Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshchersky (, 1859–1935) was a Russian and Soviet

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who gained fame for his work on

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, notably the motion of bodies of variable mass.

Biography

Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy was born in

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. After graduation from Arkhangelsk Gymnasium, Meshcherskiy studied mathematics at the Saint Petersburg Imperial University from 1878 to 1882.

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