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41 roar
A n4 (of sea, wind) mugissement m ;5 ( of crowd) clameur f ; a roar of laughter un éclat de rire ; a roar of applause un tonnerre d'applaudissements.B vtr1 ( shout) ‘quiet!’ he roared ‘silence!’ a-t-il vociféré ; to roar one's approval hurler son accord ;2 ( rev up) faire vrombir [engine].C vi1 [lion] rugir ;2 [person] vociférer ; to roar with pain rugir de douleur ; to roar at sb vociférer devant qn ; to roar with laughter rire à gorge déployée ;3 ( make noise) [sea, thunder, wind] mugir ; [fire] ronfler ; [crowd] hurler ; [engine, machine] vrombir ; to roar past sth passer devant qch en vrombissant ; the car roared into life la voiture a démarré en vrombissant.■ roar out:▶ roar out [sth] hurler [command]. -
42 race
egg-and-spoon \race Eierlaufen nt kein pl;pancake \race Pfannkuchenrennen nt (findet in England am Faschingsdienstag statt);sack \race Sackhüpfen nt kein pl;three-legged \race Dreibeinlauf m;let's have a \race komm, wir laufen um die Wette;to win/lose a \race einen Wettkampf gewinnen/verlieren;the two are involved in a \race for promotion die zwei liefern sich ein Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen um die Beförderung;presidential \race Präsidentenwahlkampf m;the space \race der Wettlauf im All ( fig)it's always a \race to get out of the house on time in the mornings in der Früh ist es immer eine Hetzerei, damit man rechtzeitig aus dem Haus kommt ( pej) ( fam)4) sports\races plthe \races das Pferderennen;a day at the \races ein Tag m beim Pferderennenmill \race Mühl[en]bach m viI enjoy running for fun, but I refuse to \race ich laufe gern zum Vergnügen, aber ich weigere mich, an Wettläufen teilzunehmen;to \race with sb mit jdm um die Wette laufen;to \race against sb gegen jdn antreten2) ( rush) rennen;the boys came racing across the playground die Jungen kamen über den Schulhof gerannt;she \raced for the bus sie rannte, um den Bus zu erreichen;to \race into the house in das Haus rennen;to \race up the stairs die Treppe hinaufrennen3) ( pass quickly)the summer seems to have \raced by der Sommer ist wie im Nu vergangen ( fam)( for fun) mit jdm ein Wettrennen machen;come on, I'll \race you home los, wir laufen um die Wette bis nach Hause2) ( enter for races)to \race a greyhound/ horse einen Greyhound/ein Pferd Rennen laufen lassen;to \race a car an einem Autorennen teilnehmen3) ( rev up)to \race the car engine den Motor hochjagen (sl)4) ( transport fast)to \race sb somewhere jdn schnellstmöglich irgendwohin bringen;the ambulance \raced the injured to hospital der Krankenwagen brachte den Verletzten mit Blaulicht ins Krankenhausto be of mixed \race gemischtrassig sein2) ( species)the human \race die menschliche Rasse;(of animals, plants) Spezies f;crops which are resistant to different \races of pest Getreidesorten, die gegen verschiedene Krankheiten resistent sindthe British are an island \race die Briten sind ein Inselvolk;the French/Russian \race die Franzosen/die Russen -
43 Niepce, Joseph Nicéphore
SUBJECT AREA: Photography, film and optics[br]b. 1765 Franced. 5 July 1833 Chalon, France[br]French inventor who was the first to produce permanent photographic images with the aid of a camera.[br]Coming from a prosperous family, Niepce was educated in a Catholic seminary and destined for the priesthood. The French Revolution intervened and Niepce became an officer in an infantry regiment. An attack of typhoid fever in Italy ended his military career, and he returned to France and was married. Returning to his paternal home in Chalon in 1801, he joined with his brother Claude to construct an ingenious engine called the pyréolophore, which they patented in 1807. The French Government also encouraged the brothers in their attempts to produce large quantities of indigo-blue dye from wood, a venture that was ultimately unsuccessful.Nicéphore began to experiment with lithography, which led him to take an interest in the properties of light-sensitive materials. He pursued this interest after Claude moved to Paris in 1816 and is reported to have made negative images in a camera obscura using paper soaked in silver chloride. Niepce went on to experiment with bitumen of judea, a substance that hardened on exposure to light. In 1822, using bitumen of judea on glass, he produced a heliograph from an engraving. The first images from nature may have been made as early as 1824, but the world's earliest surviving photographic image was made in 1826. A view of the courtyard of Niepce's home in Chalon was captured on a pewter plate coated with bitumen of judea; an exposure of several hours was required, the softer parts of the bitumen being dissolved away by a solvent to reveal the image.In 1827 he took examples of his work to London where he met Francis Bauer, Secretary of the Royal Society. Nothing came of this meeting, but on returning to France Niepce continued his work and in 1829 entered into a formal partnership with L.J.M. Daguerre with a view to developing their mutual interest in capturing images formed by the camera obscura. However, the partnership made only limited progress and was terminated by Niepce's death in 1833. It was another six years before the announcement of the first practicable photographic processes was made.[br]Bibliography1973. Joseph Nicéphore Niepce lettres 1816–7, Pavillon de Photographie du Parc Naturel, Régional de Brotonne.1974, Joseph Nicéphore Niepce correspondences 1825–1829, Pavillon de Photographie du Parc Naturel, Régional de Brotonne.Further ReadingJ.M.Eder, 1945, History of Photography, trans. E. Epstean, New York (provides a full account of Niepce's life and work).H.Gernsheim and A.Gernsheim, 1969, The History of Photography, rev. edn, London (provides a full account of Niepce's life and work).JWBiographical history of technology > Niepce, Joseph Nicéphore
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44 Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 25 May 1889 Kiev, Ukrained. 26 October 1972 Easton, Connecticut, USA[br]Russian/American pioneer of large aeroplanes, flying boats, and helicopters.[br]Sikorsky trained as an engineer but developed an interest in aviation at the age of 19 when he was allowed to spend several months in Paris to meet French aviators. He bought an Anzani aero-engine and took it back to Russia, where he designed and built a helicopter. In his own words, "It had one minor technical problem—it would not fly—but otherwise it was a good helicopter".Sikorsky turned to aeroplanes and built a series of biplanes: by 1911 the 5–5 was capable of flights lasting an hour. Following this success, the Russian-Baltic Railroad Car Company commissioned Sikorsky to build a large aeroplane. On 13 May 1913 Sikorsky took off in the Grand, the world's first four-engined aeroplane. With a wing span of 28 m (92 ft) it was also the world's largest, and was unique in that the crew were in an enclosed cabin with dual controls. The even larger Ilia Mourometz flew the following year and established many records, including the carriage of sixteen people. During the First World War many of these aircraft were built and served as heavy bombers.Following the revolution in Russia during 1917, Sikorsky emigrated first to France and then the United States, where he founded his own company. After building the successful S-38 passenger-carrying amphibian, the Sikorsky Aviation Corporation became part of the United Aircraft Corporation and went on to produce several large flying boats. Of these, the four-engined S-42 was probably the best known, for its service to Hawaii in 1935 and trial flights across the Atlantic in 1937.In the late 1930s Sikorsky once again turned his attention to helicopters, and on 14 September 1939 his VS-300 made its first tentative hop, with Sikorsky at the controls. Many improvements were made and on 6 May 1941 Sikorsky made a record-breaking flight of over 1½ hours. The Sikorsky design of a single main lifting rotor combined with a small tail rotor to balance the torque effect has dominated helicopter design to this day. Sikorsky produced a long series of outstanding helicopter designs which are in service throughout the world.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsChevalier de la Légion d'honneur 1960. Presidential Certificate of Merit 1948. Aeronautical Society Silver Medal 1949.Bibliography1971, "Sixty years in flying", Aeronautical Journal (Royal Aeronautical Society) (November) (interesting and amusing).1938, The Story of the Winged S., New York; 1967, rev. edn.Further ReadingD.Cochrane et al., 1990, The Aviation Careers of Igor Sikorsky, Seattle.K.N.Finne, 1988, Igor Sikorsky: The Russian Years, ed. C.J.Bobrow and V.Hardisty, Shrewsbury; orig. pub. in Russian, 1930.F.J.Delear, 1969, Igor Sikorsky: His Three Careers in Aviation, New York.JDSBiographical history of technology > Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich
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