    3) гремушка ( гремучей змеи)
    4) трещотка, болтун ( о человеке); пустомеля
    3. 1) хрип, хрипение; предсмертный хрип
    2) (the rattles) разг. круп ( болезнь)
    4. амер. сл. отношение, обращение

    to give smb. a square rattle - обойтись с кем-л. по-честному

    5. 1) горн. грохот
    2) барабанная мельница
    2. [ʹrætl] v
    1. трещать; грохотать; греметь (посудой, ключами и т. п.); дребезжать; бренчать, бряцать; громко стучать

    to rattle the sabre - образн. бряцать оружием

    the wind rattled the windows, the windows rattled in the wind - окна дребезжали от ветра

    somebody rattled at the door - кто-то загремел /брякнул/ дверью

    2. 1) двигаться с грохотом (тж. rattle along)

    the train [tanks] rattled past /by/ - поезд (с грохотом) промчался мимо [мимо прогрохотали танки]

    2) мчаться, нестись (тж. rattle along)

    we rattled along the road at a great rate - мы мчались по дороге с огромной скоростью

    3) трясти
    3. болтать, трещать, говорить без умолку (обыкн. rattle on, rattle away, rattle along)

    the little girl rattled away /on, along/ merrily - девочка весело болтала

    4. разг. взволновать, смутить; вывести из себя; испугать, припугнуть; ошеломить

    to get rattled - перепугаться; смутиться; выйти из себя, потерять самообладание

    don't get rattled! - спокойнее!; не волнуйтесь!

    the interruptions rather rattled the speaker - возгласы с мест несколько смутили оратора

    the team were rattled by their opponents' tactics - команда была сбита с толку тактикой своих противников

    5. хрипеть ( об умирающем)
    6. охот. поднять (зверя, птицу); спугнуть; преследовать, гнать (лису и т. п.)

    НБАРС > rattle

  • 90 Flax Retting

    Ret, Aerated - A type of ret where compressed air is forced into the bottom of the tank to maintain the retting liquor at or near the neutral point as regards acidity. Ret, Aerobic - A type of bacterial ret where the predominant bacteria are aerobic, i.e., work only in the presence of oxygen. Ret, Anaerobic - Any type of bacterial retting where the predominant bacteria are anaerobic, i.e., work in the absence of oxygen. This is the usual condition. Ret, Belgian - A term applied to a tank ret where warm water is sprayed into the bottom of the tank at intervals. Ret, Channel - A ret in which crates of flax are regularly introduced at one end of a water channel and removed at the other end. Ret, Chemical - The straw is subjected to chemical solutions to induce loosening of the fibre from the wood. Ret, Dam - Water retting by immersing the crop or de-seeded straw in dams cut in the earth and filled with water at natural temperature. Ret, Dew - The straw is spread on the ground in the open, in a thin layer and retting is effected by the action of fungi in the presence of rain, dew and sunlight. Ret, Double - The straw is subjected to two independent rets with intermediate drying. Ret, Duplex - A form of tank retting in which one tankful of straw undergoing the second half of its ret is in circulation with another tankful undergoing the first half of its ret. Ret, Interrupted - Essentially a two-stage warm water tank ret, the retting liquor being replaced by fresh water when the ret is about one-half to two-thirds complete. Ret, Pond - Water retting by immersing the crop or de-seeded straw in natural ponds. Ret, River - The straw is immersed in rivers, but usually after being packed in crates. Ret, Rossi - A type of aerated or aerobic retting in which a pure culture of bacteria is introduced. Ret, Tank- - The straw is packed into concrete or other tanks and the temperature of the water and its renewal during the ret is controlled. Ret, Water - The total immersion of the straw in water to induce retting by bacterial action. Retting - The subjection of crop or deseeded straw to chemical or biological treatment to make the fibre strands more easily separable from the woody part of the stem.

    Dictionary of the English textile terms > Flax Retting

  • 91 Chronology

      15,000-3,000 BCE Paleolithic cultures in western Portugal.
      400-200 BCE Greek and Carthaginian trade settlements on coast.
      202 BCE Roman armies invade ancient Lusitania.
      137 BCE Intensive Romanization of Lusitania begins.
      410 CE Germanic tribes — Suevi and Visigoths—begin conquest of Roman Lusitania and Galicia.
      714—16 Muslims begin conquest of Visigothic Lusitania.
      1034 Christian Reconquest frontier reaches Mondego River.
      1064 Christians conquer Coimbra.
      1139 Burgundian Count Afonso Henriques proclaims himself king of Portugal; birth of Portugal. Battle of Ourique: Afonso Henriques defeats Muslims.
      1147 With English Crusaders' help, Portuguese seize Lisbon from Muslims.
      1179 Papacy formally recognizes Portugal's independence (Pope Alexander III).
      1226 Campaign to reclaim Alentejo from Muslims begins.
      1249 Last Muslim city (Silves) falls to Portuguese Army.
      1381 Beginning of third war between Castile and Portugal.
      1383 Master of Aviz, João, proclaimed regent by Lisbon populace.
      1385 April: Master of Aviz, João I, proclaimed king of Portugal by Cortes of Coimbra. 14 August: Battle of Aljubarrota, Castilians defeated by royal forces, with assistance of English army.
      1394 Birth of "Prince Henry the Navigator," son of King João I.
      1415 Beginning of overseas expansion as Portugal captures Moroccan city of Ceuta.
      1419 Discovery of Madeira Islands.
      1425-28 Prince D. Pedro, older brother of Prince Henry, travels in Europe.
      1427 Discovery (or rediscovery?) of Azores Islands.
      1434 Prince Henry the Navigator's ships pass beyond Cape Bojador, West Africa.
      1437 Disaster at Tangier, Morocco, as Portuguese fail to capture city.
      1441 First African slaves from western Africa reach Portugal.
      1460 Death of Prince Henry. Portuguese reach what is now Senegal, West Africa.
      1470s Portuguese explore West African coast and reach what is now Ghana and Nigeria and begin colonizing islands of São Tomé and Príncipe.
      1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas between kings of Portugal and Spain.
      1482 Portuguese establish post at São Jorge da Mina, Gold Coast (now Ghana).
      1482-83 Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão reaches mouth of Congo River and Angola.
      1488 Navigator Bartolomeu Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, and finds route to Indian Ocean.
      1492-93 Columbus's first voyage to West Indies.
      1493 Columbus visits Azores and Portugal on return from first voyage; tells of discovery of New World. Treaty of Tordesillas signed between kings of Portugal and Spain: delimits spheres of conquest with line 370 leagues west of Cape Verde Islands (claimed by Portugal); Portugal's sphere to east of line includes, in effect, Brazil.
       King Manuel I and Royal Council decide to continue seeking all-water route around Africa to Asia.
       King Manuel I expels unconverted Jews from Portugal.
      1497-99 Epic voyage of Vasco da Gama from Portugal around Africa to west India, successful completion of sea route to Asia project; da Gama returns to Portugal with samples of Asian spices.
      1500 Bound for India, Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral "discovers" coast of Brazil and claims it for Portugal.
      1506 Anti-Jewish riots in Lisbon.
       Battle of Diu, India; Portugal's command of Indian Ocean assured for some time with Francisco de Almeida's naval victory over Egyptian and Gujerati fleets.
       Afonso de Albuquerque conquers Goa, India; beginning of Portuguese hegemony in south Asia.
       Portuguese conquest of Malacca; commerce in Spice Islands.
      1519 Magellan begins circumnavigation voyage.
      1536 Inquisition begins in Portugal.
      1543 Portuguese merchants reach Japan.
      1557 Portuguese merchants granted Chinese territory of Macau for trading factory.
      1572 Luís de Camões publishes epic poem, Os Lusíadas.
      1578 Battle of Alcácer-Quivir; Moroccan forces defeat army of King Sebastião of Portugal; King Sebastião dies in battle. Portuguese succession crisis.
      1580 King Phillip II of Spain claims and conquers Portugal; Spanish rule of Portugal, 1580-1640.
      1607-24 Dutch conquer sections of Asia and Brazil formerly held by Portugal.
      1640 1 December: Portuguese revolution in Lisbon overthrows Spanish rule, restores independence. Beginning of Portugal's Braganza royal dynasty.
      1654 Following Dutch invasions and conquest of parts of Brazil and Angola, Dutch expelled by force.
      1661 Anglo-Portuguese Alliance treaty signed: England pledges to defend Portugal "as if it were England itself." Queen Catherine of Bra-ganza marries England's Charles II.
      1668 February: In Portuguese-Spanish peace treaty, Spain recognizes independence of Portugal, thus ending 28-year War of Restoration.
      1703 Methuen Treaties signed, key commercial trade agreement and defense treaty between England and Portugal.
      1750 Pombal becomes chief minister of King José I.
      1755 1 November: Massive Lisbon earthquake, tidal wave, and fire.
      1759 Expulsion of Jesuits from Portugal and colonies.
      1761 Slavery abolished in continental Portugal.
      1769 Abandonment of Mazagão, Morocco, last Portuguese outpost.
      1777 Pombal dismissed as chief minister by Queen Maria I, after death of José I.
      1791 Portugal and United States establish full diplomatic relations.
      1807 November: First Napoleonic invasion; French forces under Junot conquer Portugal. Royal family flees to colony of Brazil and remains there until 1821.
      1809 Second French invasion of Portugal under General Soult.
      1811 Third French invasion of Portugal under General Masséna.
      1813 Following British general Wellington's military victories, French forces evacuate Portugal.
      1817 Liberal, constitutional movements against absolutist monarchist rule break out in Brazil (Pernambuco) and Portugal (Lisbon, under General Gomes Freire); crushed by government. British marshal of Portugal's army, Beresford, rules Portugal.
       Liberal insurrection in army officer corps breaks out in Cadiz, Spain, and influences similar movement in Portugal's armed forces first in Oporto.
       King João VI returns from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and early draft of constitution; era of constitutional monarchy begins.
      1822 7 September: João VI's son Pedro proclaims independence of
       Brazil from Portugal and is named emperor. 23 September: Constitution of 1822 ratified.
       Portugal recognizes sovereign independence of Brazil.
       King João VI dies; power struggle for throne ensues between his sons, brothers Pedro and Miguel; Pedro, emperor of Brazil, abdicates Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter, D. Maria II, too young to assume crown. By agreement, Miguel, uncle of D. Maria, is to accept constitution and rule in her stead.
      1828 Miguel takes throne and abolishes constitution. Sections of Portugal rebel against Miguelite rule.
      1831 Emperor Pedro abdicates throne of Brazil and returns to Portugal to expel King Miguel from Portuguese throne.
      1832-34 Civil war between absolutist King Miguel and constitutionalist Pedro, who abandons throne of Brazil to restore his young daughter Maria to throne of Portugal; Miguel's armed forces defeated by those of Pedro. Miguel leaves for exile and constitution (1826 Charter) is restored.
      1834-53 Constitutional monarchy consolidated under rule of Queen Maria II, who dies in 1853.
      1851-71 Regeneration period of economic development and political stability; public works projects sponsored by Minister Fontes Pereira de Melo.
      1871-90 Rotativism period of alternating party governments; achieves political stability and less military intervention in politics and government. Expansion of colonial territory in tropical Africa.
       January: Following territorial dispute in central Africa, Britain delivers "Ultimatum" to Portugal demanding withdrawal of Portugal's forces from what is now Malawi and Zimbabwe. Portugal's government, humiliated in accepting demand under threat of a diplomatic break, falls. Beginning of governmental and political instability; monarchist decline and republicanism's rise.
       Anglo-Portuguese treaties signed relating to delimitation of frontiers in colonial Africa.
      1899 Treaty of Windsor; renewal of Anglo-Portuguese defense and friendship alliance.
      1903 Triumphal visit of King Edward VII to Portugal.
      1906 Politician João Franco supported by King Carlos I in dictatorship to restore order and reform.
      1908 1 February: Murder in Lisbon of King Carlos I and his heir apparent, Prince Dom Luís, by Portuguese anarchists. Eighteen-year-old King Manuel II assumes throne.
      1910 3-5 October: Following republican-led military insurrection in armed forces, monarchy falls and first Portuguese republic is proclaimed. Beginning of unstable, economically troubled, parliamentary republic form of government.
       May: Violent insurrection in Lisbon overturns government of General Pimenta de Castro; nearly a thousand casualties from several days of armed combat in capital.
       March: Following Portugal's honoring ally Britain's request to confiscate German shipping in Portuguese harbors, Germany declares war on Portugal; Portugal enters World War I on Allied side.
       Portugal organizes and dispatches Portuguese Expeditionary Corps to fight on the Western Front. 9 April: Portuguese forces mauled by German offensive in Battle of Lys. Food rationing and riots in Lisbon. Portuguese military operations in Mozambique against German expedition's invasion from German East Africa. 5 December: Authoritarian, presidentialist government under Major Sidónio Pais takes power in Lisbon, following a successful military coup.
      1918 11 November: Armistice brings cessation of hostilities on Western Front in World War I. Portuguese expeditionary forces stationed in Angola, Mozambique, and Flanders begin return trip to Portugal. 14 December: President Sidónio Pais assassinated. Chaotic period of ephemeral civil war ensues.
      1919-21 Excessively unstable political period, including January
      1919 abortive effort of Portuguese monarchists to restore Braganza dynasty to power. Republican forces prevail, but level of public violence, economic distress, and deprivation remains high.
      1921 October: Political violence attains peak with murder of former prime minister and other prominent political figures in Lisbon. Sectors of armed forces and Guarda Nacional Republicana are mutinous. Year of financial and corruption scandals, including Portuguese bank note (fraud) case; military court acquits guilty military insurrectionists, and one military judge declares "the country is sick."
       28 May: Republic overthrown by military coup or pronunciamento and conspiracy among officer corps. Parliament's doors locked and parliament closed for nearly nine years to January 1935. End of parliamentary republic, Western Europe's most unstable political system in this century, beginning of the Portuguese dictatorship, after 1930 known as the Estado Novo. Officer corps assumes reins of government, initiates military censorship of the press, and suppresses opposition.
       February: Military dictatorship under General Óscar Carmona crushes failed republican armed insurrection in Oporto and Lisbon.
       April: Military dictatorship names Professor Antônio de Oliveira Salazar minister of finance, with dictatorial powers over budget, to stabilize finances and rebuild economy. Insurrectionism among military elements continues into 1931.
      1930 Dr. Salazar named minister for colonies and announces balanced budgets. Salazar consolidates support by various means, including creation of official regime "movement," the National Union. Salazar engineers Colonial Act to ensure Lisbon's control of bankrupt African colonies by means of new fiscal controls and centralization of authority. July: Military dictatorship names Salazar prime minister for first time, and cabinet composition undergoes civilianization; academic colleagues and protégés plan conservative reform and rejuvenation of society, polity, and economy. Regime comes to be called the Estado Novo (New State). New State's constitution ratified by new parliament, the National Assembly; Portugal described in document as "unitary, corporative Republic" and governance influenced by Salazar's stern personality and doctrines such as integralism, Catholicism, and fiscal conservatism.
      1936 Violent instability and ensuing civil war in neighboring Spain, soon internationalized by fascist and communist intervention, shake Estado Novo regime. Pseudofascist period of regime features creation of imitation Fascist institutions to defend regime from leftist threats; Portugal institutes "Portuguese Youth" and "Portuguese Legion."
      1939 3 September: Prime Minister Salazar declares Portugal's neutrality in World War II. October: Anglo-Portuguese agreement grants naval and air base facilities to Britain and later to United States for Battle of the Atlantic and Normandy invasion support. Third Reich protests breach of Portugal's neutrality.
       6 June: On day of Allies' Normandy invasion, Portugal suspends mining and export of wolfram ore to both sides in war.
       8 May: Popular celebrations of Allied victory and Fascist defeat in Lisbon and Oporto coincide with Victory in Europe Day. Following managed elections for Estado Novo's National Assembly in November, regime police, renamed PIDE, with increased powers, represses opposition.
      1947 Abortive military coup in central Portugal easily crushed by regime. Independence of India and initiation of Indian protests against Portuguese colonial rule in Goa and other enclaves.
      1949 Portugal becomes founding member of NATO.
      1951 Portugal alters constitution and renames overseas colonies "Overseas Provinces." Portugal and United States sign military base agreements for use of air and naval facilities in Azores Islands and military aid to Lisbon. President Carmona dies in office, succeeded by General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58). July: Indians occupy enclave of Portuguese India (dependency of Damão) by means of passive resistance movement. August: Indian passive resistance movement in Portuguese India repelled by Portuguese forces with loss of life. December: With U.S. backing, Portugal admitted as member of United Nations (along with Spain). Air force general Humberto Delgado, in opposition, challenges Estado Novo's hand-picked successor to Craveiro Lopes, Admiral Américo Tomás. Delgado rallies coalition of democratic, liberal, and communist opposition but loses rigged election and later flees to exile in Brazil. Portugal joins European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
       January and February: Estado Novo rocked by armed African insurrection in northern Angola, crushed by armed forces. Hijacking of Portuguese ocean liner by ally of Delgado, Captain Henrique Galvão. April: Salazar defeats attempted military coup and reshuffles cabinet with group of younger figures who seek to reform colonial rule and strengthen the regime's image abroad. 18 December: Indian army rapidly defeats Portugal's defense force in Goa, Damão, and Diu and incorporates Portugal's Indian possessions into Indian Union. January: Abortive military coup in Beja, Portugal.
      1965 February: General Delgado and his Brazilian secretary murdered and secretly buried near Spanish frontier by political police, PIDE.
      1968 August and September: Prime Minister Salazar, aged 79, suffers crippling stoke. President Tomás names former cabinet officer Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor. Caetano institutes modest reforms in Portugal and overseas.
      1971 Caetano government ratifies amended constitution that allows slight devolution and autonomy to overseas provinces in Africa and Asia. Right-wing loyalists oppose reforms in Portugal. 25 April: Military coup engineered by Armed Forces Movement overthrows Estado Novo and establishes provisional government emphasizing democratization, development, and decolonization. Limited resistance by loyalists. President Tomás and Premier Caetano flown to exile first in Madeira and then in Brazil. General Spínola appointed president. September: Revolution moves to left, as President Spínola, thwarted in his program, resigns.
       March: Military coup by conservative forces fails, and leftist response includes nationalization of major portion of economy. Polarization between forces and parties of left and right. 25 November: Military coup by moderate military elements thwarts leftist forces. Constituent Assembly prepares constitution. Revolution moves from left to center and then right.
       March: Constitution ratified by Assembly of the Republic. 25 April: Second general legislative election gives largest share of seats to Socialist Party (PS). Former oppositionist lawyer, Mário Soares, elected deputy and named prime minister.
      1977-85 Political pendulum of democratic Portugal moves from center-left to center-right, as Social Democratic Party (PSD) increases hold on assembly and take office under Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. July
      1985 elections give edge to PSD who advocate strong free-enterprise measures and revision of leftist-generated 1976 Constitution, amended modestly in 1982.
      1986 January: Portugal joins European Economic Community (EEC).
      1987 July: General, legislative elections for assembly give more than 50 percent to PSD led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. For first time, since 1974, Portugal has a working majority government.
      1989 June: Following revisions of 1976 Constitution, reprivatization of economy begins, under PS government.
       January: Presidential elections, Mário Soares reelected for second term. July: General, legislative elections for assembly result in new PSD victory and majority government.
       January-July: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Economic Community (EEC). December: Tariff barriers fall as fully integrated Common Market established in the EEC.
       November: Treaty of Maastricht comes into force. The EEC officially becomes the European Union (EU). Portugal is signatory with 11 other member-nations.
       October: General, legislative elections for assembly result in PS victory and naming of Prime Minister Guterres. PS replace PSD as leading political party. November: Excavations for Lisbon bank uncover ancient Phoenician, Roman, and Christian ruins.
       January: General, presidential elections; socialist Jorge Sampaio defeats PSD's Cavaco Silva and assumes presidency from Dr. Mário Soares. July: Community of Portuguese Languages Countries (CPLP) cofounded by Portugal and Brazil.
       May-September: Expo '98 held in Lisbon. Opening of Vasco da Gama Bridge across Tagus River, Europe's longest (17 kilometers/ 11 miles). June: National referendum on abortion law change defeated after low voter turnout. November: National referendum on regionaliza-tion and devolution of power defeated after another low voter turnout.
       October: General, legislative elections: PS victory over PSD lacks clear majority in parliament. Following East Timor referendum, which votes for independence and withdrawal of Indonesia, outburst of popular outrage in streets, media, and communications of Portugal approves armed intervention and administration of United Nations (and withdrawal of Indonesia) in East Timor. Portugal and Indonesia restore diplomatic relations. December: A Special Territory since 1975, Colony of Macau transferred to sovereignty of People's Republic of China.
       January-June: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the EU; end of Discoveries Historical Commemoration Cycle (1988-2000).
       United Nations forces continue to occupy and administer former colony of East Timor, with Portugal's approval.
       January: General, presidential elections; PS president Sampaio reelected for second term. City of Oporto, "European City of Culture" for the year, hosts arts festival. December: Municipal elections: PSD defeats PS; socialist prime minister Guterres resigns; President Sampaio calls March parliamentary elections.
       1 January: Portugal enters single European Currency system. Euro currency adopted and ceases use of former national currency, the escudo. March: Parliamentary elections; PSD defeats PS and José Durão Barroso becomes prime minister. Military modernization law passed. Portugal holds chairmanship of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
       May: Municipal law passed permitting municipalities to reorganize in new ways.
       June: Prime Minister Durão Barroso, invited to succeed Romano Prodi as president of EU Commission, resigns. Pedro Santana Lopes becomes prime minister. European Parliament elections held. Conscription for national service in army and navy ended. Mass grave uncovered at Academy of Sciences Museum, Lisbon, revealing remains of several thousand victims of Lisbon earthquake, 1755.
       February: Parliamentary elections; PS defeats PSD, socialists win first absolute majority in parliament since 1975. José Sócrates becomes prime minister.
       January: Presidential elections; PSD candidate Aníbal Cavaco Silva elected and assumes presidency from Jorge Sampaio. Portugal's national soccer team ranked 7th out of 205 countries by international soccer association. European Union's Bologna Process in educational reform initiated in Portugal.
       July-December: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Union. For reasons of economy, Portugal announces closure of many consulates, especially in France and the eastern US. Government begins official inspections of private institutions of higher education, following scandals.
      2008 January: Prime Minister Sócrates announces location of new Lisbon area airport as Alcochete, on south bank of Tagus River, site of air force shooting range. February: Portuguese Army begins to receive new modern battle tanks (Leopard 2 A6). March: Mass protest of 85,000 public school (primary and secondary levels) teachers in Lisbon schools dispute recent educational policies of minister of education and prime minister.

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  • 92 Equestrianism

       Equestrianism or Equitation has an ancient tradition in Portugal. Although today this sport of horseback riding, which is related to the art and science of horse breeding, is a peaceful activity, for centuries Portugal's use of the horse in cavalry was closely associated with war. Beginning in the 18th century, the activity became connected to bull- fighting. In war, the Portuguese used horse cavalry longer than most other European nations. While most armies gave up the horse for mechanized cavalry or tanks after World War I, Portugal was reluctant to change this tradition. Oddly, Portugal used a specialized form of cavalry in combat as late as 1969-1971, in Angola, a colony of Portugal until 1975. Portugal's army in Angola, engaged in a war with Angolan nationalist forces, employed the so-called "Dragoons," a specialized cavalry in rural areas, until 1971, a case perhaps of the last use of cavalry in modern warfare.
       Soccer, or futebol, is Portugal's favorite mass sport today, but equestrianism retains a special place in sports as a now democratized, if somewhat elite, sport for both Portuguese and visiting foreign riders. As of 1900, equestrianism was still the sport of royalty and aristocracy, but in the 21st century persons from all classes and groups enjoy it. The sport now features the unique Lusitano breed of horse, which evolved from earlier breeds of Iberian ponies and horses. Touring equestrianism recently has become an activity of niche tourism, and it is complemented by international competitive riding. Following the early 20th century, when the Olympics were revived, Portuguese competitors have excelled not only in sailing, field hockey on roller-skates, rowing, and marksmanship, but also in equestrianism. Notable Portuguese riders were medal winners in summer Olympics such as those of 1948 and 1988. This sport is engaged in primarily if not exclusively in regions with a history of horse breeding, riding, and cattle herding, in Ribatejo and Alentejo provinces, and has featured career military participants.
       Portuguese equestrianism, including the use of horses in bull-fighting, hunting, and other forms of sport, as well as in horse cavalry in war, was long associated with the lifestyles of royalty and the nobility. The use of traditional, Baroque riding gear and garb in competitive riding, instruction, and bull-fighting reflects such a tradition. Riders in bull-fighting or in exhibitions wear 18th-century male costumes that include a tricornered hat, long frock coats, breeches, stockings, and buckled shoes. The Ribatejo "cowboy" or riding herder wears the regional costume of a green and red cap, red tunic, white breeches and stockings, Portuguese bridles, and chaps sometimes made of olive leaves.
       Although their prestigious classical riding academy remains less well known than the famous Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Portugal has preserved the ancient tradition of a classical riding school in its Royal School of Portuguese Equestrian Arts, at Queluz, not far from the National Palace of Queluz, a miniature Portuguese Versailles, with a hall of mirrors, tiled garden, and canal. One of the great riding masters and trainers was the late Nuno Oliveira (1925-89), whose work generated a worldwide network of students and followers and who published classic riding manuals. Oliveira's widely admired method of instruction was to bring about a perfect harmony of action between horse and rider, an inspiration to new generations of riders.

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  • 93 Revolution of 25 april 1974

       Refers to the events that began in the early morning hours of 25 April 1974, when the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) began military operations against the Estado Novo in the Lisbon area. Signals for action included the playing of two songs on a popular radio station's (Rádio Renascença) midnight program broadcast. The songs were Depois do Adeus and Grândola, Vila Morena. The latter song, sung on the record made by composer-singer José Afonso, had been banned by government censorship and was usually played only clandestinely. The military coup proceeded during the period from midnight to about 4:30 p.m. on the afternoon of 25 April, a rainy day, and met relatively little resistance from the Estado Novo's few remaining staunch defenders.
       Most of the drama was played out in the streets of Lisbon as MFA tanks, armored cars, and troops took positions and demanded the surrender of neutral or loyal forces. After Prime Minister Marcello Caetano had taken refuge in the Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) Carmo barracks, traditionally a place of sanctuary for government incumbents in previous military coup attempts, Caetano surrendered to the insurgent military forces. He was later flown to exile in Madeira, with President Américo Tómas, and then to Brazil. This date marks the end of the Estado Novo and the beginning of democratic Portugal. The 25th of April is an official national holiday.

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  • 94 Wolfram

       Deposits of the mineral wolfram or tungsten ore are found in central and northern Portugal. Essential for the war industry, for hardening steel in aircraft, tanks, small arms, artillery, and ammunition, wolfram played an unexpectedly important part in Portugal's economy and society during World War II when the belligerents sought large supplies of it. Nazi Germany had its principal supplies of wolfram in Asia, until its invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 cut off these supply routes. Thereafter, Germany sought to acquire wolfram in Spain and Portugal, which between them possessed the largest wolfram deposits in Europe.
       Wolfram had been mined in Portugal since 1900, in the mountainous Beira Alta province. As of 3 September 1939, when Portugal declared its neutrality, most of the wolfram mines were owned by British and American firms, but the post-1941 wartime demand for it had an impact on Portugal's economy, finance, and neutrality. Although the Allies could obtain most of their tungsten ore in North America, Germany came to depend on exports from wolfram mines in Portugal and Spain. To obtain more wolfram supplies, Germany arranged to purchase wolfram mines, as well as to purchase and import wolfram from mines owned by Portuguese investors. To thwart the German wolfram program, the British and Americans launched an extensive wolfram preemption program that cost more than $US1 billion during the period from 1942 to 1944.
       The booming wolfram industry had a significant, if brief, impact on the poor, rural regions where the mines were located, and there was increased income and employment. Wolfram revenues for Portugal also affected its position as a debtor to ally Britain and, by the end of the war, Britain owed Portugal more than 90 million pounds for war-related products and services. After the war, this windfall enabled Portugal to upgrade its merchant marine fleet. Complex diplomatic negotiations between Portugal and both sets of belligerents ensued, and "the wolfram question" represented a foreign policy nightmare for Prime Minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar. On 6 June 1944, Salazar came to a controversial decision about wolfram. In what was hoped to be perceived as an even-handed new policy, to satisfy both the Allies and the Axis, Portugal decreed a halt to the wolfram industry for the remainder of the war. Thus, within a few weeks, the wolfram mines were closed, and all mining, sales, and export of the mineral ceased. It was not until the 1950s that wolfram mines reopened. However, the industry gradually declined and, at present, wolfram mining and production is relatively small.

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  • 95 move

    A n
    1 ( movement) gen mouvement m ; ( gesture) geste m ; one move and you're dead! un geste et vous êtes mort! ; to watch sb's every move surveiller chacun des gestes de qn ; don't make any sudden moves ne fais pas de mouvement brusque ; there was a move towards the door il y a eu un mouvement vers la porte ; let's make a move ○ si on bougeait ○ ? ; it's time I made a move ○ il est temps de partir ;
    2 ( transfer) ( of residence) déménagement m ; ( of company) transfert m ; the move took a day le déménagement a pris une journée ; the firm's move out of town le transfert de la société à l'extérieur de la ville ; our friends helped with the move nos amis nous ont aidés à déménager ; our move to Brighton notre installation à Brighton ; to make the move to London [family] s'installer à Londres ; [firm] être transféré à Londres ; [employee] être muté à Londres ; she made the move from sales to management elle est passée des ventes à la direction ; she's due for a move il est temps de la muter ;
    3 Games coup m ; his last/next move son dernier/prochain coup ; white has the first move les blancs jouent en premier ; it's your move c'est ton tour, c'est à toi de jouer ;
    4 (step, act) manœuvre f ; a good/bad move une bonne/mauvaise idée ; what's our next move? que faisons-nous ensuite? ; to make the first move faire le premier pas ; they have made no move(s) to allay public anxiety ils n'ont rien fait pour rassurer l'opinion publique ; there has been a move towards liberalization il y a eu une évolution dans le sens de la libéralisation ; in a move to counter opposition attacks… pour tenter de parer les attaques de l'opposition…
    B on the move adj phr to be on the move [army] être en mouvement ; [train] être en marche ; to be always on the move [diplomat, family] être tout le temps en train de déménager ; [nomad, traveller] être toujours sur les routes or par monts et par vaux ; the circus is on the move again le cirque repart à nouveau ; a society on the move fig une société en pleine évolution.
    C vtr
    1 ( change position of) déplacer [game piece, cursor, bus stop, car, furniture] ; transporter [injured person, patient, army] ; ( to clear a space) enlever [object] ; move your things! enlève tes affaires! ; to move sb to another hospital transporter qn dans un autre hôpital ; he's too ill to be moved il est trop malade pour être transporté ; to move sth off enlever qch de [table, chair] ; to move sth out of enlever qch de [room, house] ; move the chair out of the way enlève la chaise de là ; move your head, I can't see! pousse ta tête, je ne vois rien! ; to move sth into transporter qch dans [room, garden] ; to move sth upstairs/downstairs monter/descendre qch ; to move sth further away/closer éloigner/rapprocher qch ; to move troops to the front envoyer des troupes au front ;
    2 ( set in motion) [person] bouger, remuer [limb, finger, head] ; [wind, water, mechanism] faire bouger [leaf, branch, wheel, cog] ;
    3 ( to new location or job) muter [employee, staff] ; transférer [office, headquarters] ; I've asked to be moved j'ai demandé à être muté ;
    4 (to new house, site) déménager [furniture, belongings, equipment] ; to move house déménager ; a local firm moved us une entreprise locale a fait notre déménagement ;
    5 ( affect) émouvoir [person] ; to be moved by sth être ému par qch ; moved to tears ému aux larmes ;
    6 (prompt, motivate) to move sb to/to do [circumstance] amener qn à/à faire ; he was moved to act by the letter la lettre l'a incité à agir ; I felt moved to protest j'ai senti que je devais protester ;
    7 ( propose) proposer [amendment, adjournment] ; to move that the matter (should) be put to the vote proposer que la question soit soumise au vote ;
    8 (sell, shift) vendre [goods, stock].
    D vi
    1 (stir, not stay still) [person, branch, earth] bouger ; [lips] remuer ; don't move! ne bouge pas! ; it won't move cela ne bouge pas ; will you please move! veux-tu te pousser? ; I can't move for plants in here GB je ne peux pas bouger ici, tellement il y a de plantes ; you can't move for tourists in town GB on ne peut rien faire en ville, tellement il y a de touristes ;
    2 (proceed, travel) [vehicle] rouler ; [person] avancer ; [procession, army] être en marche ; we were moving at about 65 kilometres an hour nous roulions à environ 65 kilomètres à l'heure ; we'd better keep moving nous ferions mieux de continuer ; we must get things moving fig nous devons faire avancer les choses ; things are starting to move on the job front les choses commencent à avancer côté travail ; go on, get moving! allez, avance! ; to move into entrer dans ; to move out of sortir de ; we are moving into a new era in science nous entrons dans une nouvelle ère de la science ; to move along/across avancer le long de/à travers ; his fingers moved rapidly over the keys ses doigts couraient sur les touches ; to move back reculer ; to move forward s'avancer ; to move away s'éloigner ; she has moved away from this view elle a changé d'avis ; to move away from the window s'écarter de la fenêtre ; to move up monter ; to move down descendre ; public opinion has moved to the right l'opinion publique a glissé vers la droite ;
    3 ○ ( proceed quickly) that cat can really move! ce chat est très vif! ; that traffic cop's ○ really moving! t'as vu comme il bombe ce motard ○ ! ;
    4 (change home, location) [person, family, firm, shop] déménager ; to move to s'installer à [countryside, Paris] ; s'installer en [Scotland, France] ; to move to a bigger/smaller house s'installer dans une maison plus grande/plus petite ; to move to Avenue Gambetta/Oxford Street s'installer avenue Gambetta/dans Oxford Street ; to move back to England se réinstaller en Angleterre ;
    5 ( change job) être muté ; to move to être muté à [accounts, different department] ;
    6 ( act) agir ; to move on intervenir sur [problem, question] ; to move to do intervenir pour faire ; he moved swiftly to deny the allegations il s'est empressé de démentir les allégations ;
    7 Games [player] jouer ; [piece] se déplacer ;
    8 Comm (sell, be sold) se vendre ; this line is moving fast ces articles se vendent bien.
    E ○ v refl to move oneself se pousser ; move yourself! ( get out of way) pousse-toi! ; ( hurry up) avance!
    to get a move on ○ se magner ○, se dépêcher ; to make a move on sb ○ draguer ○ qn ; to move with the times vivre avec son temps ; to put the moves on sb ○ US faire des avances à qn.
    ■ move about, move around:
    1 ( to different position) [person] remuer ; [object] bouger ;
    2 ( to different home) déménager ;
    ▶ move [sb/sth] about déplacer [object, furniture] ; they move him around a lot between branches/departments on le fait souvent changer de succursale/service.
    1 ( stop loitering) circuler ; ( proceed) avancer ; ( squeeze up) se pousser ; move along please! ( on bus) avancez un peu dans le fond s'il vous plaît! ;
    2 fig ( progress) things are moving along nicely les choses se mettent en place ;
    ▶ move [sb/sth] along faire circuler [loiterers, crowd] ; faire avancer [herd, group].
    ■ move away:
    ▶ move away ( by moving house) déménager ; ( by leaving scene of activity) partir ; to move away from quitter [area, accident scene] ;
    ▶ move [sb/sth] away, move away [sb/sth] faire reculer [crowd] ; déplacer [obstruction].
    ■ move down:
    ▶ move down (in list, hierarchy) descendre ;
    ▶ move [sb] down, move down [sb]
    1 GB Sch faire repasser [qn] au niveau inférieur [pupil] ;
    2 gen (in division, ranking) faire redescendre [team, player] ;
    ▶ move [sth] down, move down [sth] ( to lower shelf etc) mettre [qch] plus bas.
    ■ move in:
    ▶ move in
    1 ( to house) emménager ; to move in with s'installer avec [friend, relative] ; aller vivre avec [lover] ;
    2 (advance, attack) [troops, police, bulldozer] s'avancer ; to move in on [police, attackers, demolition men] s'avancer sur [person, site] ; [corporate raider, racketeer] lancer une opération sur [market, company] ;
    3 ( intervene) [company, government] intervenir ;
    ▶ move [sb] in, move in [sb]
    1 ( place in housing) [authorities, council] installer [family etc] ;
    2 ( change residence) a friend helped to move me in un ami m'a aidé à emménager.
    ■ move off [procession, parade] partir ; [vehicle] se mettre en route ; [troops] se mettre en marche.
    ■ move on:
    ▶ move on
    1 [person, traveller] se mettre en route ; [vehicle] repartir ; [time] passer ; to move on to aller à [Manchester, Lille etc] ; to move on to a new town aller dans une autre ville ; passer à [next item] ; to move on to consider sth passer à qch ; to move on to sth better faire quelque chose de mieux ; let's move on ( in discussion) passons au point suivant ;
    2 ( keep moving) [crowd, traffic] circuler ;
    3 ( develop) things have moved on since depuis, les choses ont changé ; I'm OK now, I've moved on ça va maintenant, c'est du passé ;
    ▶ move [sth] on, move on [sth] GB faire avancer [discussion] ; avancer [clock hands] ;
    ▶ move [sb] on, move on [sb] GB faire circuler [busker, street trader].
    ■ move out:
    ▶ move out ( of house) déménager ; ( of camp) [soldiers, tanks] quitter les lieux ; to move out of quitter [house, office, area] ;
    ▶ move [sb/sth] out, move out [sb/sth] évacuer [residents] ; enlever [object].
    ■ move over:
    1 se pousser ; move over! pousse-toi ;
    2 fig ( for younger generation etc) céder la place (for sb à qn) ;
    ▶ move [sb/sth] over déplacer [person, object] ; move it over to the left déplace-le vers la gauche.
    ■ move up:
    ▶ move up
    1 ( make room) se pousser ;
    2 ( be promoted) [employee] recevoir une promotion ; to move up to second place (in list, chart) passer à la seconde place ; to move up to the first division passer en première division ;
    ▶ move [sb] up, move up [sb]
    1 GB Sch faire passer [qn] au niveau supérieur [pupil] ;
    2 Sport (into higher league, division) faire monter [team, player] ;
    ▶ move [sth] up ( to higher shelf etc) mettre [qch] plus haut.

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  • 96 Bousquet, Gaston du

    [br]
    b. 20 August 1839 Paris, France
    d. 24 March 1910 Paris, France
    [br]
    French locomotive engineer noted for the successful development of compound locomotives.
    [br]
    Bousquet spent his entire working life with the Northern Railway of France, reaching the position of Chief Engineer of Rolling Stock and Motive Power in 1890. In 1886 he was associated with Alfred de Glehn, technical head of locomotive builder Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques, in the building of a four-cylinder, four-crank, compound 2–2–2–0 partly derived from the work of F.W. Webb. In continuing association with de Glehn, Bousquet then designed a four-cylinder, compound 440 with the low-pressure cylinders beneath the smokebox and the high-pressure ones outside the frames; the first was completed in 1891. The details were well designed and the locomotive was the forerunner of a highly successful series. It was developed into 4–6–0, 4–4–2 and 4–6–2 types, and examples were used in quantity by all the principal French railways and by some in Germany, while G.J. Churchward brought three of the 4–4–2s to the Great Western Railway in England for comparison with his own locomotives. In 1905 Bousquet introduced an articulated 0–6–2+2–6–0 compound tank locomotive for freight trains: the two driving bogies supported a frame carrying boiler, tanks, etc. At the time of his death he was working on compound 4–6–4 locomotives.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    J.T.van Riemsdijk, 1970, "The compound locomotive (Part 1)", Transactions of the New comen Society 43; 1972, Part 2, Transactions of the New comen Society 44 (fully describes Bousquet's locomotives).
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Bousquet, Gaston du

  • 97 Crompton, Rookes Evelyn Bell

    [br]
    b. 31 May 1845 near Thirsk, Yorkshire, England
    d. 15 February 1940 Azerley Chase, Ripon, Yorkshire, England
    [br]
    English electrical and transport engineer.
    [br]
    Crompton was the youngest son of a widely travelled diplomat who had retired to the country and become a Whig MP after the Reform Act of 1832. During the Crimean War Crompton's father was in Gibraltar as a commander in the militia. Young Crompton enrolled as a cadet and sailed to Sebastopol, visiting an older brother, and, although only 11 years old, he qualified for the Crimean Medal. Returning to England, he was sent to Harrow, where he showed an aptitude for engineering. In the holidays he made a steam road engine on his father's estate. On leaving school he was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade and spent four years in India, where he worked on a system of steam road haulage to replace bullock trains. Leaving the Army in 1875, Crompton bought a share in an agricultural and general engineering business in Chelmsford, intending to develop his interests in transport. He became involved in the newly developing technology of electric arc lighting and began importing electric lighting equipment made by Gramme in Paris. Crompton soon decided that he could manufacture better equipment himself, and the Chemlsford business was transformed into Crompton \& Co., electrical engineers. After lighting a number of markets and railway stations, Crompton won contracts for lighting the new Law Courts in London, in 1882, and the Ring Theatre in Vienna in 1883. Crompton's interests then broadened to include domestic electrical appliances, especially heating and cooking apparatus, which provided a daytime load when lighting was not required. In 1899 he went to South Africa with the Electrical Engineers Volunteer Corps, providing telegraphs and searchlights in the Boer War. He was appointed Engineer to the new Road Board in 1910, and during the First World War worked for the Government on engineering problems associated with munitions and tanks. He believed strongly in the value of engineering standards, and in 1906 became the first Secretary of the International Electrotechnical Commission.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    Further Reading
    B.Bowers, 1969, R.E.B.Crompton. Pioneer Electrical Engineer, London: Science Museum.
    BB

    Biographical history of technology > Crompton, Rookes Evelyn Bell

  • 98 Krylov, Alexei Nicolaevitch

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 15 August 1863 Visyoger, Siberia
    d. 26 October 1945 Leningrad (now St Petersburg), Russia
    [br]
    Russian academician and naval architect) exponent of a rigorous mathematical approach to the study of ship motions.
    [br]
    After schooling in France and Germany, Krylov returned to St Petersburg (as it then was) and in 1878 entered the Naval College. Upon graduating, he started work with the Naval Hydrographic Department; the combination of his genius and breadth of interest became apparent, and from 1888 until 1890 he undertook simultaneously a two-year university course in mathematics and a naval architecture course at his old college. On completion of his formal studies, Krylov commenced fifty years of service to the academic bodies of St Petersburg, including eight years as Superintendent of the Russian Admiralty Ship Model Experiment Tank. For many years he was Professor of Naval Architecture in the city, reorganizing the methods of teaching of his profession in Russia. It was during this period that he laid the foundations of his remarkable research and published the first of his many books destined to become internationally accepted in the fields of waves, rolling, ship motion and vibration. Practical work was not overlooked: he was responsible for the design of many vessels for the Imperial Russian Navy, including the battleships Sevastopol and Petropavlovsk, and went on, as Director of Naval Construction, to test anti-rolling tanks aboard military vessels in the North Atlantic in 1913. Following the Revolution, Krylov was employed by the Soviet Union to re-establish scientific links with other European countries, and on several occasions he acted as Superintendent in the procurement of important technical material from overseas. In 1919 he was appointed Head of the Marine Academy, and from then on participated in many scientific conferences and commissions, mainly in the shipbuilding field, and served on the Editorial Board of the well-respected Russian periodical Sudostroenie (Shipbuilding). The breadth of his personal research was demonstrated by the notable contributions he made to the Russian development of the gyro compass.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Member, Russian Academy of Science 1814. Royal Institution of Naval Architects Gold Medal 1898. State Prize of the Soviet Union (first degree). Stalin Premium for work on compass deviation.
    Bibliography
    Krylov published more than 500 books, papers and articles; these have been collected and published in twelve volumes by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. 1942, My Memories (autobiography).
    AK / FMW

    Biographical history of technology > Krylov, Alexei Nicolaevitch

  • 99 Mallet, Jules Théodore Anatole

    [br]
    b. 1837 Geneva, Switzerland
    d. November 1919 Nice, France
    [br]
    Swiss engineer, inventor of the compound steam locomotive and the Mallet articulated locomotive.
    [br]
    Mallet's family moved to Normandy while he was still a child. After working as a civil engineer, in 1867 he turned to machinery, particularly to compound steam engines. He designed the first true compound steam locomotives, which were built for the Bayonne- Biarritz Railway in 1876. They were 0–4–2 tank locomotives with one high-pressure and one low-pressure cylinder. A starting valve controlled by the driver admitted high-pressure steam to the low-pressure cylinder while the high-pressure cylinder exhausted to the atmosphere. At that time it was thought impracticable in a narrow-gauge locomotive to have more than three coupled axles in rigid frames. Mallet patented his system of articulation in 1884 and the first locomotives were built to that design in 1888: they were 0–4–4–0 tanks with two sets of frames. The two rear pairs of wheels carried the rear set of frames and were driven by two high-pressure cylinders; the two front pairs, which were driven by the high-pressure cylinders, carried a separate set of frames that was allowed sideplay, with a centre of rotation between the low-pressure cylinders. In contrast to the patent locomotive of Robert Fairlie, no flexible connections were required to carry steam at boiler pressure. The first Mallet articulated locomotives were small, built to 60 cm (23.6 in.) gauge: the first standard-gauge Mallets were built in 1890, for the St Gotthard Railway, and it was only after the type was adopted by American railways in 1904 that large Mallet locomotives were built, with sizes increasing rapidly to culminate in some of the largest steam locomotives ever produced. In the late 1880s Mallet also designed monorail locomotives, which were built for the system developed by C.F.M.-T. Lartigue.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1884, French patent no. 162,876 (articulated locomotive).
    Further Reading
    J.T.van Riemsdijk, 1970, "The compound locomotive, Part I", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 43 (describes Mallet's work on compounding).
    L.Wiener, 1930, Articulated Locomotives, London: Constable (describes his articulated locomotives).
    For the Mallet family, see Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz.
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Mallet, Jules Théodore Anatole

  • 100 Morris, William Richard, Viscount Nuffield

    [br]
    b. 10 October 1877 Worcester, England
    d. 22 August 1963 Nuffield Place, England
    [br]
    English industrialist, car manufacturer and philanthropist.
    [br]
    Morris was the son of Frederick Morris, then a draper. He was the eldest of a family of seven, all of whom, except for one sister, died in childhood. When he was 3 years old, his father moved to Cowley, near Oxford, where he attended the village school. After a short time with a local bicycle firm he set up on his own at the age of 16 with a capital of £4. He manufactured pedal cycles and by 1902 he had designed a motor cycle and was doing car-repair work. By 1912, at the Motor Show, he was able to announce his first car, the 8.9 hp, two-seater Morris Oxford with its characteristic "bull-nose". It could perform at up to 50 mph (80 km/h) and 50 mpg (5.65 1/100 km). It cost £165.
    Though untrained, Morris was a born engineer as well as a natural judge of character. This enabled him to build up a reliable team of assistants in his growing business, with an order for four hundred cars at the Motor Show in 1912. Much of his business was built up in the assembly of components manufactured by outside suppliers. In he moved out of his initial premises by New College in Longwall and bought land at Cowley, where he brought out his second model, the 11.9hp Morris Oxford. This was after the First World War, during which car production was reduced to allow the manufacture of tanks and munitions. He was awarded the OBE in 1917 for his war work. Morris Motors Ltd was incorporated in 1919, and within fifteen months sales of cars had reached over 3,000 a year. By 1923 he was producing 20,000 cars a year, and in 1926 50,000, equivalent to about one-third of Britain's output. With the slump, a substantial overdraft, and a large stock of unsold cars, Morris took the bold decision to cut the prices of cars in stock, which then sold out within three weeks. Other makers followed suit, but Morris was ahead of them.
    Morris was part-founder of the Pressed Steel Company, set up to produce car bodies at Cowley. A clever operation with the shareholding of the Morris Motors Company allowed Morris a substantial overall profit to provide expansion capital. By 1931 his "empire" comprised, in addition to Morris Motors, the MG Car Company, the Wolseley Company, the SU Carburettor Company and Morris Commercial Cars. In 1936, the value of Morris's financial interest in the business was put at some £16 million.
    William Morris was a frugal man and uncomplicated, having little use for all the money he made except to channel it to charitable purposes. It is said that in all he gave away some £30 million during his lifetime, much of it invested by the recipients to provide long-term benefits. He married Elizabeth Anstey in 1904 and lived for thirty years at Nuffield Place. He lived modestly, and even after retirement, when Honorary President of the British Motor Corporation, the result of a merger between Morris Motors and the Austin Motor Company, he drove himself to work in a modest 10 hp Wolseley. His generosity benefited many hospitals in London, Oxford, Birmingham and elsewhere. Oxford Colleges were another class of beneficiary from his largesse.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Viscount 1938; Baron (Lord Nuffield) 1934; Baronet 1929; OBE 1917; GBE 1941; CH 1958. FRS 1939. He was a doctor of seven universities and an honorary freeman of seven towns.
    Further Reading
    R.Jackson, 1964, The Nuffield Story.
    P.W.S.Andrews and E.Brunner, The Life of Lord Nuffield.
    IMcN

    Biographical history of technology > Morris, William Richard, Viscount Nuffield

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