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2 three(-)peat
[θriː'piːt] 1. сущ.; амер.; разг.; от three + (re)peat 2. гл.; амер.; разг. -
3 ♦ three
♦ three /ɵri:/a. e n.1 tre: three books, tre libri; the three of diamonds, il tre di quadri; (mat.) the rule of three, la regola del tre; three quarters (o fourths) tre quarti; Three is my lucky number, il tre è il mio numero fortunato; There are three of them, sono in tre; Three out of four restaurants fail within a year, tre ristoranti su quattro falliscono entro un anno; a three-month ban, una squalifica di tre mesi2 tre ( anni d'età): His son is three, suo figlio ha tre anni; a three-year-old, un bambino (o una bambina) di tre anni● three-act play, commedia in tre atti □ ( golf) three-ball match, partita a tre palle □ ( baseball) three-base hit, triplo (sost. m.) □ a three-bottle man, un gran bevitore □ the three C's, le tre C; automobile, televisore a colori e aria condizionata ( cioè: car, colour TV, air conditioning) □ the three-card trick, il gioco delle tre carte □ (archit.) three-centred arch, arco a tre centri □ ( arti grafiche) three-colour process, tricromia □ three-cornered contest (o fight), competizione a tre; scontro elettorale fra tre candidati □ three-cornered hat, tricorno □ (equit.) three-day event, completo; gara dei tre giorni ( dressage, campestre e ostacoli) □ (econ.) three-day week, settimana lavorativa di tre giorni □ ( USA) three-day weekend, fine settimana lungo; ponte (fig.) □ three-decker, (stor.) nave a tre ponti; (fam.) qualsiasi cosa a tre piani (o strati); romanzo in tre volumi; ( anche three-decker sandwich) doppio sandwich, tramezzino doppio □ (scient., tecn.) three-dimensional, tridimensionale □ three-figure number, numero di tre cifre □ (di gioco di carte) three-handed, che si gioca in tre □ (relig.) Three in One, la Santissima Trinità □ (autom.) a three-lane highway, una strada a tre corsie □ ( sport) the three leading drivers ( riders, runners), il terzetto di testa (di piloti, di ciclisti, di podisti) □ a three-legged race, una corsa a tre gambe ( a coppie di corridori, la gamba destra di uno dei quali è legata alla gamba sinistra dell'altro) □ a three-legged table, un tavolino a tre gambe □ (GB) three-line whip, (polit.) richiesta scritta a un parlamentare ( da parte dei leader di partito) di presenziare a una seduta e votare in un certo modo; (fig.) invito pressante NOTE DI CULTURA: La locuzione three-line whip allude alla triplice sottolineatura, sulla circolare preparata dal ► «whip» (def. 4) per i deputati del suo partito, delle sedute a cui è obbligatoria la presenza □ (psic., USA) three o'clock syndrome, sindrome delle tre del pomeriggio □ ( poker) three of a kind, tris □ ( USA, spec. sport) three-peat, terza vittoria consecutiva □ (elettr.) three-phase, trifase □ three-piece, a tre pezzi: three-piece suite, salotto a tre pezzi ( sofà e due poltrone uguali) □ (elettr.) three-pin plug, presa tripolare □ three-ply, a tre strati; a tre capi; a tre fili: three-ply wood, compensato a tre strati; three-ply wool, lana a tre capi □ ( basket) three-point basket (o three-pointer), canestro da tre punti; canestro pesante □ (aeron.) a three-point landing, un atterraggio su tre punti; un atterraggio perfetto □ three-point turn, (autom.) inversione di marcia fatta in tre manovre; (fig.) manovra difficile □ three-pronged, a tre rebbi; triforcuto; (fig.) triplice, su tre fronti, su tre direttrici □ ( rugby) three-quarter, trequarti □ a three-quarter bed, un letto a una piazza e mezzo □ ( moda) three-quarter ( length) coat, giacca trequarti □ a three-quarter portrait, un ritratto di tre quarti □ the three R's, le tre R; leggere, scrivere e far di conto ( cioè: ‘reading, writing and /a/rithmetic’) □ three-ring circus, circo con tre arene; (fig. USA) posto incasinato, pieno di confusione □ ( basket) three-second area, zona dei tre secondi □ three-sided, trilaterale □ (fam.) a three-sixty, un giro di trecentosessanta gradi; una piroetta □ (mecc.) three-speed gear, cambio a tre velocità □ a three-star hotel, un albergo a tre stelle □ (edil.) a three-storeyed building, un edificio a tre piani □ ( atletica) the 3,000-metre steeplechase, i tremila siepi □ three times three, (mat.) tre per tre; ( anche) tre salve di applausi di tre evviva ciascuna □ three-wheeler, veicolo a tre ruote; triciclo □ three-wheeler truck, motofurgone; motocarro □ three-year-old, a. di tre anni; che ha tre anni; n. bambino (o bambina) di tre anni; (ipp.) cavallo di tre anni. -
4 Bulleid, Oliver Vaughan Snell
[br]b. 19 September 1882 Invercargill, New Zealandd. 25 April 1970 Malta[br]New Zealand (naturalized British) locomotive engineer noted for original experimental work in the 1940s and 1950s.[br]Bulleid's father died in 1889 and mother and son returned to the UK from New Zealand; Bulleid himself became a premium apprentice under H.A. Ivatt at Doncaster Works, Great Northern Railway (GNR). After working in France and for the Board of Trade, Bulleid returned to the GNR in 1912 as Personal Assistant to Chief Mechanical Engineer H.N. Gresley. After a break for war service, he returned as Assistant to Gresley on the latter's appointment as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London \& North Eastern Railway in 1923. He was closely associated with Gresley during the late 1920s and early 1930s.In 1937 Bulleid was appointed Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway (SR). Concentration of resources on electrification had left the Southern short of up-to-date steam locomotives, which Bulleid proceeded to provide. His first design, the "Merchant Navy" class 4–6– 2, appeared in 1941 with chain-driven valve gear enclosed in an oil-bath, and other novel features. A powerful "austerity" 0−6−0 appeared in 1942, shorn of all inessentials to meet wartime conditions, and a mixed-traffic 4−6−2 in 1945. All were largely successful.Under Bulleid's supervision, three large, mixed-traffic, electric locomotives were built for the Southern's 660 volt DC system and incorporated flywheel-driven generators to overcome the problem of interruptions in the live rail. Three main-line diesel-electric locomotives were completed after nationalization of the SR in 1948. All were carried on bogies, as was Bulleid's last steam locomotive design for the SR, the "Leader" class 0−6−6−0 originally intended to meet a requirement for a large, passenger tank locomotive. The first was completed after nationalization of the SR, but the project never went beyond trials. Marginally more successful was a double-deck, electric, suburban, multiple-unit train completed in 1949, with alternate high and low compartments to increase train capacity but not length. The main disadvantage was the slow entry and exit by passengers, and the type was not perpetuated, although the prototype train ran in service until 1971.In 1951 Bulleid moved to Coras Iompair Éireann, the Irish national transport undertaking, as Chief Mechanical Engineer. There he initiated a large-scale plan for dieselization of the railway system in 1953, the first such plan in the British Isles. Simultaneously he developed, with limited success, a steam locomotive intended to burn peat briquettes: to burn peat, the only native fuel, had been a long-unfulfilled ambition of railway engineers in Ireland. Bulleid retired in 1958.[br]BibliographyBulleid took out six patents between 1941 and 1956, covering inter alia valve gear, boilers, brake apparatus and wagon underframes.Further ReadingH.A.V.Bulleid, 1977, Bulleid of the Southern, Shepperton: Ian Allan (a good biography written by the subject's son).C.Fryer, 1990, Experiments with Steam, Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens (provides details of the austerity 0–6–0, the "Leader" locomotive and the peat-burning locomotive: see Chs 19, 20 and 21 respectively).PJGRBiographical history of technology > Bulleid, Oliver Vaughan Snell
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5 flow
1. течение; поток; струя 2. шотл. морской рукав
flow of catchment сток речного бассейна
flow of ground текучесть грунта
flow of groundwater поток грунтовых вод
flow of rocks текучесть горных пород
flow of sand перенос песка
flow of solid matter текучесть твёрдого вещества
flow of tide прилив
flow of water приток воды
air-fall flow поток пепла, выпавшего из пеплового дождя
annual flow годовой сток
artesian flow артезианский водный поток
ash flow пепловый поток
base flow постоянный сток
bentonite debris flow бентонитовый грязевой поток
bog flow болотный поток
bottom flow донное течение
capillary flow капиллярная миграция
cataclastic flow катакластическое течение
cavern flow карстовое течение
channel flow русловый поток
cold flow пластическое течение в холодном состоянии, хладнотекучесть
compressing flow сжимающееся течение
concentrated flow русловый поток
connate flow реликтовый [погребённый] поток
convective flow конвекционное течение
creeping flow ползучесть
critical flow критический поток
cyclic flow круговорот
debris flow обломочный поток
dispersion flow дисперсионный поток
divergent flow расходящееся течение
earth flow сель
effluent lava flow боковое излияние лавы
elastic flow упругое течение
extending flow ускоряющееся течение
extrusion flow течение выталкивания
filamented flow струйное течение
flood flow паводковый поток
fluid flow течение жидкостей
glacier flow течение ледника
glaciers-formlines showing flow ледники, изображённые схематическими горизонталями, показывающими направления стока
gliding flow крист. течение скольжения
gravity flow 1. самотёк, гравитационное течение 2. движение ледника вниз по склону
heat flow тепловой поток
heavy flow of water сильный приток воды
helical flow спиральный поток (в реке у подмываемого вогнутого берега)
hot-mud flow горячий грязевой поток
hot-sand flow поток раскалённого вулканического песка
ice flow движение льда, ледяной поток; течение ледника
incandescent tuff flow раскалённый туфовый поток
interfluent lava flow излияние лавы в подземные пустоты
intermittent flow перемежающийся выброс жидкости; перемежающееся течение
jet flow струйный поток
lamellar flow послойное течение
laminar flow ламинарное течение; ламинарный поток
lava flow лавовый поток, излияние лавы
liquid flow поток жидкости
magmatic flow течение магмы, магматическое течение
mud flow поток грязевой лавы (на склоне вулкана)
mud-rock flow грязевой поток
multiple-fluid flow сложножидкостный поток
nonuniform flow неравномерное течение
open flow свободное фонтанирование
outfall flow 1. устье потока 2. окончание канала
overland flow поверхностный склоновый сток
peat flow торфяной поток
perennial artesian flow постоянный артезианский водный поток
permanent flow постоянное течение
permanent varied flow постоянное неравномерное течение
plane flow плоское течение
plastic flow пластическое течение
plate flow движение плиты
porous flow пористый поток
pseudoviscous flow псевдовязкое течение
pumice flow пемзовый поток
pyroclastic flow пирокластический поток
rapid flow очень быстрое [бурное] течение
recrystallization flow поток перекристаллизации
return flow обратное течение, противоток
rill flow промоинный сток
rotational flow бурное течение
sand flow 1. течение песка 2. песчаный оползень 3. песчаный туф
seepage flow подземный сток, подземный поток
sheet flow 1. поверхностный струйчатый склоновый сток 2. ламинарный поток (подземных вод)
shooting flow 1. очень быстрое [бурное] течение 2. струйный поток
soil flow движение почвы, солифлюкция
solid flow 1. текучесть твёрдого вещества 2. пластическая деформация
solid penetrative flow проникающее течение (материала) в твёрдом состоянии
steady flow установившееся [стационарное] течение
streaming flow спокойное течение (1. ледника без разламывания на блоки 2. течение воды, скорость которого меньше, чем скорость длинной поверхностной волны в стоячей воде)
streamline flow ламинарное течени
subterranean flow подземный поток
superficial flow поверхностный поток
superfluent flow переливающийся поток
superfluent lava flow поверхностное излияние лавы, поверхностный лавовый поток
superimposed flow наложенный поток
surface flow поверхностный поток
tectonic flow тектоническое течение, тектонический перенос
terminal lava flow терминальный лавовый поток
three-dimensional flow трёхмерный водный поток
tranquil flow спокойное течение
tuff flow пепловый поток
turbidity flow мутьевой поток
turbulent flow турбулентное течение; турбулентный поток
two-phase flow двухфазный жидкостный поток (напр. нефть и вода)
unrestricted flow свободное течение
unsteady [variable] flow неустановившееся [нестационарное] течение
viscous flow вязкое течение, течение вязкой среды
volcanic flow вулканический поток
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6 white
1. n1) білий колір; білість; білизна2) біла фарба; білило3) білок (яйця)4) білок (ока; тж white of the eye)5) біла людина; білошкірий6) (часто W.) іст. білий; білогвардієць7) біла тканина; білий одяг8) pl білі штани9) pl мор. біле літнє обмундирування10) текст. білий товар; білизняний товар11) білі (фігури в шахах, шашки)12) гравець, що грає білими (у шахах, шашках)13) біле м'ясо (курки тощо)14) біле вино15) розм. білий метелик16) друк. пробіл17) бот. заболонь18) pl мед. білі20) pl с.г. вищі сорти пшеничного борошна21) перен. чистота, непорочність, невинністьto call white black — називати біле чорним, стверджувати щось всупереч очевидному
2. adj1) білийto paint white — побілити; пофарбувати в білий колір
white hands — білі (чисті) руки, білоручка
white heat — мет. білий жар
white paper — білий (чистий) папір
white squadron — іст. біла ескадра (англійського флоту)
2) сивий; сріблястий3) прозорий; безбарвний4) блідийwhite as a sheet — блідий, як полотно
5) чистий; незаплямований; невинний, непорочний6) нешкідливий, невинний; без лихого наміруwhite witch — добра чаклунка; ворожбитка
white war — економічна війна; війна без кровопролиття
7) розм. чесний; прямий; порядний; благороднийwhite propaganda — військ., розм. відкрита пропаганда
8) білошкірий, білий9) призначений для білихwhite primary — амер. первинні вибори, до яких не допускаються негри
10) (часто W.) іст. білий; білогвардійський; білоемігрантський11) щасливий, сприятливий12) улюблений, любимий; дорогий13) пристойний, правдоподібнийwhite alert — амер., військ. відбій повітряної тривоги
white ant — ент. терміт, біла мурашка
white ash — бот. білий ясен; розм. весло
white bud — «біла брунька» (захворювання кукурудзи)
white cedar — бот. туя
W. Christmas — Різдво із снігопадом
white clover — бот. біла конюшина
white coal — гідроенергія, біле вугілля; мін. тасманіт
white corpuscle — фізл. лейкоцит
white cow — амер., розм. ванільне морозиво з молоком
white damp — хім. окис вуглецю
white dwarf — астр. білий карлик (тип зірки)
white feather — боягуз; боягузтво
W. Friar — кармеліт (чернець)
white frost — іній, паморозь
white hat — амер., розм. військовий моряк
white hazel tree — бот. калина
white hope — амер., ірон. людина, що подає великі надії
white horses — баранці, гребені хвиль
white iron — мет. білий чавун
white lady — «дама в білому» (коктейль)
white letter — друк. антиква; прямий шрифт; латинський шрифт
white light — природне освітлення; перен. неупереджене судження
white lightning (line, mule) — амер., розм. низькосортне віскі
white list — амер. рекомендаційний список
white metal — мет. бабіт
white note — муз. ціла нота; половинна нота
white oak — бот. білий дуб
white one — амер., розм. чоловіча сорочка (будь-якого кольору)
white peat — геол. діатоміт
white plague — туберкульоз легенів, «біла чума»
white polar bear — зоол. білий полярний ведмідь
white poplar — бот. біла тополя
white potato — бот. картопля (біла)
W. Russian — білорус; білоруська мова; російський білоемігрант; білогвардієць
white sheet — заст. покаянний (покутний) одяг
white sidewall — амер., розм. коротка стрижка
white slave — повія, «біла рабиня»
W. Slave Act — амер. закон про заборону вивезення жінок з одного штату в інший з аморальною метою
white slavery — торгівля жінками; присилування до проституції; (вимушена) проституція
white spirit — хім. уайт-спірит
white staff, white stick — білий жезл (символ придворної посади); камергер
white straw crops — с.г. зернові культури
white stuff — амер., розм. кокаїн, морфін
white tie — біла краватка; перен. фрак
white water lily — бот. біле латаття
white whale — зоол. білуха
white wheat — білозерна пшениця; білоколоса пшениця
white willow — бот. (біла) верба
white wings — розм. вітрила; амер. людина у білому спецодязі; підмітальник вулиць; двірник
3. v* * *I [wait] n1) білий колір; білизна; чистота, непорочність2) біла фарба, білило4) білок (ока; white of the eye); to turn up the whites of one's eyes закотити очі; білий (людин; світлошкірий;)6) білий одягwoman in white — жінка в білому; pl білі брюки; pl; мop. біле літнє обмундирування
7) біла тканинаin the white — нефарбований ( про тканину); необроблений, неготовий; у вигляді напівфабриката; тeкcт. білий товар
8) білі (в шахматах, ігашках); гравець, що грає білими9) біле м'ясо ( курки)10) біле вино11) білий метелик; капустянка12) пoлiгp. пробіл; пробільний матеріал13) бoт. заболонь14) pl; мeд. білі15) = white-wood16) c-г. біла порода ( свиней)17) pl; c-г високі сорти пшеничного борошна••II [wait]to call white black, to turn white into black — називати біле чорним, стверджувати що-н. всупереч очевидним фактам
1) білийto paint white — фарбувати в білий колір, білити
white hands — білі руки; білоручка; чисті руки; чесність, незаплямованість; невинність
white crow — біла ворона (перен.)
2) блідийwhite as ashes /as death/ — смертельно блідий, блідий як смерть
to turn white — збліднути, побіліти
3) сідий, сивий4) прозорий, безкольоровий (про воду, повітря, світло)5) чистий, незаплямований; непорочний; нешкідливий, невинний; без злих намірівwhite witch — добра відьма; знахарка
white raid — вiйcьк. виліт для скидання листівок
white war — війна без кровопролиття (економічна, пропагандистськ; чесний, прямий; порядний, благородний)
white propaganda — вiйcьк. відкрита пропаганда
6) білий; білошкірийwhite trash — cл. "білий голодранець" (в південних штатах; про батрак)
white man's burden — "тягар білої людини" ( лозунг колонізаторів); призначений для білих
white primary — cл. початкові вибори, до яких не допускаються негри
7) ( часто White) білогвардійський; білоемігрантськийa
White Guard — білогвардієць8) політ. ультра консервативний, реакційний9) розжарений до білого ( про метал); доведений до білого жару10) сприятливий, щасливийwhite feather — боягузливість; боягуз
to show the white feather — боятися, виявити легкодухість
white elephant — непотрібна річ, подарунок, якого важко позбутися
white man's grave — cл. могила для білих ( малярійні райони Західної Африки)
white lightning /mule, line/ — cл. низкосортне віскі; незаконно придбане віскі
white sidewall — cл. коротка стрижка
white stuff — cл.; cл. кокаїн, морфій
to hoist /to show, to wave/ the white flag — здаватися, капітулювати
III [wait] vto mark with a white stone — відмітити який-н. день як особливо щасливий або знаменний
2) пoлiгp. ( часто white-out) розганяти ( рядок); робити розбивку; заповнювати пробільним матеріалом; знімати ( рядок) -
7 slab
1) плита; панель; плита дорожного покрытия; панель перекрытия3) горбыль•- anchor slab - apron slab - armoured concrete slab - back slab - balcony slab - beam slab - bending slab - building slab - cement slab - cladding slab - composite slab - concrete slab - concrete pavement slab - continuous slab - continuous foundation slab - cored slab - cork slab - corner slab - cornice slab - crest slab - cross slab - curb slab - deck slab of dam - face slab - facing slab - fibre reinforced gypsum slab - filler-concrete slab - fixed-edge slab - floating slab - floor slab - floor slab of a bridge - grade slab - ground slab - gunited slab - heat insulating slab - laminated slab - large slab - lift slab - load-bearing wall slabs - marble wall slab - mineral wool slab - multilayer slab - one-way slab - pavement slab - paving slab - peat slab - pillar wall slab - plaster slab - plinth slab - precast slab - prefabricated slabs - ready-made slab - reinforced-concrete slab - ribbed slab - road slab - roadway slab - rolled slab - roof slab - sandwich slab - sheet slab - shell slab - short span slab - side slab - single-layer slab - sluice slab - sound insulating slab - sound isolation slab - spillway slab - stiffened slab - T-beam floor slab - test slab - thickened edge slab - thin slab - three-layer slab - toe slab - truss slab - two-way slab - uniform road slab - uniform thickness slab - upstream-deck slab - ventilation slab - wall slab - wall heating slab - window slab - wind-protective slab - wood-based slab - woodfibre slab - woodwool slabslab with stiffened edges — плита с укреплёнными краями; плита с жёстко заделанными краями
* * *1. плита ( элемент конструкции)2. горбыль ( пиломатериал)slab over basement — надподвальная плита, плита подвального перекрытия
slab rested on loose fill material — плита ( пола), опирающаяся на насыпной грунт
slab shotcreted over expanded metal — бетонная плита, выполненная методом торкретирования поверх просечно-вытяжного настила; торкрет-бетонная плита, армированная просечно-вытяжным настилом
slab simply supported on four sides — прямоугольная плита, свободно [шарнирно] опёртая по четырём сторонам
- approach slabslab spanning in two directions — плита, работающая в двух направлениях
- apron slab
- balcony slab
- basement slab
- beam slab
- beam and girder slab
- brick-lined concrete slab
- bridge deck slab
- compressed straw slab
- concrete slab
- concrete slab on grade
- continuous slab
- deck slab
- edge supported slab
- equalizing slab
- fixed-edge slab
- flat slab
- floating slab
- floor slab
- foundation slab
- ground slab
- heat-insulating slab
- hollow core slab
- hollow-tile floor slab
- infinite slab
- in-situ concrete slab
- leftward skew slab
- lift slab
- marked out facing slab
- monolithic slab and foundation slab
- mud slab
- paving slab
- plaster slab
- post-tensioned slab
- post-tension slab
- restrained slab
- ribbed slab above basement
- roof slab
- sandwich slab
- semi-infinite slab
- short span slab
- simply supported slab
- skew slab
- solid slab
- spillway slab
- structural slab
- terrazzo facing slab
- terrazzo slab
- two-way slab
- two-way ribbed flat slab
- two-way ribbed slab
- unstiffened edge slab
- upstanding beam slab
- upstand beam slab
- upstream-deck slab
- waffle slab
- wood-fiber slab -
8 Murdock (Murdoch), William
[br]b. 21 August 1754 Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 15 November 1839 Handsworth, Birmingham, England[br]Scottish engineer and inventor, pioneer in coal-gas production.[br]He was the third child and the eldest of three boys born to John Murdoch and Anna Bruce. His father, a millwright and joiner, spelled his name Murdock on moving to England. He was educated for some years at Old Cumnock Parish School and in 1777, with his father, he built a "wooden horse", supposed to have been a form of cycle. In 1777 he set out for the Soho manufactory of Boulton \& Watt, where he quickly found employment, Boulton supposedly being impressed by the lad's hat. This was oval and made of wood, and young William had turned it himself on a lathe of his own manufacture. Murdock quickly became Boulton \& Watt's representative in Cornwall, where there was a flourishing demand for steam-engines. He lived at Redruth during this period.It is said that a number of the inventions generally ascribed to James Watt are in fact as much due to Murdock as to Watt. Examples are the piston and slide valve and the sun-and-planet gearing. A number of other inventions are attributed to Murdock alone: typical of these is the oscillating cylinder engine which obviated the need for an overhead beam.In about 1784 he planned a steam-driven road carriage of which he made a working model. He also planned a high-pressure non-condensing engine. The model carriage was demonstrated before Murdock's friends and travelled at a speed of 6–8 mph (10–13 km/h). Boulton and Watt were both antagonistic to their employees' developing independent inventions, and when in 1786 Murdock set out with his model for the Patent Office, having received no reply to a letter he had sent to Watt, Boulton intercepted him on the open road near Exeter and dissuaded him from going any further.In 1785 he married Mary Painter, daughter of a mine captain. She bore him four children, two of whom died in infancy, those surviving eventually joining their father at the Soho Works. Murdock was a great believer in pneumatic power: he had a pneumatic bell-push at Sycamore House, his home near Soho. The pattern-makers lathe at the Soho Works worked for thirty-five years from an air motor. He also conceived the idea of a vacuum piston engine to exhaust a pipe, later developed by the London Pneumatic Despatch Company's railway and the forerunner of the atmospheric railway.Another field in which Murdock was a pioneer was the gas industry. In 1791, in Redruth, he was experimenting with different feedstocks in his home-cum-office in Cross Street: of wood, peat and coal, he preferred the last. He designed and built in the backyard of his house a prototype generator, washer, storage and distribution plant, and publicized the efficiency of coal gas as an illuminant by using it to light his own home. In 1794 or 1795 he informed Boulton and Watt of his experimental work and of its success, suggesting that a patent should be applied for. James Watt Junior was now in the firm and was against patenting the idea since they had had so much trouble with previous patents and had been involved in so much litigation. He refused Murdock's request and for a short time Murdock left the firm to go home to his father's mill. Boulton \& Watt soon recognized the loss of a valuable servant and, in a short time, he was again employed at Soho, now as Engineer and Superintendent at the increased salary of £300 per year plus a 1 per cent commission. From this income, he left £14,000 when he died in 1839.In 1798 the workshops of Boulton and Watt were permanently lit by gas, starting with the foundry building. The 180 ft (55 m) façade of the Soho works was illuminated by gas for the Peace of Paris in June 1814. By 1804, Murdock had brought his apparatus to a point where Boulton \& Watt were able to canvas for orders. Murdock continued with the company after the death of James Watt in 1819, but retired in 1830 and continued to live at Sycamore House, Handsworth, near Birmingham.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsRoyal Society Rumford Gold Medal 1808.Further ReadingS.Smiles, 1861, Lives of the Engineers, Vol. IV: Boulton and Watt, London: John Murray.H.W.Dickinson and R.Jenkins, 1927, James Watt and the Steam Engine, Oxford: Clarendon Press.J.A.McCash, 1966, "William Murdoch. Faithful servant" in E.G.Semler (ed.), The Great Masters. Engineering Heritage, Vol. II, London: Institution of Mechanical Engineers/Heinemann.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Murdock (Murdoch), William
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