Geologic-mineralogical and crystallographic works of Lomonosov
Abstract
Re-reading Lomonosov's famous works - the treatise “On the Layers of the Earth” (1763) and “Word about the birth of metals from the shaking of the Earth” (1757), each time unexpectedly discover in them new details not noticed before, as if responding to the most burning questions of geological science of today. This has been repeatedly noted by the researchers of the great scientist's work. V.I. Vernadsky wrote: “In 1901, there was no geochemistry in our understanding and it was impossible to consider Lomonosov's thought from this point of view...”. On the amazing gift of Lomonosov's scientific foresight in the field of crystal structure it was written: “It is characteristic that as early as 1911, B. N. Menshutkin wrote about such a remarkable from the modern point of view Lomonosov's dissertation (“On the birth and nature of saltpeter”, 1749): “This dissertation I do not cite, as there is nothing interesting in it.” Only the discovery of X-ray diffraction in crystals (1912) and the subsequent rapid development of the latest structural crystallography revealed the full significance of Lomonosov's statements...” ...
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