-
1 Burroughs, Michael
SUBJECT AREA: Land transport[br]b. mid-twentieth century[br]English inventor who developed a new design of racing bicycle.[br]His father was a pattern-maker who worked for a time at the de Havilland aircraft factory at Hatfield, Hertfordshire; later he worked in an aeroplane-model shop before turning his attentions to boats and cars. Mike Burroughs left school at the age of 15 to become a self-taught engineer and inventor, regarding himself as an eccentric. Among other things, he invented a machine for packaging coins.In the 1970s he began to take an interest in bicycles, and he subjected the design and materials of existing machines of conventional design to searching reappraisal. As a result, Burroughs "reinvented" the bicycle, producing an entirely new concept. His father carved the shape of the single-piece frame in wood, from which a carbon-fibre cast was made. The machine proved to be very fast, but neither the sporting nor the industrial world showed much interest in it. Then in 1991 Rudi Terman, of the motor manufacturers Lotus, saw it and was impressed by its potential; he agreed to develop the machine further, but kept the details secret.The invention was released to an unsuspecting public at the Barcelona Olympic Games of 1992, ridden by Chris Boardman, who won the pursuit gold medal for Great Britain, a triumph for both rider and inventor. In subsequent months, Boardman went on to break several world records on the Lotus bicycle, including on 23 July 1993 the one-hour record with a distance of 52.27 km (32.48 miles).[br]Further ReadingC.Boardman and P.Liggett, 1994, The Fastest Man on Two Wheels: In Pursuit of Chris Boardman, London: Boxtree (looks at the revolutionary Lotus racing cycle designed by Burroughs).IMcN -
2 Land transport
See also: INDEX BY SUBJECT AREA[br]Austin, HerbertHamilton, Harold LeeIssigonis, Sir Alexander Arnold ConstantineMa JunMorris, William RichardSauerbrun, Charles de
См. также в других словарях:
Michael Franti — in 2008 Background information Born April 21, 1966 (1966 04 21) (age 45) … Wikipedia
Michael Franti — Michael Franti … Wikipédia en Français
Michael Franti & Spearhead — Michael Franti Michael Franti … Wikipédia en Français
Michael Moorcock — en 2006 Nom de naissance Michael John Moorcock Autres noms Bill Barclay, Wil … Wikipédia en Français
Michael John Moorcock — Michael Moorcock Michael Moorcock Michael Moorcock en 2006 Autres noms Bill Barclay, William Ewert Barclay, Michael Barrington avec Barrington J. Bayley, Edward P. Bradbury, James Colvin … Wikipédia en Français
Michaël Moorcock — Michael Moorcock Michael Moorcock Michael Moorcock en 2006 Autres noms Bill Barclay, William Ewert Barclay, Michael Barrington avec Barrington J. Bayley, Edward P. Bradbury, James Colvin … Wikipédia en Français
Michael Aldrich — Born Michael John Aldrich August 22, 1941(1941 08 22) Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England Residence … Wikipedia
Michael Crichton — at Harvard University (April 18, 2002) Born John Michael Crichton October 23, 1942(1942 10 23) Chicago, Illinois, U.S … Wikipedia
Michael Franti — in 2008 Chartplatzierungen Erklärung der Daten Alben … Deutsch Wikipedia
Michael Moorcock — Michael Moorcock, 2006 Michael Moorcock (* 18. Dezember 1939 in Mitcham, Surrey, England) ist ein britischer Science Fiction und Fantasy Schriftsteller. Er wurde auch als Herausgeber des SF Magazins New Worlds (von 1964 bis 1971) und als… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Michael Moorcock — en 2006 Nombre completo Michael John Moorcock Nacimiento … Wikipedia Español
