[LOMONOSOV’S THEORY OF COLOR] Oratio de origine lucis sistens novam theoriam colorum in publico conventu Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae propter nominis festivitatem serenissimi principis magni duci Pauli Petridae habita calendis Juliis anni 1756 a Michaele Lomonosow consilario academico. Ex Rossica in Latinam linguam conversa a Gregorio Kositzki
Petropoli: Typis Academiae Scientiarum, [1756]. [2], 40 pp. 21,9x17,5 cm. Modern half-leather. Very good internally. First edition. One of the major works by Mikhail Lomonosov and his main contribution to optics. On the basis of many years of research and numerous experiments, Lomonosov developed a theory of light..... More