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Paper, 'Of the probable duration of life ' by Willem Kersseboom

Reference number: L&P/2/356

Date: 22 May 1753

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Original French paper.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A view of the relation between the celebrated Dr. Halley's Tables, and the notions of Mr. De Buffon, for establishing a rule for the probable duration of the life of man'

Read 31 May 1753

Reference number
L&P/2/356
Earliest possible date
22 May 1753
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
13 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the probable duration of life ' by Willem Kersseboom, 22 May 1753, L&P/2/356, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_356/paper-of-the-probable-duration-of-life-by-willem-kersseboom, accessed on 19 August 2026

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