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    Stepan Yakovlevich Rumovsky (Russian: Степан Яковлевич Румовский; 9 November [O.S. 29 October] 1734, Vladimir Governorate – 6 July [O.S. 18 July] 1812...
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    Academy of Sciences. Notable students of Euler in Berlin included Stepan Rumovsky, later considered as the first Russian astronomer. In 1748 he declined...
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    locations in the Russian Empire under the general coordination of Stepan Rumovsky. King George III of the United Kingdom had the King's Observatory built...
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    translation of the letters followed in Saint Petersburg by Euler's student Stepan Rumovsky between 1768 and 1774 in 3 volumes. The first English translation of...
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    Joseph-Nicolas Delisle Northern (Arctic) Federal University Stepan Krasheninnikov Stepan Rumovsky Vasily Trediakovsky "Lomonosov". Random House Webster's...
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  • Events from the year 1734 in Russia Siege of Danzig (1734) Stepan Rumovsky, Russian astronomer Mikhail Kakhovsky, Russian general Grigory Orlov, Russian...
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    along the Umba. Others who were engaged to observe the transit include Stepan Rumovsky, Christian Mayer, and Christoph Euler, son of the mathematician Leonhard...
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