Mikhail_Pomortsev

Mikhail Pomortsev

Mikhail Pomortsev

Russian meteorologist

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Pomortsev (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Поморцев, July 24, 1851, Vasilyevshchina – July 2, 1916, all n.s.) was a Russian military officer, meteorologist and engineer. He invented a Nephoscope in 1894. A lunar crater Pomortsev is named after him.

Mikhail Pomortsev.

One of the pioneers in the field of Russian aeronautics and rocketry, Pomortsev conducted research into solid-propellant rockets in the early 20th century.[1] In his military career, Pomortsev reached the rank of Artillery General; he taught at the Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy in St Petersburg.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Physics of the Solar System Quote: "At the beginning of the twentieth century, Colonel Mikhail Mikhailovich Pomortsev (1851-1916), an instructor in the Artillery College, conducted more extensive research into the planning and manufacture of solid-propellant rockets."
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    Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky: The Pioneering Rocket Scientist and His Cosmic Philosophy Philosophy. By Daniel H. Shubin (2016)
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