Expeditions, World Exploration Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World Exploration
...the Pacific, and Australasia, and practically the whole of Africa south of the Sahara. [See also African Association ; Royal Geographical Society ; and biographical entries on figures mentioned in this article .] Roy Bridges Bibliography Baker, John N. L. A History of Geographical Exploration and Discovery . London: Harrap, 1937. Bridges, Roy C. , and Paul E. H. Hair , eds. Compassing the Vaste Globe of the Earth . London: Hakluyt Society, 1996. Cain, Peter J. , and Antony G. Hopkins . British Imperialism 1688–2000 . 2nd ed. Harlow, U.K.: Longman,...
Africa Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World Exploration
...until well into the nineteenth century were those barriers properly overcome by explorers. “A View of a Bridge over the Ba-Fing or Black River.” From Mungo Park's Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa (London, 1799). The images of early exploration in Africa are singularly lacking in the attractive elegance of those showing Pacific islands. Here Park, apparently seated at the right, watches a party crossing what looks like a most improbable bridge. The British Library/HIP/Art Resource, NY Ancient Civilizations, c. 2500 b.c.e. –500 c.e. During the...
Bridge Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
... US frequency (2010): 5933 English: from Middle English brigge ‘bridge’, Old English brycg , applied as a topographic name for someone who lived near a bridge, a metonymic occupational name for a bridge keeper, or a habitational name from any of the places called with this element, as for example Bridge in Kent or Bridge Sollers in Herefordshire. Building and maintaining bridges was one of the three main feudal obligations, along with bearing arms and maintaining fortifications. The cost of building a bridge was often defrayed by charging a toll, the...
Bridge Reference library
A Dictionary of Oil & Gas Industry Terms (2 ed.)
...Bridge An obstruction in a wellbore which is caused by a collapse in the integrity of the wellbore. ...
Bridge Reference library
A. M. Devine and L. D. Stephens
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (4 ed.)
... (Gr. zeugma ) . In metrics, bridges are constraints on word end at certain locations within the line. In classical prosody , the most important bridges in (1) the iambic trimeter are the following: (a) Knox’s trochee bridge: in the iambographers (Archilochus, Semonides, Solon, Hipponax), a trochaic word shape may not end in third anceps and is still somewhat constrained in tragedy ; (b) Porson’s bridge: after long third anceps outside comedy , no full word boundary may occur; (c) There is also evidence for a general, if weak, constraint on word...
Energy bridge Reference library
A Dictionary of Oil & Gas Industry Terms (2 ed.)
...Energy bridge An alternative term for a floating storage and regasification unit . ...
Bridge-linked Reference library
A Dictionary of Oil & Gas Industry Terms (2 ed.)
...Bridge-linked Elements of an offshore petroleum infrastructure item (such as accommodation, processing, production, and storage modules) which are kept separate and are linked by bridge walkways. ...
Zhaozhou Bridge Reference library
Ronald G. KNAPP
Berkshire Encyclopedia of China
...the triangular area below the deck on both ends of the bridge was an innovation not used in the West until the nineteenth century. The open spandrels not only lessen the weight of the bridge, thus reducing the outward thrusts on the abutments, but also facilitate the passage of periodic flood waters that might impact the bridge. Unlike most old bridges whose construction can only be attributed to anonymous builders, the design of the Zhaozhou Bridge—also called the Anji [Safe Crossing] Bridge—is credited to Li Chun , a historical figure who also...
Bering land bridge Quick reference
A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences (5 ed.)
...land bridge The intermittent land connection between Siberia and Alaska that operated throughout the Cenozoic . This provided the only route into N. America for the mammals, the direct route from Europe to N. America having been interrupted by the developing Atlantic Ocean. See also land bridge...
Yangzi (Chang) River Bridge at Nanjing Reference library
Ronald G. KNAPP
Berkshire Encyclopedia of China
...building of the “Great Bridge…tested and advanced the skill of Chinese bridge builders, and stimulated the growth of many industries connected with bridge building, including steel, cement, structural parts, and construction machinery.” Today, some fifty bridges span the Yangzi, but none symbolize the independence of spirit and accomplishment as clearly or as much as the Yangzi River Bridge at Nanjing. The two-level bridge spanning the Yangzi River at Nanjing, an engineering marvel built and designed entirely by the Chinese, symbolizes the country’s independent...
bridge Quick reference
A Dictionary of the Internet (4 ed.)
... A device which connects a number of networks...
Bridge Reference library
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain
... 1881: 6044; widespread in England: especially Lancs; also Middx and Essex. English: locative name, occupational name from Middle English brigge ‘bridge’ (Old English brycg ), denoting someone who lived at a bridge, occasionally perhaps a bridge keeper, who exacted tolls. Compare Brigg and Bridgeman...
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A Dictionary of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (5 ed.)
...direct or alternating current. Bridge networks form the basis of many measuring instruments. Bridge circuit For resistance measurements see Wheatstone bridge ; Kelvin double bridge ; Carey–Foster bridge . For capacitance measurements see Wien bridge ; de Sauty bridge ; Schering bridge . For inductance measurements see Anderson bridge ; Hay bridge ; Maxwell bridge ; Owen bridge . For mutual inductance measurements see Campbell bridge ; Felici balance ; Hartshorn bridge . See also resonance bridge ; Wagner earth connection . 2. A...
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A Dictionary of Marketing (4 ed.)
... A transition from one scene to another in a commercial advertisement or...
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A Dictionary of Chemistry (8 ed.)
... An atom or group joining two other atoms in a molecule. See aluminium chloride ; borane...
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World Encyclopedia
... Structure providing a continuous passage over a body of water, roadway or valley. Bridges are built for people, vehicles, pipelines, or power transmission lines. Bridges are prehistoric in origin, the first probably being merely logs over rivers or chasms. Modern bridges take a great variety of forms including beams, arches, cantilevers, suspension bridges and cable-stayed bridges. They can also be movable or floating pontoons. They can be made from a variety of materials, including brick or stone (for arches), steel or...
