It turns out that many Russian words that are included in everyday life, we owe to the great Russian scholar and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov. To him in our language there were no such concepts as "atmosphere", "barometer ", "viscosity", "crystallization ", "MIC", "optics", "ether" and some others. First, the scientist began to use them in his scientific works, and then they entered into colloquial speech. Himself Lomonosov about these new for the Russian language the words said: "I Hope they use all familiar with will".
Cm. also the head of "Entertaining physics" J. Perelman , "Who invented the word "gas" and "atmosphere"?"