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Nikolaĭ Pavlovich Petrov

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Gender Male
Death103 years ago
Date of birth May 25,1836
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Trubchevsk
Russia
Date of died January 15,1920
DiedTuapse
Russia
Education Nikolay engineering school
Children Nikolay Petrov
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Nikolaĭ Pavlovich Petrov Life story


Nikolai Pavlovich Petrov was a Russian army professor of mechanics and engineering who is considered one of the founders of tribology or the study of friction and lubrication. He is best known for what is known as Petrov's Law of friction. Petrov was born in an aristocratic family in Novgorod.

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