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                           RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS

       Russia gave the world many outstanding scientists. Russian scientists
made a great contribution to world science.
       V.V.Petrov (176l-1834), the follower of Lomonosov in studying
electricity, is called a pioneer of the world electrical engineering. He was
experimenting with electricity and made many discoveries of great importance.
He published a great number of articles on electricity. The electric arc
discovered by Petrov became the first source of electric lighting. Petrov
discovered the possibility of getting metals out of ores by means of electricity.
       Academician E.Kh.Lenz (1804-1875) is one of the most prominent
Russian physicists. He discovered the law of heat generation by an electric
current and the law defining the direction of an induced electric current.
       P.M.Yablochkov (1847-1894) is a prominent inventor and designer. He
did much for using alternating current. He is famous for inventing the
"Yablochkov candle"(arc lamp) known abroad under the name of the "Russian
Light".
       A.S.Popov (1859-1906) is known for his invention of a radio. After
demonstrating his device Popov was offered a lot of money for the commercial
use of the radio abroad. But he was a true Russian patriot, he refused to leave
Russia. He said that all his knowledge and his achievements belonged to his
native land.
       Dolivo-Dobrovolsky (1862-1919) is a Russian engineer. He is the
inventor of a three-phase generator and a three-phase transformer. He proposed
а number of original designs of measuring instruments.
       We know many other names of great Russian scientists and we are proud
of them.
       Lobachevsky's non-Euclidean geometry1 brought about a revolution in
science. Mendeleev discovered the periodic law of elements. The world's first
photoelectric cell was built by Stoletov. Lebedev succeeded in measuring the
pressure of light experimentally. Zhukovsky and Chaplygin worked out the



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