Venn, John
- Date:
- 1887-1896
- Reference:
- GALTON/3/3/21/2
- Part of:
- Galton Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Manuscript letters. Venn was working on a new edition of his Logic of Chance and he discussed Galton's "Law of error". They had the same opinions on "gambling". Concerning the "random" character of births of boys and girls in families. Concerning measurements. Concerning the "pull and squeeze" results. Concerning W E Johnson. Discussing "Correlations". Discusses Natural Inheritance with Galton's draft reply. Discussing the Cambridge measurements. Discussing merits of Edgeworth.
Publication/Creation
1887-1896
Physical description
29 letters
Terms of use
The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
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Location of original
The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.