The first book of the first Minister of Railways of the Russian Empire. 

St. Petersburg: printing ...

The first book of the first Minister of Railways of the Russian Empire. 

St. Petersburg: printing House of the main Department of Railways and public buildings, 1836 Dedication to count Karl THOL 4 p VI p 288 p XXVII p. 4 engraved diagrams. Binding of the first half of 19 in, 13 x 22 cm. Traces of wetting, restoration of the upper corner of one leaf.  

Pavel Petrovich Melnikov (22 July [3 August] 1804, Moscow-22 July [3 August] 1880, Lyuban) was a Russian mechanical scientist and engineer, one of the authors of the Saint Petersburg-Moscow railway project, and the first Minister of Railways of the Russian Empire (1865-1869).

The hydraulic school of Russia was formed at the Saint Petersburg Institute of the corps of railway engineers (now the Saint Petersburg state Institute of railway engineering) thanks to Professor Pavel Petrovich Melnikov (1804 -1880). P. p. Melnikov graduated in 1825 from the full course of the Institute of the corps of railway engineers and was left at the Institute as a tutor to prepare for the position of Professor. In 1833, P. p. Melnikov was appointed Professor of applied mechanics at the Institute and at the same time at the artillery school. In 1836, he published the first course of hydraulics in Russian under the title "Fundamentals of practical hydraulics or on the movement of water in various cases and the effect of its impact and resistance". No other country except France has ever had such courses in hydraulics.