The doctrine of chances: or, a method of calculating the probability of events in play / By A. De Moivre.

  • Moivre, Abraham de, 1667-1754.
Date:
1718
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Credit: The doctrine of chances: or, a method of calculating the probability of events in play / By A. De Moivre. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    T O '■* * - - V- • t ' * Sir Ifaac Newton, Kt. Prejident of the Royal Society. SIR Mr^H E greateft help I have re- I ceiv’d in writing upon this Sub- je<5t having been from your In¬ comparable Works, efpecially your Method of Series; I think it my Duty publickly to acknowledge, that the Improvements I have made in the matter here treated of, are principally derived from your felf. The great benefit which has accrued to me in this refped:, requires my fhare in the general Tribute of Thanks due to you from the Learned World; But one advantage, which is more parti¬ cularly my own, is the Honour 1 have frequently had of being admitted to your private Converfation, wherein the doubts I have had upon any Sub¬ ject relating to Mathematics, have been refolved by you with the greateft Humanity and Condefcention. Thofe