Notes on Probability and Random Numbers
- Date:
- Mid-Late 19th Century
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/6/4/1
- Part of:
- Galton Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Galton's notes on games of chance, discussing a possible device to ensure a consistent coin toss; tables of random figures, derived by taking the last figure in cube roots from random pages in Barlow's tables; and tables titled "Calculated equal chances for dice".
Publication/Creation
Mid-Late 19th Century
Physical description
10 folios
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.