Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician and astronomer. [1833]. His five volume 'Mecanique celeste' 1799-1825 was the greatest work on celestial mechanics since Newton's 'Principia'. From 'The Gallery of Portraits', Vol. II, by Charles Knigght (London, 1833).

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Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician and astronomer. [1833]. His five volume 'Mecanique celeste' 1799-1825 was the greatest work on celestial mechanics since Newton's 'Principia'. From 'The Gallery of Portraits', Vol. II, by Charles Knigght (London, 1833).

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