{"title":"Mikhail Lomonosov: Discourse on Greater Accuracy of Navigation","authors":"Mikahil Lomonosov, Vladimir Shiltsev","doi":"arxiv-2404.18885","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765) is the eminent Russian polymath and a towering\nfigure of the European Enlightenment. This English translation of his seminal\nwork Discourse on Greater Accuracy of Navigation concludes the series of\nEnglish translations of nine most significant scientific treatises, all of\nwhich Lomonosov himself compiled in the volume titled Lomonosow Opera\nAcademica, intended for dissemination among European Academies.","PeriodicalId":501042,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - History and Philosophy of Physics","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"arXiv - PHYS - History and Philosophy of Physics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2404.18885","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765) is the eminent Russian polymath and a towering
figure of the European Enlightenment. This English translation of his seminal
work Discourse on Greater Accuracy of Navigation concludes the series of
English translations of nine most significant scientific treatises, all of
which Lomonosov himself compiled in the volume titled Lomonosow Opera
Academica, intended for dissemination among European Academies.