“optical distortions at the interface between Venus and the Sun during transits are impressively large, and any inferences from them are fraught with peril”
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Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries were the atmosphere of Venus, the law of conservation of mass in chemical reactions, the theoretical prediction of Antarctica, and the idea of coaxial rotors. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, minera…
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science · Russian polymath (1711–1765) · astronomer · geologist · physicist · chemist · linguist · poet · writer · historian · philosopher · inventor · also Mikhail Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, M. B. Jiomohocob, Michaelis, Lomonosow, Mikhaĭlo Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich Lomonosov
Born 8 November 1711 · Died 4 April 1765 · Q58720
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2016· 1 entry
Was named Mikhailo Lomonosov after him
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2012· 1 entry
Pasachoff and Sheehan consulted original sources, and questioned the basis for the claim that Lomonosov observed the thin arc produced by the atmosphere of Venus
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2004· 1 entry
Three 300th Anniversary of the Birth of M
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1959· 1 entry
And is awarded annually by the Russian Academy of Sciences to a Russian and a foreign scientist
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1949· 1 entry
In 1956 and in 1961, a 275th Birth Anniversary of M
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1948· 1 entry
The underwater Lomonosov Ridge in the Arctic Ocean was named in his honor
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1765· 1 entry
Died 1765-04-04.
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1739· 2 entries
“Epistle on the Rules of Russian Versification”
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Studied at University of Marburg (1736–1739).
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1736· 1 entry
Studied at Academic University at the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1736–1736).
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1734· 1 entry
Studied at Slavic Greek Latin Academy (1731–1734).
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1711· 1 entry
Born 1711-11-08.
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