Aeronautics
Aeronautics ( from Ancient Greek ἀήρ aer, air and nautis ( sailing) ) is the science of flying, including theory and design of balloons, airships, airplanes and missiles. As "Father of Aeronautics " applies George Cayley, who for a long time collected, varied experiences and insights of flight summarized theoretically first beginning of the 19th century. Strictly speaking, can the aeronautics subdivided into the areas of aerostatic and aerodynamic.
From the Aëronautik for aeronautics: Word and content through the ages
Brockhaus from 1809 states: " The Aëronautik called the art of ships in the air, and would therefore actually a more correct term for this art, as in the figurative sense, adopted by Aërostatik. "
Between 1810 and 1811 published Heinrich von Kleist in Berlin evening papers No 25 and 26 items under the heading Aeronautics ( former spelling probably Aëronautik ), which dealt with the flight behavior of balloons or airships, focusing on physical, chemical and mathematical calculations supported.
In 1850, Carl Theodor Schlüter published in Altona a book of 190 pages under the title The Aëronautik earlier and now, along with theoretical and practischen Suggest to a vervollkommneteren airship art and use of air Balls for technical and industrial purposes. This book is transcripts of the lectures together with drawings of the pharmacist Heino Zeise in the Altona Civic Association in the winter of 1849 / 1850.
How can you prove on the basis of the first volume of 1834, published in Leipzig ladies Conversations lexicon (page 85 ), the notation Aëronautik and Aërostatik held for at least another 125 years, and seen from Meyers Lexicon of 1908, that at that time under " Aëromechanik (Greek understood. , pneumatics), the doctrine of the balance ( Aërostatik ) and the movement of air or gases -shaped body (aerodynamics ) ". Furthermore Aëronautik is equated it with airships and defined as "the art using suitable equipment free to rise into the air and move around in it " in the relevant articles and, quite an extensive introduction to the then state of Aëronautik, their history and scientific research.
According to one called at that time the leader of airships as aeronauts aeronauts or.
Current translations and use of the word aeronautics
The term thus aeronautics derived from the by George Cayley embossed English word Aeronautics. Aeronautics is also translated as flight or aviation science, in particular the use of the term aviation (instead of aeronautics ), due to the relatively general meaning of this word can lead to misunderstandings or misinterpretations.
Nevertheless, the word aeronautics applicable in the German language as outdated, as well as the current edition of the Duden confirmed.
Another possible translation of aeronautics is aerospace customer.
From technology and science, the concept of aeronautics is not completely gone, because the common, English word Aeronautics probably best - and therefore again and again today - is translated as aeronautics.
Examples:
- Eldon L. Knuth, professor of aeronautics
- Paul MacCready, Ph.D. in Aero Navigator
- The supercomputer Mare Nostrum, commercial applications in the pharmaceutical, automotive and aeronautics.
- Jeppesen Sanderson, Society for Aeronautical Cartography
- Jacqueline Auriol, Imre Varga and Ernst Steinhoff studied aeronautics
A rebirth of the term aeronautics can not be excluded, as well as a recent article in FOCUS Online, published on 15 July 2008, entitled aeronautics - seems to demonstrate supersonic without bang.
Aeronautics today
Today 's aeronautics content of engineering degree in aviation and space technology (air and space sciences ) (eg, in the form of aero-thermodynamics or Flight Propulsion Lectures ), which is offered at various universities, colleges and technical colleges in and outside Germany. The scientific content of aeronautics are accordingly again in aeronautical engineering and space technology.