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Letter, 'The calculates values on annuties on lives' from Abraham de Moivre to William Jones

Reference number: L&P/1/299

Date: 1744

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. Abraham De Moivre, F. R. S. to William Jones, Esquire, F. R. S. concerning the easiest method for calculating the value of annuities upon lives, from tables of observations'

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L&P/1/299
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1744
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14 pages
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Manuscript

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Abraham de Moivre

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Abraham de Moivre, Letter, 'The calculates values on annuties on lives' from Abraham de Moivre to William Jones, 1744, L&P/1/299, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_299/letter-the-calculates-values-on-annuties-on-lives-from-abraham-de-moivre-to-william-jones, accessed on 22 April 2025

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