Theautomotiveindustryistodayoneoftheworld's largest, butjust a littleover a centuryago, therewas a lotofskepticismabouttheprospectsofthedrivingmachine.
Soyoucanimaginethatthiswasnot a goodenvironmenttobethepersoninventingthehorselesscarriage.
だから、馬車を発明した人間にとっては、決して良い環境ではなかったと想像できる。
In 1899, theliterarydigest, a highlyinfluentialmagazineatthetime, referredtoautomobilesasordinaryhorselesscarriagesthatwillneverbeusedascommonlyasbicyclesduetotheirexpensivecost.
I wasdiscouragedfrombuyingstockinthecompanyby a bankpresidentwhocalledautomobilesonly a noveltyand a fat, ifonlytheycoulddrive a DeLoreanbacktothefuture.
Afterreturningfrom a tripabroad, Hanwaybeganusinganumbrella, whichinfuriatedmanycoachdriverswhosawbigboomsandbusinessonrainydaysandwe'rescaredoflosingcustomersthankfully.
Itis a shortflight, butwithWilburWrightatthecontrols.
短い飛行時間だが、ウィルバー・ライトが操縦している。
Thewrightflyershowscompletemasteryoftheskies.
ライトフライヤーは、空を完全にマスターしていることがわかります。
Just a coupleofyearslater, Ferdinandfoch, a frenchgeneralandthesupremeAlliedcommanderduringtheFirstWorldWarcalledthevisionaryinventions, interestingscientifictoysandwhilehemaynothavebeentotallywrongseeinghisplanesnowalsomakeforprettyinterestingtoys.
Theuseoftheforkas a personalutensilwaspopularizedduringtheByzantineempireandwhileitbecamecommonallovertheMiddleEastbythe 10thcentury, itsusewasstillsneeredatmostpartsofeuropetoByzantine.
In 14 90 to 1, suchmonk, johannNostradamus, publishedanessayinwhichhedescribedprintingasmorallyinferiortocopyingandpredictedthatprintedmaterials I wouldneverlast.
Theteamuse a BenedictineAbbotandleadingscholararguedthatsinceprintedmaterialsusedpaper, theyweremoreeasilydegradableandincomparabletotheparchmentthatmonkswrotetherewordsontoshowthechurchthathisinventionpresentedanopportunityandnot a threat.
ThisapparatuswasshowntomembersoftheRoyalInstitutionandothersonJanuary 27, 1926 andshowedthroughtelevisionimagesinlightandshadeforthefirsttimebaird's inventionwasalsoridiculedbymembersoftheprintmediawithonedailyexpressnewspapereditorcallinghim a lunaticforeventhinkingtheideaof a televisionwasattainableeven 20 yearsdowntheline, itwasstillmetwithskepticism, mostnotablyfromHollywoodgiantDarryl F.
Wechoosetogotothemooninthisdecadeanddotheotherthingsnotbecausetheyareeasy, butbecausetheyarehardmakinganotherappearanceonourlistasradiopioneerLeedeForestForasinnovativeashewasdeforestclearlylacked a lotofforesightasheproclaimed.
Thefirstreactionbythescientificcommunitywasthewholethingwas a hoax.
科学者たちの最初の反応は、全部がデマだというものだった。
Despitethat, thepublicwentcrazyoverit.
にもかかわらず、世間はそれに熱狂した。
ProfessorHenrymorton, thethenpresidentofthestevensInstituteofTechnologycalledtheinventionofconspicuousfailureand a britishparliamentarycommitteedeemeditunworthyoftheattentionofpracticalorscientificmen.