  Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765) was the eminent Russian polymath and a towering
figure of the European Enlightenment. This English translation of Mikhail
Lomonosov seminal work "Oration on the Origin of Light " draws from its
original Russian and Latin sources. It is part of a 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.
