LOMONOSOW (LOMONOSOV), MICHAELE (MIKHAIL).

De Motu Aeris in Fondinis.

(Petropoli (St. Petersbourg), 1750). 4to. Uncut, without wrappers. Extracted from "Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae", Tom. I. ad Annum 1747 et 1748. Pp. 267-275 a. 1 engraved plate with 2 figs. (ad p.268 a. ad p. 269). Clean and fine.

First printing of one of Lomonosov's earliest paper, dealing with the physics of air in artesian wells.
Also conatining a paper by G.W. Richmann: "Tentamen Explicandi Phaenomenon Paradoxon...Scil. Thermometro Mercurialis..." Pp. 284-290.

"Lomonosov was founder of Russian science, and he would be universally recognized as a great pioneer of science had he been born a West European. He was famous also for his literary works, including poems and dramas. In 1755 he wrote a Russian Grammar that reformed the language and in the same year he helped found the University of Moscow. In 1760 he published the first history of Russia."(Isaac Asimov).

Order-nr.: 42894