  This article, the third in a series about the Russian scientist Mikhail
Lomonosov (1711-1765), covers the first decade of his research at the St.
Petersburg Academy of Sciences, from his return from an educational his trip
abroad in 1741, to the mid-1750s. Lomonosov's major focus was on the
establishment of the first Russian laboratory used to introduce modern
experimental chemistry and physics methods both to original research and
education. The lab supported studies of the physics of colors, chemistry and
physics of glasses and training of the Academy students. This article describes
how Lomonosov, first an Adjunct Professor and then as a young Professor, fought
to create the chemistry lab, and then to establish a broad program of
experiments and tests there. The construction of laboratories to be used not
just for research but also education only became widespread in the early 19th
century, but Lomonosov's laboratory had a significant impact on the early
development of the Academy and on Russian science.
