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21 Howden, James
SUBJECT AREA: Steam and internal combustion engines[br]b. 29 February 1832 Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotlandd. 21 November 1913 Glasgow, Scotland[br]Scottish engineer and boilermaker, inventor of the forced-draught system for the boiler combustion chamber.[br]Howden was educated in Prestonpans. While aged only 14 or 15, he travelled across Scotland by canal to Glasgow, where he served an engineering apprenticeship with James Gray \& Co. In 1853 he completed his time and for some months served with the civil engineers Bell and Miller, and then with Robert Griffiths, a designer of screw propellers for ships. In 1854, at the age of 22, Howden set up as a consulting engineer and designer. He designed a rivet-making machine from which he realized a fair sum by the sale of patent rights, this assisting him in converting the design business into a manufacturing one. His first contract for a marine engine came in 1859 for the compound steam engine and the watertube boilers of the Anchor Liner Ailsa Craig. This ship operated at 100 psi (approximately 7 kg/cm2), well above the norm for those days. James Howden \& Co. was formed in 1862. Despite operating in the world's most competitive market, the new company remained prosperous through the flow of inventions in marine propulsion. Shipbuilding was added to the company's list of services, but such work was subcontracted. Work was obtained from all the great shipping companies building in the Glasgow region, and with such throughput Howden's could afford research and experimentation. This led to the Howden hot-air forced-draught system, whereby furnace waste gases were used to heat the air being drawn into the combustion chambers. The first installation was on the New York City, built in 1885 for West Indian service. Howden's fertile mind brought about a fully enclosed high-speed marine steam engine in the 1900s and, shortly after, the Howden-Zoelly impulse steam turbine for land operation. Until his death, Howden worked on many technical and business problems: he was involved in the St Helena Whaling Company, marble quarrying in Greece and in the design of a recoilless gun for the Admiralty.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsHowden was the last surviving member of the group who founded the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland in 1857.BibliographyHowden contributed several papers to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland.Further ReadingC.W.Munn, 1986, "James Howden", Dictionary of Scottish Business Biography, Vol. I, Aberdeen.FMW -
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[br]b. 29 December 1766 Glasgow, Scotlandd. 25 July 1843 Dunchattan, near Glasgow, Scotland[br]Scottish inventor of rubberized waterproof clothing.[br]As the son of the well-known and inventive dyer George Macintosh, Charles had an early interest in chemistry. At the age of 19 he gave up his work as a clerk with a Glasgow merchant to manufacture sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride) and developed new processes in dyeing. In 1797 he started the first Scottish alum works, finding the alum in waste shale from coal mines. His first works was at Hurlet, Renfrewshire, and was followed later by others. He then formed a partnership with Charles Tennant, the proprietor of a chemical works at St Rollox, near Glasgow, and sold "lime bleaching liquor" made with chlorine and milk of lime from their bleach works at Darnley. A year later the use of dry lime to make bleaching powder, a process worked out by Macintosh, was patented. Macintosh remained associated with Tennant's St Rollox chemical works until 1814. During this time, in 1809, he had set up a yeast factory, but it failed because of opposition from the London brewers.There was a steady demand for the ammonia that gas works produced, but the tar was often looked upon as an inconvenient waste product. Macintosh bought all the ammonia and tar that the Glasgow works produced, using the ammonia in his establishment to produce cudbear, a dyestuff extracted from various lichens. Cudbear could be used with appropriate mordants to make shades from pink to blue. The tar could be distilled to produce naphtha, which was used as a flare. Macintosh also became interested in ironmaking. In 1825 he took out a patent for converting malleable iron into steel by taking it to white heat in a current of gas with a carbon content, such as coal gas. However, the process was not commercially successful because of the difficulty keeping the furnace gas-tight. In 1828 he assisted J.B. Neilson in bringing hot blast into use in blast furnaces; Neilson assigned Macintosh a share in the patent, which was of dubious benefit as it involved him in the tortuous litigation that surrounded the patent until 1843.In June 1823, as a result of experiments into the possible uses of naphtha obtained as a by-product of the distillation of coal tar, Macintosh patented his process for waterproofing fabric. This comprised dissolving rubber in naphtha and applying the solution to two pieces of cloth which were afterwards pressed together to form an impermeable compound fabric. After an experimental period in Glasgow, Macintosh commenced manufacture in Manchester, where he formed a partnership with H.H.Birley, B.Kirk and R.W.Barton. Birley was a cotton spinner and weaver and was looking for ways to extend the output of his cloth. He was amongst the first to light his mills with gas, so he shared a common interest with Macintosh.New buildings were erected for the production of waterproof cloth in 1824–5, but there were considerable teething troubles with the process, particularly in the spreading of the rubber solution onto the cloth. Peter Ewart helped to install the machinery, including a steam engine supplied by Boulton \& Watt, and the naphtha was supplied from Macintosh's works in Glasgow. It seems that the process was still giving difficulties when Thomas Hancock, the foremost rubber technologist of that time, became involved in 1830 and was made a partner in 1834. By 1836 the waterproof coat was being called a "mackintosh" [sic] and was gaining such popularity that the Manchester business was expanded with additional premises. Macintosh's business was gradually enlarged to include many other kinds of indiarubber products, such as rubber shoes and cushions.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1823.Further ReadingG.Macintosh, 1847, Memoir of Charles Macintosh, London (the fullest account of Charles Macintosh's life).T.Hancock, 1957, Narrative of the Indiarubber Manufacture, London.H.Schurer, 1953, "The macintosh: the paternity of an invention", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 28:77–87 (an account of the invention of the mackintosh).RLH / LRD -
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1) (печатная) машина; уст. печатный станок2) пресс || прессовать; давить3) пресса; печать || печатать4) типография5) издательство6) тиражный оттиск7) нажимать (клавишу)- in press- D-pressАнгло-русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу > press
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25 oil
1) масло; жидкая смазка; нефть2) смазывать•- additive engine oil - additive-type oil - alloyed oil - all-purpose oil - amber oil - anthracene oil - asphalt base oil - bleached oil - blown oil - bodied oil - boiled oil - burning oil - canned oil - cold oil - conventional oil - diesel oil - engine oil - fluorinated oil - flux oil - fuel oil - graphite oil - grease oil - heavy oil - hydraulic oil - injection of oil - lamp oil - leak of oil - level of oil - linseed oil - long oil - lubricating oil - mineral oil - motor oil - non-freezable oil - paraffine oil - polymerized oil - recirculated motor oil - road oil - solar oil - spindle oil - stability of oil - sump oil - tar oil - transformer oil - transmission oil for high pressures - trapped oil - tubular oil gauge - used oil - waste oil - winter oil* * *1. масло; смазочный материал, смазка2. нефть; нефтепродукт- banana oil
- bodied linseed oil
- boiled linseed oil
- bone oil
- coal tar oil
- creosote oil
- crude oil
- flux oil
- formwork oil
- form oil
- fuel oil
- heat transfer oil
- linseed oil
- mineral oil
- mold oil
- paint oil
- raw linseed oil
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- rosin oil
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26 give
1 ( hand over) [person] donner [object, money, medal, prize, punishment, hand, arm] (to à) ; offrir [present, drink, sandwich] (to à) ; to give sb sth gen donner qch à qn ; (politely, as gift) offrir qch à qn ; give it me!, give me it! donne-moi ça! ; give him a drink donne-lui à boire ; to give sb sth for offrir qch à qn pour [birthday, Christmas] ; how much ou what will you give me for it? combien m'en donnes-tu? ; I'll give you 50 cents for it je t'en donne 50 cents ; I'd give anything for/to do je donnerais n'importe quoi pour/pour faire ; what wouldn't I give for…! je donnerais cher pour…! ; to give sb sth as offrir qch à qn comme [present, token, symbol] ; to give sb sth to carry/look after donner qch à qn à porter/surveiller ;2 ( cause to have) to give sb [sth], to give [sth] to sb donner [qch] à qn [headache, indigestion, vertigo, nightmares, satisfaction] ; transmettre or passer [qch] à qn [disease, infection, virus] ; he's given me his cough il m'a passé sa toux ; to give sb pleasure faire plaisir à qn ;3 (provide, produce) donner [milk, flavour, result, answer, sum] ; apporter [heat, light, vitamin, nutrient] ; faire [total] ; blue and yellow give (you) green le bleu et le jaune donnent le vert ; the number was given to three decimal places/in metric units le nombre était donné jusqu'à la troisième décimale/en unités du système métrique ;4 (allow, accord) [authority] accorder [custody, grant, bursary] ; laisser qch à qn [seat] ; [hotelier] donner [room] ; to give sb sth donner or accorder qch à qn [time, time period] (to do pour faire) ; give me a minute donne-moi une minute ; to give sb enough room laisser suffisamment de place à qn ; I'll give him another hour, then I'm calling the police je lui donne or accorde encore une heure, et j'appelle la police ; she gave him a week to decide elle lui a donné or accordé une semaine pour décider ; he was given six months to live on lui a donné six mois à vivre ; how long do you give the new boss/their marriage? combien de temps donnes-tu au nouveau patron/à leur mariage? ; it is not given to all of us to do sout il n'est pas donné à tout le monde de faire ; she can sing, I'll give her that elle sait chanter, je lui reconnais au moins ça ; it's original, I'll give you that c'est original, je te l'accorde ; she could give her opponent five years elle a au moins cinq ans de plus que son adversaire ; the polls give Labour a lead les Travaillistes sont en tête dans les sondages ;5 Med to give sb sth, to give sth to sb donner qch à qn [treatment, medicine] ; greffer qch à qn [organ] ; poser qch à qn [artificial limb, pacemaker] ; faire qch à qn [facelift, injection, massage] ; can you give me something for the pain? pouvez-vous me donner quelque chose contre la douleur? ;6 ( communicate) gen, Telecom donner [advice, information, appointment] ; to give sb sth passer qch à qn [extension, number, department] ; give me the sales manager, please passez-moi le directeur commercial, s'il vous plaît ; I was given to understand ou believe that on m'a laissé entendre que ;7 ( give birth to) she gave him two sons elle lui donna deux fils.1 ( contribute) donner, faire un don ; to give to sth ( habitually) faire des dons à qch ; she never gives to charity elle ne donne jamais rien aux organisations caritatives ; ‘please give generously’ ‘merci (de vos dons)’ ;2 (bend, flex) [mattress, sofa] s'affaisser (under sous) ; [shelf, bridge, floorboard] fléchir (under sous) ; [branch] ployer (under sous) ; [leather, fabric] s'assouplir ;3 (yield, break) = give way ;D v refl ( prét gave ; pp given) to give oneself to ( devote oneself) se consacrer à [cause, good works] ; euph ( sexually) se donner à [person].don't give me that ○ ! ne (me) raconte pas d'histoires! ; give or take an inch (or two) à quelques centimètres près ; give me a nice cup of tea any day ou every time ○ ! rien ne vaut une bonne tasse de thé! ; if this is the big city, give me a village every time ○ si c'est ça la ville, alors vive les petits villages ; ‘I give you the bride and groom!’ ‘je bois à la santé du marié et de la mariée!’ ; I'll give you something to cry about ○ ! tu vas savoir pourquoi tu pleure! ; I'll give you something to complain about ○ ! je vais t'apprendre à te plaindres! ; more money? I'll give you more money! ○ je vais t'en donner, moi, de l'argent! ; to give and take faire des concessions ; to give as good as one gets rendre coup pour coup ; to give it all one's got ○ (y) mettre le paquet ; to give sb what for ○ passer un savon à qn ○ ; what gives? ○ qu'est-ce qui se passe?■ give away:▶ give away [sth], give [sth] away1 (as gift, offer, charity) donner [item, sample, ticket] (to à) ; distribuer [samples, tickets] ; we're practically giving them away! à ce prix-là, c'est donné! ; they're not exactly giving it away iron on ne peut pas dire que c'est donné ; we've got 100 copies to give away! il y a 100 exemplaires à gagner! ;2 ( reveal) révéler [secret, answer, story, ending] (to à) ; the flavour gives it away on le sent au goût ;3 (waste, lose carelessly) laisser échapper [match, goal, advantage] (to au bénéfice de) ;▶ give [sb] away, give away [sb]1 ( betray) [expression, fingerprints] trahir ; [person] dénoncer [person] (to à) ; to give oneself away se trahir (by doing en faisant) ;2 ( in marriage) conduire [qn] à l'autel.■ give back:▶ give [sth] back, give back [sth]1 (restore, return) rendre [possession, appetite, sight, freedom] (to à) ; give it back! rends (-moi) ça! ; …or we'll give you your money back …ou vous serez remboursé ;2 ( reflect) renvoyer [echo, sound, light].▶ give forth [sth] dégager [smell] ; émettre [sound].■ give in:▶ give in1 (to temptation, threat, person) céder (to à) ;2 ( stop trying) abandonner ; I give in-tell me! je donne ma langue au chat ○, dis-le moi! ;▶ give in [sth], give [sth] in rendre [homework, essay] ; remettre [ticket, key, petition].■ give off:▶ give off [sth] émettre [signal, scent, radiation, light] ; dégager [heat, fumes, oxygen] ; he was giving off hostile signals il montrait des signes d'hostilité.■ give onto:▶ give onto [sth] donner sur [street, yard etc].■ give out:▶ give out [sth], give [sth] out1 ( distribute) distribuer [books, leaflets, gifts] (to à) ;3 ( announce) donner [information, details].■ give over:▶ give over [sth], give [sth] over1 affecter or réserver [place, room] (to à) ;2 consacrer [time, life] (to à) ; the rest of the day was given over to le reste de la journée était consacré à ;3 ( hand over) remettre [qch] à [person] ;1 ( devote oneself) se consacrer à [good works, writing] ;2 ( let oneself go) s'abandonner à [despair, joy] ;3 ( hand oneself to) se rendre à [police].■ give up:▶ give up abandonner ; do you give up? tu abandonnes? ; I give up! ( exasperated) j'abandonne! ; don't give up! tiens bon! ; to give up on laisser tomber [diet, crossword, pupil, patient] ; ne plus compter sur [friend, partner, associate] ; I've given up on him je ne compte plus sur lui! ;▶ give up [sth], give [sth] up1 ( renounce or sacrifice) renoncer à [vice, habit, social life, throne, title, claim] ; sacrifier [free time, Saturdays etc] ; quitter [job, work] ; to give up smoking/drinking cesser de fumer/de boire ; to give everything up for sb renoncer à tout pour qn ; to give up one's free time for sth consacrer son temps libre à qch ;2 (abandon, drop) abandonner [search, hope, struggle, school subject] ; renoncer à [idea, thought] ; to give up trying/writing cesser d'essayer/d'écrire ;3 ( surrender) céder [seat, place, territory] ; remettre [passport, key] ; livrer [secret, treasure] ;▶ give up [sb], give [sb] up1 ( hand over) livrer (to à) ; to give oneself up se livrer, se rendre (to à) ;3 ( stop expecting to recover) considérer [qn] comme perdu ;■ give way:▶ give way1 ( collapse) [bridge, table, chair, wall, ceiling] s'effondrer (under sous) ; [fence, cable, rope] céder (under sous) ; his legs gave way under the weight/when he heard the news ses jambes se sont dérobées sous le poids/sous lui quand il a appris la nouvelle ;2 GB ( when driving) céder le passage (to à) ;3 (concede, yield) céder ; to give way to ( yield to) céder à [pressure, demands, person, fear, temptation, urge] ; s'abandonner à [despair, base instincts] ; ( be replaced by) faire place à [sunshine, relief, new methods]. -
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1) нагревательное устройство, нагреватель; нагревательный прибор; подогреватель3) радиатор5) печь•-
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air intake heater
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aircraft heater
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air-fired unit heater
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air-vent unit heater
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asphalt heater
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backup heater
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billet heater
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blow-through unit heater
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bottom-hole heater
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built-in heater
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built-in storage solar water heater
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Butterworth heater
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cab heater
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cab windshield heater
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cartridge heater
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cathode heater
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center wall updraft heater
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circulation heater
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closed steam heater
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closed heater
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coal heater
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coil heater
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coil-type heater
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coke-oven heater
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coking heater
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convection heater
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convector heater
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coreless-type induction heater
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counterflow air heater
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craking heater
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cycle heater
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diesel fuel heater
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direct-contact heater
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direct-fired heater
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domestic hot-water heater
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domestic induction heater
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door heater
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double-end heater
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draw-through unit heater
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electric water heater
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electrical heater
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electric heater
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electric-panel heater
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electronic heater
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electron-tube heater
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engine heater
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exhaust feed heater
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feedwater heater
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filament heater
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fired floor tube heater
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fired roof tube heater
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flat-plate solar water heater
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floor-type heater
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floor-type unit heater
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forced convection heater
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forced-circulation solar water heater
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fuel heater
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gas fired heater
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gas heater
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gas water heater
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gas-fired unit heater
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gasoline combustion heater
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heat-transfer-medium heater
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high-frequency heater
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high-temperature regenerative air heater
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high-temperature tubular air heater
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horizontal air heater
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hot-air heater
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hysteresis heater
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immersion heater
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indirect-fired heater
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induced-flow heater
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induction heater
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infrared heater
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jacket water heater
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line heater
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loop heater
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low-frequency heater
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mine air heater
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multicell heater
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multipass heater
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multiple-pass solar air heater
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multistream heater
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nodew window heater
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oil heater
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open heater
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parallel air heater
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pebble heater
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pipe heater
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pipeline heater
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plasma heater
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plate-type air heater
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pot heater
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pressurizer heater
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production testing heater
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proportional heater
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radiant heater
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radiant tube heater
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radiation heater
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rail heater
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raw-juice heater
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recessed wall heater
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recuperative air heater
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recuperative heater
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regenerative air heater
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regenerative heater
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regulator heater
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resistance heater
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ring heater
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rod-type heater
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rotary air heater
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self-contained heater
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shallow solar pond water heater
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single-pass heater
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solar air heater
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solar collector-storage water heater
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solar heater
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space heater
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split flow heater
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steam air heater
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steam heater
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steam unit heater
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steam-water unit heater
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storage heater
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strip heater
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submerged combustor heater
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subpump-mounted electric heater
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suspended type unit heater
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switch heater
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tapped heater
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thermosiphon circulation solar water heater
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thermostatically controlled heater
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through-flow heater
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tire heater
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top heater
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trace heater
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traveling heater
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tube heater
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tube still heater
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tubular air heater
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tubular heater
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tungsten-rod heater
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two-cell heater
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two-glass-cover solar air heater
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two-pass solar air heater
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unit heater
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vertical air heater
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vulcanizing heater
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warm-air heater
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1) метод; приём; способ2) методика3) технология4) система•- accelerated strength testing method-
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<tech.gen> (e.g. mech. stress, heat, radiation, weather) ■ Beanspruchung f ; Belastung f<tech.gen> ■ Last f< comb> (e.g. blast furnace, waste incinerator) ■ chargieren vt ; befrachten vt ; beschicken vt<el> ■ Verbraucher m ; Stromverbraucher m< logist> ■ Füllung f< mech> ■ Lastwert m<textil.pap> ■ Beschwerungsmittel n ; Beschwerungsmaterial nvt <tech.gen> (e.g. mechanically, electr., thermally, with radiation, weather) ■ beanspruchen vt ; belasten vtvt <tech.gen> (e.g. paper, workpiece) ■ beschweren vtvt <tech.gen> (e.g. camera with film; workpiece) ■ einlegen vtvt <tech.gen> ■ laden vtvt <tech.gen> (machine, truck, container, with material; e.g. grain via hopper) ■ beschicken vtvt <tech.gen> (material into machine; e.g. paper into printer) ■ einführen vt ; einlegen vtvt <chem.proc> ■ eintragen vtvt < logist> (cargo, freight, goods; e.g. onto trucks, into ships) ■ verladen vt ; einladen vt ugsvt <mach.tools> (machine, rack, hopper etc.; with workpieces, material) ■ beschicken vtvt <mach.tools> (e.g. machine with workpieces, turret with tools) ■ bestücken vtvt <mech.eng> (put a load on sth.; e.g. a bridge, truck, engine) ■ belasten vt -
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A n2 Aerosp combustion f ;1 ( damage by heat or fire) brûler [papers, rubbish] ; incendier, faire brûler [building, city] ; [sun] brûler [person, skin] ; [acid] ronger, brûler [surface, substance] ; [alcohol, food] brûler [mouth] ; to be burned to the ground ou to ashes être détruit par le feu ; to be burned alive être brûlé vif ; to be burned to death mourir carbonisé ; to burn one's finger/arm se brûler le doigt/le bras ; to burn a hole in sth faire un trou dans qch ;2 ( use) to burn coal/gas [boiler] chauffer or marcher au charbon/au gaz ; the system burns too much oil le système consomme trop de mazout ;4 ○ US ( electrocute) électrocuter ;5 ○ US ( swindle) escroquer ;6 Comput graver [CD].1 ( be consumed by fire) brûler ; to burn to a cinder être carbonisé ; the house burned to the ground la maison a complètement brûlé or a été réduite en cendres ;2 ( be turned on) [light] être allumé ;3 ( be painful) [blister, wound] cuire ; ( from sun) [skin, part of body] brûler ; he has the kind of skin that burns easily il attrape facilement des coups de soleil ; my throat is burning! la gorge me brûle! ; his cheeks were burning (with embarrassment) il était rouge de honte ;5 fig ( be eager) to be burning to do [person] brûler d'envie de faire ; to be burning with desire/with impatience brûler de désir/d'impatience ;6 Aerosp brûler.to burn one's boats brûler ses vaisseaux.■ burn away [candle, log] se consumer.■ burn down:1 [house] brûler complètement, être réduit en cendres ;2 [candle, fire] baisser ;▶ burn down [sth], burn [sth] down incendier, réduire [qch] en cendres [house etc].■ burn off:▶ burn off [alcohol] s'évaporer ;▶ burn off [sth], burn [sth] off décaper [qch] au chalumeau [paint, varnish] ; Med cautériser [wart] ; Ind faire brûler [unwanted gas] ; fig dépenser [energy].■ burn out:▶ burn out [candle, fire] s'éteindre ; [light bulb] griller ; [fuse] sauter ; fig [person] ( through overwork) s'user ; at the rate he's working, he'll burnhimself out il va s'user à force de travailler à ce rythme ;▶ burn out [sth], burn [sth] out ( destroy by fire) incendier [building, vehicle] ; Aut, Mech faire griller [clutch, engine, motor] ;▶ burn out [sb], burn [sb] out gen, Mil forcer [qn] à sortir par l'incendie [besieged citizens, troops].■ burn up:▶ burn up1 [fire, flames] flamber ;2 Aerosp [satellite, meteorite] se volatiliser ;3 ○ US ( get angry) se mettre en rogne ;4 ( get feverish) [child] brûler ;▶ burn up [sth], burn [sth] up brûler [calories, fuel, waste] ; [sun] griller [lawn, vegetation] ; she burns up all her energy worrying elle dépense toute son énergie à se faire du souci ; to be burned up with hatred/with envy fig être dévoré par la haine/l'envie ; -
31 Cowper, Edward Alfred
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 10 December 1819 London, Englandd. 9 May 1893 Weybridge, Surrey, England[br]English inventor of the hot-blast stove used in ironmaking.[br]Cowper was apprenticed in 1834 to John Braithwaite of London and in 1846 obtained employment at the engineers Fox \& Henderson in Birmingham. In 1851 he was engaged in the contract drawings for the Crystal Palace housing the Great Exhibition, and in the same year he set up in London as a consulting engineer. Cowper designed the 211 ft (64.3 m) span roof of Birmingham railway station, the first large-span station roof to be constructed. Cowper had an inventive turn of mind. While still an apprentice, he devised the well-known railway fog-signal and, at Fox \& Henderson, he invented an improved method of casting railway chairs. Other inventions included a compound steam-engine with receiver, patented in 1857; a bicycle wheel with steel spokes and rubber tyre (1868); and an electric writing telegraph (1879). Cowper's most important invention by far was the hot-blast stove, the first application of C.W. Siemens's regenerative principle to ironmaking, patented in 1857. Waste gases from the blast furnace were burnt in an iron chamber lined with a honeycomb of firebricks. When they were hot, the gas was directed to a second similar chamber while the incoming air blast for the blast furnace was heated by passing it through the first chamber. The stoves alternatively received and gave up heat and the heated blast, introduced by J.B. Neilson, led to considerable fuel economies in blast-furnace operation; the system is still in use. Cowper played an active part in the engineering institutions of his time, becoming President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1880–1. He was commissioned by the Science and Art Department to catalogue the collections of machinery and inventions at the South Kensington Museum, whose science collections now form the Science Museum, London.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsPresident, Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1880–1.Further ReadingObituary, 1893, Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute: 172–3, London.W.K.V.Gale, 1969, Iron and Steel, London: Longmans, pp. 42, 75 (describes his hot-blast stoves).LRD
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