- Kinds of things, 718.
- King Charles and the Royal Society, 647.
- Kirchhoff, on lines of spectrum, 245.
- Kohlrausch, rules of approximate calculation, 479.
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- Lagrange, formula for interpolation, 497;
- accidental discovery, 531;
- union of algebra and geometry, 633.
- Lambert, 15.
- Lamont, 452.
- Language, 8, 628, 643.
- Laplace, on probability, 200, 216;
- principles of inverse method, 242;
- solution of inverse problem, 256;
- planetary motions, 249, 250;
- conjunctions of planets, 293;
- observation of tides, 372;
- atmospheric tides, 367;
- law of errors, 378;
- dark stars, 404;
- hyperbolic comets, 407;
- his works on probability, 395;
- velocity of gravity, 435;
- stability of planetary system, 448, 746;
- form of Jupiter, 556;
- corpuscular theory, 521;
- ellipticity of earth, 565;
- velocity of sound, 571;
- analogy, 597;
- law of gravity, 615;
- inhabitants of planets, 640;
- laws of motion, 706;
- power of science, 739.
- Lavoisier, mistaken inference of, 238;
- pyrometer, 287;
- on experiments, 423;
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