a+mass+of+gold

Dalmătae or Delmătae (so very often in the best MSS. and inscrr., and on coins; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2233; Cassiod. p. 2287, and Orell. ad Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16), ārum, m., Dalmatai, the Dalmatians, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Tac. H. 3, 12; 50; Suet. Tib. 9; Flor. 4, 12, 3; 10; Inscr. Orell. no. 1833; 3037 al.— Adj.: montes Dalmatae, Stat. S. 4, 7, 14.—

Hence,

Dalmătĭa ( Delm-), ae, f., Dalmatia, the country on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, Dalmatia, Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 141; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Tac. A. 2, 53; id. H. 1, 76 al.; Suet. Aug. 21; Flor. 3, 4, 1; Vell. Pat. 2, 39, 90; Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 78 et saep.—

Dalmătĭcus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., Dalmatian: frigus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10:

Alpes,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240:

mare,

Tac. A. 3, 9: miles, id. H., 2, 86;

bellum,

id. A. 6, 37:

triumphus,

Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16; cf. Suet. Aug. 22:

metallo,

i. e. Dalmatian gold, Stat. S. 1, 2, 153; cf. Flor. 4, 12, 12.—Hence,

Dalmătĭca, ae (sc. vestis), a long undergarment of Dalmatian wool, worn by priests during the mass, Edict. Diocl. 16, 4; 17, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 9.—

Dalmătĭcātus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., clothed in such a garment, Lampr. Commod. 8; id. Elag. 26.—

Subst.: Dal-mătĭcus ( Delm-), i, m., surname of L. Metellus (cons. A. U. 635), on account of his victories over the Dalmatians, Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154.—

Dalmătensis ( Delm-), e, adj., Dalmatian: Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17.

Dalmătae or Delmătae (so very often in the best MSS. and inscrr., and on coins; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2233; Cassiod. p. 2287, and Orell. ad Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16), ārum, m., Dalmatai, the Dalmatians, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Tac. H. 3, 12; 50; Suet. Tib. 9; Flor. 4, 12, 3; 10; Inscr. Orell. no. 1833; 3037 al.— Adj.: montes Dalmatae, Stat. S. 4, 7, 14.—

Hence,

Dalmătĭa ( Delm-), ae, f., Dalmatia, the country on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, Dalmatia, Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 141; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Tac. A. 2, 53; id. H. 1, 76 al.; Suet. Aug. 21; Flor. 3, 4, 1; Vell. Pat. 2, 39, 90; Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 78 et saep.—

Dalmătĭcus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., Dalmatian: frigus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10:

Alpes,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240:

mare,

Tac. A. 3, 9: miles, id. H., 2, 86;

bellum,

id. A. 6, 37:

triumphus,

Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16; cf. Suet. Aug. 22:

metallo,

i. e. Dalmatian gold, Stat. S. 1, 2, 153; cf. Flor. 4, 12, 12.—Hence,

Dalmătĭca, ae (sc. vestis), a long undergarment of Dalmatian wool, worn by priests during the mass, Edict. Diocl. 16, 4; 17, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 9.—

Dalmătĭcātus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., clothed in such a garment, Lampr. Commod. 8; id. Elag. 26.—

Subst.: Dal-mătĭcus ( Delm-), i, m., surname of L. Metellus (cons. A. U. 635), on account of his victories over the Dalmatians, Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154.—

Dalmătensis ( Delm-), e, adj., Dalmatian: Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17.

Dalmătae or Delmătae (so very often in the best MSS. and inscrr., and on coins; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2233; Cassiod. p. 2287, and Orell. ad Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16), ārum, m., Dalmatai, the Dalmatians, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Tac. H. 3, 12; 50; Suet. Tib. 9; Flor. 4, 12, 3; 10; Inscr. Orell. no. 1833; 3037 al.— Adj.: montes Dalmatae, Stat. S. 4, 7, 14.—

Hence,

Dalmătĭa ( Delm-), ae, f., Dalmatia, the country on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, Dalmatia, Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 141; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Tac. A. 2, 53; id. H. 1, 76 al.; Suet. Aug. 21; Flor. 3, 4, 1; Vell. Pat. 2, 39, 90; Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 78 et saep.—

Dalmătĭcus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., Dalmatian: frigus, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10:

Alpes,

Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240:

mare,

Tac. A. 3, 9: miles, id. H., 2, 86;

bellum,

id. A. 6, 37:

triumphus,

Hor. Od. 2, 1, 16; cf. Suet. Aug. 22:

metallo,

i. e. Dalmatian gold, Stat. S. 1, 2, 153; cf. Flor. 4, 12, 12.—Hence,

Dalmătĭca, ae (sc. vestis), a long undergarment of Dalmatian wool, worn by priests during the mass, Edict. Diocl. 16, 4; 17, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 9.—

Dalmătĭcātus ( Delm-), a, um, adj., clothed in such a garment, Lampr. Commod. 8; id. Elag. 26.—

Subst.: Dal-mătĭcus ( Delm-), i, m., surname of L. Metellus (cons. A. U. 635), on account of his victories over the Dalmatians, Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154.—

Dalmătensis ( Delm-), e, adj., Dalmatian: Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17.

mons, tis (archaic abl. montei, Enn. ap. Non. 222, 33; cf. Ann. v. 420 Vahl.), m. [etym. dub., perh. from the root min, whence also, emineo, mentum, minari; cf. minae; lit. a projecting body; hence], a mountain, mount.

Lit.:

montium altitudines,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

altissimi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1:

avii,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 2:

inaccessi,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144:

lapidosi,

Ov. M. 1, 44.—Prov.:

parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, said where much is promised but little performed,

Hor. A. P. 139.—

Transf.

A mountain, i. e. a (heaped-up, towering) mass, a heap, quantity:

argenti montes,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 73:

montes mali ardentes,

id. Merc. 3, 4, 32; id. Ep. 1, 1, 78:

ita mali maeroris montem maxumum conspicatus sum,

id. Most. 2, 1, 6:

mons in Tusculani monte,

i. e. a lofty, splendid building near Tusculum, Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

aquae,

Verg. A. 1, 105:

armorum,

Sil. 10, 549.—Of a wagon-load of stones:

eversum fudit super agmina montem,

Juv. 3, 258; Stat. Th. 1, 145.—Prov.:

montes auri polliceri,

to promise mountains of gold, to make great promises, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18; so,

maria montesque polliceri,

Sall. C. 23, 3:

magnos montes promittere,

Pers. 3, 65.—

A mountain-rock, rock in gen. ( poet.):

fertur in abruptum magno mons improbus actu,

Verg. A. 12, 687:

Graii,

Greek marble, Stat. Th. 1, 145.—

Mountain-beasts, wild beasts (late poet.):

consumant totos spectacula montes,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 310.

SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering

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Hugo Bilgram studied mechanical engineering at the Augsburg Maschinenbau Schule and graduated in 1865. He worked as a machinist and draughtsman for several firms in Germany before going to the United States in 1869.

In America he first worked for L.B.Flanders Company and Southwark Foundry \& Machine Company in Philadelphia, designing instruments and machines. In the 1870s he also assisted in an evening class in drawing at The Franklin Institute. He devised the Bilgram Valve Diagram for analysing the action of steam engine slide valves and he developed a method of drawing accurate outlines of gear teeth. This led him to design a machine for cutting the teeth of gear wheels, particularly bevel wheels, which he patented in 1884. He was in charge of the American branch of Brehmer Brothers Company from 1879 and in 1884 became the sole owner of the company, which was later incorporated as the Bilgram Machine Works. He was responsible for several other inventions and developments in gear manufacture.

Bilgram was a member of the Franklin Institute, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the Philadelphia Technische Verein and the Philadelphia Engineer's Club, and was elected a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1885. He was also an amateur botanist, keenly interested in microscopic work.

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SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building

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The name of Le Corbusier is synonymous with the International style of modern architecture and city planning, one utilizing functionalist designs carried out in twentieth-century materials with modern methods of construction. Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, born in the watch-making town of La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Jura mountain region, was the son of a watch engraver and dial painter. In the years before 1918 he travelled widely, studying building in many countries. He learned about the use of reinforced concrete in the studio of Auguste Perret and about industrial construction under Peter Behrens. In 1917 he went to live in Paris and spent the rest of his life in France; in 1920 he adopted the name of Le Corbusier, one derived from that of his ancestors (Le Corbesier), and ten years later became a French citizen.

Le Corbusier's long working life spanned a career divided into three distinct parts. Between 1905 and 1916 he designed a number of simple and increasingly modern houses; the years 1921 to 1940 were ones of research and debate; and the twenty years from 1945 saw the blossoming of his genius. After 1917 Le Corbusier gained a reputation in Paris as an architect of advanced originality. He was particularly interested in low-cost housing and in improving accommodation for the poor. In 1923 he published Vers une architecture, in which he planned estates of mass-produced houses where all extraneous and unnecessary features were stripped away and the houses had flat roofs and plain walls: his concept of "a machine for living in". These white boxes were lifted up on stilts, his pilotis, and double-height living space was provided internally, enclosed by large areas of factory glazing. In 1922 Le Corbusier exhibited a city plan, La Ville contemporaine, in which tall blocks made from steel and concrete were set amongst large areas of parkland, replacing the older concept of city slums with the light and air of modern living. In 1925 he published Urbanisme, further developing his socialist ideals. These constituted a major reform of the industrial-city pattern, but the ideas were not taken up at that time. The Depression years of the 1930s severely curtailed architectural activity in France. Le Corbusier designed houses for the wealthy there, but most of his work prior to 1945 was overseas: his Centrosoyus Administration Building in Moscow (1929–36) and the Ministry of Education Building in Rio de Janeiro (1943) are examples. Immediately after the end of the Second World War Le Corbusier won international fame for his Unité d'habitation theme, the first example of which was built in the boulevard Michelet in Marseille in 1947–52. His answer to the problem of accommodating large numbers of people in a small space at low cost was to construct an immense all-purpose block of pre-cast concrete slabs carried on a row of massive central supports. The Marseille Unité contains 350 apartments in eight double storeys, with a storey for shops half-way up and communal facilities on the roof. In 1950 he published Le Modular, which described a system of measurement based upon the human male figure. From this was derived a relationship of human and mathematical proportions; this concept, together with the extensive use of various forms of concrete, was fundamental to Le Corbusier's later work. In the world-famous and highly personal Pilgrimage Church of Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamp (1950–5), Le Corbusier's work was in Expressionist form, a plastic design in massive rough-cast concrete, its interior brilliantly designed and lit. His other equally famous, though less popular, ecclesiastical commission showed a contrasting theme, of "brutalist" concrete construction with uncompromisingly stark, rectangular forms. This is the Dominican Convent of Sainte Marie de la Tourette at Eveux-sur-l'Arbresle near Lyon, begun in 1956. The interior, in particular, is carefully worked out, and the lighting, from both natural and artificial sources, is indirect, angled in many directions to illuminate vistas and planes. All surfaces are carefully sloped, the angles meticulously calculated to give optimum visual effect. The crypt, below the raised choir, is painted in bright colours and lit from ceiling oculi.

One of Le Corbusier's late works, the Convent is a tour de force.

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SUBJECT AREA: Electronics and information technology

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After early education at the Jonkoping elementary school and the Weixo Gymnasium, George Scheutz entered the University of Lund, gaining a degree in law in 1805. Following five years' legal work, he moved to Stockholm in 1811 to work at the Supreme Court and, in 1814, as a military auditor. In 1816, he resigned, bought a printing business and became editor of a succession of industrial and technical journals, during which time he made inventions relating to the press. It was in 1830 that he learned from the Edinburgh Review of Babbage's ideas for a difference engine and started to make one from wood, pasteboard and wire. In 1837 his 15-yearold student son, Edvard Raphael Scheutz, offered to make it in metal, and by 1840 they had a working machine with two five-digit registers, which they increased the following year and then added a printer. Obtaining a government grant in 1851, by 1853 they had a fully working machine, now known as Swedish Difference Engine No. 1, which with an experienced operator could generate 120 lines of tables per hour and was used to calculate the logarithms of the numbers 1 to 10,000 in under eighty hours. This was exhibited in London and then at the Paris Great Exhibition, where it won the Gold Medal. It was subsequently sold to the Dudley Observatory in Albany, New York, for US$5,000 and is now in a Chicago museum.

In England, the British Registrar-General, wishing to produce new tables for insurance companies, and supported by the Astronomer Royal, arranged for government finance for construction of a second machine (Swedish Difference Engine No. 2). Comprising over 1,000 working parts and weighing 1,000 lb (450 kg), this machine was used to calculate over 600 tables. It is now in the Science Museum.

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SUBJECT AREA: Photography, film and optics

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Having been apprenticed to be an engineer, Woodbury left England in 1851 to seek his fortune in the Australian gold-fields. Like many others, he failed, and after a series of transient jobs found a post as Draughtsman at the Melbourne Waterworks. He then went on to Java, where he practised wet-collodion photography before returning to England finally in 1863. Woodbury settled in Birmingham, where like most contemporary photographers he was concerned to find a solution to the troublesome problem of fading prints. He began working the carbon process, and in 1866 and 1867 took out a series of patents which were to lead to the development of the process that took his name. Woodburytypes were continuous-tone prints of high quality that could be mass produced more cheaply than the traditional silver print. This was an important innovation and Woodburytypes were extensively used for quality book illustrations until the introduction of more versatile photomechanical processes in the 1890s. In all, Woodbury took out twenty patents between 1864 and 1884, some relating to a wide range of photographic devices. He was still working to simplify the Woodburytype process when he died from an overdose of laudanum.

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