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I [klɪə(r)]1) [glass, liquid] chiaro, trasparente; [ blue] chiaro; [lens, varnish] incolore2) (distinct) [image, outline] chiaro, netto; [ writing] chiaro, leggibile; [ sound] chiaro, distinto3) (plain) [description, instruction] chiaroto make sth. clear to sb. — chiarire qcs. a qcn.
4) (obvious) [need, sign, example] chiaro, evidente; [advantage, lead] chiaro, netto; [ majority] netto5) (not confused) [idea, memory, plan] chiaro, preciso6) (empty) [road, table, space] libero, sgombro7) (not guilty) [ conscience] tranquillo, a posto8) (unblemished) [ skin] perfetto9) med. [X-ray, scan] normale10) (cloudless) [ sky] chiaro, sereno; [day, night] sereno12) (pure) [tone, voice] chiaro, puro13) gastr. [ honey] liquido14) (exempt from)to be clear of — essere senza o privo di [debt, blame]; essere esente da [ suspicion]
15) (free) [day, diary] libero16) (whole) [week, day] intero, completo17) (net) [gain, profit] netto••II [klɪə(r)]to be in the clear — (safe) essere fuori pericolo; (free from suspicion) essere estraneo a ogni sospetto
to jump clear of — (jump out of) saltar fuori da [ vehicle]
to pull sb. clear of — estrarre o liberare qcn. da [ wreckage]
III 1. [klɪə(r)]to stay o steer clear of (avoid) evitare [town centre, alcohol]; tenersi alla larga da [ troublemakers]; stand clear of the gates! state lontano dal cancello! to get clear of — togliersi da [traffic, town]
2) (free from obstruction) sturare [ drains]; liberare, sgombrare [surface, site]; disboscare [ land]to clear the way for sth., sb. — liberare la strada a qcs., qcn.; fig. aprire la strada a qcs., qcn
3) (freshen)to clear the air — cambiare l'aria; fig. allentare o diminuire la tensione
4) (empty) svuotare [ drawer] (of di); liberare, sgombrare [room, surface] (of da); far sgombrare, evacuare [area, building]to clear a path through sth. — aprire un sentiero attraverso qcs
6) (disperse) dissolvere [fog, smoke]; disperdere [ crowd]8) cosmet. eliminare [dandruff, spots]9) inform. cancellare [screen, data]12) (free from blame) dichiarare innocente, prosciogliere [ accused] (of da)13) (officially approve) approvare [ request]to clear sth. with sb. — ottenere l'approvazione di qcn. per qcs.
14) (jump over) superare, saltare [hurdle, wall]15) (pass through) passare sotto [ bridge]2.1) (become unclouded) [ liquid] schiarirsi; [ sky] schiarirsi, rassenenarsi2) (disappear) [smoke, fog, cloud] dissolversi3) (become pure) [ air] purificarsi5) econ. [ cheque] essere liquidato•- clear up* * *[kliə] 1. adjective1) (easy to see through; transparent: clear glass.) chiaro2) (free from mist or cloud: Isn't the sky clear!) limpido3) (easy to see, hear or understand: a clear explanation; The details on that photograph are very clear.) chiaro4) (free from difficulty or obstacles: a clear road ahead.) libero, sgombro5) (free from guilt etc: a clear conscience.) tranquilla6) (free from doubt etc: Are you quite clear about what I mean?) certo7) ((often with of) without (risk of) being touched, caught etc: Is the ship clear of the rocks? clear of danger.) lontano da8) ((often with of) free: clear of debt; clear of all infection.) libero da2. verb1) (to make or become free from obstacles etc: He cleared the table; I cleared my throat; He cleared the path of debris.) sparecchiare; schiarirsi; sgombrare2) ((often with of) to prove the innocence of; to declare to be innocent: He was cleared of all charges.) prosciogliere3) ((of the sky etc) to become bright, free from cloud etc.) rasserenarsi4) (to get over or past something without touching it: He cleared the jump easily.) saltare•- clearing
- clearly
- clearness
- clear-cut
- clearway
- clear off
- clear out
- clear up
- in the clear* * *I [klɪə(r)]1) [glass, liquid] chiaro, trasparente; [ blue] chiaro; [lens, varnish] incolore2) (distinct) [image, outline] chiaro, netto; [ writing] chiaro, leggibile; [ sound] chiaro, distinto3) (plain) [description, instruction] chiaroto make sth. clear to sb. — chiarire qcs. a qcn.
4) (obvious) [need, sign, example] chiaro, evidente; [advantage, lead] chiaro, netto; [ majority] netto5) (not confused) [idea, memory, plan] chiaro, preciso6) (empty) [road, table, space] libero, sgombro7) (not guilty) [ conscience] tranquillo, a posto8) (unblemished) [ skin] perfetto9) med. [X-ray, scan] normale10) (cloudless) [ sky] chiaro, sereno; [day, night] sereno12) (pure) [tone, voice] chiaro, puro13) gastr. [ honey] liquido14) (exempt from)to be clear of — essere senza o privo di [debt, blame]; essere esente da [ suspicion]
15) (free) [day, diary] libero16) (whole) [week, day] intero, completo17) (net) [gain, profit] netto••II [klɪə(r)]to be in the clear — (safe) essere fuori pericolo; (free from suspicion) essere estraneo a ogni sospetto
to jump clear of — (jump out of) saltar fuori da [ vehicle]
to pull sb. clear of — estrarre o liberare qcn. da [ wreckage]
III 1. [klɪə(r)]to stay o steer clear of (avoid) evitare [town centre, alcohol]; tenersi alla larga da [ troublemakers]; stand clear of the gates! state lontano dal cancello! to get clear of — togliersi da [traffic, town]
2) (free from obstruction) sturare [ drains]; liberare, sgombrare [surface, site]; disboscare [ land]to clear the way for sth., sb. — liberare la strada a qcs., qcn.; fig. aprire la strada a qcs., qcn
3) (freshen)to clear the air — cambiare l'aria; fig. allentare o diminuire la tensione
4) (empty) svuotare [ drawer] (of di); liberare, sgombrare [room, surface] (of da); far sgombrare, evacuare [area, building]to clear a path through sth. — aprire un sentiero attraverso qcs
6) (disperse) dissolvere [fog, smoke]; disperdere [ crowd]8) cosmet. eliminare [dandruff, spots]9) inform. cancellare [screen, data]12) (free from blame) dichiarare innocente, prosciogliere [ accused] (of da)13) (officially approve) approvare [ request]to clear sth. with sb. — ottenere l'approvazione di qcn. per qcs.
14) (jump over) superare, saltare [hurdle, wall]15) (pass through) passare sotto [ bridge]2.1) (become unclouded) [ liquid] schiarirsi; [ sky] schiarirsi, rassenenarsi2) (disappear) [smoke, fog, cloud] dissolversi3) (become pure) [ air] purificarsi5) econ. [ cheque] essere liquidato•- clear up -
2 clear
A nB adj2 ( distinct) [image, outline, impression] net/nette ; [writing] lisible ; [sound, voice] clair ; I didn't get a clear look at the car je n'ai pas bien vu la voiture ; he had a clear view of the man il voyait très bien l'homme ;3 ( comprehensibly plain) [description, instruction, text] clair ; to make sth clear to sb faire comprendre qch à qn ; he made it clear to her that he disapproved il lui a bien fait comprendre qu'il désapprouvait ; I wish to make it clear that je tiens à préciser que ; is that clear?, do I make myself clear? est-ce que c'est clair? ; to make one's views/intentions clear exprimer clairement ses opinions/intentions ; let's get this clear que les choses soient claires ;4 ( obvious) [lack, need, sign] évident ; [advantage, lead] net/nette ; [example] beau (before n) ; [majority] large (before n) ; it is clear that il est clair que ; it's a clear case of fraud il est clair qu'il s'agit d'une fraude ;5 ( not confused) [idea, memory] clair ; [plan] précis ; to have a clear picture in one's mind of sth avoir une idée très claire de qch ; to have/keep a clear head avoir/garder les idées claires ; we need someone with a clear head on a besoin de quelqu'un qui a les idées claires ; a clear thinker un esprit lucide ; I'm not clear what to do/how to start je ne sais pas très bien quoi faire/par où commencer ; I have no clear idea how it happened je ne sais pas très bien comment ça s'est passé ; he had a clear understanding of the problem il comprenait très bien le problème ; she's quite clear about what the job involves elle sait exactement en quoi consiste le travail ;6 ( empty) [road, view, area] dégagé ; [table] débarrassé ; [space] libre ; the road is clear of obstacles/snow il n'y a plus d'obstacles/de neige sur la route ;7 ( not guilty) [conscience] tranquille ;8 ( unblemished) [skin, complexion] net/nette ;9 Med [X-ray, scan] normal ;10 ( cloudless) [sky] sans nuage, clair (after n) ; [day, night] clair ; on a clear day par temps clair ;11 ( frank) [gaze, look] franc/franche ;12 ( pure) [sound, tone, voice] clair ;14 ( exempt from) to be clear of être libre de [debt] ; être exempt de [blame] ; être lavé de [suspicion] ;15 ( free) [day, diary] libre ; keep the 24th clear, I'm having a party ne prévois rien d'autre le 24, je fais une fête ;16 ( whole) [week, day] entier/-ière ; you must allow three clear days il faut compter trois jours entiers ;17 ( net) [gain, profit] net inv (after n) ;18 Ling clair.C adv ( away from) to jump clear sauter sur le côté ; to jump clear of ( jump out of) sauter hors de [vehicle] ; ( avoid) he leapt clear of the car/rock il a évité la voiture/pierre en sautant sur le côté ; to pull sb clear of extraire qn de [wreckage] ; to stay ou steer clear of éviter [town centre, rocks] ; éviter [alcohol, trouble, troublemakers] ; he kept the boat clear of the rocks il a gardé le bateau au large des rochers ; stand clear of the gates! éloignez-vous des portes! ; to get clear of sortir de [traffic, town].D vtr1 ( remove) abattre [trees] ; arracher [weeds] ; enlever [debris, papers, mines] ; dégager [snow] (from, off de) ; to clear demonstrators from the streets, to clear the streets of demonstrators débarrasser les rues des manifestants ;2 ( free from obstruction) déboucher [drains] ; dégager [road] ; débarrasser [table, surface] ; déblayer [site] ; défricher [land] ; to clear the road of snow/obstacles dégager la neige/les obstacles de la route ; to clear sth out of the way (from table, seat) enlever qch ; ( from floor) enlever qch du passsage ; to clear the way for sth/sb lit libérer le passage pour qch/qn ; fig ouvrir la voie pour [developments] ; fig laisser la place à [person] ;4 ( empty) vider [desk, drawer] (of de) ; débarrasser [room, surface] (of de) ; lever [post box] ; évacuer [area, building] ; the judge cleared the court le juge a fait évacuer la salle ; to clear the office of furniture débarrasser le bureau de tous ses meubles ; you're fired, clear your desk vous êtes renvoyé, débarrassez votre bureau ; his singing cleared the room la pièce se vida au son de sa voix ;7 ( unblock) dégager [nose] ; to clear one's throat se racler la gorge ; the fresh air will clear your head un peu d'air frais t'éclaircira les idées ;8 Cosmet faire disparaître [dandruff, spots] ;9 Wine clarifier ;10 ( destroy) détruire [building] ;11 Comput effacer [screen, data] ;12 ( dispose of) liquider [stock] ; to clear the backlog rattraper le retard sur le travail ; ‘reduced to clear’ ‘solde’ ;15 ( make) se faire [profit] ;16 ( free from blame) [jury] innocenter [accused] (of de) ; to be cleared of suspicion être lavé de tout soupçon ; to clear one's name/reputation blanchir son nom/sa réputation ;17 Admin, Mil ( vet) mener une enquête administrative sur [employee] ; I've been cleared j'ai fait l'objet d'une enquête administrative ; she's been cleared to see the documents elle a été déclarée apte à consulter les documents ;18 ( officially approve) approuver [proposal, request] ; dédouaner [goods] ; to clear sth with sb obtenir l'accord de qn pour qch ; to be cleared for take-off/landing recevoir l'autorisation de décoller/atterrir ;19 ( jump over) franchir [fence, hurdle, wall] ; she cleared 2 m at the high jump elle a réussi 2 m au saut en hauteur ;20 ( pass through) passer sous [bridge] ; passer entre [gateposts] ; to clear customs passer à la douane ;21 Sport dégager [ball].E vi1 (become transparent, unclouded) [liquid, sky] s'éclaircir ;2 ( disappear) [smoke, fog, cloud] se dissiper ;3 ( become pure) [air] se purifier ;5 Fin [cheque] être compensé.the coast is clear fig le champ est libre ; to be in the clear ( safe) être hors de danger ; ( free from suspicion) être lavé de tout soupçon■ clear away:▶ clear away débarrasser ;▶ clear [sth] away, clear away [sth] balayer [snow, leaves] ; enlever [debris, rubbish] ; ranger [papers, toys].■ clear off:▶ clear off ○ GB1 ( run away) filer ○, se sauver ;2 ( go away) ficher le camp ○ ; clear off, I'm busy fiche le camp ○, je suis occupé ; clear off! fichez le camp ○ ! ;▶ clear off [sth] US débarrasser [table].■ clear out:▶ clear [sth] out, clear out [sth]2 ( empty) vider [room, house] ;3 ( throw away) jeter [old clothes, newspapers].■ clear up:▶ clear up1 ( tidy up) faire du rangement ; they must clear up after themselves ils doivent tout ranger derrière eux ;▶ clear up [sth], clear [sth] up1 ( tidy) ranger [mess, toys, papers] ; ramasser [litter, broken glass] ; ranger [room] ; nettoyer [beach, garden] ;2 ( resolve) résoudre [problem, difficulty] ; dissiper [misunderstanding] ; tirer [qch] au clair [mystery]. -
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clear [klɪər]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. noun3. adverb6. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective• you'll do as I say, is that clear? tu vas faire ce que je te dis, c'est clair ?• it was clear that... il était clair que...• it's not clear whether... on ne sait pas avec certitude si...• it became clear that... il était de plus en plus clair que...• it became clear to me that... il m'est apparu clairement que...► to be clear [person]if you're not clear about anything, ask me s'il y a quelque chose qui ne vous paraît pas clair, dites-le-moi• I'm not clear whether you agree or not je ne suis pas sûr de comprendre si vous êtes d'accord ou pas► to get sth clear bien comprendre qch• now let's get this clear... maintenant, que les choses soient bien claires...► to make sth clear bien faire comprendre qch• to make it clear that... bien faire comprendre que...• I wish to make it clear that... je tiens à préciser que...► to make o.s. clear se faire bien comprendre• do I make myself clear? me suis-je bien fait comprendre ?b. ( = distinct) [picture, voice, majority] net• clear soup bouillon me. ( = unobstructed) [road, space] libre ; [area, view] dégagég. ( = free) [afternoon, morning] libreh. [day, week] plein• that gives us four clear days to finish the job ça nous donne quatre jours pleins pour finir le travailj. ► to be clear of ( = free of)raise the jack until the wheel is clear of the ground actionnez le cric jusqu'à ce que la roue ne touche plus le sol• to be 7 metres/seconds/points clear of sb (British = ahead of) avoir 7 mètres/secondes/points d'avance sur qn► to get clear of sth ( = go away from) s'éloigner de qch ; ( = rid o.s. of) se débarrasser de qch2. noun► to be in the clear (inf) ( = no longer suspected) être lavé de tout soupçon ; ( = out of danger) être hors de danger3. adverba. ( = completely) the thief got clear away le voleur s'est enfui sans encombreb. ( = net) net• he'll get £250 clear il aura 250 livres neta. ( = make clearer) [+ skin] purifier ; [+ complexion] éclaircirb. ( = remove obstacles from) dégager ; [+ land] défricherc. ( = find innocent) innocenterd. ( = authorize) you will have to be cleared by our security department il faudra que nos services de sécurité vous donnent leur feu vert• you must clear the project with the manager il faut que le directeur donne le feu vert à votre projete. ( = get past or over) franchir• raise the car till the wheel clears the ground soulevez la voiture jusqu'à ce que la roue ne touche plus le sol• "half price to clear" « liquidation: soldé à moitié prix »6. compoundsa. [mist] se dissiperb. ( = clear the table) débarrasser(inf) = clear offa. [weather] s'éclaircirb. [spots] disparaître• how's your cold? -- it's cleared up now et ton rhume ? -- c'est finia. [+ mystery, problem] résoudreb. ( = tidy) ranger* * *[klɪə(r)] 1.1) ( transparent) [glass, liquid] transparent; [blue] limpide; [lens, varnish] incolore2) ( distinct) [image, outline] net/nette; [writing] lisible; [sound, voice] clair3) ( comprehensibly plain) [description, instruction] clairis that clear? —
4) ( obvious) [need, sign] évident; [advantage, lead] net/nette; [example] beau/belle (before n); [majority] large (before n)5) ( not confused) [idea, memory] clair; [plan] précis6) ( empty) [road, view] dégagé; [table] débarrassé; [space] libre7) ( not guilty) [conscience] tranquille8) ( unblemished) [skin] net/nette9) Medicine [X-ray, scan] normal10) ( cloudless) [sky] sans nuage; [day, night] clair11) ( frank) [gaze] franc/franche12) ( pure) [tone, voice] clair13) Culinary [honey] liquideclear soup — consommé m
14) ( exempt from)to be clear of — être libre de [debt]; être exempt de [blame]; être lavé de [suspicion]
15) ( free) [day, diary] libre16) ( whole) [week, day] entier/-ière17) ( net) [gain, profit] net inv (after n)2.to jump clear of — ( jump out of) sauter hors de [vehicle]; ( avoid)
to pull somebody clear of — extraire quelqu'un de [wreckage]
to stay ou steer clear of — éviter [town centre]; éviter [alcohol, troublemakers]
3.to get clear of — sortir de [traffic, town]
transitive verb1) ( remove) abattre [trees]; arracher [weeds]; enlever [debris, papers, mines]; dégager [snow] (from, off de)2) ( free from obstruction) déboucher [drains]; dégager [road]; débarrasser [table, surface]; déblayer [site]; défricher [land]to clear something out of the way — (from table, seat) enlever quelque chose; ( from floor) enlever quelque chose du passage
to clear the way for something/somebody — lit libérer le passage pour quelque chose/quelqu'un; fig ouvrir la voie pour [developments]; fig laisser la place à [person]
3) ( freshen)to clear the air — lit aérer; fig apaiser les tensions
4) ( empty) vider [desk] (of de); débarrasser [room, surface] (of de); évacuer [area, building]5) ( create) faire [space]6) ( disperse) dissiper [fog, smoke]; disperser [crowd]7) ( unblock) dégager [nose]8) ( eliminate) faire disparaître [dandruff, spots]9) Computing effacer [screen]10) ( dispose of) liquider [stock]‘reduced to clear’ — ‘solde’
11) ( pay off) s'acquitter de [debt]12) Finance [bank] compenser [cheque]13) ( free from blame) innocenter [accused] (of de)14) ( vet) mener une enquête administrative sur [employee]15) ( officially approve) approuver [request]16) ( jump over) franchir [hurdle, wall]17) ( pass through) passer sous [bridge]4.1) ( become unclouded) [liquid, sky] s'éclaircir2) ( disappear) [smoke, fog, cloud] se dissiper3) ( become pure) [air] se purifier4) ( go away) [rash] disparaître5) Finance [cheque] être compensé•Phrasal Verbs:- clear up••the coast is clear — fig le champ est libre
to be in the clear — ( safe) être hors de danger; ( free from suspicion) être lavé de tout soupçon
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4 räumen
I v/t1. (fortschaffen) clear away, remove; Schnee räumen clear ( oder remove) snow; Minen räumen clear mines; vom Meer auch: sweep mines; etw. in den Schrank räumen put s.th. away in the cupboard; aus dem Weg räumen (etw.) clear ( oder get) s.th. out of the way; fig. (Schwierigkeiten) get rid of, clear up; (Probleme) auch solve, remove; umg., fig. (jemanden) eliminate allg.2. (Wohnung) move out of; formell: vacate; (Hotelzimmer) check out of; (Saal etc., auch Unfallstelle etc.) clear; (Schublade, Schreibtisch etc.) clear out; (Gebiet) evacuate; MIL. (aufgeben) auch leave; MIL. (Stellung) leave, retreat from; WIRTS. (Lager) clear, sell off; jemandem den Platz räumen give s.o. one’s seat; fig. make way for s.o.; den Saal räumen lassen Richter: have the court cleared; ein besetztes Haus räumen Polizei: clear an occupied house; seine Stelle räumen leave one’s positionII v/i Dial. (aufräumen) clear up; wir räumen (machen Räumungsverkauf) we are having a clearance; Aufschrift: clearance sale* * *(leer machen) to evacuate;(verlassen) to vacate;(wegräumen) to clear away; to remove* * *räu|men ['rɔymən]1. vt1) (= verlassen) Gebäude, Gebiet, Posten to vacate; (MIL Truppen) to move out of, to withdraw from; Wohnung to vacate, to move out of; Hotelzimmer to vacate, to check out of; Sitzplatz to vacate, to give upwir müssen das Haus bis Mittwoch rä́úmen — we have to be out of the house by Wednesday
See:→ Feld2) (= leeren) Gebäude, Straße, Warenlager to clear (von of)"wir rä́úmen" — "clearance sale"
3) (= woanders hinbringen) to shift, to move; (= entfernen) Schnee, Schutt to clear (away), to shift; Minen to clear; (auf See) to sweep, to clearer hat seine Sachen aus dem Schrank geräumt — he cleared his things out of the cupboard
See:→ Weg2. vi(= aufräumen) to clear up; (= umräumen) to rearrange thingsrä́úmen — to rummage around in sth
* * *räu·men[ˈrɔymən]I. vt1. (entfernen)räum deine Unterlagen bitte vom Tisch clear your papers off [or remove your papers from] the table, please2. (einsortieren)3. (frei machen)▪ etw \räumen to vacate [or move out of] sthdie Straße \räumen to clear the street▪ etw \räumen lassen to have sth cleared4. (evakuieren)▪ geräumt werden to be evacuated* * *transitives Verb1) clear [away]; clear < snow>etwas aus dem Weg räumen — clear something out [of] the way
seine Sachen auf die Seite räumen — clear or move one's things to one side
etwas in Schubfächer (Akk.) räumen — put something away in drawers
* * *A. v/t1. (fortschaffen) clear away, remove;Schnee räumen clear ( oder remove) snow;Minen räumen clear mines; vom Meer auch: sweep mines;etwas in den Schrank räumen put sth away in the cupboard;aus dem Weg räumen (etwas) clear ( oder get) sth out of the way; fig (Schwierigkeiten) get rid of, clear up; (Probleme) auch solve, remove; umg, fig (jemanden) eliminate allg2. (Wohnung) move out of; formell: vacate; (Hotelzimmer) check out of; (Saal etc, auch Unfallstelle etc) clear; (Schublade, Schreibtisch etc) clear out; (Gebiet) evacuate; MIL (aufgeben) auch leave; MIL (Stellung) leave, retreat from; WIRTSCH (Lager) clear, sell off;jemandem den Platz räumen give sb one’s seat; fig make way for sb;den Saal räumen lassen Richter: have the court cleared;seine Stelle räumen leave one’s positionB. v/i dial (aufräumen) clear up;* * *transitives Verb1) clear [away]; clear < snow>etwas aus dem Weg räumen — clear something out [of] the way
seine Sachen auf die Seite räumen — clear or move one's things to one side
etwas in Schubfächer (Akk.) räumen — put something away in drawers
2) (frei machen) clear <street, building, warehouse, stocks, etc.>3) (verlassen) vacate <hotel room, cinema, house, flat, military position, area>* * *v.to clear v.to evacuate v. -
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1. transitive verb,1) fegen (bes. nordd.); kehren (bes. südd.)2) (move with force) fegenthe current swept the logs along — die Strömung riss die Hölzer mit
3) (traverse swiftly)sweep the hillside/plain — [Wind:] über die Hügel/Ebene fegen
2. intransitive verb,sweep the country — [Epidemie, Mode:] das Land überrollen; [Feuer:] durch das Land fegen
2) (go fast, in stately manner) [Vogel:] gleiten; [Person, Auto:] rauschen; [Wind usw.:] fegen3) (extend) sich erstrecken3. nounhis glance swept from left to right — sein Blick glitt von links nach rechts
1) (cleaning)give something a sweep — etwas fegen (bes. nordd.); etwas kehren (bes. südd.)
make a clean sweep — (fig.): (get rid of everything) gründlich aufräumen
2) see academic.ru/12505/chimney_sweep">chimney sweep3) (coll.) see sweepstake4) (motion of arm) ausholende Bewegung5) (stretch)a wide/an open sweep of country — ein weiter Landstrich
6) (curve of road, river) Bogen, derPhrasal Verbs:- sweep by- sweep in- sweep up* * *[swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) (beiseite) fegen, mitreißen3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) fegen4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) fegen2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) das Kehren2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) schwungvolle Handbewegung3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) der Schornsteinfeger4) (a sweepstake.) das Toto•- sweeper- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
- sweep up* * *[swi:p]I. nto give the floor a \sweep den Boden kehren3. (movement) schwungvolle Bewegung, Schwingen nt kein pl; (with sabre, scythe) ausholender Hieb; (all-covering strike) Rundumschlag m a. figthe film showed the breadth of Arab culture and the \sweep of its history der Film zeigte die Vielfältigkeit der arabischen Kultur und die weitreichende Bedeutung ihrer Geschichtea \sweep of a house eine Hausdurchsuchung9.▶ to make a clean \sweep of sth (start afresh) gründlich mit etw dat aufräumen; (win everything) etw völlig für sich akk entscheidenthe new prime minister is expected to make a clean \sweep of the government man erwartet, dass der neue Premierminister die Regierung komplett auswechseltII. vt<swept, swept>1. (with a broom)▪ to \sweep sth etw kehren [o NORDD, SCHWEIZ fegen]to \sweep the chimney den Kamin [o ÖSTERR Rauchfang] kehrento \sweep the floor den Boden fegen, ÖSTERR kehren2. (take in powerful manner)smiling, he swept me into his arms lächelnd schloss er mich in seine Armeshe swept the pile of papers into her bag sie schaufelte den Stapel Papiere in ihre Tasche3. (remove)▪ to \sweep back ⇆ sth etw zurückwerfenshe swept back her long hair from her face energisch strich sie sich ihre langen Haare aus dem Gesicht4. (spread)a 1970s fashion revival is \sweeping Europe ein Modetrend wie in den 70ern rollt derzeit über Europa hinweg5. (travel and search)police have swept the woodland area die Polizei hat das Waldgebiet abgesucht7.▶ to \sweep the board allen Gewinn einstreichen▶ to \sweep sth under the carpet [or AM also rug] [or AUS also mat] etw unter den Teppich kehren famIII. vi<swept, swept>her gaze swept across the assembled room ihr Blick glitt über den vollbesetzten Raumthe beam of the lighthouse swept across the sea der Lichtstrahl des Leuchtturms strich über das Wasserto \sweep into power an die Spitze der Macht getragen werdenthe road \sweeps down to the coast die Straße führt zur Küste hinunterthe path swept along the river der Weg verlief entlang des Flussesthe fire swept through the house das Feuer breitete sich schnell im Haus aus3.* * *[swiːp] vb: pret, ptp swept1. n1)the chimney needs a sweep — der Schornstein muss gekehrt or gefegt werden
3) (of arm, pendulum) Schwung m; (of sword) Streich m; (of oars) Durchziehen nt no pl; (of light, radar) Strahl min one sweep (fig) —
to make a clean sweep (fig) — gründlich aufräumen, gründlich Ordnung schaffen
the Russians made a clean sweep of the athletic events — die Russen haben beim Leichtathletikkampf tüchtig abgeräumt (inf) or alle Preise eingesteckt
a wide sweep of country —
6)See:= sweepstake2. vt2) (= scan, move searchingly over) absuchen (for nach); (bullets) streichen über (+acc); minefield, sea durchkämmen; mines räumen3) (= move quickly over wind, skirt) fegen über (+acc); (waves) deck, sand etc überrollen, überschwemmen; (glance) gleiten über (+acc); (fig, wave of protest, violence, fashion) überrollen; (disease) um sich greifen in (+dat)4) (= remove with sweeping movement wave) spülen, schwemmen; (current) reißen; (wind) fegen; person reißento sweep sth off the table/onto the floor — etw vom Tisch/zu Boden fegen
the crowd swept him into the square —
he swept the obstacles from his path the army swept the enemy before them — er stieß die Hindernisse aus dem Weg die Armee jagte die feindlichen Truppen vor sich her
5) (= triumph) große Triumphe feiern in (+dat)to sweep the board (fig) — alle Preise/Medaillen gewinnen, abräumen (inf)
3. vi1) (with broom) kehren, fegen → broomSee:→ broom2) (= move person) rauschen; (vehicle, plane, quickly) schießen; (majestically) gleiten; (skier) fegen; (road, river) in weitem Bogen führenpanic/the disease swept through Europe — Panik/die Krankheit griff in Europa um sich or breitete sich in Europa aus
* * *sweep [swiːp]A v/t prät und pperf swept [swept]1. kehren, fegen:sweep away fig hinwegfegen2. (of von) frei machen, säubern (auch fig):3. jagen, treiben (besonders fig):sweep the enemy before one den Feind vor sich hertreiben;sweep all before one auf der ganzen Linie siegen;a wave of fear swept the country eine Welle der Angst ging durchs oder überschwemmte das Land;it swept the opposition into office es brachte die Opposition ans Ruderhe swept his audience along with him er riss seine Zuhörerschaft mit;a) jemanden hinreißen,b) jemandes Herz im Sturm erobern6. (aus dem Weg) räumen, beseitigen:sweep away fig einem Übelstand etc abhelfen, aufräumen mit;sweep aside fig etwas abtun, beiseiteschieben, hinwegwischen;9. a) ein Gebiet durchstreifen11. MUSB v/i2. fegen, stürmen, jagen (Wind, Regen etc; auch Armee, Krieg etc), fluten (Wasser, auch Truppen etc), durchs Land gehen (Epidemie etc):sweep along (by, down, over, past) entlang- oder einher-(hernieder-, darüber hin-, vorüber)fegen etc;sweep down on sich (herab)stürzen auf (akk);fear swept over him Furcht überkam ihn;sweep into power durch einen überwältigenden Wahlsieg an die Macht kommen3. (majestätisch) einherschreiten:she swept from the room sie rauschte aus dem Zimmer4. in weitem Bogen gleitensweep for mines Minen suchen oder räumenC s1. Kehren n, Fegen n:give the floor a sweep den Boden kehren oder fegen;at one sweep mit einem Schlag;a) gründlich aufräumen,b) SPORT etc gründlich abräumen2. Dahinfegen n, -stürmen n, Brausen n (des Windes etc)3. a) schwungvolle (Hand- etc) Bewegungb) Schwung m (einer Sense, Waffe etc)4. fig Reichweite f, Bereich m, Spielraum m, weiter (geistiger) Horizont5. figa) Schwung m, Gewalt fb) mächtige Bewegung, Strom m6. Schwung m, Bogen m (einer Straße etc)7. ausgedehnte Strecke, weite Fläche8. Auffahrt f (zu einem Haus)9. meist pl Kehricht m/n, Müll m10. Ziehstange f (eines Ziehbrunnens)11. SCHIFFa) langes Ruderb) Dreggtau n (zum Ankerfischen)c) Räumgerät n (zum Minensuchen)d) Gillung f (eines Segels)12. ELEK Kipp m, Hinlauf m (in Kathodenstrahlröhren)13. Radar etc:a) Abtastung fb) Abtaststrahl m14. besonders Br Schornsteinfeger(in)D adj ELEK Kipp…, (Zeit)Ablenk…* * *1. transitive verb,1) fegen (bes. nordd.); kehren (bes. südd.)sweep the board, sweep all before one — (fig.): (win all awards) auf der ganzen Linie siegen
2) (move with force) fegensweep the hillside/plain — [Wind:] über die Hügel/Ebene fegen
2. intransitive verb,sweep the country — [Epidemie, Mode:] das Land überrollen; [Feuer:] durch das Land fegen
2) (go fast, in stately manner) [Vogel:] gleiten; [Person, Auto:] rauschen; [Wind usw.:] fegen3) (extend) sich erstrecken3. noun1) (cleaning)give something a sweep — etwas fegen (bes. nordd.); etwas kehren (bes. südd.)
make a clean sweep — (fig.): (get rid of everything) gründlich aufräumen
2) see chimney sweep3) (coll.) see sweepstake4) (motion of arm) ausholende Bewegung5) (stretch)a wide/an open sweep of country — ein weiter Landstrich
6) (curve of road, river) Bogen, derPhrasal Verbs:- sweep by- sweep in- sweep up* * *v.(§ p.,p.p.: swept)= dahinsausen v.fegen v.kehren v. -
6 Nobel, Immanuel
[br]b. 1801 Gävle, Swedend. 3 September 1872 Stockholm, Sweden[br]Swedish inventor and industrialist, particularly noted for his work on mines and explosives.[br]The son of a barber-surgeon who deserted his family to serve in the Swedish army, Nobel showed little interest in academic pursuits as a child and was sent to sea at the age of 16, but jumped ship in Egypt and was eventually employed as an architect by the pasha. Returning to Sweden, he won a scholarship to the Stockholm School of Architecture, where he studied from 1821 to 1825 and was awarded a number of prizes. His interest then leaned towards mechanical matters and he transferred to the Stockholm School of Engineering. Designs for linen-finishing machines won him a prize there, and he also patented a means of transforming rotary into reciprocating movement. He then entered the real-estate business and was successful until a fire in 1833 destroyed his house and everything he owned. By this time he had married and had two sons, with a third, Alfred (of Nobel Prize fame; see Alfred Nobel), on the way. Moving to more modest quarters on the outskirts of Stockholm, Immanuel resumed his inventions, concentrating largely on India rubber, which he applied to surgical instruments and military equipment, including a rubber knapsack.It was talk of plans to construct a canal at Suez that first excited his interest in explosives. He saw them as a means of making mining more efficient and began to experiment in his backyard. However, this made him unpopular with his neighbours, and the city authorities ordered him to cease his investigations. By this time he was deeply in debt and in 1837 moved to Finland, leaving his family in Stockholm. He hoped to interest the Russians in land and sea mines and, after some four years, succeeded in obtaining financial backing from the Ministry of War, enabling him to set up a foundry and arms factory in St Petersburg and to bring his family over. By 1850 he was clear of debt in Sweden and had begun to acquire a high reputation as an inventor and industrialist. His invention of the horned contact mine was to be the basic pattern of the sea mine for almost the next 100 years, but he also created and manufactured a central-heating system based on hot-water pipes. His three sons, Ludwig, Robert and Alfred, had now joined him in his business, but even so the outbreak of war with Britain and France in the Crimea placed severe pressures on him. The Russians looked to him to convert their navy from sail to steam, even though he had no experience in naval propulsion, but the aftermath of the Crimean War brought financial ruin once more to Immanuel. Amongst the reforms brought in by Tsar Alexander II was a reliance on imports to equip the armed forces, so all domestic arms contracts were abruptly cancelled, including those being undertaken by Nobel. Unable to raise money from the banks, Immanuel was forced to declare himself bankrupt and leave Russia for his native Sweden. Nobel then reverted to his study of explosives, particularly of how to adapt the then highly unstable nitroglycerine, which had first been developed by Ascanio Sobrero in 1847, for blasting and mining. Nobel believed that this could be done by mixing it with gunpowder, but could not establish the right proportions. His son Alfred pursued the matter semi-independently and eventually evolved the principle of the primary charge (and through it created the blasting cap), having taken out a patent for a nitroglycerine product in his own name; the eventual result of this was called dynamite. Father and son eventually fell out over Alfred's independent line, but worse was to follow. In September 1864 Immanuel's youngest son, Oscar, then studying chemistry at Uppsala University, was killed in an explosion in Alfred's laboratory: Immanuel suffered a stroke, but this only temporarily incapacitated him, and he continued to put forward new ideas. These included making timber a more flexible material through gluing crossed veneers under pressure and bending waste timber under steam, a concept which eventually came to fruition in the form of plywood.In 1868 Immanuel and Alfred were jointly awarded the prestigious Letterstedt Prize for their work on explosives, but Alfred never for-gave his father for retaining the medal without offering it to him.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsImperial Gold Medal (Russia) 1853. Swedish Academy of Science Letterstedt Prize (jointly with son Alfred) 1868.BibliographyImmanuel Nobel produced a short handwritten account of his early life 1813–37, which is now in the possession of one of his descendants. He also had published three short books during the last decade of his life— Cheap Defence of the Country's Roads (on land mines), Cheap Defence of the Archipelagos (on sea mines), and Proposal for the Country's Defence (1871)—as well as his pamphlet (1870) on making wood a more physically flexible product.Further ReadingNo biographies of Immanuel Nobel exist, but his life is detailed in a number of books on his son Alfred.CM -
7 Armstrong, Sir William George, Baron Armstrong of Cragside
[br]b. 26 November 1810 Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, Englandd. 27 December 1900 Cragside, Northumbria, England[br]English inventor, engineer and entrepreneur in hydraulic engineering, shipbuilding and the production of artillery.[br]The only son of a corn merchant, Alderman William Armstrong, he was educated at private schools in Newcastle and at Bishop Auckland Grammar School. He then became an articled clerk in the office of Armorer Donkin, a solicitor and a friend of his father. During a fishing trip he saw a water-wheel driven by an open stream to work a marble-cutting machine. He felt that its efficiency would be improved by introducing the water to the wheel in a pipe. He developed an interest in hydraulics and in electricity, and became a popular lecturer on these subjects. From 1838 he became friendly with Henry Watson of the High Bridge Works, Newcastle, and for six years he visited the Works almost daily, studying turret clocks, telescopes, papermaking machinery, surveying instruments and other equipment being produced. There he had built his first hydraulic machine, which generated 5 hp when run off the Newcastle town water-mains. He then designed and made a working model of a hydraulic crane, but it created little interest. In 1845, after he had served this rather unconventional apprenticeship at High Bridge Works, he was appointed Secretary of the newly formed Whittle Dene Water Company. The same year he proposed to the town council of Newcastle the conversion of one of the quayside cranes to his hydraulic operation which, if successful, should also be applied to a further four cranes. This was done by the Newcastle Cranage Company at High Bridge Works. In 1847 he gave up law and formed W.G.Armstrong \& Co. to manufacture hydraulic machinery in a works at Elswick. Orders for cranes, hoists, dock gates and bridges were obtained from mines; docks and railways.Early in the Crimean War, the War Office asked him to design and make submarine mines to blow up ships that were sunk by the Russians to block the entrance to Sevastopol harbour. The mines were never used, but this set him thinking about military affairs and brought him many useful contacts at the War Office. Learning that two eighteen-pounder British guns had silenced a whole Russian battery but were too heavy to move over rough ground, he carried out a thorough investigation and proposed light field guns with rifled barrels to fire elongated lead projectiles rather than cast-iron balls. He delivered his first gun in 1855; it was built of a steel core and wound-iron wire jacket. The barrel was multi-grooved and the gun weighed a quarter of a ton and could fire a 3 lb (1.4 kg) projectile. This was considered too light and was sent back to the factory to be rebored to take a 5 lb (2.3 kg) shot. The gun was a complete success and Armstrong was then asked to design and produce an equally successful eighteen-pounder. In 1859 he was appointed Engineer of Rifled Ordnance and was knighted. However, there was considerable opposition from the notably conservative officers of the Army who resented the intrusion of this civilian engineer in their affairs. In 1862, contracts with the Elswick Ordnance Company were terminated, and the Government rejected breech-loading and went back to muzzle-loading. Armstrong resigned and concentrated on foreign sales, which were successful worldwide.The search for a suitable proving ground for a 12-ton gun led to an interest in shipbuilding at Elswick from 1868. This necessitated the replacement of an earlier stone bridge with the hydraulically operated Tyne Swing Bridge, which weighed some 1450 tons and allowed a clear passage for shipping. Hydraulic equipment on warships became more complex and increasing quantities of it were made at the Elswick works, which also flourished with the reintroduction of the breech-loader in 1878. In 1884 an open-hearth acid steelworks was added to the Elswick facilities. In 1897 the firm merged with Sir Joseph Whitworth \& Co. to become Sir W.G.Armstrong Whitworth \& Co. After Armstrong's death a further merger with Vickers Ltd formed Vickers Armstrong Ltd.In 1879 Armstrong took a great interest in Joseph Swan's invention of the incandescent electric light-bulb. He was one of those who formed the Swan Electric Light Company, opening a factory at South Benwell to make the bulbs. At Cragside, his mansion at Roth bury, he installed a water turbine and generator, making it one of the first houses in England to be lit by electricity.Armstrong was a noted philanthropist, building houses for his workforce, and endowing schools, hospitals and parks. His last act of charity was to purchase Bamburgh Castle, Northumbria, in 1894, intending to turn it into a hospital or a convalescent home, but he did not live long enough to complete the work.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1859. FRS 1846. President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Institution of Civil Engineers; British Association for the Advancement of Science 1863. Baron Armstrong of Cragside 1887.Further ReadingE.R.Jones, 1886, Heroes of Industry', London: Low.D.J.Scott, 1962, A History of Vickers, London: Weidenfeld \& Nicolson.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Armstrong, Sir William George, Baron Armstrong of Cragside
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8 mine
̈ɪmaɪn I мест.;
притяж. (абсолютная форма, не употр. атрибутивно;
ср. my) принадлежащий мне;
мой;
моя;
мое Is this book yours or mine? ≈ Это твоя книга или моя? She is an old friend of mine. ≈ Она моя давняя подруга. II
1. сущ.
1) а) рудник;
копь;
шахта;
прииск to close down a mine ≈ закрывать рудник to open (up) a mine ≈ заложить/открыть шахту to operate, run, work a mine ≈ управлять рудником abandoned mine ≈ заброшенная шахта coal mine ≈ угольная шахта copper mine ≈ медный рудник diamond mine ≈ алмазная копь gold mine ≈ золотой прииск iron mine ≈ железный рудник lead mine ≈ свинцовый рудник salt mine ≈ солевой рудник silver mine ≈ серебряный рудник tin mine ≈ оловянный рудник zinc mine ≈ цинковый рудник б) ист. подкоп
2) а) залежь, пласт, месторождение( руды) Syn: deposit
1. б) перен. источник (информации, сведений, знаний и т. п.) My grandmother is a mine of information. ≈ Моя бабушка - это просто кладезь всякой информации. Syn: source, store
3) воен. мина to clear, remove, sweep mines ≈ обезвредить мину to detect a mine ≈ найти мину to detonate, set off a mine ≈ взрывать мину to hit, strike a mine ≈ наткнуться на мину a mine blows up, explodes ≈ мина взрывается to disarm a mine ≈ обезвредить мину antipersonnel mine ≈ противопехотная, осколочная мина antitank mine ≈ противотанковая мина contact mine ≈ контактная мина;
ударная мина drifting mine, floating mine ≈ правучая мина land mine ≈ наземная мина magnetic mine ≈ магнитная мина submarine mine ≈ подводная мина spring a mine on smb.
2. гл.
1) а) производить горные работы, разрабатывать рудник, добывать( руду и т. п.) (тж. mine out) The whole area has been mined out. ≈ Вокруг, как грибы, выросли рудники. to mine the for coal ≈ разрабатывать угольное месторождение Gold is mineed from deep under ground. ≈ Золото добывается из глубины земных недр. б) перен. извлекать, выкапывать( что-л. from - из какого-л. источника) information mined from the books ≈ информация, извлеченная из книг
2) а) подкапывать, производить подкоп to mine the enemy's fortifications ≈ делать подкоп под укрепления противника Syn: undermine б) зарываться в землю, рыть норку ( о животных) Syn: burrow
2.
3) а) минировать;
ставить мины to mine the entrance into the harbour ≈ заминировать вход в гавань б) взрывать с помощью мины The cruiser was mineed and sank in five minutes. ≈ Крейсер подорвался на мине и через пять минут затонул.
4) подрывать( чью-л. репутацию и т. п.) Syn: undermine мой, моя, мое, мои;
принадлежащий мне - it is * это мое - he's an old friend of * он мой старый друг, это один из моих старых друзей - it is no business of * это не мое дело - the game is * эту игру выиграл я эллиптически вместо сочетания my с существительным, часто уже употребленным в данном предложении мой, свой, моя, своя и т. п. - lend me your pen, I have lost * дай мне твою ручку, я потерял свою( ручку) - me and * я и мои (родные), я и моя семья( устаревшее) (вм. my перед гласными) мой, моя и т. п. - * eyes мои глаза (устаревшее) иногда с инверсией - o mistress /lady/ * о моя владычица, о повелительница! рудник;
копь;
шахта;
прииск подземная выработка резрез, карьер залежь, пласт сокровищница;
источник (сведений и т. п.) - a regular * of information подлинная сокровищница сведений, неистощимый источник информации( военное) (морское) мина;
фугас - * area заминированный участок;
минное поле - * belt минное заграждение;
полоса минных заграждений - to lay a * устанавливать /ставить/ мину - to hit a * наскочить на мину - to trip /to spring, to touch off/ a * наступить на мину;
подорваться на мине - to clear the road of *s разминировать дорогу (историческое) подкоп > to spring a * on smb. преподнести кому-л. неприятный сюрприз производить горные работы;
разрабатывать рудник;
добывать (руду и т. п.) - to * (for) coal добывать уголь - to * a bed of coal разрабатывать угольный пласт подкапывать;
вести подкоп зарываться в землю;
рыть норку (о животных) (военное) (морское) минировать, ставить мину - to * the entrance to a harbour заминировать вход в гавань подрывать - the cruiser was *d and sank крейсер был подорван и затонул подрывать, подтачивать - the river *s the foundations of the house река размывает фундамент дома - to * the foundations of a doctrine подрывать основы учения coal ~ угольная шахта delayed-action ~ воен. мина замедленного действия ~ (абсолютная форма, не употр. атрибутивно;
ср. my) принадлежащий мне;
мой;
моя;
мое;
this is mine это мое, a friend of mine мой друг ~ воен. мина;
to lay a mine for подвести мину под mine заговор, интрига;
to spring a mine (on smb.) преподнести неприятный сюрприз;
= подложить свинью( кому-л.) ~ залежь, пласт ~ зарываться в землю, рыть норку (о животных) ~ источник (сведений и т. п.) ~ воен. мина;
to lay a mine for подвести мину под ~ минировать;
ставить мины ~ подкапывать, копать под землей;
вести подкоп ~ подкапываться( под кого-л.) ;
подрывать (репутацию и т. п.) ~ ист. подкоп ~ (абсолютная форма, не употр. атрибутивно;
ср. my) принадлежащий мне;
мой;
моя;
мое;
this is mine это мое, a friend of mine мой друг ~ производить горные работы, разрабатывать рудник, добывать (руду и т. п.) ~ рудник;
копь;
шахта;
прииск ~ шахта, рудник mine заговор, интрига;
to spring a mine (on smb.) преподнести неприятный сюрприз;
= подложить свинью (кому-л.) ~ (абсолютная форма, не употр. атрибутивно;
ср. my) принадлежащий мне;
мой;
моя;
мое;
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9 Barber, John
[br]baptized 22 October 1734 Greasley, Nottinghamshire, Englandd. 6 November 1801 Attleborough, Nuneaton, England[br]English inventor of the gas turbine and jet propulsion.[br]He was the son of Francis Barber, coalmaster of Greasley, and Elizabeth Fletcher. In his will of 1765. his uncle, John Fletcher, left the bulk of his property, including collieries and Stainsby House, Horsley Woodhouse, Derbyshire, to John Barber. Another uncle, Robert, bequeathed him property in the next village, Smalley. It is clear that at this time John Barber was a man of considerable means. On a tablet erected by John in 1767, he acknowledges his debt to his uncle John in the words "in remembrance of the man who trained him up from a youth". At this time John Barber was living at Stainsby House and had already been granted his first patent, in 1766. The contents of this patent, which included a reversible water turbine, and his subsequent patents, suggest that he was very familiar with mining equipment, including the Newcomen engine. It comes as rather a surprise that c.1784 he became bankrupt and had to leave Stainsby House, evidently moving to Attleborough. In a strange twist, a descendent of Mr Sitwell, the new owner, bought the prototype Akroyd Stuart oil engine from the Doncaster Show in 1891.The second and fifth (final) patents, in 1773 and 1792, were concerned with smelting and the third, in 1776, featured a boiler-mounted impulse steam turbine. The fourth and most important patent, in 1791, describes and engine that could be applied to the "grinding of corn, flints, etc.", "rolling, slitting, forging or battering iron and other metals", "turning of mills for spinning", "turning up coals and other minerals from mines", and "stamping of ores, raising water". Further, and importantly, the directing of the fluid stream into smelting furnaces or at the stern of ships to propel them is mentioned. The engine described comprised two retorts for heating coal or oil to produce an inflammable gas, one to operate while the other was cleansed and recharged. The resultant gas, together with the right amount of air, passed to a beam-operated pump and a water-cooled combustion chamber, and then to a water-cooled nozzle to an impulse gas turbine, which drove the pumps and provided the output. A clear description of the thermodynamic sequence known as the Joule Cycle (Brayton in the USA) is thus given. Further, the method of gas production predates Murdoch's lighting of the Soho foundry by gas.It seems unlikely that John Barber was able to get his engine to work; indeed, it was well over a hundred years before a continuous combustion chamber was achieved. However, the details of the specification, for example the use of cooling water jackets and injection, suggest that considerable experimentation had taken place.To be active in the taking out of patents over a period of 26 years is remarkable; that the best came after bankruptcy is more so. There is nothing to suggest that the cost of his experiments was the cause of his financial troubles.[br]Further ReadingA.K.Bruce, 1944, "John Barber and the gas turbine", Engineer 29 December: 506–8; 8 March (1946):216, 217.C.Lyle Cummins, 1976, Internal Fire, Carnot Press.JB -
10 Fauvelle, Pierre-Pascal
SUBJECT AREA: Mining and extraction technology[br]b. 4 June 1797 Rethel, Ardennes, Franced. 19 December 1867 Perpignan, France[br]French inventor of hydraulic boring.[br]While attending the drilling of artesian wells in southern France in 1833, Fauvelle noticed that the debris from the borehole was carried out by the ascending water. This observation caused him to conceive the idea that the boring process need not necessarily be interrupted in order to clear the hole with an auger. It took him eleven years to develop his idea and to find financial backing to carry out his project in practice. In 1844, within a period of fifty-four days, he secretly bored an artesian well 219 m (718 ft) deep in Perpignan. One year later he secured his invention with a patent in France, and with another the following year in Spain.Fauvelle's process involved water being forced by a pressure pump through hollow rods to the bottom of the drill, whence it ascended through the annular space between the rod and the wall of the borehole, thus flushing the mud up to the surface. This method was similar to that of Robert Beart who had secured a patent in Britain but had not put it into practice. Although Fauvelle was not primarily concerned with the rotating action of the drill, his hydraulic boring method and its subsequent developments by his stepson, Alphonse de Basterot, formed an important step towards modern rotary drilling, which began with the work of Anthony F. Lucas near Beaumont, Texas, at the turn of the twentieth century. In the 1870s Albert Fauck, who also contributed important developments to the structure of boring rigs, had combined Fauvelle's hydraulic system with core-boring in the United States.[br]Bibliography1846, "Sur un nouveau système de forage", Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences, pp. 438–40; also printed in 1847 in Le Technologiste 8, pp. 87–8.Further ReadingA.Birembeaut, 1968, "Pierre-Pascal Fauvelle", Dictionnaire de biographie française, vol. 13, pp. 808–10; also in L'Indépendant, Perpignan, 5–10 February (biography).A.de Basterot, 1868, Puits artésiens, sondages de mines, sondages d'études, systèmeFauvelle et de Basterot, Brussels (a detailed description of Fauvelle's methods and de Basterot's developments).See also: Crælius, Per AntonWKBiographical history of technology > Fauvelle, Pierre-Pascal
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11 mine
I 1. noungo or work down the mine — unter Tage arbeiten
2) (fig.): (abundant source) unerschöpfliche Quellehe is a mine of useful facts/of information — von ihm kann man eine Menge Nützliches/eine Menge erfahren
3) (explosive device) Mine, die2. transitive verb1) schürfen [Gold]; abbauen, fördern [Erz, Kohle, Schiefer]mine an area for ore — etc. in einem Gebiet Erz usw. abbauen od. fördern
2) (Mil.): (lay mines in) verminen3. intransitive verb II possessive pronoun1) pred. meiner/meine/mein[e]s; der/die/das meinige (geh.)you do your best and I'll do mine — du tust dein Bestes und ich auch
those big feet of mine — meine großen Quanten (ugs.); see also academic.ru/34614/hers">hers
2) attrib. (arch./poet.) mein* * *I pronoun(something which belongs to me: Are these pencils yours or mine? He is a friend of mine (= one of my friends).) mein/-eII 1. noun1) (a place (usually underground) from which metals, coal, salt etc are dug: a coalmine; My father worked in the mines.) die Mine2) (a type of bomb used underwater or placed just beneath the surface of the ground: The ship has been blown up by a mine.) die Mine2. verb2) (to place explosive mines in: They've mined the mouth of the river.) verminen3) (to blow up with mines: His ship was mined.) (durch Minen)sprengen•- miner- mining
- minefield* * *mine1[maɪn]an old friend of \mine eine alte Freundin von mirvictory is \mine der Sieg gehört mirmine2[maɪn]I. na diamond/copper \mine eine Diamanten-/Kupferminea coal \mine eine Kohlengrube, Kohlenzecheto work in [or down] the \mines unter Tage arbeitento clear an area of \mines ein Minenfeld räumenII. vt1. (obtain resources)to \mine coal/iron/diamonds Kohle/Eisen/Diamanten abbauen [o fördern]to \mine gold Gold schürfen2. (plant mines)to \mine an area ein Gebiet verminen3.III. vito \mine for coal/diamonds/silver/gold nach Kohle/Diamanten/Silber/Gold graben* * *I [maɪn]1. poss pronmeine(r, s)this car is mine — das ist MEIN Auto, dieses Auto gehört mir
is this mine? — gehört das mir?, ist das meine(r, s)?
his friends and mine — seine und meine Freunde
a friend of mine —
no advice of mine could... — keiner meiner Ratschläge konnte...
2. adj (obs)mein(e) II1. n1) (MIN) Bergwerk nt; (= gold mine, silver mine) Bergwerk nt, Mine f; (= coal mine) Zeche f, Bergwerk nt2) (MIL, NAUT ETC) Mine f3) (fig)he is a mine of information — er ist ein wandelndes Lexikon (inf)
2. vt3. viBergbau betreibenthey mined deep down into the mountain — sie trieben einen Stollen bis tief in den Berg hinein
* * *this hat is mine das ist mein Hut, dieser Hut gehört mir;a friend of mine ein Freund von mir;his father and mine sein und mein Vatermine2 [maın]A v/i1. minieren3. sich eingraben (Tiere)B v/t2. graben in (dat):mine an area for ore in einem Gebiet Erz abbauen oder fördern3. SCHIFF, MILa) verminenb) durch Minen oder eine Mine zerstören4. fig untergraben, unterminieren5. ausgrabenC s1. Mine f, Bergwerk n, Zeche f, Grube f2. SCHIFF, MIL Mine f:spring a mine eine Mine springen lassen (a. fig)3. fig Fundgrube f (of an dat):he’s a mine of information er ist eine gute oder reiche Informationsquelle4. BIOL Mine f, Fraßgang m* * *I 1. noungo or work down the mine — unter Tage arbeiten
2) (fig.): (abundant source) unerschöpfliche Quellehe is a mine of useful facts/of information — von ihm kann man eine Menge Nützliches/eine Menge erfahren
3) (explosive device) Mine, die2. transitive verb1) schürfen [Gold]; abbauen, fördern [Erz, Kohle, Schiefer]mine an area for ore — etc. in einem Gebiet Erz usw. abbauen od. fördern
2) (Mil.): (lay mines in) verminen3. intransitive verbII possessive pronounmine for — see 2. 1)
1) pred. meiner/meine/mein[e]s; der/die/das meinige (geh.)those big feet of mine — meine großen Quanten (ugs.); see also hers
2) attrib. (arch./poet.) mein* * *adj.mein adj.meiner adj. n.Bergwerk -e n.
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