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Lebedev's formula for the pressure of light

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Origin/Country: RUSSIA - SOVIET Europe
Design Description: Lebedev, with equation for the pressure of light
Item Description: Cu-Ni ROUBLE 1991 Ussr PETER LEBEDEV 125TH ANNIV. OF BIRTH Y# 261
Full Grade: NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
Owner: JKMulcahey

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Pyotr Lebedev, 1866-1912, Russian physicist, was the first to measure the pressure of light on a solid body in 1899; this is illustrated in the equation.

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