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Jun 29, 2008 17:54
15 yrs ago
Spanish term

forzantes

Spanish to English Science Engineering (general) Juanelo Turriano\\\\\\\'s inventions during the reign of Charles I
Hello,

This concerns an invention of Juanelo Turriano who designed a device to transport water up a slope from the river Tajo to Toledo...

There are very few instances of this word...I am wondering if it means "pushing mechanisms"...

Hoy la teoría más aceptada plantea que el sistema subía el agua mediante dos elevaciones. La primera se producía mediante una rueda hidráulica y una cadena de vasijas o cangilones [buckets] que transportaban el líquido. En la segunda elevación también existía una rueda idéntica a la anterior, pero un mecanismo de tirantes [struts] y forzantes denominado "Stangenkunst" ponía en funcionamiento una torre de cazos [cups] para elevar el agua.

Thank you!

Liz Askew
Proposed translations (English)
4 rods and levers
4 +1 articulated beams
4 rods

Discussion

liz askew (asker) Jun 30, 2008:
Thank you everybody for your help here!
P Forgas Jun 29, 2008:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificio_de_Juanelo
aquí hay un esquema del sistema y una descripción en inglés. Tirantes y forzantes son dos tipos de levers (algo así como push and pull). No hay bombas.
liz askew (asker) Jun 29, 2008:
I think too that "forzantes" could = pumps

JSTOR: Mining and Hydrological Transformations in Upper Silesia ...
Drainage problems in the mining of metallic ores: Upper Silesia Figure 6 A waterwheel which moved pumps by the system of levers called 'Stangenkunst' (after ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0016-7398(200103)167%3A1%3C57%3AMAHTIU%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L - Similar pages

I would be grateful for some contributions from Engineers!

Thank you!
liz askew (asker) Jun 29, 2008:
amendment:

I think "tirantes" = levers, here

Proposed translations

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Spanish term (edited): tirantes y forzantes
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rods and levers

Based on what I see here: http://www.plataformasinc.es/index.php/esl/Galeria-multimedi...

pero un mecanismo de tirantes [struts] y forzantes
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a system of rods and levers

There's supposed to be an animated 3D simulation here, but it takes too long to download to this part of the world (snif...): http://www.plataformasinc.es/index.php/esl/Galeria-multimedi...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "This suits just fine. Thank you!"
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Spanish term (edited): tirantes y forzantes

articulated beams

The drawing shows a series of trapezoidal articulated mechanisms. One beam pulls while the other pushes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ArtificiodeJuanelo.jpg
Note from asker:
The diagram is brilliant but "rods and levers" would fit the bill more here, I believe...
Peer comment(s):
agree Julio Bereciartu : That´s right.
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37 mins

rods

I think "cranks" for tirantes...


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Note added at 37 mins (2008-06-29 18:32:07 GMT)
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JSTOR: Technological Innovation and Persistence in the Ontario ... - [ Traducir esta página ]Stangenkunst principle The Stangenkunst (roughly translated as 'rod work with crank') was introduced into mining in European areas of German settlement in ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043-8243(198310)15%3A2%3C184%3ATIAPIT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-O - Páginas similares
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