Paper, 'An arithmetical paradox, concerning the chances of lotterys' by Francis Roberts [Robartes]

Reference number: CLP/1/5

Date: 1693

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Robartes discusses the arithmetics underpinning the odds of winning a lottery.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An arithmetical paradox, concerning the chances of lotteries'.

Read to the Royal Society on 29 March 1693.

Reference number: CLP/1/5
Earliest possible date: 1693
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Francis Robartes

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Francis Robartes, Paper, 'An arithmetical paradox, concerning the chances of lotterys' by Francis Roberts [Robartes], 1693, CLP/1/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_1_5/paper-an-arithmetical-paradox-concerning-the-chances-of-lotterys-by-francis-roberts-robartes, accessed on 20 June 2025

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Author: Francis Robartes

Date: 1st March 1693

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1693.0021

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Classified papers of the Royal Society
1660-1741 Reference number: CLP
Classified papers: volume 1 concerning 'Arithmetick, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry'
1669-1731 Reference number: CLP/1

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