title: [The estimates of Laplace.  An example:  research concerning the population of a large empire, 1785-1812].
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mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005060:Europe; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005602:France; D011158:Population Growth; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012942:Social Sciences; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Demography; Developed Countries; Error Sources; Estimation Technics; Europe; Evaluation; France; Historical Demography; Historical Survey; Measurement; Mediterranean Countries; Population Growth Estimation; Reliability; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; Western Europe