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SUBJECT AREA: Chemical technology[br]b. 10 October 1797 Edinburgh, Scotlandd. 15 April 1840 Dublin, Ireland[br]Scottish inventor of limelight.[br]Drummond entered Woolwich Arsenal as a cadet in 1813 and the Royal Engineers two years later. In 1820 he joined Colonel Colby at work on the ordnance survey, meanwhile continuing his studies in mathematics and chemistry under Brand and Faraday at the Royal Institution. His two chief inventions, limelight, or Drummond light, and the heliostatia, were aimed to facilitate the work of the survey by day and night. The light had a sensational effect on the scientific world; Sir John Herschel has left a vivid account of demonstrations of various lights far surpassed in brilliance by limelight. Limelight was brought into use in the autumn of 1825 during the survey of Ireland. In 1829 Drummond began adapting it for use in lighthouses. It was effective, but expensive to operate, and Drummond was seeking ways of making it cheaper when, after a meeting with Brougham in 1831, he gave up the work and turned to politics and administration. From 1835, he was in all but name governor of Ireland, spending himself in the service of his adopted country until overwork brought about his early death in 1840.LRD -
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15 limelight
ˈlaɪmlaɪt
1. сущ.
1) друммондов свет( применяется для освещения сцены в театре) ;
свет рампы Syn: Drummond light
2) часть сцены у рампы
3) перен. центр внимания to be in the limelight ≈ быть в центре внимания;
быть на виду
2. гл.
1) ярко освещать, освещать с помощью друммондова света
2) привлекать внимание друммондов свет (для освещения сцены) свет рампы прожектор для подсветки часть сцены у рампы известность, всеобщее внимание - to be in the * быть на виду;
в центре внимания - to be fond of the * любить популярность /славу, известность/ - to bring into *, to throw * on smth. предать гласности что-л.;
освещать освещать друммондовым светом ярко освещать привлекать внимание к чему-л., кому-л.;
создавать известность ~ часть сцены у рампы;
to be in the limelight быть в центре внимания;
быть на виду limelight друммондов свет (применяется для освещения сцены в театре) ;
свет рампы ~ привлекать внимание ~ часть сцены у рампы;
to be in the limelight быть в центре внимания;
быть на виду ~ ярко освещатьБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > limelight
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['laɪmlaɪt] 1. сущ.1) друммондов свет ( применяется для освещения сцены в театре); свет рампыSyn:2. гл.to be in the limelight — быть в центре внимания; быть на виду
1) ярко освещать, освещать с помощью друммондова света -
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<light.theat> (metaphorical) ■ Rampenlicht n
См. также в других словарях:
Drummond light — Drum mond light [From Thomas Drummond, a British naval officer.] A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Drummond light — torch that burns calcium oxide (lime) and gives off intense white light, 1854, named for Scottish engineer Capt. Thomas Drummond, R.E., (1797 1840), who invented it c.1825 … Etymology dictionary
Drummond light — Calcium Cal ci*um (k[a^]l s[i^]*[u^]m), n. [NL., from L. calx, calcis, lime; cf F. calcium. See {Calx}.] (Chem.) An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Drummond light. — See calcium light. [1835 45; named after Capt. T. Drummond (1797 1840), British engineer] * * * … Universalium
DRUMMOND LIGHT — an intensely brilliant and pure white light produced by the play of an oxyhydrogen flame upon a ball of lime, so called from the inventor, Captain Thomas Drummond … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Drummond light. — See calcium light. [1835 45; named after Capt. T. Drummond (1797 1840), British engineer] … Useful english dictionary
drummond light — ˈdrəmənd noun Usage: usually capitalized D Etymology: after Thomas Drummond died 1840 British engineer : limelight 1a, 1b … Useful english dictionary
DRUMMOND, CAPTAIN THOMAS — civil engineer, born in Edinburgh; inventor of the Drummond Light; was employed in the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain and Ireland; became Under Secretary for Ireland, and was held in high favour by the Irish (1797 1840) … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
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lime light — Drummond light Drum mond light [From Thomas Drummond, a British naval officer.] A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English