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Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Line engraving.

Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after J. C. Naigeon.

P. De La Place/ C. N. Cochin filius.

Nicolas Copernicus among other astronomers of the world. Process print after a wood engraving by J. Styfi and J. Holewinski, 18--, after M.E. Andirolli, 1873.

Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Stipple engraving after J. C. Naigeon.

Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Lithograph.

Calendar of the correspondence of Pierre Simon Laplace / Roger Hahn.

Laplace and the vanishing role of God in the physical universe / Roger Hahn.

Un double centenaire Newton et Laplace : leur vie et leur oeuvre / [Émile Picard].

Memoir on heat / read to the Royal Academy of Sciences, 28 June 1783, by Messrs. Lavoisier & De La Place ; translated with an introduction and notes by Henry Guerlac.

Laplace, Pierre-Simon (1749-1827), French mathematician and astronomer

Exposition de système du monde / par P.S. Laplace.

Exposition du système du monde / par M. le marquis de Laplace.

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Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de, 1749-1827

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Memoir on heat / read to the Royal Academy of Sciences, 28 June 1783, by Messrs. Lavoisier & De La Place ; translated with an introduction and notes by Henry Guerlac.

Laplace, Pierre-Simon (1749-1827), French mathematician and astronomer

Exposition de système du monde / par P.S. Laplace.

Exposition du système du monde / par M. le marquis de Laplace.