Mikhail Pomortsev

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.

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]

References

^ 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."
^ Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky: The Pioneering Rocket Scientist and His Cosmic Philosophy Philosophy. By Daniel H. Shubin (2016)

Поморцев Михаил Михайлович in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)

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[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."

[2] Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky: The Pioneering Rocket Scientist and His Cosmic Philosophy Philosophy. By Daniel H. Shubin (2016)

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