Monceau, D.de (English spelling) MonceauDde

…Also, since wild grasses had been used exclusively for pasture up until that point, clover cultivated on cultivated land was called "artificial grass" and clover fields were called "artificial grass-land." In the first half of the 18th century, the French shipbuilder Duhamel de Monceau studied in England, which was the world's number one shipbuilder at the time, to learn shipbuilding techniques, but his interest soon shifted from shipbuilding to cultivated pasture, and he ended up devoting himself to research in this field, and only after returning home did he introduce cultivated pasture to France. Thus, cultivated pasture (prairie artificiel) became widespread in France from the middle of the 18th century. …

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…また，牧草は，それまでもっぱら野草が用いられていたから，耕地で栽培されるクローバーは〈栽培牧草artificial grass〉，またクローバー畑は〈栽培牧草地artificial grass‐land〉とよばれた。フランスの造船技師モンソーDuhamel de Monceauは，18世紀前半，当時，造船では世界一であったイギリスに，造船技術を習うために留学したが，やがて彼の興味は，造船よりも栽培牧草に移り，結局，その研究に打ち込んで，帰国後，はじめてフランスに栽培牧草を伝えた。こうして，フランスでは，18世紀の中ごろから栽培牧草地prairie artificielが広まることになった。…

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