Prosper L'Orange

Prosper L'Orange (born 1 February 1876, Beirut; died 30 July 1939, Stuttgart) was a German engineer and inventor who pioneered the precombustion chamber (or prechamber), which made possible high-speed diesel engines that did not require an air compressor, and enabled them to be built small enough for use in road vehicles.

Career

L'Orange moved to Germany and studied engineering at the Technical University of Berlin in Charlottenburg, Berlin. After his studies he worked for Gasmotoren-Fabrik Deutz AG as a research engineer from 1904, and from 1906 as research director. In October 1908, L'Orange moved from Deutz to Benz & Cie. in Mannheim, where he became head of Stationary Engine Construction. From 1912, on he was also a member of the Board of Directors.

In 1909, while working at Benz, he patented a precombustion chamber (DRP 230517, 14 March 1909) which made possible compact, lightweight diesel engines.

L'Orange was director of the Motoren Werke Mannheim AG (MWM) from 1922, which was formed that year when Carl Benz split up the engine division of his company.

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L'Orange (producer)

L'Orange is an American hip hop producer from North Carolina. After starting his career as a recording studio engineer he began releasing original hip hop in 2011. Among his early releases, Old Soul in 2011 was dedicated to Billie Holiday, while his November 2012 release The Mad Writer was described by L'Orange as "more of a fiction novella." His 2013 collaborative album The City Under the City was his first LP on Mello Music Group, as well as his first album with an emcee.Prefix Magazine called the release "'album of the year' worthy."

In April 2014 he released the album The Orchid Days, which features artists such as Blu. His 2015 album The Night Took Us In Like Family was a collaboration with rapper and producer Jeremiah Jae, with Jae rapping over L'Orange's production in most tracks. Pitchfork Media gave it a positive score of 7.1, writing that "this is an aesthetic concept record... L'Orange builds a gilded stage from a clutter of film, soul, and synth samples, refurbishing the worn 9th Wonder/early-Kanye warped soul template." L'Orange released an EP titled After the Flowers on February 24, 2015. His collaborative album with Kool Keith, titled Time? Astonishing!, was released on July 24, 2015 through Mello Music Group.

L'Orange (song)

"L'Orange" is a 1964 song recorded by French singer and songwriter Gilbert Bécaud. It was covered in 2003 by the contestants of the French third version of the TV reality show Star Academy, and achieved a great success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it topped the chart for several weeks. As of August 2014, the song was the 20th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 560,000 units sold. In January 2004, thanks to the cover version, the original one by Gilbert Bécaud was charted for five weeks on the French Singles Chart, but peaked only at #89.

The B-side of the CD single is "Wot!", a cover version of Captain Sensible's 1980s hit.

In the video, the participants of the Star Academy 3 perform the song in a market, and Michal, the finalist, is accused of having robbed an orange.

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