Distilling of the Volga Kalmucks and Mongols : two accounts from the eighteenth century by Peter Pallas, with some modern comparisons (original) (raw)

ACM Crossroads Student Magazine, 2016

Abstract

Peter Pallas (1741–1811) is perhaps best known today for the many species of birds and other animals, which he was the first to describe and are either still assigned to him today through scientific names still in use or otherwise associated by popular names. From the beginning Pallas was a naturalist and quickly began publishing in that area but a major change in his life occurred in 1767 when he was invited to Russia by Catherine the Great (r. 1762–1795) to become a professor at the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. In was in this capacity that he began to participate in expeditions to various parts of Russia. The primary focus of attention in the present paper, is a massive work of some 600 pages that is profusely illustrated with carefully-drawn plate, Pallas’s Sammlungen historischer Nachrichten uber die Mongolischen Volkerschaften. Paul BUELL 及 Montserrat de Pablo Moya, “伏尔加卡尔梅克人和蒙古人的蒸馏术：十八世纪彼得·帕拉斯的两种解释与当代研究的比较” 彼得·帕拉斯 (1741–1811) 也许在当今最为人所知是，许多种类的鸟和其他动物是由他首次描述，并且至今仍使用的它们的学名...

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