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  • 81 цель

    сущ.
    1. aim; 2. target; 3. purpose; 4. object; 5. objective; 6. goal; 7. end; 8. point
    Русское существительное цель многозначно и относится как к физической, так и к интеллектуальной сферам деятельности, не указывает на конкретные причины, называющие цель и желаемый результат. В английском же языке эквиваленты, напротив, содержат в себе указание на причины, характер самой цели и желаемый результат.
    1. aim — (существительное aim многозначно и соответствует двум значениям русского слова цель): a) цель, прицел, прицеливание, линия прицела: to take aim — прицеливаться; to miss the aim — промахнуться/не попасть в цель; to hit the aim — попасть в цель My aim wasn't very good and the ball went over the fence. — Я плохо прицелился, и мяч улетел через забор. What part of the target are you taking aim at? — В какую часть мишени ты целишься? Не quickly regained his balance, took aim, and fired. — Он быстро вновь обрел равновесие, прицелился и выстрелил. b) цель, намерение, план, планы, стремление, замыслы (то что вы надеетесь достичь, приложив усилия): sinister aims — зловещие замыслы; ambicious aims — честолюбивые планы The aim of the project is to help patients to be more independent. — Цель этого проекта — помочь пациентам стать более самостоятельными. The group was committed to achieving its aims through peaceful means. — Группа стремится к достижению своих целей мирными средствами. The council's aim is to improve services and cut costs. — Цель комитета — улучшить обслуживание и сократить расходы. The course's aim is to train students to develop their communicative skills. — Цель курса — помочь студентам развить их коммуникативные навыки.
    2. target — (существительное target многозначно; используется в прямом смысле как объект атаки/нападения, а также и в метафорическом, переносном смысле: цель деятельности): a) цель, мишень (при стрельбе, в спорте, игре), объект для нападения, объект для критики, объект для насмешек и т. д.: Few players managed to get their shots on target. — Мало кто из игроков смог послать мяч в цель./Мало кто из игроков смог послать стрелу в цель. Foreigners have become targets for attack by terrorists. — Иностранцы стали объектом нападения террористов. The house was left vacant and therefore a target for vandals. — Оставленный пустым дом стал объектом нападения вандалов./Оставленный пустым дом стал объектом нападения хулиганов. His war records became a target for his enemies. — Его военные заслуги сделали его мишенью для нападок недоброжелателей. b) заданная цель, поставленная задача ( часто выраженная в деньгах): prime target — приоритетная задача; to set a target — ставить цель/поставить задачу; to meet a target — достичь цели Target for the appeal is $20.000 for children's charities. — Цель обращения — собрать двадцать тысяч долларов на благотворительные цели для нуждающихся детей. The magazine has a target readership of half a million people. — Журнал ставит своей целью достичь полумиллионного тиража. We think teenagers are a prime target for the anti-smoking campaign. — Нам кажется, что основным объектом кампании против курения являются подростки.
    3. purpose — цель ( предполагает получение желаемого результата путем конкретных действий): specific (definite, unchanging, common, essential, temporary) purpose — особая (ясная, неизменная, общая, основная, временная) цель; in/with didactic/educational (patriotic, propagandistic) purposes — в воспитательных (патриотических, пропагандистских) целях; the sole purpose of doing it — единственная цель этих действий; to pursue a purpose — преследовать цель The author's purpose in writing this book was to draw attention to the problems of homeless children. — Автор написал эту книгу с целью привлечь внимание к судьбе/проблемам бездомных детей. The purpose of his tour is to attend the conference. — Цель его поездки — участие в конференции. The purpose of this dictionary is to help students of English. — Цель этого словаря — помочь изучающим английский язык./Задача этого словаря — помочь изучающим английский язык. Her sole purpose in being here was to kill some time. — Единственной целью ее прихода сюда было убить время. You must decide which method suits your purpose best. — Вы должны решить, какой метод наиболее соответствует вашей цели.
    4. object — цель, конечная цель (нечто, что вы планируете достичь, особенно труднодостижимое; употребляется только в единственном числе): the object of the exercise — цель ( любого) действия His object was to gain time until help could arrive. — У него была одна цель — выиграть время, пока не придет помощь. The object of the research is to find a cure for this illness. — Цель этого исследования — найти средство от этой болезни. In this game the object is to score as many points as you can in the time given. — Цель этой игры — набрать как можно больше очков в заданное время.
    5. objective — цель, задача, стремление (конечный результат, на который направлена вся деятельность; употребляется в основном в ситуациях, связанных с бизнесом и политикой): key objective — основная цель; primary/prime/principal objective — основная цель/важная цель; overriding objective — первостепенная цель/ приоритетная цель; ultimate objective — конечная цель; to accomplish/to achieve/to attain an objective — достигать цели; to fulfill/to meet/to reach one's objectives — выполнить задуманное/выполнить за планированное/ довести задуманное до конца/достигнуть цели I am not sure I understand the objective of this exercise. — Я не совсем понимаю цель этой деятельности. The main objective for unions should still be to safeguard the wages and conditions of their members. — Основной целью профсоюзов должны оставаться недопущение понижения зарплаты и ухудшения условий труда. One of the objectives behind the current advertising compaign is to increase sales overseas. — Одна из целей проводимой рекламной кампании — увеличение продаж за рубежом. This company is constantly failing to achieve its objectives. — Эта фирма почти никогда не добивается своих целей.
    6. goal — цель, задачи, планы, стремления, перспективы на будущее ( обозначает планыличные или общественныекак ориентир для дальнейшего развития, даже если на достижение их потребуется длительный период): definite (ultimate, desired, stimulating) goal — четкие (конечные, желаемые, стимулирующие/придающие мотивированность деятельности) планы/четкие (конечные, желаемые, стимулирующие/придающие мотивированность деятельности) задачи/четкие (конечные, желаемые, стимулирующие/придающие мотивированность деятельности) цели; veiled (vague, illusory, mysterious) goal — неясные (туманные, иллюзорные, загадочные) цели/иеясные (туманные, иллюзорные, загадочные) перспективы; luminous (glittering, common, traditional, selfsame) goal — сияющие (манящие, обычные, общепринятые, неизменные) цели/сияющие (манящие, обычные, общепринятые, неизменные) планы/сияющие (манящие, обычные, общепринятые, неизменные) задачи; to achieve/to attain (to cherish, to gain, to realize) goal (s) — достигать (лелеять, добиваться, реализовать/воплощать) цели Our goal is to provide a good standard of medical care. — Наша цель — добиваться высокого уровня медицинского обслуживания. You should set goals for yourself at the beginning of each school year. — Ежегодно в начале учебного года следует ставить перед собой цели на этот год./Ежегодно в начале учебного года следует продумывать, чего ты хотел бы достичь в предстоящем году. More motivation can be created if the children have definite goals toward which they can work. — Если перед детьми стоят ясные цели, их работа может быть более мотивированной./Если перед детьми стоят ясные цели, их работа может быть более осмысленной. Our goal is to radically reduce unemployment within five years. — Наша цель — радикально сократить уровень безработицы в течение следующих пяти лет./Наша задача — радикально сократить уровень безработицы в ближайшие пять лет.
    7. end — конечная цель (в данном значении end употребляется только во множественном числе, предполагает корыстные устремления/ цели/интересы, часто нечестные средства их достижения): selfish (personal, sordid/dirty, petty, shameful, disastrous) ends — эгоистические (личные, грязные, низменные, постыдные, губительные) цели/эгоистические (личные, грязные, низменные, постыдные, губительные) интересы/эгоистические (личные, грязные, низменные, постыдные, губительные) устремления; political (commercial) ends — политические (коммерческие/торговые) соображения/политические (коммерческие/торговые) цели The demonstrators' ends do not justify their means. — Цели демонстрантов не оправдывают используемые ими средства. Racial tension in the country is exaggerated for political ends. — Напряженность расовых отношений в стране преувеличивается в политических целях./Напряженность расовых отношений в стране раздувается в политических целях. She used people for her own ends. — Она пользовалась людьми в своих корыстных целях. Business manipulates political issues for commercial ends. — Бизнес тенденциозно манипулирует политическими вопросами для достижении своих коммерческих целей.
    8. point — цель, задача, смысл (в данном значении используется только в единственном числе; употребляется для разъяснения стоящих задач, смысла деятельности): crucial (focal, fundamenial, important, key, main) point — решающая (центральная, основная, ключевая, важная, приоритетная) цель (чего-либо); to illustrate one's point — пояснять свои цели/проиллюстрировать смысл своей деятельности; to prove one's point —доказывать смысл своей деятельности/доказывать цель своей деятельности The point of these events is to raise money for children in need. — Цель этих действий — собрать деньги для нуждающихся детей. What's the point in keeping all these clothes that the children have grown out of? — Какой толк хранить всю эту одежду, из которой дети давно выросли?/Какой смысл хранить всю эту одежду, из которой дети давно выросли?/Зачем хранить всю эту одежду, из которой дети давно выросли?/ С какой целью хранить всю эту одежду, из которой дети давно выросли? I'm sorry, I just don't see the point of doing this. — Простите, но я не понимаю, зачем надо это делать./Простите, но я не вижу смысла, зачем надо это делать. I see no point discussing this any further. — Я не вижу смысла обсуждать дальше этот вопрос/Бесцельно обсуждать дальше этот вопрос./Бессмысленно обсуждать дальше этот вопрос. What's the point? — Зачем?/С какой целью? цивилизованный civilized см. культурный(о стране или обществе)

    Русско-английский объяснительный словарь > цель

  • 82 jacht

    I het
    [zeilboot; motorjacht] yacht
    II 〈de〉
    [het jagen] huntingop klein wild shooting
    [jachtpartij] huntop klein wild shoot
    [jachttijd] (open) season
    [achtervolging] hunt chase
    [het nastreven] hunt pursuit
    [jachtterrein] hunt(ing ground)voor klein wild shooting ground
    voorbeelden:
    1   korte jacht shooting
         lange jacht coursing
         jacht maken op hunt wild; shoot klein wild; hunt (for) persoon; pursue eer, rijkdom; van roofdier hunt, prey on
         op jacht gaan go (out) hunting; go (out) shooting klein wild; van roofdier go hunting, prowl
    2   een goede jacht hebben have a good run
    4   jacht maken op een man/een vrouw be after a man/a woman
         jacht maken op oorlogsmisdadigers hunt down war criminals
         de jacht met de camera the great picture hunt
         op jacht zijn naar iets be on the hunt for something
    5   jacht naar roem pursuit of fame
    ¶   handelde jacht op goud the run on gold

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > jacht

  • 83 lead

    I.
    A n
    1 (winning position in race, game, poll, quiz) to be in the lead, to have the lead être en tête ; to go into the lead, to take the lead passer en tête ; this gave him the lead ceci lui a permis de passer en tête ; to move into an early lead passer rapidement en tête ; to share the lead se partager la première place ;
    2 ( amount by which one is winning) avance f (over sur) ; to have a lead of three points/half a lap avoir trois points/un demi-tour de piste d'avance ; to have a six second/three-goal lead avoir six secondes/trois buts d'avance ; to increase one's lead creuser l'écart (by de) ; to increase one's lead in the polls to 20% atteindre une avance de 20% dans les sondages ;
    3 ( initiative) to take the lead prendre l'initiative ; to take the lead in doing être le premier/la première à faire ; to give a ou the lead donner l'exemple (in doing en faisant) ; to follow sb's lead suivre l'exemple de qn ;
    4 ( clue) piste f ; to have a number of leads to pursue avoir plusieurs pistes à suivre ; this was our first real lead c'était notre première vraie piste ; to give sb a lead as to mettre qn sur la piste ou la voie de [solution, perpetrator] ;
    5 Theat, Cin ( role) rôle m principal, premier rôle m ; to play the lead jouer le rôle principal ; who was the male/female lead? qui était l'acteur/l'actrice qui jouait le rôle principal? ;
    6 Journ ( story) to be the lead être à la une ; to be the lead in all the papers faire la une de tous les journaux ;
    7 Elec ( wire) fil m ;
    8 GB ( for dog) laisse f ; on a lead en laisse ; to let the dog off the lead lâcher le chien ;
    9 ( in cards) it's Nina's lead c'est à Nina de jouer en premier.
    B modif [guitarist, guitar] premier/-ière (before n) ; [role, singer] principal ; [article] principal, à la une .
    C vtr ( prét, pp led)
    1 (guide, escort) mener, conduire [person] (to sth à qch ; to sb auprès de qn ; out of hors de ; through à travers) ; to lead sb into the house/into the kitchen mener or conduire qn dans la maison/à la cuisine ; to lead sb up/down mener or conduire qn en haut de/en bas de [hill, staircase] ; to lead sb back ramener or reconduire qn (to à) ; to lead sb away éloigner qn (from de) ; to lead sb across the road faire traverser la rue à qn ; to lead sb to safety/into a trap conduire qn en lieu sûr/dans un piège ;
    2 (pull, take by hand or bridle) mener [child, prisoner, horse] (to à ; into dans ; by par) ; to lead sb to his cell conduire qn dans sa cellule ;
    3 ( bring) [path, route, sign, clue, sound, smell] mener [person] (to à) ; where is this discussion leading us? à quoi cette conversation nous mène-t-elle? ; this leads me to my main point ceci m'amène à mon sujet principal ; to lead the conversation onto amener la conversation sur ;
    4 ( be leader of) mener [army, team, expedition, attack, strike, revolt, proceedings, procession, parade] ; diriger [orchestra, research] ; to lead sb to victory mener qn à la victoire ; to lead the debate mener les débats ; to lead a congregation in prayer entonner les prières ; to lead the dancing ouvrir le bal ;
    5 Sport, Comm ( be ahead of) avoir une avance sur [rival, team] ; to be leading sb by 10 metres avoir une avance de 10 mètres sur qn, devancer qn de 10 mètres ; to be leading Liverpool 4-2 mener par 4 buts à 2 dans le match contre Liverpool ; to lead the world être au premier rang mondial ; to lead the field (in commerce, research) être le plus avancé ; ( in race) mener, être en tête ; to lead the market être le leader du marché ;
    6 (cause, influence) to lead sb to do amener qn à faire ; to lead sb to believe/hope that amener qn à croire /espérer que ; to be led to believe that être amené à croire que ; he led me to expect that d'après ce qu'il m'avait dit je m'attendais à ce que (+ subj) ; what led you to this conclusion? qu'est-ce qui vous a amené à cette conclusion? ; everything leads me to conclude that tout me porte à conclure que ; to be easily led être très influençable ;
    7 (conduct, have) mener [active life, lazy life] ; to lead a life of luxury/idleness vivre dans le luxe/l'oisiveté ;
    8 Jur to lead a witness interroger un témoin en lui suggérant les réponses ;
    9 Games ( in cards) jouer [card].
    D vi ( prét, pp led)
    1 (go, be directed) to lead to [path, route] mener à ; [door] s'ouvrir sur ; [exit, trapdoor] donner accès à ; to lead back to ramener à ; to lead off the corridor [passage] partir du couloir ; [door] s'ouvrir sur le couloir ; footsteps led away from the scene des traces de pas partaient du lieu ;
    2 ( result in) to lead to entraîner [complication, discovery, accident, response] ; it was bound to lead to trouble ça devait mal finir ; one thing led to another, and we… de fil en aiguille, nous… ;
    3 ( be ahead) [runner, car, company] être en tête ; [team, side] mener ; to lead by three games/15 seconds avoir trois jeux/15 secondes d'avance ; to be leading in the arms race être en tête dans la course aux armements ;
    4 ( go first) (in walk, procession) aller devant ; (in action, discussion) prendre l'initiative ;
    5 ( in dancing) conduire ;
    6 Jur to lead for être l'avocat principal de [defence, prosecution] ;
    7 Journ to lead with mettre [qch] à la une [story, headline, picture] ;
    8 ( in boxing) to lead with one's left/right attaquer de gauche/de droite ;
    9 ( in cards) jouer le premier/la première.
    to lead the way ( go first) passer devant ; ( guide others) montrer le chemin ; (be ahead, winning) être en tête ; to lead the way up/down/into passer devant pour monter/descendre/entrer dans ; to lead the way in space research être le numéro un dans le domaine de la recherche spatiale.
    lead off ( begin) commencer (with par).
    lead on:
    lead [sb] on
    1 ( give false hope) mener [qn] en bateau [client, investor, searcher] ;
    2 ( sexually) provoquer ;
    3 ( influence) influencer.
    lead up to [sth]
    1 ( precede) précéder ; the years leading up to the war les années qui ont précédé la guerre ;
    2 ( culminate in) se terminer par [argument, outburst] ;
    3 ( introduce) amener [topic] ; I had a feeling you were leading up to that je sentais que tu voulais en venir là.
    II.
    A n
    1 ( metal) plomb m ; white lead céruse f ; red lead minium m ;
    2 fig ( bullets) pruneaux mpl ;
    3 ( also black lead) ( graphite) mine f de plomb ; ( in pencil) mine f ;
    4 (on fishing line, in gun cartridge etc) plomb m ;
    5 Naut ( for sounding) plomb m (de sonde) ;
    6 Print interligne f ;
    7 Constr ( of window) (baguette f de) plomb m ; leads ( of windows) plombure f ¢ ;
    8 GB ( for roofing) couverture f de plomb ¢.
    B modif [paint, piping, weight] en or de plomb.
    to fill ou pump sb full of lead cribler qn de balles ; to get the lead out US ( stop loafing) se bouger ; ( speed up) se grouiller ; to go over US ou down GB like a lead balloon tomber à plat ; to swing the lead GB tirer au flanc .

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  • 84 prosecute

    A vtr
    1 Jur poursuivre [qn] en justice ; to prosecute sb for doing poursuivre qn pour avoir fait ; ‘trespassers will be prosecuted’ ‘défense d'entrer sous peine de poursuites’ ; ‘shoplifters will be prosecuted’ ‘tout vol est passible de poursuites’ ;
    2 ( pursue) poursuivre [war, research, interests].
    B vi engager des poursuites.

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  • 85 time

    time [taɪm]
    temps1 (a)-(e), 1 (m), 1 (o) durée1 (e) heure1 (f), 1 (g), 1 (m) moment1 (i), 1 (j) fois1 (k) époque1 (o) fin1 (r) mesure1 (u) chronométrer2 (a) fixer l'heure de2 (b) choisir le moment de2 (c) régler2 (d)
    1 noun
    as time goes by avec le temps;
    the price has gone up over time le prix a augmenté avec le temps;
    it's only a matter or a question of time ce n'est qu'une question de temps;
    these things take time cela ne se fait pas du jour au lendemain;
    to have time on one's hands or time to spare avoir du temps;
    time hangs heavy on his hands le temps lui pèse, il trouve le temps long;
    since the dawn of time depuis la nuit des temps;
    time flies le temps passe vite;
    doesn't time fly! comme le temps passe vite!;
    time heals all wounds le temps guérit tout;
    only time will tell seul l'avenir nous le dira;
    time will prove me right l'avenir me donnera raison;
    it's a race against time c'est une course contre la montre;
    they're working against time to save her ils ne disposent que de très peu de temps pour la sauver;
    time is on our side le temps joue en notre faveur;
    time out of mind de temps immémorial, de toute éternité;
    time is money le temps, c'est de l'argent;
    proverb time and tide wait for no man les événements n'attendent personne
    there's no time to lose il n'y a pas de temps à perdre;
    he lost no time in telling me il s'est empressé de me le dire;
    to make up for lost time rattraper le temps perdu;
    to make good/poor time doing sth mettre peu de temps/longtemps à faire qch;
    I passed the time reading j'ai passé mon temps à lire;
    take your time prenez votre temps;
    take your time over it prenez le temps qu'il faudra;
    it took me all my time just to get here! avec le temps que j'ai mis pour arriver ici!;
    you took your time about it! tu en as mis du temps!;
    she took the time to explain it to us elle a pris le temps de nous l'expliquer;
    she made the time to read the report elle a pris le temps de lire le rapport;
    I can always make time for you pour vous, je suis toujours là;
    I spend half/all my time cleaning up je passe la moitié de/tout mon temps à faire le ménage;
    half the time he doesn't know what he's doing la moitié du temps il ne sait pas ce qu'il fait;
    most of the time la plupart du temps;
    he was ill part or some of the time il a été malade une partie du temps;
    it rained part or some of the time il a plu par moments;
    we spend the better part of our time working nous passons le plus clair de notre temps à travailler;
    I start in three weeks' time je commence dans trois semaines;
    they'll have finished the project in three weeks' time ils auront terminé le projet dans trois semaines;
    all in good time! chaque chose en son temps!;
    I'll finish it in my own good time je le finirai quand bon me semblera;
    in no time (at all), in next to no time en un rien de temps, en moins de rien
    I haven't (the) time to do the shopping je n'ai pas le temps de faire les courses;
    I've no time for gossip je n'ai pas de temps à perdre en bavardages;
    I've no time for that sort of attitude je ne supporte pas ce genre de mentalité;
    he has no time for sycophants/for laziness il n'a pas de temps à perdre avec les flatteurs/les paresseux;
    my time is my own mon temps m'appartient;
    my time is not my own je ne suis pas libre de mon temps;
    we've just got time to catch the train on a juste le temps d'attraper le train;
    that doesn't leave them much time to get ready cela ne leur laisse guère de temps pour se préparer;
    you'll have to find the time to see her il faut que tu trouves le temps de la voir;
    you have plenty of time to finish it vous avez largement le temps de le finir;
    we've got plenty of time or all the time in the world nous avons tout le temps
    (d) (while) temps m;
    after a time après un (certain) temps;
    a long time longtemps;
    a long time ago il y a longtemps;
    it's a long time since we've been out for a meal together ça fait longtemps que nous ne sommes pas sortis dîner ensemble;
    she's been dreaming of this for a long time now voilà longtemps qu'elle en rêve;
    he waited for a long time il a attendu longtemps;
    I worked for a long time as a translator j'ai travaillé (pendant) longtemps comme traducteur;
    for a long time he refused to eat meat il a (pendant) longtemps refusé de manger de la viande;
    it'll be a long time before I do that again je ne suis pas près de recommencer, je ne recommencerai pas de si tôt ou de sitôt;
    the car takes a long time to warm up la voiture met longtemps à chauffer;
    you took a long time! tu en as mis du temps!, il t'en a fallu du temps!;
    familiar long time no see! ça faisait longtemps!;
    a short time peu de temps;
    after a short time peu (de temps) après;
    a short time before their wedding peu avant leur mariage;
    she's going to stay with us for a short time elle va rester avec nous pendant quelque temps;
    in the shortest possible time dans les plus brefs délais, le plus vite ou tôt possible;
    after some time au bout de quelque temps, après un certain temps;
    some time after their trip quelque temps après leur voyage;
    some time ago il y a quelque temps;
    for some time past depuis quelque temps;
    for some time (to come) pendant quelque temps;
    it's the best film I've seen for some time c'est le meilleur film que j'aie vu depuis un moment;
    it will take (quite) some time to repair il va falloir pas mal de temps pour le réparer;
    all this time pendant tout ce temps
    the flying time to Madrid is two hours la durée du vol pour Madrid est de deux heures;
    the cooking time is two hours le temps de cuisson est de deux heures;
    the winner's time was under four minutes le gagnant a fait un temps de moins de quatre minutes;
    1 minute 34 seconds is her best/a good time 1 minute 34 secondes, c'est son meilleur temps/un bon temps;
    it takes time cela prend du temps;
    how much time will it take? combien de temps cela prendra-t-il?;
    she finished in half the time it took me to finish elle a mis deux fois moins de temps que moi pour finir
    (f) (by clock) heure f;
    what time is it?, what's the time? quelle heure est-il?;
    what time do you make it? quelle heure avez-vous?;
    do you have the time? vous avez l'heure?;
    have you got the right time on you? avez-vous l'heure juste?;
    the time is twenty past three il est trois heures vingt;
    what time are we leaving? à quelle heure partons-nous?;
    do you know how to tell the time? est-ce que tu sais lire l'heure?;
    could you tell me the time? pourriez-vous me dire l'heure (qu'il est)?;
    have you seen the time? avez-vous vu l'heure?;
    I looked at the time j'ai regardé l'heure;
    this old watch still keeps good time cette vieille montre est toujours à l'heure ou exacte;
    at this time of day à cette heure de la journée;
    we'll have to keep an eye on the time il faudra surveiller l'heure;
    it is almost time to leave/for my bus il est presque l'heure de partir/de mon bus;
    it's time I was going il est temps que je parte;
    it's dinner time, it's time for dinner c'est l'heure de dîner;
    there you are, it's about time! te voilà, ce n'est pas trop tôt!;
    I wouldn't give him the time of day je ne lui dirais même pas bonjour;
    to pass the time of day with sb échanger quelques mots avec qn
    local time heure f locale;
    it's 5 o'clock Tokyo time il est 5 heures, heure de Tokyo
    is the bus running to time? est-ce que le bus est à l'heure?;
    within the required time dans les délais requis
    at that time I was in Madrid à ce moment-là, j'étais à Madrid ou j'étais alors à Madrid;
    I worked for her at one time à un moment donné j'ai travaillé pour elle;
    at the present time en ce moment, à présent;
    he is president at the present time il est actuellement président;
    at the time of delivery au moment de la livraison;
    at a later time plus tard;
    at a given time à un moment donné;
    at any one time à la fois;
    there's room for 15 people at any one time il y a de la place pour 15 personnes à la fois;
    an inconvenient time un moment inopportun;
    you called at a most inconvenient time vous avez appelé à un très mauvais moment;
    there are times when I could scream il y a des moments où j'ai envie de hurler;
    at the best of times même quand tout va bien;
    even at the best of times he is not that patient même dans ses bons moments il n'est pas particulièrement patient;
    at no time did I agree to that je n'ai jamais donné mon accord pour cela;
    by the time you get this… le temps que tu reçoives ceci…, quand tu auras reçu ceci…;
    by that time it will be too late à ce moment-là il sera trop tard;
    by that time we'll all be dead d'ici là nous serons tous morts;
    by this time next week d'ici une semaine, dans une semaine;
    this time next week la semaine prochaine à cette heure-ci;
    this time last week il y a exactement une semaine;
    from that time on we had nothing to do with them à partir de ce moment-là, nous avons refusé d'avoir affaire à eux;
    in between times entre-temps;
    some time or other un jour ou l'autre;
    some time next month dans le courant du mois prochain;
    until such time as I hear from them jusqu'à ce que ou en attendant que j'aie de leurs nouvelles
    she chose her time badly elle a mal choisi son moment;
    this is no time for you to leave ce n'est pas le moment de partir;
    now's our time to tell her c'est maintenant que nous devrions ou voici venu le moment de le lui dire;
    now is the time to invest c'est maintenant qu'il faut investir;
    when the time comes le moment venu, quand le moment sera venu;
    we'll talk about that when the time comes nous en parlerons en temps utile;
    the time has come to make a stand c'est le moment d'avoir le courage de ses opinions;
    the time for talking is past ce n'est plus le moment de parler;
    it's about time we taught her a lesson il est grand temps que nous lui donnions une bonne leçon;
    there's a time and a place for everything il y a un temps et un lieu pour ou à tout
    (k) (occasion, instance) fois f;
    I'll forgive you this time je vous pardonne cette fois-ci ou pour cette fois;
    each or every time chaque fois;
    she succeeds every time elle réussit à chaque fois;
    the last time he came la dernière fois qu'il est venu;
    the time before la fois précédente ou d'avant;
    another or some other time une autre fois;
    I called her three times je l'ai appelée trois fois;
    many times bien des fois, très souvent;
    many a time I've wondered… je me suis demandé plus d'une ou bien des fois…;
    several times plusieurs fois;
    several times in the past plusieurs fois déjà;
    he asked me several times if… il m'a demandé plusieurs fois si…;
    it costs 15 cents a time ça coûte 15 cents à chaque fois;
    the one time I'm winning, he wants to stop playing pour une fois que je gagne, il veut arrêter de jouer;
    nine times out of ten the machine doesn't work neuf fois sur dix la machine ne marche pas;
    we'll have to decide some time or other tôt ou tard ou un jour ou l'autre il va falloir nous décider;
    do you remember that time we went to Germany? tu te rappelles la fois où nous sommes allés en Allemagne?;
    there's always a first time il y a un début à tout;
    I've told you a hundred times! je te l'ai dit vingt ou cent fois!;
    give me a good detective story every time! rien ne vaut un bon roman policier!
    to have a good time bien s'amuser;
    she's had a terrible time of it elle a beaucoup souffert;
    I had the time of my life jamais je ne me suis si bien ou autant amusé;
    we had an awful time at the picnic nous nous sommes ennuyés à mourir au pique-nique;
    it was a difficult time for all of us c'était une période difficile pour nous tous;
    she had a hard time bringing up five children alone ça a été difficile pour elle d'élever cinq enfants seule;
    to give sb a hard or rough or tough time en faire voir de dures à qn, en faire voir de toutes les couleurs à qn;
    what a time I had with him! (fun) qu'est-ce que j'ai pu m'amuser avec lui!; (trouble) qu'est-ce qu'il m'en a fait voir!
    to put in time faire des heures (de travail);
    to work part/full time travailler à temps partiel/à plein temps;
    British in company time, American on company time pendant les heures de travail;
    British in your own time, American on your own time pendant votre temps libre, en dehors des heures de travail
    we pay time and a half on weekends nous payons les heures du week-end une fois et demie le tarif normal;
    overtime is paid at double time les heures supplémentaires sont payées ou comptées double
    (o) (usu plural) (era) époque f, temps m;
    in Victorian times à l'époque victorienne;
    in the time of Henry IV à l'époque d'Henri IV, du temps d'Henri IV;
    in times past, in former times autrefois, jadis;
    in times to come à l'avenir;
    at one time, things were different autrefois ou dans le temps les choses étaient différentes;
    the house has seen better times la maison a connu des jours meilleurs;
    in happier times en un ou des temps plus heureux;
    in time or times of need/war en temps de pénurie/de guerre;
    time was when doctors made house calls il fut un temps où les médecins faisaient des visites à domicile;
    those were happy times! c'était le bon (vieux) temps!;
    times are hard les temps sont durs;
    in our time de nos jours;
    the times we live in l'époque f où nous vivons;
    in my time children didn't talk back de mon temps, les enfants ne répondaient pas;
    she was probably a good singer in her time en son temps, c'était sûrement une bonne chanteuse;
    it was a very popular car in its time c'était une voiture très populaire à l'époque (où elle est sortie);
    very advanced for its time très en avance sur son temps ou sur l'époque;
    to be ahead of or before one's time être en avance sur son époque ou sur son temps;
    to be behind the times être en retard sur son époque ou sur son temps;
    to keep up with the times vivre avec son temps;
    to move with the times évoluer avec son temps;
    times have changed autres temps, autres mœurs
    I've heard some odd things in my time! j'en ai entendu, des choses, dans ma vie!;
    it won't happen in our time nous ne serons pas là pour voir ça;
    if I had my time over again si j'avais à recommencer (ma vie);
    at my time of life à mon âge;
    that was before your time (birth) vous n'étiez pas encore né; (arrival) vous n'étiez pas encore là;
    her time has come (childbirth) elle arrive à son terme; (death) son heure est venue ou a sonné; (success) son heure est venue;
    he died before his time il est mort avant l'âge
    it's hot for the time of year il fait chaud pour la saison
    time's up (on exam, visit) c'est l'heure; (on meter, telephone) le temps est écoulé;
    British time (gentlemen), please! (in pub) on ferme!;
    Sport the referee called time l'arbitre a sifflé la fin du match
    to buy sth on time acheter qch à tempérament ou à terme ou à crédit
    to do time faire de la taule;
    he's serving time for murder il est en taule pour meurtre
    (u) Music (tempo) mesure f; (note value) valeur f (d'une note);
    to keep time, to be in time être en mesure;
    he beat time with his foot il battait ou marquait la mesure du pied;
    in triple or three-part time à trois temps
    (v) Radio & Television espace m;
    to buy/to sell time on television acheter/vendre de l'espace publicitaire à la télévision
    to make time with sb (pursue) draguer qn; (be with) être avec qn (en couple) ; (have sex with) s'envoyer en l'air avec qn
    (a) (on clock → runner, worker, race) chronométrer;
    they timed her at four minutes a mile ils l'ont chronométrée ou ils ont chronométré son temps à quatre minutes au mille;
    time how long she takes to finish regardez combien de temps elle met pour finir;
    he timed his speech to last twenty minutes il a fait en sorte que son discours dure vingt minutes;
    to time an egg minuter le temps de cuisson d'un œuf
    (b) (schedule) fixer ou prévoir (l'heure de); Photography (exposure) calculer;
    they timed the attack for 6 o'clock l'attaque était prévue pour 6 heures
    (c) (choose right moment for) choisir ou calculer le moment de;
    she timed her entrance well elle a bien choisi le moment pour faire son entrée;
    he timed the blow perfectly il a frappé au bon moment;
    your remark was perfectly/badly timed votre observation est venue au bon/au mauvais moment
    (d) (synchronize) régler, ajuster;
    she tried to time her steps to the music elle essayait de régler ses pas sur la musique
    she's ten times cleverer than or as clever as he is elle est dix fois plus intelligente que lui;
    he ate four times as much cake as I did il a mangé quatre fois plus de gâteau que moi
    Mathematics 3 times 2 is 6 3 fois 2 font ou égalent 6;
    1 times 6 is 6 une fois six fait ou égale six
    en avance;
    I'm ten minutes ahead of time j'ai dix minutes d'avance
    he talked all the time we were at lunch il a parlé pendant tout le déjeuner;
    he's been watching us all the time il n'a pas cessé de nous regarder;
    I knew it all the time je le savais depuis le début
    n'importe quand;
    come over any time venez quand vous voulez;
    you're welcome any time vous serez toujours le bienvenu;
    thanks for all your help - any time merci de votre aide - de rien
    for days at a time pendant des journées entières, des journées durant;
    to do two things at a time faire deux choses à la fois;
    take one book at a time prenez les livres un par un ou un (seul) livre à la fois;
    she ran up the stairs two at a time elle a monté les marches quatre à quatre
    à tous moments
    à toute heure;
    hot meals at any time repas chauds à toute heure;
    at any time of day or night à n'importe quelle heure du jour ou de la nuit;
    at any time during office hours n'importe quand pendant les heures de bureau;
    he could die at any time il peut mourir d'un moment à l'autre;
    if at any time… si à l'occasion…
    (a) (simultaneously) en même temps;
    they all spoke at the same time ils se sont mis à parler tous en même temps;
    they arrived at the same time (as) he did ils sont arrivés en même temps que lui
    (b) (yet) en même temps;
    she was pleased but at the same time a bit concerned elle était contente mais en même temps un peu inquiète
    (c) (nevertheless) pourtant, cependant;
    at the same time, we must not forget… pourtant ou cependant, il ne faut pas oublier…
    at the time of their wedding au moment de leur mariage;
    I didn't pay much attention at the time sur le moment, je n'ai pas fait vraiment attention
    parfois, par moments
    en retard;
    we're a bit behind time nous sommes légèrement en retard;
    the project was running behind time le projet avait du retard
    pendant un (certain) temps;
    for a time, he was unable to walk pendant un certain temps, il n'a pas pu marcher
    pour toujours
    pour le moment
    de temps en temps, de temps à autre
    she'll come to her senses in time elle finira par revenir à la raison;
    he'll forget about it in (the course of) time il finira par l'oublier (avec le temps)
    let me know in (good) time prévenez-moi (bien) à l'avance;
    she arrived in time for the play elle est arrivée à l'heure pour la pièce;
    you're just in time to greet our guests tu arrives juste à temps pour accueillir nos invités;
    I'll be back in time for the film je serai de retour à temps pour le film
    (c) Music en mesure;
    to be or keep in time (with the music) être en mesure (avec la musique)
    en un rien de temps
    de tous les temps
    why now of all times? pourquoi faut-il que ce soit juste maintenant?
    à l'heure;
    to run on time (trains etc) être à l'heure;
    she arrived right on time elle est arrivée juste à l'heure;
    is the bus on time? est-ce que le bus est à l'heure?
    Music he got out of time il a perdu la mesure
    maintes et maintes fois
    temps m libre;
    what do you do in your time off? qu'est-ce que vous faites de votre temps libre?
    (a) Sport temps m mort; (in chess match) temps m de repos;
    Sport to take time out faire un temps mort
    I took time out to travel (from work) je me suis mis en congé pour voyager; (from studies) j'ai interrompu mes études pour voyager;
    she took time out to read the report elle a pris le temps de lire le rapport
    ►► time of arrival heure f d'arrivée;
    Stock Exchange time bargain marché m à terme;
    Finance time bill traite f à terme; also figurative time bomb bombe f à retardement;
    figurative a demographic time bomb une situation démographique qui menace d'exploser;
    the situation is like a time bomb ticking away la situation est explosive;
    figurative they're sitting on a time bomb ils sont assis sur un volcan;
    time capsule capsule f témoin (qui doit servir de témoignage historique aux générations futures);
    Industry time card carte f ou fiche f de pointage;
    time chart (showing time zones) carte f des fuseaux horaires; (showing events) table f d'événements historiques; (showing planning) calendrier m, planning m;
    time check (on radio) rappel m de l'heure; (in cycling, skiing, motor racing) contrôle m du temps intermédiaire;
    Grammar time clause proposition f temporelle;
    Industry time clock pointeuse f;
    time code code m temporel;
    time of departure heure f de départ;
    American Finance time deposit dépôt m à terme;
    time difference décalage m horaire;
    Finance time draft traite f à terme;
    time exposure (of film) (temps m de) pose f; (photograph) photo f prise en pose;
    time frame délai m;
    what's our time frame? de combien de temps disposons-nous?;
    time fuse détonateur m ou fusée f à retardement;
    time lag (delay) décalage m dans le temps; (in time zones) décalage m horaire;
    time lapse intervalle m, laps m de temps;
    time limit (gen) délai m, date f limite; Law délai m de forclusion;
    there is a strict time limit for applications il y a un délai impératif ou de rigueur pour la remise des dossiers de candidature;
    we'll have to set ourselves a time limit for the work il va falloir nous imposer un délai pour finir ce travail;
    the work must be completed within the time limit le travail doit être terminé avant la date limite;
    Finance time loan emprunt m à terme;
    time machine machine f à voyager dans le temps;
    time management gestion f du temps de travail;
    Marketing time pricing fixation f des prix en fonction du moment;
    time sheet feuille f de présence;
    Radio time signal signal m ou top m horaire;
    Music time signature indication f de la mesure;
    Computing time slice tranche f de temps;
    Computing time slicing temps m partagé;
    time slot créneau m ou tranche f horaire;
    time switch (for oven, heating) minuteur m; (for lighting) minuterie f;
    time travel voyage m dans le temps;
    time traveller personne f qui voyage dans le temps;
    Sport time trial course f contre la montre, contre-la-montre m inv;
    Telecommunications time unit unité f;
    time value Music valeur f (d'une note); Finance valeur f temporelle;
    time warp (in science fiction) faille f spatio-temporelle;
    it's like living in a time warp c'est comme si on vivait hors du temps;
    the country seems to have entered a time warp le temps semble s'être arrêté dans le pays;
    the house/company seems to be caught in a 19th century time warp la maison/la société semble ne pas avoir changé depuis le XIXème siècle;
    time zone fuseau m horaire
    ✾ Book 'The Time Machine' Wells 'La Machine à explorer le temps'
    I may be some time Ce sont les mots ("je risque d'en avoir pour un certain temps") qu'aurait prononcés le capitaine Oates lorsqu'il sortit de la tente qu'il occupait avec le capitaine Scott au cours de leur expédition de 1912 au pôle sud. Oates souffrait de gelures multiples et afin de ne pas ralentir la progression de ses camarades, il décida de se sacrifier en disparaissant dans la tourmente. Cet épisode est censé symboliser les qualités d'héroïsme et d'abnégation associées au caractère britannique. Aujourd'hui, on emploie cette formule par allusion à Oates sur le mode humoristique lorsque l'on sort d'une pièce ou bien lorsqu'on va aux toilettes.

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  • 86 Clarke, Arthur Charles

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    b. 16 December 1917 Minehead, Somerset, England
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    English writer of science fiction who correctly predicted the use of geo-stationary earth satellites for worldwide communications.
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    Whilst still at Huish's Grammar School, Taunton, Clarke became interested in both space science and science fiction. Unable to afford a scientific education at the time (he later obtained a BSc at King's College, London), he pursued both interests in his spare time while working in the Government Exchequer and Audit Department between 1936 and 1941. He was a founder member of the British Interplanetary Society, subsequently serving as its Chairman in 1946–7 and 1950–3. From 1941 to 1945 he served in the Royal Air Force, becoming a technical officer in the first GCA (Ground Controlled Approach) radar unit. There he began to produce the first of many science-fiction stories. In 1949–50 he was an assistant editor of Science Abstracts at the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
    As a result of his two interests, he realized during the Second World War that an artificial earth satellite in an equatorial orbital with a radius of 35,000 km (22,000 miles) would appear to be stationary, and that three such geo-stationary, or synchronous, satellites could be used for worldwide broadcast or communications. He described these ideas in a paper published in Wireless World in 1945. Initially there was little response, but within a few years the idea was taken up by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and in 1965 the first synchronous satellite, Early Bird, was launched into orbit.
    In the 1950s he moved to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to pursue an interest in underwater exploration, but he continued to write science fiction, being known in particular for his contribution to the making of the classic Stanley Kubrick science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, based on his book of the same title.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Clarke received many honours for both his scientific and science-fiction writings. For his satellite communication ideas his awards include the Franklin Institute Gold Medal 1963 and Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1976. For his science-fiction writing he received the UNESCO Kalinga Prize (1961) and many others. In 1979 he became Chancellor of Moratuwa University in Sri Lanka and in 1980 Vikran Scrabhai Professor at the Physical Research Laboratory of the University of Ahmedabad.
    Bibliography
    1945. "Extra-terrestrial relays: can rocket stations give world wide coverage?", Wireless World L1: 305 (puts forward his ideas for geo-stationary communication satellites).
    1946. "Astronomical radar: some future possibilities", Wireless World 52:321.
    1948, "Electronics and space flight", Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 7:49. Other publications, mainly science-fiction novels, include: 1955, Earthlight, 1956, The
    Coast of Coral; 1958, Voice Across the Sea; 1961, Fall of Moondust; 1965, Voices
    from the Sky, 1977, The View from Serendip; 1979, Fountain of Paradise; 1984, Ascent to Orbit: A Scientific Autobiography, and 1984, 2010: Odyssey Two (a sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey that was also made into a film).
    Further Reading
    1986, Encyclopaedia Britannica.
    1991, Who's Who, London: A. \& C.Black.
    KF

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  • 87 Dyer, Joseph Chessborough

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
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    b. 15 November 1780 Stonnington Point, Connecticut, USA
    d. 2 May 1871 Manchester, England
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    American inventor of a popular type of roving frame for cotton manufacture.
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    As a youth, Dyer constructed an unsinkable life-boat but did not immediately pursue his mechanical bent, for at 16 he entered the counting-house of a French refugee named Nancrède and succeeded to part of the business. He first went to England in 1801 and finally settled in 1811 when he married Ellen Jones (d. 1842) of Gower Street, London. Dyer was already linked with American inventors and brought to England Perkins's plan for steel engraving in 1809, shearing and nail-making machines in 1811, and also received plans and specifications for Fulton's steamboats. He seems to have acted as a sort of British patent agent for American inventors, and in 1811 took out a patent for carding engines and a card clothing machine. In 1813 there was a patent for spinning long-fibred substances such as hemp, flax or grasses, and in 1825 there was a further patent for card making machinery. Joshua Field, on his tour through Britain in 1821, saw a wire drawing machine and a leather splitting machine at Dyer's works as well as the card-making machines. At first Dyer lived in Camden Town, London, but he had a card clothing business in Birmingham. He moved to Manchester c.1816, where he developed an extensive engineering works under the name "Joseph C.Dyer, patent card manufacturers, 8 Stanley Street, Dale Street". In 1832 he founded another works at Gamaches, Somme, France, but this enterprise was closed in 1848 with heavy losses through the mismanagement of an agent. In 1825 Dyer improved on Danforth's roving frame and started to manufacture it. While it was still a comparatively crude machine when com-pared with later versions, it had the merit of turning out a large quantity of work and was very popular, realizing a large sum of money. He patented the machine that year and must have continued his interest in these machines as further patents followed in 1830 and 1835. In 1821 Dyer had been involved in the foundation of the Manchester Guardian (now The Guardian) and he was linked with the construction of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway. He was not so successful with the ill-fated Bank of Manchester, of which he was a director and in which he lost £98,000. Dyer played an active role in the community and presented many papers to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. He helped to establish the Royal Institution in London and the Mechanics Institution in Manchester. In 1830 he was a member of the delegation to Paris to take contributions from the town of Manchester for the relief of those wounded in the July revolution and to congratulate Louis-Philippe on his accession. He called for the reform of Parliament and helped to form the Anti-Corn Law League. He hated slavery and wrote several articles on the subject, both prior to and during the American Civil War.
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    Bibliography
    1811, British patent no. 3,498 (carding engines and card clothing machine). 1813, British patent no. 3,743 (spinning long-fibred substances).
    1825, British patent no. 5,309 (card making machinery).
    1825, British patent no. 5,217 (roving frame). 1830, British patent no. 5,909 (roving frame).
    1835, British patent no. 6,863 (roving frame).
    Further Reading
    Dictionary of National Biography.
    J.W.Hall, 1932–3, "Joshua Field's diary of a tour in 1821 through the Midlands", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 6.
    Evan Leigh, 1875, The Science of Modern Cotton Spinning, Vol. II, Manchester (provides an account of Dyer's roving frame).
    D.J.Jeremy, 1981, Transatlantic Industrial Revolution: The Diffusion of Textile
    Technologies Between Britain and America, 1790–1830s, Oxford (describes Dyer's links with America).
    See also: Arnold, Aza
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    Biographical history of technology > Dyer, Joseph Chessborough

  • 88 Henry, Joseph

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    b. 17 December 1797 Albany, New York, USA
    d. 13 May 1878 Washington, DC, USA
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    American scientist after whom the unit of inductance is named.
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    Sent to stay with relatives at the age of 6 because of the illness of his father, when the latter died in 1811 Henry was apprenticed to a silversmith and then turned to the stage. Whilst he was ill himself, a book on science fired his interest and he began studying at Albany Academy, working as a tutor to finance his studies. Initially intending to pursue medicine, he then spent some time as a surveyor before becoming Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Albany Academy in 1826. There he became interested in the improvement of electromagnets and discovered that the use of an increased number of turns of wire round the core greatly increased their power; by 1831 he was able to supply to Yale a magnet capable of lifting almost a ton weight. During this time he also discovered the principles of magnetic induction and self-inductance. In the same year he made, but did not patent, a cable telegraph system capable of working over a distance of 1 mile (1.6 km). It was at this time, too, that he found that adiabatic expansion of gases led to their sudden cooling, thus paving the way for the development of refrigerators. For this he was recommended for, but never received, the Copley Medal of the Royal Society. Five years later he became Professor of Natural Philosophy at New Jersey College (later Princeton University), where he deduced the laws governing the operation of transformers and observed that changes in magnetic flux induced electric currents in conductors. Later he also observed that spark discharges caused electrical effects at a distance. He therefore came close to the discovery of radio waves. In 1836 he was granted a year's leave of absence and travelled to Europe, where he was able to meet Michael Faraday. It was with his help that in 1844 Samuel Morse set up the first patented electric telegraph, but, sadly, the latter seems to have reaped all the credit and financial rewards. In 1846 he became the first secretary of the Washington Smithsonian Institute and did much to develop government support for scientific research. As a result of his efforts some 500 telegraph stations across the country were equipped with meteorological equipment to supply weather information by telegraph to a central location, a facility that eventually became the US National Weather Bureau. From 1852 he was a member of the Lighthouse Board, contributing to improvements in lighting and sound warning systems and becoming its chairman in 1871. During the Civil War he was a technical advisor to President Lincoln. He was a founder of the National Academy of Science and served as its President for eleven years.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    President, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1849. President, National Academy of Science 1893–1904. In 1893, to honour his work on induction, the International Congress of Electricians adopted the henry as the unit of inductance.
    Bibliography
    1824. "On the chemical and mechanical effects of steam". 1825. "The production of cold by the rarefaction of air".
    1832, "On the production of currents \& sparks of electricity \& magnetism", American
    Journal of Science 22:403.
    "Theory of the so-called imponderables", Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 6:84.
    Further Reading
    Smithsonian Institution, 1886, Joseph Henry, Scientific Writings, Washington DC.
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    Biographical history of technology > Henry, Joseph

  • 89 Ilgner, Karl

    SUBJECT AREA: Electricity
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    b. 27 July 1862 Neisse, Upper Silesia (now Nysa, Poland)
    d. 18 January 1921 Berthelsdorf, Silesia
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    German electrical engineer, inventor of a transformer for electromotors.
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    Ilgner graduated from the Gewerbeakademie (the forerunner of the Technical University) in Berlin. As the representative of an electric manufacturing company in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) from 1897, he was confronted with the fact that there were no appropriate drives for hoisting-engines or rolling-plants in steelworks. Two problems prevented the use of high-capacity electric motors in the mining as well as in the iron and steel industry: the reactions of the motors on the circuit at the peak point of stress concentration; and the complicated handling of the control system which raised the risks regarding safety. Having previously been head of the department of electrical power transmission in Hannover, he was concerned with the development of low-speed direct-current motors powered by gas engines.
    It was Harry Ward Leonard's switchgear for direct-current motors (USA, 1891) that permitted sudden and exact changes in the speed and direction of rotation without causing power loss, as demonstrated in the driving of a rolling sidewalk at the Paris World Fair of 1900. Ilgner connected this switchgear to a large and heavy flywheel which accumulated the kinetic energy from the circuit in order to compensate shock loads. With this combination, electric motors did not need special circuits, which were still weak, because they were working continuously and were regulated individually, so that they could be used for driving hoisting-engines in mines, rolling-plants in steelworks or machinery for producing tools and paper. Ilgner thus made a notable advance in the general progress of electrification.
    His transformer for hoisting-engines was patented in 1901 and was commercially used inter alia by Siemens \& Halske of Berlin. Their first electrical hoisting-engine for the Zollern II/IV mine in Dortmund gained international reputation at the Düsseldorf exhibition of 1902, and is still preserved in situ in the original machine hall of the mine, which is now a national monument in Germany. Ilgner thereafter worked with several companies to pursue his conception, became a consulting engineer in Vienna and Breslau and had a government post after the First World War in Brussels and Berlin until he retired for health reasons in 1919.
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    Bibliography
    1901, DRP no. 138, 387 1903, "Der elektrische Antrieb von Reversier-Walzenstraßen", Stahl und Eisen 23:769– 71.
    Further Reading
    W.Kroker, "Karl Ilgner", Neue Deutsche Biographie, Vol. X, pp. 134–5. W.Philippi, 1924, Elektrizität im Bergbau, Leipzig (a general account).
    K.Warmbold, 1925, "Der Ilgner-Umformer in Förderanlagen", Kohle und Erz 22:1031–36 (a detailed description).
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    Biographical history of technology > Ilgner, Karl

  • 90 Lauste, Eugène Augustin

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    b. 1857 Montmartre, France d. 1935
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    French inventor who devised the first practicable sound-on-film system.
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    Lauste was a prolific inventor who as a 22-year-old had more than fifty patents to his name. He joined Edison's West Orange Laboratory as Assistant to W.K.L. Dickson in 1887; he was soon involved in the development of early motion pictures, beginning an association with the cinema that was to dominate the rest of his working life. He left Edison in 1892 to pursue an interest in petrol engines, but within two years he returned to cinematography, where, in association with Major Woodville Latham, he introduced small but significant improvements to film-projection systems. In 1900 an interest in sound recording, dating back to his early days with Edison, led Lauste to begin exploring the possibility of recording sound photographically on film alongside the picture. In 1904 he moved to England, where he continued his experiments, and by 1907 he had succeeded in photographing a sound trace and picture simultaneously, each image occupying half the width of the film.
    Despite successful demonstrations of Lauste's system on both sides of the Atlantic, he enjoyed no commercial success. Handicapped by lack of capital, his efforts were finally brought to an end by the First World War. In 1906 Lauste had filed a patent for his sound-on-film system, which has been described by some authorities as the master patent for talking pictures. Although this claim is questionable, he was the first to produce a practicable scund-on-film system and establish the basic principles that were universally followed until the introduction of magnetic sound.
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    Bibliography
    11 August 1906, with Robert R.Haines and John S.Pletts, British Patent no. 18,057 (sound-on-film system).
    Further Reading
    The most complete accounts of Lauste's work and the history of sound films can be found in the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture (and Television) Engineers.
    For an excellent account of Lauste's work, see the Report of the Historical Committee, 1931, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engin eers 16 (January):105–9; and Merritt Crawford, 1941, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, 17 (October) 632–44.
    For good general accounts of the evolution of sound in the cinema, see: E.I.Sponable, 1947, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers 48:275–303 and 407–22; E.W.Kellog, 1955, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers 64:291–302 and 356–74.
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    Biographical history of technology > Lauste, Eugène Augustin

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