Paper, 'An argument for divine providence taken from the constant regularity observed in the birth of bothe sexes' by John Arbuthnot
Reference number: EL/A/54
Date: April 1711
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Arbuthnot demonstrates his theory using probability
A table showing the number of males and females baptised between 1629-1710 is attached
Subject: Demography/ Religion
Read at the Royal Society on 19 April 1711
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- EL/A/54
- Earliest possible date
- April 1711
- Page extent
- 5 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Arbuthnot, Paper, 'An argument for divine providence taken from the constant regularity observed in the birth of bothe sexes' by John Arbuthnot, April 1711, EL/A/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_54/paper-an-argument-for-divine-providence-taken-from-the-constant-regularity-observed-in-the-birth-of-bothe-sexes-by-john-arbuthnot, accessed on 16 May 2025
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II. An argument for divine providence, taken from the constant regularity observ'd in the births of both sexes. By Dr. John Arbuthnott, Physitian in Ordinary to Her Majesty, and Fellow of the College of Physitians and the Royal Society External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1710
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1710.0011
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