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Bha Johann von Lamont 鈥� no John Lamont 鈥� ainmeil mar reuladair. Bha e cuideachd ainmeil mar e貌laiche air i霉il-tharraing. Chruthaich e uidheamachd airson i霉il-tharraing a thomhas. Rinn e obair mh貌r air i霉il-tharraing na Talmhainn. Rinn e rannsachadh air mar a ghluaiseas sn脿thad i霉il-tharraingeach fo bhuaidh na gealaich. Bha e gu math ainmeil ann an saoghal saidheans 鈥� air feadh an t-saoghail.

Chaidh an reuladair, an t-Iarla Crawford, a ch猫ilidh air von Lamont. Bhruidhinn e ris ann an Gearmailtis. Ghabh e iongnadh nuair a fhreagair von Lamont ann am Beurla, le blas Albannach.

Airson c貌rr is leth-cheud bliadhna, bha von Lamont a鈥� fuireach leis fh猫in ann am baile beag faisg air Munich. Chaochail e an sin ann an ochd ceud deug, seachdad 鈥檚 a naoi (1879). Bha airgead m貌r aige sa bhanca. Cha do ph貌s e. Cha robh clann aige. Mar sin, thug e an t-airgead do dh鈥橭ilthigh Mhunich. Bha sin mar thaic-airgid do dh鈥檕ileanaich.

Bha iomradh air a bh脿s anns na p脿ipearan-naidheachd anns a鈥� Ghearmailt. Leugh Bana-phrionnsa na Gearmailt iomradh air. B鈥� ise nighean Banrigh Bhictoria. Sgr矛obh i gu a m脿thair. Bha i ag iarraidh oirre faighinn a-mach an robh c脿irdean aig von Lamont fhathast be貌 ann am Br脿igh Mh脿rr.

Bha fear 脿 Br脿igh Mh脿rr ag obair don Bhanrigh ann am Windsor. Dh鈥檌arr Bhictoria air rannsachadh a dh猫anamh. Rinn e sin. Fhuair e a-mach gun robh nighean agus oghaichean aig leth-phiuthar von Lamont fhathast be貌.

Chaidh carragh-cuimhne do von Lamont a chur suas. Bha sin ann an Inbhir 脠idh. Chaidh an carragh a chur suas ann an naoi ceud deug, trithead 鈥檚 a ceithir (1934).

Ach tha von Lamont air a chuimhneachadh ann an 脿ite eile. Tha an t-脿ite sin fada air falbh. Tha e air a鈥� ghealaich! Tha toll air uachdar na gealaich air a bheil an t-ainm 鈥淟amont鈥�. Tha sin air Muir a鈥� Chi霉ineis 鈥� faisg air far an t脿inig Apollo 11 gu t矛r, leis na ciad daoine riamh a choisich air a鈥� ghealaich.

Faclan is abairtean: ainmeil mar reuladair: famous as an astronomer; e貌laiche air i霉il-tharraing: an expert on magnetism; chruthaich e uidheamachd airson i霉il-tharraing a thomhas: he created equipment to measure magnetism; na Talmhainn: of the Earth; rinn e rannsachadh air: he did research on; mar a ghluaiseas sn脿thad i霉il-tharraingeach: how a magnetic needle moves; fo bhuaidh na gealaich: under the influence of the moon; chaidh X a ch猫ilidh air Y: X went to visit Y; bhruidhinn e ris ann an Gearmailtis: he spoke to him in German; ghabh e iongnadh nuair a fhreagair von Lamont ann am Beurla: he was surprised when von Lamont replied in English; c貌rr is leth-cheud bliadhna: more than fifty years; a鈥� fuireach leis fh猫in: living by himself; chaochail e: he died; bha airgead m貌r aige sa bhanca: he had a lot of money in the bank; cha robh clann aige: he had no children; mar thaic-airgid do dh鈥檕ileanaich: as financial assistance to students; iomradh air a bh脿s: a report on his death; Bana-phrionnsa na Gearmailt: The [Crown] Princess of Germany; nighean Banrigh Bhictoria: a daughter of Queen Victoria; ag iarraidh oirre faighinn a-mach an robh c脿irdean aig von Lamont fhathast be貌: wanting to find out if there were relatives of von Lamont still alive; Br脿igh Mh脿rr: Braemar (properly in Gaelic it is an area, the 鈥渦pland of Mar鈥� 鈥� the village itself is Baile a鈥� Chaisteil); carragh-cuimhne: memorial stone; Inbhir 脠idh: Invereye; tha von Lamont air a chuimhneachadh ann an 脿ite eile: von Lamont is remembered in another place; air a鈥� ghealaich: on the moon; toll air uachdar na gealaich: a crater on the surface of the moon; Muir a鈥� Chi霉ineis: The Sea of Tranquility; faisg air far an t脿inig Apollo 11 gu t矛r: close to where Apollo 11 came to land; na ciad daoine riamh a choisich air a鈥� ghealaich: the first people ever who walked on the moon.