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1. noun1) Anschlag, der; Aushang, der; (in newspaper) Anzeige, dieno-smoking notice — Rauchverbotsschild, das
2) (warning)give [somebody] [three days'] notice of one's arrival — [jemandem] seine Ankunft [drei Tage vorher] mitteilen
have [no] notice [of something] — [von etwas] [keine] Kenntnis haben
at short/a moment's/ten minutes' notice — kurzfristig/von einem Augenblick zum andern/innerhalb von zehn Minuten
3) (formal notification) Ankündigung, dieuntil further notice — bis auf weiteres
4) (ending an agreement) Kündigung, diegive somebody a month's notice — jemandem mit einer Frist von einem Monat kündigen
hand in one's notice, give notice — (Brit.)
give one's notice — (Amer.) kündigen
5) (attention) Beachtung, diebring somebody/something to somebody's notice — jemanden auf jemanden/etwas aufmerksam machen
it has come to my notice that... — ich habe bemerkt od. mir ist aufgefallen, dass...
take no notice of somebody/something — (not observe) jemanden/etwas nicht bemerken; (disregard) keine Notiz von jemandem/etwas nehmen
2. transitive verbtake notice of — wahrnehmen; hören auf [Rat]; zur Kenntnis nehmen [Leistung]
1) (perceive, take notice of) bemerken; abs.I pretended not to notice — ich tat so, als ob ich es nicht bemerkte
2) (remark upon) erwähnen* * *['nəutis] 1. noun1) (a written or printed statement to announce something publicly: He stuck a notice on the door, saying that he had gone home; They put a notice in the paper announcing the birth of their daughter.) die Notiz2) (attention: His skill attracted their notice; I'll bring the problem to his notice as soon as possible.) die Aufmerksamkeit; die Kenntnis3) (warning given especially before leaving a job or dismissing someone: Her employer gave her a month's notice; The cook gave in her notice; Please give notice of your intentions.) die Warnung2. verb(to see, observe, or keep in one's mind: I noticed a book on the table; He noticed her leave the room; Did he say that? I didn't notice.) bemerken- academic.ru/50561/noticeable">noticeable- noticeably
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- notice-board
- at short notice
- take notice of* * *no·tice[ˈnəʊtɪs, AM ˈnoʊt̬-]I. vt1. (see)▪ to \notice sth etw wahrnehmenwe \noticed a car stopping outside the house wir bemerkten, wie [o dass] ein Auto vor der Tür hieltshe waved at him but he didn't seem to \notice sie winkte ihm zu, aber er schien es nicht zu bemerken2. (pay attention to)▪ to \notice sth etw [be]merkenshe was first \noticed by the critics at the age of 12 sie fiel den Kritikern zum ersten Mal im Alter von zwölf Jahren auf\notice the details achten Sie auf die Details3. (review)to \notice a book ein Buch besprechen4. (inform)▪ to \notice sb jdn benachrichtigen5. (announce)▪ to \notice sth etw anzeigenII. nto avoid \notice Aufsehen vermeidenit came [or was brought] to my \notice that... es ist mir zu Ohren gekommen [o ich habe erfahren], dass...it escaped my \notice that... es ist mir [o meiner Aufmerksamkeit] entgangen, dassto bring sth to sb's \notice jdn auf etw akk aufmerksam machento deserve some \notice Beachtung verdienento take \notice Notiz nehmenthe news made everyone sit up and take \notice die Nachrichten alarmierten alleI asked him to drive more slowly but he didn't take any \notice ich bat ihn, langsamer zu fahren, aber er reagierte nichtto take \notice of sb/sth von jdm/etw Notiz nehmen, jdm/etw Beachtung schenkendon't take any \notice of what she says kümmere dich nicht um das, was sie sagtto take no \notice of the fact that... die Tatsache ignorieren, dass...to give sb \notice jdn [vorab] informieren; (warn) jdn [vor]warnento give sb \notice of a visit jdm einen Besuch ankündigenat a day's/four days'/ten minutes' \notice binnen eines Tages/vier Tagen/zehn Minutenat a moment's \notice jederzeitat short \notice kurzfristiguntil further \notice bis auf Weiteresto be on \notice informiert sein; (be warned) [vor]gewarnt seinwithout \notice ohne Vorankündigung; (without warning) ohne Vorwarnungto leave without \notice weggehen ohne vorher Bescheid zu sagento show up without \notice unangemeldet erscheinen\notice of acceptance Annahmeerklärung f\notice of arrival Eingangsbestätigung f\notice of departure polizeiliche Abmeldung\notice to pay Zahlungsaufforderung f, Mahnung f bes SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERRpublic \notice öffentliche Bekanntmachungshe is under \notice to leave ihr ist gekündigt worden\notice to quit Kündigung fto give [in] [or hand in] one's \notice seine Kündigung einreichen, kündigento give sb his/her \notice jdm kündigen [o form die Kündigung aussprechen]seven days'/a month's \notice wöchentliche/monatliche Kündigung, eine Kündigungsfrist von sieben Tagen/einem Monatyou must give seven days' \notice of withdrawal Sie haben sieben Tage Kündigungsfristshe gave him a month's \notice to move out sie gab ihm eine Frist von einem Monat, um auszuziehento have fifteen days'/three months' \notice eine Kündigungsfrist von vierzehn Tagen/drei Monaten habenwithout \notice fristlosthe book received good \notices das Buch erhielt gute Kritiken* * *['nəʊtɪs]1. n1) (= warning, communication) Bescheid m, Benachrichtigung f; (= written notification) Mitteilung f; (of forthcoming event, film etc) Ankündigung fto give notice of sth — von etw Bescheid geben; of film, change etc etw ankündigen; of arrival etc etw melden
to give sb one week's notice of sth — jdn eine Woche vorher von etw benachrichtigen, jdm eine Woche vorher über etw (acc) Bescheid geben
to give sb notice of sth — jdn von etw benachrichtigen, jdm etw mitteilen
to give official notice that... — öffentlich bekannt geben, dass...; (referring to future event) öffentlich ankündigen, dass...
without notice — ohne Ankündigung; (of arrival also) unangemeldet
notice is hereby given that... — hiermit wird bekannt gegeben, dass...
he didn't give us much notice, he gave us rather short notice — er hat uns nicht viel Zeit gelassen or gegeben
to have notice of sth —
I must have notice or you must give me some notice of what you intend to do — ich muss Bescheid wissen or Kenntnis davon haben (form), was Sie vorhaben
to serve notice on sb ( Jur, to appear in court ) — jdn vorladen
at a moment's notice — jederzeit, sofort
at three days' notice — binnen drei Tagen, innerhalb von drei Tagen
2) (= public announcement) (on notice board etc) Bekanntmachung f, Anschlag m; (= poster) Plakat nt; (= sign) Schild nt; (in newspaper) Mitteilung f, Bekanntmachung f; (short) Notiz f; (of birth, wedding, vacancy etc) Anzeige fthe notice says... — da steht...
to post a notice — einen Anschlag machen, ein Plakat nt
birth/marriage/death notice — Geburts-/Heirats-/Todesanzeige f
I saw a notice in the paper about the concert — ich habe das Konzert in der Zeitung angekündigt gesehen
3) (prior to end of employment, residence etc) Kündigung for to vacate (US) — Kündigung f
to give sb notice (employer, landlord) — jdm kündigen; (lodger, employee also) bei jdm kündigen
I am under notice of redundancy, I got my notice — mir ist gekündigt worden
a month's notice —
I have to give (my landlady) a week's notice — ich habe eine einwöchige Kündigungsfrist
4) (= review) Kritik f, Rezension f5)(= attention)
to take notice of sth — von etw Notiz nehmenI'm afraid I wasn't taking much notice of what they were doing — ich muss gestehen, ich habe nicht aufgepasst, was sie machten
to take no notice of sb/sth — jdn/etw ignorieren, von jdm/etw keine Notiz nehmen, jdm/etw keine Beachtung schenken
take no notice! —
a lot of notice he takes of me! — als ob er mich beachten würde!
to attract notice —
it might not have escaped your notice that... — Sie haben vielleicht bemerkt, dass...
to bring sth to sb's notice — jdn auf etw (acc) aufmerksam machen; (in letter etc) jdn von etw in Kenntnis setzen
it came to his notice that... — er erfuhr, dass..., es ist ihm zu Ohren gekommen, dass...
2. vtbemerken; (= feel, hear, touch also) wahrnehmen; (= realize also) merken; (= recognize, acknowledge existence of) zur Kenntnis nehmen; difference feststellenwithout my noticing it —
I noticed her hesitating —
did he wave? – I never noticed — hat er gewinkt? – ich habe es nicht bemerkt or gesehen
I notice you have a new dress — ich stelle fest, du hast ein neues Kleid, wie ich sehe, hast du ein neues Kleid
to get oneself noticed — Aufmerksamkeit erregen, auf sich (acc) aufmerksam machen; (negatively) auffallen
* * *notice [ˈnəʊtıs]A s1. Beachtung f:avoid notice (Redew) um Aufsehen zu vermeiden;that’s beneath my notice das nehme ich nicht zur Kenntnis;bring sth to sb’s notice jemandem etwas zur Kenntnis bringen, jemanden von etwas in Kenntnis setzen, jemanden von etwas unterrichten;come to sb’s notice jemandem bekannt werden, jemandem zur Kenntnis gelangen;escape notice unbemerkt bleiben;escape sb’s notice jemandem oder jemandes Aufmerksamkeit entgehen;a) (keine) Notiz nehmen von,b) (nicht) beachten;“notice” „zur Beachtung!“2. Notiz f, Nachricht f, Anzeige f, Meldung f, Ankündigung f, Mitteilung f:notice of an engagement Verlobungsanzeige f;this is to give notice that … es wird hiermit bekannt gemacht, dass …;give sb notice of sth jemanden von etwas benachrichtigen;on short notice bes US kurzfristig, auf Abruf3. Anzeige f, Ankündigung f, Hinweis m, Bekanntgabe f, Benachrichtigung f, Mitteilung f, Bericht m, Anmeldung f:notice of a loss Verlustanzeige;a) einen Antrag anmelden,b) PARL einen Initiativantrag stellen;give notice of a patent ein Patent anmelden;serve notice upon sb JUR jemandem eine Vorladung zustellen, jemanden vorladen4. a) Warnung fb) Kündigung(sfrist) f:subject to a month’s notice mit monatlicher Kündigung;give sb (their) notice (for Easter) jemandem (zu Ostern) kündigen;give sb three months’ notice jemandem drei Monate vorher kündigen;we have been given notice to quit uns ist (die Wohnung) gekündigt worden;I am under notice to leave mir ist gekündigt worden;at a day’s notice binnen eines Tages;at a moment’s notice jeden Augenblick, sogleich, jederzeit;at short notice kurzfristig, auf Abruf; sofort, auf Anhieb;it’s a bit short notice umg das kommt etwas plötzlich;without notice fristlos (entlassen etc)5. schriftliche Bemerkung, (auch Presse-, Zeitungs) Notiz f, ( besonders kurze kritische) Rezension, (Buch- etc) Besprechung f:receive good notices gute Kritiken erhaltenB v/t1. bemerken:notice sb do(ing) sth bemerken, dass jemand etwas tut; jemanden etwas tun sehennotice that … beachten, dass …3. anzeigen, melden, bekannt machenC v/i es bemerken* * *1. noun1) Anschlag, der; Aushang, der; (in newspaper) Anzeige, dieno-smoking notice — Rauchverbotsschild, das
2) (warning)give [somebody] [three days'] notice of one's arrival — [jemandem] seine Ankunft [drei Tage vorher] mitteilen
have [no] notice [of something] — [von etwas] [keine] Kenntnis haben
at short/a moment's/ten minutes' notice — kurzfristig/von einem Augenblick zum andern/innerhalb von zehn Minuten
3) (formal notification) Ankündigung, die4) (ending an agreement) Kündigung, diehand in one's notice, give notice — (Brit.)
give one's notice — (Amer.) kündigen
5) (attention) Beachtung, diebring somebody/something to somebody's notice — jemanden auf jemanden/etwas aufmerksam machen
it has come to my notice that... — ich habe bemerkt od. mir ist aufgefallen, dass...
take no notice of somebody/something — (not observe) jemanden/etwas nicht bemerken; (disregard) keine Notiz von jemandem/etwas nehmen
2. transitive verbtake notice of — wahrnehmen; hören auf [Rat]; zur Kenntnis nehmen [Leistung]
1) (perceive, take notice of) bemerken; abs.I pretended not to notice — ich tat so, als ob ich es nicht bemerkte
2) (remark upon) erwähnen* * *n.Anschlag -¨e m.Anzeige -n f.Bekanntmachung f.Bemerkung f.Kündigung f.Merkblatt n.Notiz -en f. v.beachten v.bemerken v.daran denken ausdr.merken v.notieren v.vermerken v.wahrnehmen v. -
102 before
A prep1 ( earlier than) avant ; the day before yesterday avant-hier ; the day before the interview la veille de l'entretien ; I was there the week before last j'y étais il y a deux semaines ; they hadn't met since before the war ils ne s'étaient pas vus depuis avant la guerre ; it should have been done before now ça aurait dû être fait avant ; phone if you need me before then téléphonez-moi si vous avez besoin de moi avant ; six weeks before then six semaines avant or auparavant ; she became a doctor, like her mother before her elle est devenue médecin comme sa mère ; before long it will be winter ce sera bientôt l'hiver ; before long, he was speaking Spanish fluently très vite, il parlait l'espagnol couramment ; not before time! ce n'est pas trop tôt! ; it was long before your time c'était bien avant ta naissance ;2 (in order, sequence, hierarchy) avant ; G comes before H in the alphabet dans l'alphabet le G est avant le H ; your name comes before mine on the list sur la liste ton nom est avant le mien ; the page before this one la page précédente ;3 (in importance, priority) avant ; to put quality before quantity placer la qualité avant la quantité ; for him, work comes before everything else pour lui le travail passe avant tout ; should we place our needs before theirs? devrions-nous accorder plus d'importance à nos besoins qu'aux leurs? ; ladies before gentlemen honneur aux dames ;4 ( this side of) avant ; turn left before the crossroads tournez à gauche avant le carrefour ;6 ( in front of) devant ; she appeared before them elle est apparue devant eux ; the desert stretched out before them le désert s'étendait devant eux ; before our very eyes sous nos propres yeux ; they fled before the invader ils ont fui devant l'envahisseur ;7 ( in the presence of) devant ; he was brought before the king on l'a amené devant le roi ; to appear before a court comparaître devant un tribunal ; to put proposals before a committee présenter des projets à une commission ; to bring a bill before parliament présenter un projet de loi au parlement ;8 ( confronting) face à ; they were powerless before such resistance ils étaient impuissants face à une telle résistance ; these are the alternatives before us voici les choix qui s'offrent à nous ; the task before us la tâche qui nous attend.B adj précédent ; the day before la veille ; the week/the year before la semaine/l'année précédente ; this page and the one before cette page et la précédente.C adv ( at an earlier time) avant ; as before comme avant ; before and after avant et après ; he had been there two months before il y était allé deux mois auparavant ; have you been to India before? est-ce que tu es déjà allé en Inde? ; I've never been there before je n'y suis jamais allé ; haven't we met before? on s'est déjà rencontré, il me semble? ; I've never seen him before in my life c'est la première fois que je le vois ; it's never happened before c'est la première fois que ça arrive ; long before bien avant.D conj1 ( in time) before I go, I would like to say that avant de partir, je voudrais dire que ; before he goes, I must remind him that avant qu'il parte, il faut que je lui rappelle que ; it was some time before she was able to walk again il lui a fallu un certain temps pour pouvoir marcher de nouveau ; before I had time to realize what was happening, he… avant que j'aie eu le temps de comprendre ce qui se passait, il… ; it will be years before I earn that much money! je ne gagnerai pas autant d'argent avant des années! ; oh, before I forget, did you remember to post that letter? avant que j'oublie, est-ce que tu as pensé à envoyer cette lettre? ;2 ( rather than) plutôt que ; he would die before betraying that secret il mourrait plutôt que de révéler ce secret ;3 (otherwise, or else) get out of here before I call the police! sortez d'ici ou j'appelle la police! ;4 ( as necessary condition) pour que (+ subj) ; you have to show your ticket before they'll let you in il faut que tu montres ton ticket pour qu'ils te laissent entrer.before you could say Jack Robinson en moins de temps qu'il ne faut pour le dire, en moins de deux ○ ; before you know where you are… on n'a pas le temps de dire ouf que… -
103 Cros, Hortensius Emile Charles
[br]b. 1 October 1842 Fabrezan (Aude), Franced. 9 August 1888 Paris, France[br]French inventor of chromolithography and the principles of reproducible sound recording.[br]He received no formal education, but was brought up by his father, a distinguished teacher and philosopher. He dabbled in diverse subjects (modern and ancient languages, mathematics, drawing) in 1856–60 when he became an instructor at the institute of the Deaf-Mute at Paris. He became a prolific inventor and poet and took part in artistic life in Paris. In the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris, Cros contributed a facsimile telegraph; he deposited with the Académie des Sciences a sealed text on photography which was not opened until 1876. In the meantime he published a small text on a general solution of the problem of colour photography which appeared almost simultaneously with a similar publication by Louis Ducos du Hauron and which gave rise to bitter discussions over priority. He deposited a sealed paper on 18 April 1877 concerning his concept of apparatus for recording and reproduction of sound which he called the paléophone. When it was opened on 3 December 1877 it was not known that T.A. Edison was already active in this field: Cros is considered the conceptual founder of reproducible sound, whereas Edison was the first "to reduce to practice", which is one of the US criteria for patentability.[br]BibliographyFrench patent no. 124, 213 (filed 1 May and 2 August 1878).Further ReadingLouis Forestier, 1969, Charles Cros: L'Homme et l'oeuvre, Paris: Seghers.GB-NBiographical history of technology > Cros, Hortensius Emile Charles
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104 Curr, John
[br]b. 1756 Kyo, near Lanchester, or in Greenside, near Ryton-on-Tyne, Durham, Englandd. 27 January 1823 Sheffield, England[br]English coal-mine manager and engineer, inventor of flanged, cast-iron plate rails.[br]The son of a "coal viewer", Curr was brought up in the West Durham colliery district. In 1777 he went to the Duke of Norfolk's collieries at Sheffield, where in 1880 he was appointed Superintendent. There coal was conveyed underground in baskets on sledges: Curr replaced the wicker sledges with wheeled corves, i.e. small four-wheeled wooden wagons, running on "rail-roads" with cast-iron rails and hauled from the coal-face to the shaft bottom by horses. The rails employed hitherto had usually consisted of plates of iron, the flange being on the wheels of the wagon. Curr's new design involved flanges on the rails which guided the vehicles, the wheels of which were unflanged and could run on any hard surface. He appears to have left no precise record of the date that he did this, and surviving records have been interpreted as implying various dates between 1776 and 1787. In 1787 John Buddle paid tribute to the efficiency of the rails of Curr's type, which were first used for surface transport by Joseph Butler in 1788 at his iron furnace at Wingerworth near Chesterfield: their use was then promoted widely by Benjamin Outram, and they were adopted in many other English mines. They proved serviceable until the advent of locomotives demanded different rails.In 1788 Curr also developed a system for drawing a full corve up a mine shaft while lowering an empty one, with guides to separate them. At the surface the corves were automatically emptied by tipplers. Four years later he was awarded a patent for using double ropes for lifting heavier loads. As the weight of the rope itself became a considerable problem with the increasing depth of the shafts, Curr invented the flat hemp rope, patented in 1798, which consisted of several small round ropes stitched together and lapped upon itself in winding. It acted as a counterbalance and led to a reduction in the time and cost of hoisting: at the beginning of a run the loaded rope began to coil upon a small diameter, gradually increasing, while the unloaded rope began to coil off a large diameter, gradually decreasing.Curr's book The Coal Viewer (1797) is the earliest-known engineering work on railway track and it also contains the most elaborate description of a Newcomen pumping engine, at the highest state of its development. He became an acknowledged expert on construction of Newcomen-type atmospheric engines, and in 1792 he established a foundry to make parts for railways and engines.Because of the poor financial results of the Duke of Norfolk's collieries at the end of the century, Curr was dismissed in 1801 despite numerous inventions and improvements which he had introduced. After his dismissal, six more of his patents were concerned with rope-making: the one he gained in 1813 referred to the application of flat ropes to horse-gins and perpendicular drum-shafts of steam engines. Curr also introduced the use of inclined planes, where a descending train of full corves pulled up an empty one, and he was one of the pioneers employing fixed steam engines for hauling. He may have resided in France for some time before his death.[br]Bibliography1788. British patent no. 1,660 (guides in mine shafts).1789. An Account of tin Improved Method of Drawing Coals and Extracting Ores, etc., from Mines, Newcastle upon Tyne.1797. The Coal Viewer and Engine Builder's Practical Companion; reprinted with five plates and an introduction by Charles E.Lee, 1970, London: Frank Cass, and New York: Augustus M.Kelley.1798. British patent no. 2,270 (flat hemp ropes).Further ReadingF.Bland, 1930–1, "John Curr, originator of iron tram roads", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 11:121–30.R.A.Mott, 1969, Tramroads of the eighteenth century and their originator: John Curr', Transactions of the Newcomen Society 42:1–23 (includes corrections to Fred Bland's earlier paper).Charles E.Lee, 1970, introduction to John Curr, The Coal Viewer and Engine Builder's Practical Companion, London: Frank Cass, pp. 1–4; orig. pub. 1797, Sheffield (contains the most comprehensive biographical information).R.Galloway, 1898, Annals of Coalmining, Vol. I, London; reprinted 1971, London (provides a detailed account of Curr's technological alterations).WK / PJGR -
105 Keller, Arthur
[br]b. 18 August 1901 New York City, New York, USA d. 1983[br]American engineer and developer of telephone switching equipment who was instrumental in the development of electromechanical recording and stereo techniques.[br]He obtained a BSc in electrical engineering at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, in 1923 and an MSc from Yale University, and he did postgraduate work at Columbia University. Most of the time he was also on the staff of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. The Bell Laboratories and its predecessors had a long tradition in research in speech and hearing, and in a team of researchers under H.C. Harrison, Keller developed a number of definite improvements in electrical pick-ups, gold-sputtering for matrix work and electrical disc recording equipment. From 1931 onwards the team at Bell Labs developed disc recording for moving pictures and entered into collaboration with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra concerning transmission and recording of high-fidelity sound over wires, and stereo techniques. Keller developed a stereo recording system for disc records independently of A.D. Blumlein that was used experimentally in the Bell Labs during the 1930s. During the Second World War Keller was in a team developing sonar (sound navigation and ranging) for the US Navy. After the war he concentrated on switching equipment for telephone exchanges and developed a miniature relay. In 1966 he retired from the Bell Laboratories, where he had been Director of several departments, ending as Director of the Switching Apparatus Laboratory. After retirement he was a consultant internationally, concerning electromechanical devices in particular. When, in 1980, the Bell Laboratories decided to issue LP re-recordings of a number of the experimental records made during the 1930s, Keller was brought in from retirement to supervise the project and decide on the selections.[br]BibliographyKeller was inventor or co-inventor of forty patents, including: US patent no. 2,114,471 (the principles of stereo disc recording); US patent no. 2,612,586 (tape guides with air lubrication); US patent no. 3,366,901 (a miniature crossbar switch).Apart from a large number of highly technical papers, Keller also wrote the article "Phonograph" in the 1950 and 1957 editions of Encyclopaedia Britannica.1986, Reflections of a Stereo Pioneer, San Francisco: San Francisco Press (an honest, personal account).GB-N -
106 Preece, Sir William Henry
[br]b. 15 February 1834 Bryn Helen, Gwynedd, Walesd. 6 November 1913 Penrhos, Gwynedd, Wales[br]Welsh electrical engineer who greatly furthered the development and use of wireless telegraphy and the telephone in Britain, dominating British Post Office engineering during the last two decades of the nineteenth century.[br]After education at King's College, London, in 1852 Preece entered the office of Edwin Clark with the intention of becoming a civil engineer, but graduate studies at the Royal Institution under Faraday fired his enthusiasm for things electrical. His earliest work, as connected with telegraphy and in particular its application for securing the safe working of railways; in 1853 he obtained an appointment with the Electric and National Telegraph Company. In 1856 he became Superintendent of that company's southern district, but four years later he moved to telegraph work with the London and South West Railway. From 1858 to 1862 he was also Engineer to the Channel Islands Telegraph Company. When the various telegraph companies in Britain were transferred to the State in 1870, Preece became a Divisional Engineer in the General Post Office (GPO). Promotion followed in 1877, when he was appointed Chief Electrician to the Post Office. One of the first specimens of Bell's telephone was brought to England by Preece and exhibited at the British Association meeting in 1877. From 1892 to 1899 he served as Engineer-in-Chief to the Post Office. During this time he made a number of important contributions to telegraphy, including the use of water as part of telegraph circuits across the Solent (1882) and the Bristol Channel (1888). He also discovered the existence of inductive effects between parallel wires, and with Fleming showed that a current (thermionic) flowed between the hot filament and a cold conductor in an incandescent lamp.Preece was distinguished by his administrative ability, some scientific insight, considerable engineering intuition and immense energy. He held erroneous views about telephone transmission and, not accepting the work of Oliver Heaviside, made many errors when planning trunk circuits. Prior to the successful use of Hertzian waves for wireless communication Preece carried out experiments, often on a large scale, in attempts at wireless communication by inductive methods. These became of historic interest only when the work of Maxwell and Hertz was developed by Guglielmo Marconi. It is to Preece that credit should be given for encouraging Marconi in 1896 and collaborating with him in his early experimental work on radio telegraphy.While still employed by the Post Office, Preece contributed to the development of numerous early public electricity schemes, acting as Consultant and often supervising their construction. At Worcester he was responsible for Britain's largest nineteenth-century public hydro-electric station. He received a knighthood on his retirement in 1899, after which he continued his consulting practice in association with his two sons and Major Philip Cardew. Preece contributed some 136 papers and printed lectures to scientific journals, ninety-nine during the period 1877 to 1894.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsCB 1894. Knighted (KCB) 1899. FRS 1881. President, Society of Telegraph Engineers, 1880. President, Institution of Electrical Engineers 1880, 1893. President, Institution of Civil Engineers 1898–9. Chairman, Royal Society of Arts 1901–2.BibliographyPreece produced numerous papers on telegraphy and telephony that were presented as Royal Institution Lectures (see Royal Institution Library of Science, 1974) or as British Association reports.1862–3, "Railway telegraphs and the application of electricity to the signaling and working of trains", Proceedings of the ICE 22:167–93.Eleven editions of Telegraphy (with J.Sivewright), London, 1870, were published by 1895.1883, "Molecular radiation in incandescent lamps", Proceedings of the Physical Society 5: 283.1885. "Molecular shadows in incandescent lamps". Proceedings of the Physical Society 7: 178.1886. "Electric induction between wires and wires", British Association Report. 1889, with J.Maier, The Telephone.1894, "Electric signalling without wires", RSA Journal.1898, "Aetheric telegraphy", Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers.Further ReadingJ.J.Fahie, 1899, History of Wireless Telegraphy 1838–1899, Edinburgh: Blackwood. E.Hawkes, 1927, Pioneers of Wireless, London: Methuen.E.C.Baker, 1976, Sir William Preece, F.R.S. Victorian Engineer Extraordinary, London (a detailed biography with an appended list of his patents, principal lectures and publications).D.G.Tucker, 1981–2, "Sir William Preece (1834–1913)", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 53:119–36 (a critical review with a summary of his consultancies).GW / KFBiographical history of technology > Preece, Sir William Henry
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107 Rickover, Admiral Hyman George
[br]b. 27 January 1900 Russian Polandd. 8 July 1986 Arlington, Virginia, USA[br]Polish/American naval officer, one of the principal architects of the United States nuclear submarine programme.[br]Born in Poland, Rickover was brought to the United States early in his life by his father, who settled in Chicago as a tailor. Commissioned into the US Navy in 1922, he specialized in electrical engineering (graduating from the US Naval Postgraduate School, Columbia, in 1929), quali-fied as a Submariner in 1931 and then held various posts until appointed Head of the Electrical Section of the Bureau of Ships in 1939. He held this post until the end of the Second World War.Rickover was involved briefly in the "Manhattan" atomic bomb project before being assigned to an atomic energy submarine project in 1946. Ultimately he was made responsible for the development and building of the world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus. He was convinced of the need to make the nuclear submarine an instrument of strategic importance, and this led to the development of the ballistic missile submarine and the Polaris programme.Throughout his career he was no stranger to controversy; indeed, his remaining on the active service list as a full admiral until the age of 82 (when forced to retire on the direct intervention of the Navy Secretary) indicates a man beyond the ordinary. He imposed his will on all around him and backed it with a brilliant and clear-thinking brain; his influence was even felt by the Royal Navy during the building of the first British nuclear submarine, HMS Dreadnought. He made many friends, but he also had many detractors.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsUS Distinguished Service Medal with Gold Star. Honorary CBE. US Congress Special Gold Medal 1959. Numerous awards and honorary degrees.BibliographyRickover wrote several treatises on education and on the education of engineers. He also wrote on several aspects of the technical history of the US Navy.Further ReadingW.R.Anderson and C.Blair, 1959, Nautilus 90 North, London: Hodder \& Stoughton. E.L.Beach, 1986, The United States Navy, New York: Henry Holt.FMWBiographical history of technology > Rickover, Admiral Hyman George
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108 Szilard, Leo
SUBJECT AREA: Weapons and armour[br]b. 11 February 1898 Budapest, Hungaryd. 30 May 1964 La Jolla, California, USA[br]Hungarian (naturalized American in 1943) nuclear-and biophysicist.[br]The son of an engineer, Szilard, after service in the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War, studied electrical engineering at the University of Berlin. Obtaining his doctorate there in 1922, he joined the faculty and concentrated his studies on thermodynamics. He later began to develop an interest in nuclear physics, and in 1933, shortly after Hitler came to power, Szilard emigrated to Britain because of his Jewish heritage.In 1934 he conceived the idea of a nuclear chain reaction through the breakdown of beryllium into helium and took out a British patent on it, but later realized that this process would not work. In 1937 he moved to the USA and continued his research at the University of Columbia, and the following year Hahn and Meitner discovered nuclear fission with uranium; this gave Szilard the breakthrough he needed. In 1939 he realized that a nuclear chain reaction could be produced through nuclear fission and that a weapon with many times the destructive power of the conventional high-explosive bomb could be produced. Only too aware of the progress being made by German nuclear scientists, he believed that it was essential that the USA should create an atomic bomb before Hitler. Consequently he drafted a letter to President Roosevelt that summer and, with two fellow Hungarian émigrés, persuaded Albert Einstein to sign it. The result was the setting up of the Uranium Committee.It was not, however, until December 1941 that active steps began to be taken to produce such a weapon and it was a further nine months before the project was properly co-ordinated under the umbrella of the Manhattan Project. In the meantime, Szilard moved to join Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago and it was here, at the end of 1942, in a squash court under the football stadium, that they successfully developed the world's first self-sustaining nuclear reactor. Szilard, who became an American citizen in 1943, continued to work on the Manhattan Project. In 1945, however, when the Western Allies began to believe that only the atomic bomb could bring the war against Japan to an end, Szilard and a number of other Manhattan Project scientists objected that it would be immoral to use it against populated targets.Although he would continue to campaign against nuclear warfare for the rest of his life, Szilard now abandoned nuclear research. In 1946 he became Professor of Biophysics at the University of Chicago and devoted himself to experimental work on bacterial mutations and biochemical mechanisms, as well as theoretical research on ageing and memory.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsAtoms for Peace award 1959.Further ReadingKosta Tsipis, 1985, Understanding Nuclear Weapons, London: Wildwood House, pp. 16–19, 26, 28, 32 (a brief account of his work on the atomic bomb).A collection of his correspondence and memories was brought out by Spencer Weart and Gertrud W.Szilard in 1978.CM -
109 Wallace, Sir William
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 25 August 1881 Leicester, Englandd. 27 May 1963 Edinburgh, Scotland[br]English engineer; developer of the Denny-Brown fin stabilizer for ships.[br]Wallace was brought up just outside Glasgow, and educated at Paisley Grammar School and later at the Anderson College in Glasgow. The next few years were typical of the early years in the life of many young engineers: he served an apprenticeship at the Paisley shipyard of Bow, MacLachlan, before joining the British and Burmese Steam Navigation Company (Paddy Henderson's Line) as a junior engineer. After some years on the Glasgow to Rangoon service, he rose to the rank of Chief Engineer early in life and then came ashore in 1911.He joined the old established Edinburgh engineering company of Brown Brothers as a draughtsman, but by 1917 had been promoted Managing Director. He was appointed Chairman in 1946. During his near thirty years at the helm, he experimented widely and was the engineering force behind the development of the Denny-Brown ship stabilizer which was jointly pursued by Brown Brothers and the Dumbarton shipyard of William Denny \& Brothers. The first important installation was on the cross-channel steamer Isle of Sark, built at Dumbarton for the Southern Railway in 1932. Over the years countless thousands of these installations have been fitted on liners, warships and luxury yachts. Brown Brothers produced many other important engineering innovations at this time, including the steam catapult for aircraft carriers.In later years Sir William (now knighted) took an active part in the cultural life of Edinburgh and of Scotland. From 1952 to 1954 he served as President of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1951. CBE 1944. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. President, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland 1952–4; Gold Medal.Bibliography1954–5 "Experiences in the stabilization of ships", Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland 98:197–266.FMW -
110 bring forward
bring forward а) выдвигать (предложение) A plan was brought forward toallow workers to share in the profits. б) делать перенос (счета) на следующуюстраницу Mark the total at the top of the page "brought forward". в) перенестина более ранний срок We'll bring that matter forward in three weeks' time. Ithought we had agreed to bring the new contract forward today? г) разви-вать(ся) This warm weather should bring the crops forward. д) произвести(что-л. нематериальное) Can the prisoner bring forward some proof of hisstory? -
111 home
həum 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) hjem(sted), bosted2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) hjemsted3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) (barne)hjem, institusjon4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) internat, -hjem5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) hus, hjem, bolig2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) hjem-, hjemme-2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) hjemlig, innenlandsk3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) hjemmekamp/-lag3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) hjem, hjemme2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) helt inn, i bunnen•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home aboutfamilie--------heim--------hus--------slekt--------ættIsubst. \/həʊm\/1) hjem2) bosted, hjemsted3) hus, bolig4) hjemland, hjemby, hjembygd, hjemsted, hjemstavn, barndomshjem5) institusjon, hjem, pleiehjem6) ( zoologi) habitat, tilholdssted7) ( botanikk) vokseplass, voksested8) (sport, spill) mål9) ( sport) hjemmekampat home hjemme( overført) som hjemme, avslappet, komfortabelføle seg som hjemme, finne seg til rette• is the next match at home or away?er neste kamp hjemmekamp eller bortekamp? tilgjengelig, hjemme, forklaring: i stand eller villig til å ta imot noenbe at home in\/with (være) fortrolig med, føle seg hjemme i, (være) bevandret i, (være) vant medbe at home to somebody være villig til å ta imot noen, være tilgjengelig for noenaway from home hjemmefra, borteeast or west, home is best borte bra, men hjemme bestfrom home hjemmefrago to one's long\/last home gå til den evige\/siste hvileleave home reise hjemmefraleave for home reise hjem fra, flytte hjem framake one's home bosette seg, slå seg ned, skape seg et hjemmy home is my castle mitt hjem er min borgold people's home gamlehjemset out for home eller make for home begi seg på hjemveien, sette kursen hjemoverthere is no place like home borte bra, men hjemme bestIIverb \/həʊm\/1) ( om dyr) vende hjem, fly hjem2) sende hjem, bringe hjem3) skaffe hjem til, gi hjem til, huse4) bo, ha sitt hjem5) ( luftfart) forklaring: styre, dirigere eller begi seg mot målet ved hjelp av målsøkermekanisme (om fly, målsøkende raketter e.l.)home in on bevege seg mot (som styrt av en ekstern kraft), sikte seg inn motIIIadj. \/həʊm\/1) hjem-, hjemme-, hjemmets, hjemlig, som hører til hjemmethjemmedatamaskin, hjemme-PC2) lokal, fra stedet, fra egnen, som ligger i hjemtraktene, som ligger nær hjemmet3) ( sport) hjemme-4) innenlandsk, innenlands-, innenriks(-), hjemlig, hjemme-ting produsert innenlands, nasjonale produkter5) som angår en selvhome affairs innenrikspolitikk, innenrikssakerthe home country hjemlandetthe home front hjemmefrontenthe home industries hjemmeindustrienthe home market hjemmemarkedethome question samvittighetsspørsmålhome trade innenrikshandelhome truth grunnleggende, men ubehagelig sannhet om en selvIVadv. \/həʊm\/1) hjem• go home2) hjemover3) hjemme, hjemkommet, kommet hjem• is he home?• is he home yet?4) i mål, fremme, sikret, i havn5) ( også overført) helt inn, helt ned, helt fast, så langt det går, til bunns6) ( sjøfart) i ønsket posisjon, perfekt, optimalt7) ( sjøfart) i riktig stuet posisjon (om anker)8) ( sjøfart) mot fartøyet (om anker)bring something home to somebody overbevise noen om noe, få noen til å fatte noe, gjøre noe klart for noenlegge skylden for noe på noencarry the argument home fullføre resonnementet, fullføre tankegangencome home to somebody gå opp for noen for alvor slå tilbake på noendrive something home to somebody gjøre noe helt klart for noen, overbevise noen ettertrykkelig om noe, slå noe ettertrykkelig fast for noengo home gå hjem, dra hjem treffe, treffe blinkhit\/strike home ( overført) treffe blink, treffe hodet på spikeren, forårsake at noe ubehagelig begynner å gå opp for noen (om slag, rakett e.l.) treffe blink, treffe målbe home and dry ( britisk) ha nådd sitt mål, være fremme ved målet, ha utrettet det man satte seg fore være i havn, være sikretbe home free (amer.) ha nådd sitt mål, være fremme ved målet, ha utrettet det man satte seg fore være i havn, være sikretit's nothing to write home about ( hverdagslig) det er ikke noe å rope hurra forpush one's inquiries home gå helt til bunns med sine undersøkelserput for home dra hjemoversee somebody home følge noen hjemthrust\/press\/push an attack home fullføre et angreptrack something home spore noe til dets opphav, fastslå opphavet til noeturn back home vende tilbake, vende hjemwin home nå sitt mål -
112 to bring down
to bring downa) abaixar, trazer para baixo. b) arrancar, demolir, derrubar. the roof was brought down/o telhado foi demolido (desmontado). he brought down the plane/ele derrubou o avião. c) baixar, reduzir (preço). -
113 ♦ low
♦ low (1) /ləʊ/a.1 basso: a low fence, uno steccato basso; low hills, colline basse; low prices, prezzi bassi; (autom.) low speed, marcia bassa; a low figure, una cifra bassa; una piccola cifra; to have a low forehead, avere la fronte bassa; low pay, retribuzione bassa; low temperature, temperatura bassa; to speak in a low voice, parlare a bassa voce; The sun was low, il sole era basso all'orizzonte2 basso; di bassa condizione; abietto; volgare; triviale; umile; meschino; brutto: low conduct, comportamento abietto; low conversation, conversazione triviale; low tastes, gusti volgari; a low fellow, un uomo volgare; a person of low birth, una persona di umili natali; low humour, umorismo volgare; a low trick, un brutto scherzo; un tiro mancino5 scarso; inadeguato; insufficiente; scadente: a person of low intelligence, una persona di scarsa intelligenza; a low salary, uno stipendio inadeguato; low-quality goods, merci di qualità scadente6 negativo; cattivo; brutto; poco buono: He is in a low state of mind, è in un brutto stato d'animo; I have a low opinion of his abilities, ho un'opinione poco buona delle sue capacità12 (elettr.: di una batteria) scarica; a terra: The battery must be low, la batteria deve essere scarica14 ( sport) basso; radente; rasoterra; a mezza altezza: a low cross, un cross rasoterra; ( boxe, lotta) low guard, guardia bassa16 (nei composti) a basso contenuto (o tenore) di: low-tar cigarettes, sigarette a basso contenuto di catrame (o di condensato)● (aeron., mil.) low-altitude bombing, bombardamento a bassa quota □ (autom.) low beam, luce anabbagliante □ (autom.) low-beam headlights, (fari) anabbaglianti; luci d'incrocio; mezze luci (fam.) □ low-bred, maleducato; volgare; rozzo □ (spec. cinem.) low-budget, low-budget; a budget ridotto □ low-cal, a basso contenuto calorico □ (relig.) low celebration, messa bassa □ Low Church, «Chiesa Bassa» ( la corrente più rigorosamente protestante della Chiesa anglicana) □ (comm.) low-class goods, merce di qualità inferiore □ low comedy, commedia popolare; farsa □ ( genetica, leg.) low copy number (LCN), LCN ( tecnica di sequenziamento per quantità minime di DNA) □ (fin.) low-cost money, denaro a buon mercato □ the Low Countries, (geogr.) il Belgio, l'Olanda e il Lussemburgo; (stor.) i Paesi Bassi □ ( di abito) low-cut, scollato □ (fam.) low-down, abietto; disonesto; meschino; vile □ ( slang) the low-down, le informazioni segrete; la verità; i fatti come stanno □ a low dress, un vestito molto scollato □ low-end, dozzinale; scadente; che costa poco □ ( di alimento) low-fat, a basso contenuto lipidico, povero di grassi □ low flying, che vola a bassa quota □ (elettr., elettron., ecc.) low-frequency, a bassa frequenza □ (elettr.) low-frequency antenna, antenna per bassa frequenza □ (autom., mecc.) low gear, marcia bassa; prima (o seconda) velocità; (fig.) velocità ridotta: ( USA) «Trucks use low gear» ( cartello), «autocarri in seconda» (o «a passo d'uomo») □ (ling.) Low German, basso tedesco □ low-grade, a basso tenore; di qualità inferiore: low-grade coal, carbone di qualità inferiore □ (spec. econ.) low-hanging fruit, obiettivo facile da raggiungere □ ( cucina) low heat, fiamma bassa ( di un fornello, ecc.) □ ( slang Austral.) low-heel, battona; passeggiatrice; peripatetica □ low heels, tacchi bassi □ low-impact, a basso impatto (spec. ambientale): low-impact access, accesso a basso impatto ambientale □ (econ.) low-income country, paese a basso reddito □ (fam. USA) low jinks, scherzi di cattivo gusto; giochi da villani □ low-key, (fotogr.) senza contrasto, scuro; (fig., = low-keyed), attenuato, pacato, sommesso; misurato □ low-level, basso, situato in basso; a basso livello; di grado (o tipo) inferiore; (aeron.) a bassa quota: (edil.) a low-level W.C., una coppa del water bassa □ low life, vita dei bassifondi; ( slang USA) tipo abietto (o vile, spregevole); individuo manesco □ low-lying, basso: low-lying clouds, nuvole basse □ low-maintenance, che non richiede molta manutenzione; (fig.) facile da gestire, che non crea problemi □ (relig.) Low Mass, messa bassa □ low-minded, d'animo basso; meschino; volgare □ low-mindedness, bassezza; volgarità; meschinità □ ( moda) low neck, vestito scollato □ ( di vestito) low-necked, scollato □ ( calcio, ecc.) low pass, passaggio basso, rasoterra (o a mezza altezza) □ ( calcio, ecc.) low-passing game, gioco rasoterra; gioco corto □ (econ.) low-paid workers, lavoratori mal pagati □ low-pitched, ( di voce, ecc.) dal tono basso, profondo; ( di tetto) poco aguzzo, a padiglione □ low poker, poker alla rovescia ( vince la mano chi ha il punto più basso; giocato in California) □ (tecn., scient.) low-pressure, a bassa pressione; (fig.) non aggressivo; ( di un lavoro) tranquillo, non stressante □ (fig.) low profile, (sost.) atteggiamento di moderazione, posizione cauta, il defilarsi; (agg.) che si defila, cauto, moderato; di basso profilo (angl.), in tono minore: a low-profile campaign, una campagna ( elettorale o pubblicitaria) in tono minore; (mil.) low-profile tactics, tattica di basso profilo □ (chim.) low-proof, a basso contenuto alcolico □ low relief, bassorilievo □ low-rent, ad affitto basso (o economico); (fam. USA) scadente, mediocre □ ( di un edificio) low-rise, di pochi piani, basso □ a low-rise, un edificio basso ( non un grattacielo) □ ( calcio, ecc.) low save, parata bassa; presa a terra ( del portiere) □ (tur.) ( the) low season, (la) bassa stagione: (trasp.) low-season fare, tariffa di bassa stagione □ ( calcio, ecc.) low shot, (tiro) rasoterra □ low-spirited, abbattuto; depresso □ low-spiritedness, abbattimento; depressione □ (relig.) Low Sunday, domenica in albis □ (ind.) low-tech, a tecnologia poco avanzata □ (tecn., scient.) low-temperature, a bassa temperatura □ (elettr.) low-tension (o low-voltage), a bassa tensione □ low tide, bassa marea; (fig.) stato di depressione ( morale, economica, ecc.) □ (econ.) low wages, salari bassi □ low water, bassa ( in un estuario, per il deflusso della marea); (fig.) situazione difficile; punto più basso, fondo (fig.) □ low-water mark, segno (o limite) della bassa marea; (fig.) punto più basso, fondo (fig.) □ to get low, calare, abbassarsi; ( di un livello) scendere; ( di prezzi, scorte) diminuire; (mus.) scendere a un tono basso □ to be in low spirits, essere abbattuto (o depresso); esser giù di morale □ (fig.) to be in low water, essere in crisi; essere a corto di quattrini.low (2) /ləʊ/avv.1 basso; in basso ( anche fig.); (aeron.) a bassa quota: to aim low, mirare basso; ( boxe) to hit low, colpire basso; to fly low, volare a bassa quota; He was brought low by his love for gambling, è caduto sempre più in basso a causa della sua passione per il gioco d'azzardo6 a bassa temperatura; al minimo: He turned the central heating on low, ha messo il riscaldamento al minimo● to bring sb. low, tenere q. soggetto; umiliare q. □ to lay sb. low, abbattere (o atterrare) q.; (fig.: di malattia) buttare giù q. □ to lie low ► to lie (2) □ to play low, giocare una carta bassa □ to run low, scarseggiare: Funds are running low, i fondi scarseggiano □ ( di un abito) cut low, scollato □ (fig.) The sands are running low, il tempo è quasi trascorso; la vita volge al termine.low (3) /ləʊ/n.1 (meteor.) bassa; zona di bassa pressione; depressione3 (fig.) basso; punto basso; livello basso: Business was at an all-time low, l'attività economica era al livello più basso che mai; Output is at a record low, la produzione ha fatto segnare un minimo storicolow (4) /ləʊ/n.muggito; mugghio.(to) low /ləʊ/A v. i.muggire; mugghiareB v. t. -
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I [stænd]1) (piece of furniture) (for coats, hats) appendiabiti m., attaccapanni m.; (for plant) portavasi m.; (for sheet music) leggio m.2) (stall) (on market) bancarella f.; (kiosk) chiosco m.; (at exhibition, trade fair) stand m., padiglione m.3) sport (in stadium) tribuna f., stand m.4) dir. (witness box) banco m. dei testimoni5) (stance)to take o make a stand on sth. — prendere posizione su qcs
6) (resistance)7) (standstill)II 1. [stænd]2) (bear)I can't stand liars — non posso soffrire o non sopporto i bugiardi
he can't stand to do o doing non sopporta di fare; she won't stand any nonsense non ammetterà sciocchezze; it won't stand close scrutiny — non reggerà a un esame attento
3) colloq. (pay for)to stand sb. sth. — pagare qcs. a qcn
4) dir.5) (be liable)2.to stand to lose sth. — rischiare di perdere qcs.
2) (be upright) [ person] stare in piedi; [ object] essere in piedi, essere drittodon't just stand there, do something! — non stare lì impalato, fai qualcosa!
3) (be positioned) [building etc.] essere situato, trovarsi; (clearly delineated) stagliarsi4) (step)to stand on — calpestare [ insect]; pestare [ foot]
5) (be)to stand empty — [ house] restare vuoto
I want to know where I stand — fig. vorrei sapere come sono messe le cose per me
nothing stands between me and getting the job — non c'è niente che mi impedisca di ottenere il posto
to stand in sb.'s way — bloccare il passaggio a qcn.; fig. ostacolare qcn
6) (remain valid) [ offer] rimanere valida; [agreement, statement] valere9) (be a candidate) candidarsi ( for a)10) (not move) [ water] stagnare; [ mixture] riposare•- stand by- stand in- stand to- stand up••to leave sb. standing — [ athlete] infliggere un notevole distacco a; [student, company] superare
* * *[stænd] 1. past tense, past participle - stood; verb1) (to be in an upright position, not sitting or lying: His leg was so painful that he could hardly stand; After the storm, few trees were left standing.) (stare in piedi)2) ((often with up) to rise to the feet: He pushed back his chair and stood up; Some people like to stand (up) when the National Anthem is played.) (stare in piedi), (alzarsi in piedi)3) (to remain motionless: The train stood for an hour outside Newcastle.) restare4) (to remain unchanged: This law still stands.) (essere valido)5) (to be in or have a particular place: There is now a factory where our house once stood.) trovarsi6) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) trovarsi, essere, stare7) (to accept or offer oneself for a particular position etc: He is standing as Parliamentary candidate for our district.) candidarsi8) (to put in a particular position, especially upright: He picked up the fallen chair and stood it beside the table.) mettere9) (to undergo or endure: He will stand (his) trial for murder; I can't stand her rudeness any longer.) sopportare10) (to pay for (a meal etc) for (a person): Let me stand you a drink!) offrire2. noun1) (a position or place in which to stand ready to fight etc, or an act of fighting etc: The guard took up his stand at the gate; I shall make a stand for what I believe is right.) posto, posizione2) (an object, especially a piece of furniture, for holding or supporting something: a coat-stand; The sculpture had been removed from its stand for cleaning.) stand, supporto3) (a stall where goods are displayed for sale or advertisement.) bancarella4) (a large structure beside a football pitch, race course etc with rows of seats for spectators: The stand was crowded.) tribuna5) ((American) a witness box in a law court.) (banco dei testimoni)•- standing 3. noun1) (time of lasting: an agreement of long standing.) durata2) (rank or reputation: a diplomat of high standing.) posizione, condizione•- stand-by4. adjective((of an airline passenger or ticket) costing or paying less than the usual fare, as the passenger does not book a seat for a particular flight, but waits for the first available seat.) (in lista di attesa)5. adverb(travelling in this way: It costs a lot less to travel stand-by.) (in lista di attesa)- stand-in- standing-room
- make someone's hair stand on end
- stand aside
- stand back
- stand by
- stand down
- stand fast/firm
- stand for
- stand in
- stand on one's own two feet
- stand on one's own feet
- stand out
- stand over
- stand up for
- stand up to* * *stand /stænd/A n.1 arresto; fermata; pausa; sosta: Our work was brought to a stand, il nostro lavoro ha subito una battuta d'arresto3 posto; posizione ( anche fig.); presa di posizione: He took his stand at the rear, prese posto in coda (s'accodò); to make a stand for justice, prendere posizione per una causa giusta; schierarsi dalla parte della giustizia; to take a stand, prendere posizione (o partito); puntare i piedi; What's your stand on the issue?, qual è la tua posizione in merito alla faccenda?5 palco; impalcatura; tavolato; stand; podio; ( sport, ecc.; spesso al pl.) tribuna ( d'ippodromo, stadio, ecc.): DIALOGO → - Discussing football- My seat's down the front of the west stand just to the right of the halfway line, il mio posto è nelle prime file in basso della tribuna ovest, appena a destra della linea di metà campo; pubblico delle tribune: (mil.) a reviewing stand, una tribuna per passare in rivista truppe, ecc.7 (mecc.) cavalletto; sostegno; supporto8 (market.) chiosco; edicola; bancarella: a fruit stand, una bancarella di fruttivendolo; a news-stand, una edicola di giornalaio; display stand, banco di mostra; espositore9 mobile (o oggetto) fatto per posarvi (o mettervi dentro) qc. ( per lo più in parole composte); supporto; sostegno; piedistallo; (mus.) leggio10 (ecol.) stazione11 (naut.) livello medio di marea; ( anche) stanca: high water stand, stanca d'alta marea; low water stand, stanca di bassa marea12 (leg., USA) banco dei testimoni: to take the stand, presentarsi al banco dei testimoni; testimoniare14 (agric.) distesa; coltivazione; area coltivata: a good stand of wheat, una bella distesa di grano15 (teatr.) esecuzione; rappresentazione; recita; spettacolo: one-night stand, rappresentazione unica, serata unica; (fig. fam.) avventura sessuale di una sola notte18 (volg.) erezioneB a. attr.(comm.) di stand; standistico: stand space, superficie standistica● (comm.) stand attendant, standista ( impiegato) □ stand camera, macchina fotografica su cavalletto □ (mil.) stand of colours, bandiere del reggimento □ stand rest, sgabello per pittori □ to take one's stand, alzarsi in piedi □ three-legged stand, treppiede.♦ (to) stand /stænd/(pass. e p. p. stood)A v. i.1 stare in piedi; star ritto; reggersi (o tenersi) in piedi: I had to stand during the whole trip, dovetti stare in piedi per tutto il viaggio; DIALOGO → - Accident and Emergency- Can you stand?, riesci a stare in piedi?2 ( di solito to stand up) alzarsi; rizzarsi; alzarsi in piedi: Everyone stood (up) when the headmaster came in, tutti si sono alzati quando è entrato il preside; Stand up, please, alzatevi, prego!; per favore, in piedi!3 stare; essere; farsi; trovarsi; essere messo (fam.): The benches stood by the wall, le panche stavano presso il (o erano addossate al) muro; How do we stand as regards money?, come stiamo a quattrini?; That player stands five feet four, quel giocatore è (alto) cinque piedi e quattro pollici; John stands first on the list, John è il primo in elenco; Don't stand there fiddling, non star lì a gingillarti!4 durare; resistere; rimanere in piedi (fig.); essere (ancora) valido: The castle has been standing for six centuries, il castello resiste (o è in piedi) da sei secoli; His record stood for twenty years, il suo record ha resistito per vent'anni; My offer still stands, la mia offerta è ancora valida5 avere buone probabilità (di): We stand to lose a lot of money on the deal, rischiamo di perdere molti soldi in questo affare7 ( di liquido) ristagnare; posare, stare in infusione; depositarsi: Let it stand for five minutes, lascialo posare per cinque minuti8 (polit.) candidarsi; entrare in lizza (fig.): to stand as an independent, candidarsi come indipendente9 (spec. USA) fermarsi; sostare: A taxi was standing at the rank, c'era un taxi fermo al posteggio; Don't stand on the tracks, vietato sostare sui binariB v. t.1 mettere ( in piedi, ritto); collocare; appoggiare: I stood the bicycle against the wall, appoggiai la bici contro il muro2 sopportare; soffrire; resistere a; tollerare: I cannot stand the pain, non riesco a sopportare il dolore; I cannot stand that man ( o the sight of that man), non posso soffrire quell'uomo; I won't stand any rude behaviour in class!, non tollero comportamenti scorretti in classe!; My nerves could not stand the strain, i miei nervi non hanno resistito alla tensione3 sostenere; subire (mil.) to stand a siege, sostenere un assedio; to stand trial, subire un processo4 (fam.) sostenere la spesa di ( un pranzo, ecc.); offrire; to stand a round, pagare da bere a tutti6 avere (buone) probabilità di: You stand a good chance of winning, hai buone probabilità di vincere● to stand alone, essere solo, essere senza amici; essere unico, essere senza pari □ to stand aloof (o to stand apart), tenersi da parte, stare in disparte, non immischiarsi □ (mil.) to stand and fight, attestarsi e accettare il combattimento □ (leg.) to stand convicted of an offence, essere riconosciuto colpevole di un reato □ to stand corrected, accettare una correzione; riconoscere il proprio errore □ (mil.) to stand fire, sostenere il fuoco nemico senza indietreggiare; resistere sotto il fuoco □ to stand firm, tener duro; non cedere; non cambiare idea □ to stand godfather to sb., fare da padrino a q. □ to stand good, essere vero; valere; esser valido: The same remark stands good, la stessa osservazione vale in questo caso □ ( anche fig.) to stand one's ground, stare saldo, tener duro; non cedere terreno; tenere il campo (o la posizione); difendersi bene; fare resistenza: The bear turned round and stood its ground, l'orso si voltò e fece resistenza □ (mil.) to stand guard, fare la guardia □ to stand sb. in good stead, essere assai utile a q.; rendere un buon servizio a q. □ to stand in need of help, aver bisogno d'aiuto □ to stand in the way, stare tra i piedi (fig.); essere d'ingombro, d'impaccio □ to stand opposed to, essere contrario a; combattere; osteggiare □ ( sport) to stand the pace, tenere l'andatura ( del gruppo, ecc.); reggere il ritmo □ to stand pat, ( poker) essere servito; darsi servito; (fig.) restare fermo alla propria idea; non cambiare ( piano, parere, ecc.), tener duro □ to stand still, non muoversi, stare fermo; non reagire; (fig.) rimanere fermo, fermarsi: Stand still!, (sta) fermo! □ (leg.) to stand surety for sb., farsi garante per q.; pagare la cauzione per q. □ to stand treat, offrire (o pagare) da bere (o da mangiare, ecc.) □ (mil.) to stand watch, essere di sentinella □ to stand to win [to lose] st., avere buone probabilità di vincere [correre serio rischio di perdere] qc. □ (arc.) Stand and deliver, o la borsa o la vita! □ Stand clear!, largo!; indietro! □ not to stand a chance, non avere la ben che minima possibilità □ to know where one stands, conoscere la propria situazione; sapere che cosa aspettarsi □ to know where one stands with sb., sapere che cosa aspettarsi da q.; sapere come la pensa q.* * *I [stænd]1) (piece of furniture) (for coats, hats) appendiabiti m., attaccapanni m.; (for plant) portavasi m.; (for sheet music) leggio m.2) (stall) (on market) bancarella f.; (kiosk) chiosco m.; (at exhibition, trade fair) stand m., padiglione m.3) sport (in stadium) tribuna f., stand m.4) dir. (witness box) banco m. dei testimoni5) (stance)to take o make a stand on sth. — prendere posizione su qcs
6) (resistance)7) (standstill)II 1. [stænd]2) (bear)I can't stand liars — non posso soffrire o non sopporto i bugiardi
he can't stand to do o doing non sopporta di fare; she won't stand any nonsense non ammetterà sciocchezze; it won't stand close scrutiny — non reggerà a un esame attento
3) colloq. (pay for)to stand sb. sth. — pagare qcs. a qcn
4) dir.5) (be liable)2.to stand to lose sth. — rischiare di perdere qcs.
2) (be upright) [ person] stare in piedi; [ object] essere in piedi, essere drittodon't just stand there, do something! — non stare lì impalato, fai qualcosa!
3) (be positioned) [building etc.] essere situato, trovarsi; (clearly delineated) stagliarsi4) (step)to stand on — calpestare [ insect]; pestare [ foot]
5) (be)to stand empty — [ house] restare vuoto
I want to know where I stand — fig. vorrei sapere come sono messe le cose per me
nothing stands between me and getting the job — non c'è niente che mi impedisca di ottenere il posto
to stand in sb.'s way — bloccare il passaggio a qcn.; fig. ostacolare qcn
6) (remain valid) [ offer] rimanere valida; [agreement, statement] valere9) (be a candidate) candidarsi ( for a)10) (not move) [ water] stagnare; [ mixture] riposare•- stand by- stand in- stand to- stand up••to leave sb. standing — [ athlete] infliggere un notevole distacco a; [student, company] superare
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115 bring\ over
1. IIIbring aver smth., smb. /smth., smb. over/ bring over a bag (one's things, the tray, etc.) приносить или привозить мешок и т. д.; bring over the man (one's friend. etc.) приводить или привозить этого человека и т. д.2. IVbring smth. over somewhere bring it over here принесите это сюда3. XIbe brought over from some place it was brought over from India это привезли из Индии4. XXI11) bring oner smth., smb. /smth., smb. over/ to (from, in) smth. bring it over to the other side перенесите это на другую сторону; bring over passengers in a boat перевозить пассажиров на лодке; next summer he hopes to bring his family over from the south он надеется летом будущего года привезти семью с юга2) bring over smb. I smb. over I to smth. we must bring him over to our way of thinking /to our point of view/ мы должны убедить его принять нашу точку зрения; bring smb. over to one's side привлечь кого-л. на свою сторону -
116 bring forward
1. перенести (на более ранний срок)Ask him to bring the meeting forward to eight o’clock.
2. выдвинуть (предложение, план)The election will be brought forward to June as so many people are on holiday.
The Government had invited us to bring forward proposals for the expansion of Stansted airport.
A plan was brought forward to allow workers to share in the profits.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > bring forward
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117 bring smth. into the open
(bring smth. (out) into the open)открыто обсуждать, предавать гласности, обнародовать что-л.Arthur disliked having the subject brought into the open. (A. Sillitoe, ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’, part I, ch. VII) — Артуру было неприятно, что Фред во всеуслышание говорил о его поведении.
I told him that Herbert Getliffe seemed not to be in any way responsible this time. If even one of these rumours was brought into the open, it looked entirely safe to sue straight away. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Conscience of the Rich’, ch. XXXI) — Я сказал мистеру Марчу, что на этот раз Герберт Гетлиф не несет ответственности и что если люди будут муссировать слухи, то можно сейчас же обратиться в суд.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > bring smth. into the open
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118 bring smth. to bear
1) осуществлять что-л.; использовать, пускать в ход, прилагать (усилия, влияние и т. п.); оказывать ( давление)Randal now brought his experience and art to bear. (E. Bulwer-Lytton, ‘My Novel’, ch. III) — Сейчас Рэндал пустил в ход все свое умение и опыт.
It's no use grizzling over one's failures, and bringing my common sense to bear I did my best to put the matter out of my mind. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Footprints in the Jungle’) — Нет смысла хныкать по поводу своих неудач, и, призвав на помощь весь свой здравый смысл, я постарался забыть о них.
2) воен. направлять ( огонь)Fire was brought to bear upon the enemy column. — Вражеская колонна была обстреляна.
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119 help
A n1 ( assistance) aide f ; ( in an emergency) secours m ; to need some help with the cooking/gardening avoir besoin d'aide pour faire la cuisine/le jardin ; with the help of à l'aide de [stick, knife] ; avec l'aide de [person] ; can I be of help (to you)? puis-je faire quelque chose pour vous? ; to be of help to sb [person] rendre service à qn ; [information, map] être utile à qn ; the information was of little help to us l'information ne nous a pas été d'un grand secours or ne nous a pas été très utile ; she was a great help to us elle nous a beaucoup aidés, elle nous a été d'un grand secours ; you're a great help! iron tu es vraiment d'un grand secours! ; to come to sb's help venir au secours de qn, venir en aide à qn ; to go to sb's help aller au secours de qn, prêter secours or assistance à qn ; to cry ou shout for help appeler à l'aide or au secours ; he is beyond help, he is past (all) help on ne peut plus rien pour lui ; it's a help if you can speak the language ça aide de parler la langue ; a degree would be a help un diplôme aiderait bien ; the tablets were no help les comprimés n'ont pas servi à grand-chose ; there's no help for it il n'y a rien à faire ; she needs (professional) help gen elle devrait consulter un professionnel ; ( from psychiatrist) elle devrait voir un psychiatre ;3 ¢ ( staff) domestiques mpl ; ( on farm) ouvriers mpl agricoles ; they need extra help in the bar ils ont besoin d'aide supplémentaire au bar.B excl au secours! ; help! I've got nothing to wear for tonight! hum mince alors ○ ! je n'ai rien à mettre pour ce soir!C vtr1 ( assist) aider (to do à faire) ; ( more urgently) secourir ; we got the children to help us nous nous sommes fait aider par les enfants ; we must all help each other nous devons tous nous entraider or nous aider les uns les autres ; she helped them with the decorations elle les a aidés pour les décorations ; can you help me with this sack please? est-ce que tu peux m'aider à porter ce sac s'il te plaît? ; can I help you? ( in shop) vous désirez? ; ( on phone) j'écoute ; ( at reception desk) je peux vous aider? ; to help sb across/down/out aider qn à traverser/ descendre/sortir ; I helped him to his feet je l'ai aidé à se lever ; to help sb on/off with aider qn à mettre/enlever [garment, boot] ; she helped him through some difficult times elle l'a aidé à traverser des moments difficiles ;2 ( improve) améliorer [situation, problem] ; he didn't help matters by writing that letter il n'a rien arrangé en écrivant cette lettre ; getting drenched didn't help my cold le fait de me faire tremper jusqu'aux os n'a pas arrangé mon rhume ;3 ( contribute) to help to do contribuer à faire ; her article helped (to) increase public awareness of the problem son article a contribué à sensibiliser le public à ce problème ; the injection should help (to) ease the pain la piqûre devrait soulager la douleur ; these flowers will help (to) brighten the room ces fleurs devraient égayer la pièce ; this policy helps (to) keep prices down cette politique favorise la baisse des prix ;5 ( prevent) it can't be helped! on n'y peut rien!, tant pis! ; she can't help the way she was brought up elle ne peut rien changer à la façon dont elle a été élevée ; I can't help the way I feel je n'y peux rien ; he can't help being awkward/stupid! ce n'est pas de sa faute s'il est maladroit/stupide! ; I can't help it if the car breaks down! je n'y peux rien or ce n'est pas de ma faute si la voiture tombe en panne! ; I'm sorry I slammed the door-I couldn't help it excusez-moi d'avoir claqué la porte-je ne l'ai pas fait exprès ; not if I can help it! sûrement pas! ; he won't win if I can help it je vais faire tout mon possible pour l'empêcher de gagner ; don't tell her any more than you can help ne lui dis pas plus qu'il n'en faut ; try not to change gear more often than you can help essayez de changer de vitesse le moins (souvent) possible ; she never works harder than she can help elle travaille toujours le strict minimum ; I can't help that je n'y peux rien ; you can't help but pity him on ne peut pas s'empêcher d'avoir pitié de lui.D vi1 ( assist) aider ; I was only trying to help! je voulais seulement aider! ; he never helps with the cooking/housework il n'aide jamais à faire la cuisine/le ménage ; they offered to help with the expenses ils ont offert d'aider à payer les frais or de participer aux frais ; this map doesn't help much cette carte n'est pas d'un grand secours or ne sert pas à grand-chose ; will it help if I give you a clue? est-ce que ça t'aiderait si je te donnais un indice? ; every little helps ( when donating money) tous les dons sont les bienvenus ; ( when saving) les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières ;2 ( be an improvement) would it help if I turned the light off? est-ce que ce serait mieux si j'éteignais? ; it might help if we knew where they lived ça nous arrangerait de savoir où ils habitent, ça serait déjà quelque chose si on savait où ils habitent ; she tried going to bed earlier, but it didn't help much elle a commencé à se coucher plus tôt, mais ça n'a pas servi à grand-chose.E v refl1 ( serve) to help oneself se servir ; I helped myself from the fruit bowl je me suis servi dans la coupe de fruits ; help yourselves! servez-vous! ; help yourselves to coffee/cigarettes prenez du café/des cigarettes ; help yourselves to some more cake reprenez un peu de gâteau ;2 to help oneself to ( pinch) piquer ○ ; he has been helping himself to the till il a piqué ○ (de l'argent) dans la caisse ;3 ( prevent) to help oneself s'en empêcher ; I tried not to laugh, but I couldn't help myself j'ai essayé de ne pas rire, mais je n'ai pas pu m'en empêcher or c'était plus fort que moi.■ help along:▶ help [sb] along aider [qn] à marcher [infirm person] ;▶ help [sth] along faire avancer [process, negotiations, project].■ help out:▶ help out aider, donner un coup de main ○ ;▶ help [sb] out gen aider, donner un coup de main ○ à ; ( financially) dépanner ○ ; ( in crisis) tirer [qn] d'embarras [person] ; his parents help him out with the rent ses parents l'aident à payer le loyer. -
120 Brewster, Sir David
SUBJECT AREA: Photography, film and optics[br]b. 11 December 1781 Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotlandd. 10 February 1868 Allerly, Scotland[br]Scottish scientist and popularizer of science, inventor of the kaleidoscope and lenticular stereoscope.[br]Originally destined to follow his father into the Church, Brewster studied divinity at Edinburgh University, where he met many distinguished men of science. He began to take a special interest in optics, and eventually abandoned the clerical profession. In 1813 he presented his first paper to the Royal Society on the properties of light, and within months invented the principle of the kaleidoscope. In 1844 Brewster described a binocular form of Wheatstone's reflecting stereoscope where the mirrors were replaced with lenses or prisms. The idea aroused little interest at the time, but in 1850 a model taken to Paris was brought to the notice of L.J. Duboscq, who immediately began to manufacture Brewster's stereoscope on a large scale; shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851, it attracted the attention of Queen Victoria. Stereoscopic photography rapidly became one of the fashionable preoccupations of the day arid did much to popularize photography. Although originally marketed as a scientific toy and drawing-room pastime, stereoscopy later found scientific application in such fields as microscopy, photogrammetry and radiography. Brewster was a prolific scientific author throughout his life. His income was derived mainly from his writing and he was one of the nineteenth century's most distinguished popularizers of science.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1832. FRS 1815.Further ReadingDictionary of National Biography, 1973, Vol. II, Oxford, pp. 1,207–11.A.D.Morrison-Low and J.R.R.Christie (eds), 1984, Martyr of Science, Edinburgh (proceedings of a Bicentenary Symposium).JW
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