Kahlbaum;Kahlbaum, Georg Wilhelm August: 1853 to 1905, chemist Kamerlingh-Onnes;Kamerlingh-Onnes, Heike: 1853 to 1926, physicist and chemist Kapiza;Kapitza, Pyotr Leonidovich: 1894 to 1984, physicist Kaplan;Kaplan, Viktor: 1876 to 1934, engineer Karmarsch;Karmarsch, Karl: 1803 to 1879, engineer Karolus;Karolus, August: 1893 to 1972, physicist Kater;Kater, Henry: 1777 to 1835, engineer Kay;Kay, John: 1704 to 1764 (1774), engineer Keller;Keller, Friedrich Gottlob: 1816 to 1895, engineer Kelvin;Unit of temperature named after British physicist Lord Kelvin. Kelvin Lord;Lord Kelvin of Largs (formerly William Thomson): 1824 to 1907, physicist Kepler;Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630), German astronomer, astrologist, mathematician and philosopher Kerr;Kerr, John: 1824 to 1907, physicist Kettering;Kettering, Charles Franklin: 1876 to 1958, engineer Kibalchich;Kibalchich, Nikolai Ivanovich: 1854 to 1881, engineer Kilby;Kilby, Jack S.: (* 1923), physicist and inventor Kircher;Kircher, Athanasius: 1601 to 1680, scholar Kirchoff;Kirchoff, Gustav Robert: 1824 to 1887, physicist Kjellin;Kjellin, Frederic Adolf: 1872 to 1910, engineer Klaproth;Klaproth, Martin Heinrich: 1743 to 1817, chemist and pharmacist Kleist;Kleist, Georg Ewald von: 1700 to 1748, naturalist Knietsch;Knietsch, Rudolf Joseph Theophil: 1854 to 1906, chemist Knoll;Knoll, Max (1897-1969), German electrical engineer Knorr;Knorr, Georg: 1859 to 1911, engineer Knots;A knot is a unit of speed used to measure the movement of a ship or aircraft. A knot or "kn" is a nautical mile per hour. It equals 1.852km per hour. Koehnen;Koehnen, Matthias: 1849 to 1924, civil engineer Koenig;Koenig, Friedrich: 1774 to 1833, engineer Kohlrausch;Kohlrausch, Friedrich Wilhelm Georg: 1840 to 1910, physicist Kolbe;Kolbe, Hermann: 1818 to 1884, chemist Korn;Korn, Arthur: 1870 to 1945, physicist Korolyov;Korolyov, Sergei Pavlovich: 1906 to 1966, rocket and space travel pioneer Kossel;Kossel, Walther: 188 to 1956, physicist Kotelnikov;Kotelnikov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich: (* 1908), radio frequency engineer Krarup;Krarup, Karl Emil: 1872 to 1909, engineer Kress;Kress, Willhelm: 1836 to 1913, Aviation pioneer Kreutzberger;Kreutzberger, Freidrich Wilhelm: 1822 to 1918, engineer Krylov;Krylov, Alexei Nikolayewich: 1863 to 1945, physicist Kulibin;Kulibin, Ivan Petrovich: 1735 to 1818, engineer Kunkel;Kunkel von Löwenstern, Johann: 1638 to 1703, alchemist and glassmaker Kurchatov;Kurchatov, Igor Vasilyevich: 1903 to 1960, physicist Kwolek;Kwolek, Stephanie Louise: (* 1923), chemist Lagrange;Lagrange, Joseph-Louis: 1736 to 1813, mathematician Lahmeyer;Lahmeyer, Wilhelm: 1859 to 1907, electrical engineer and industrialist Lambert;Lambert, Jahann Heinrich: 1728 to 1777, mathematician and physicist Lampadius;Lampadius, Wilhelm August: 1772 to 1842, chemist and technologist Land;Land, Edwin Herbert (1909-1991), American physicist Landau;Landau, Lev Davidovich: 1908 to 1968, physicist Lands;In laser discs such as CDs or DVDs lands mean the flat areas of a track. The data units, read by a laser beam are stored in microscopic depressions in the surface called pits. Langen;Langen, Eugen: 1833 1895, engineer Langmuir;Langmuir, Irving: 1881 to 1957, physicist and chemist Laplace;Laplace, Pierre-Simon: 1749 to 1827, mathematician and astronomer Latour;Latour, Charles Cagniard: 1777 to 1859, engineer and geographer Laue;Laue, Max von: 1879 to 1960, physicist Laurent;Laurent, Auguste: 1807 to 1853, chemist Laval;Laval, Carl Gustav de: 1845 to 1913, engineer Lavoisier;Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent: 1743 to 1794, chemist Lawrence;Lawrence, Ernest Orlando: 1901 to 1958, physicist Lear;Lear, William P.: 1902 to 1978, radio engineer Lebedev A.;Lebedev, Aleksander Alekseyevich: 1893 to 1969, chemist Lebedev P.;Lebedev, Piotr Nikolayecich: 1866 to 1912,Physicist Lebedev S.;Lebedev, Sergei Vasilyevich: 1874 to 1934, chemist Leblanc;Leblanc, Nicolas: 1742 to 1806, physician and chemist Lebon;Lebon, Philippe: 1769 to 1804, engineer LeChatelier;LeChatelier, Henry-Louis: 1850 to 1936, chemist and engineer Lecher;Lecher, Ernst: 1856 to 1926, physicist Ledebur;Ledebur, Adolf: 1837 to 1906, iron and steel expert Ledley;Ledley, Robert S.: (* 1926), biophysicist Leech rope;A boltrope is a rope hemming sewn around every sail made of cloth. Leeuwenhoek;Leeuwenhoek, Antony van (1632-1723), Dutch naturalist Leibnitz;Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm: 1646 to 1716, Universal scholar Lenard;Lenard, Philippe: 1862 to 1947, physicist Lenoir;Lenoir, Jean Joseph Etienne (1822-1900), Luxeembourgeois engine manufacturer Lens;An objective lens is a lens assembly in an optical instrument such as a camera or telescope. It faces the subject of a picture. Lenz;Lenz, Heinrich Friedrich Emil: 1804 to 1865, physicist Leslie;Leslie, John: 1766 to 1832, physicist Leupold;Leupold, Jacob1674 to 1726, precision engineer Levasseur;Levasseur, Léon:1863 to 1922, aircraft designer Lever;A lever is a power transmission device, in which an object, usually consisting of a straight or bent rod, is pivoted on a fulcrum. Lever principle;The lever principle states that the effort is exerted in an inverse ratio of the distance from the fulcrum to the load. Leverage;Leverage is based on the principle that a relatively large force can be produced on the shorter lever arm by exerting less effort on the longer lever arm. Lichtenberg;Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph: 1742 to 1799, physicist and writer Lieben;Lieben, Robert von: 1878 to 1913, physicist and engineer Liebermann;Liebermann, Karl: 1842 to 1914, chemist Liebig;Liebig, Justus von: 1803 to 1873, chemist Lift;Lift, upward vertical force exerted on an object. Light year;Distance that light covers in a year (around 9,500 billion kilometers). Lilienthal;Lilienthal, Otto: 1848 to 1896, aviation pioneer Linde;Linde, Carl von: 1842 to 1934, engineer Links;A hypertext link is a cross-reference between files. Hyperlinks or jump links are currently used extensively in connection with data structures on the Internet or in multimedia programs. They enable users to access further information (hyperlink) by merely clicking on a word or a picture. Lippershey;Lippershey, Johannes: 1572 to 1640, optician liquid propellant;Liquid fuel for rockets usually consists of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Lissajous;Lissajous, Jules-Antoine: 1822 to 1880, physicist Lister;Lister, Sir Joseph: 1827 to 1912, physician Ljupunov;Lyupunov, Aleksander Mikhailovich: 1857 to 1918, mathematician Llyushin;Ilyushin, Sergey Vlademirovich: 1894 to 1977, aircraft designer Load;Load may either mean an object that needs carrying or a force that is exerted through the weight of a load (e.g. on a crane). Lodge;Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph: 1851 to 1940, physicist Lodygin;Lodygin, Aleksander Nikolayevich: 1847 to 1923, engineer Loewe;Loewe, Ludwig: 1837 to 1886, engineer Log-in;Logging in involves requesting and being allowed the access to a system such as a network or mailbox. Lomonossov;Lomonossov, Mikhail Vasilyewich: 1711 to 1765, scholar Lorentz;Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon: 1853 to 1928, physicist Loschmidt;Loschmidt, Joseph: 1821 to 1895, physicist Lüdemann;Lüdemann, Karl-Friedrich: 1912 to 1967, metallurgist Luff Rope;A boltrope is a rope hemming sewn around every sail made of cloth. This rope is sewn with flat stitches on the edge of the sail. Lumière;Lumière, Auguste: 1862 to 1954, chemist