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Paper 'Value of a life annuity of one pound' by William Braikenridge

Reference number: L&P/3/197

Date: 1756

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Table.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to the Reverend William Brakenridge, D. D. Rector of St. Mich. Bassishaw, and F. R. S. with a table of the value of annuities on lives, by Mr. James Dodson, Master of the Royal Mathematical School in Christ’s-Hospital, and F. R. S'

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L&P/3/197
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1756
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Brakenridge

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William Brakenridge, Paper 'Value of a life annuity of one pound' by William Braikenridge, 1756, L&P/3/197, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_197/paper-value-of-a-life-annuity-of-one-pound-by-william-braikenridge, accessed on 02 December 2024

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