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summarized in 2 books published in 1912: "Traction calculation and application of graphic methods to them", and "Scientific problems of railway operation ". Together with his students, in 1908 Lomonosov formed the first research institute devoted to locomotives – "The office of the experimentation over the types of engines", which was converted after the
October Revolution to the "Experimental Institute of Communications".
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to design and build a prototype as early as in Spring 1924. The locomotive passed all State tests and examinations and in
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more fuel-efficient locomotives with internal combustion engines. In 1909, he started to design the engine-oil tankers with a friction-based transmission (from the diesel engine to the driving axle). In July 1914, the
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on the dynamics of locomotives and became the youngest full professor of the institute. In
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Russian diesel engine with electric transmission. Using his administrative skills, Lomonosov assembled a creative team of engineers and scientists who managed
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In May 1897, Lomonosov married Sofya
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railways. In 1898, he started designing and testing locomotives which became the occupation of his life. In 1899, he was offered a teaching position at the Warsaw
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in Russia. In Autumn 1919, he returned to Russia because the
Americans decided to suspend their sales of engines to Soviet Russia. In November 1920, Lomonosov was appointed to the Council of People's Commissars as responsible for rail orders abroad. In this function, he went to Berlin where in
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In 1887, following the family tradition, Lomonosov entered the Moscow 1st Cadet Corps. However, he then decided to abandon his military career in favor of engineering. In 1893, Lomonosov passed the entrance exam and started his studies at the
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of Russia. His father Vladimir Grigorievich Lomonosov was a former cavalry officer who worked as a judge since 1870. His mother Maria Fedorovna Lomonosova (née Pegelau) was a housewife known for establishing a public library.
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