‎"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.‎

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‎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).‎