Abraham (de) Moivre - Annuities Upon Lives: Or, The Valuation Of Annuities Upon Any Number Of Lives; As Also, Of Reversions.

<p>La presente copia, rispetto agli esemplari censiti e passati in commercio, non presenta l'indicazione di Francis Fayram al frontespizio, ma solo quella dello stampatore (William Pearson).&nbsp; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Garrison-Morton</span> 1690: &laquo;De Moivre, French Huguenot mathematician and demographer, formulated the hypothesis that among a body of persons over a certain age the successive annual decreases by death are nearly equal.&raquo;; cfr. <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Wellcome </span>IV, 149.</p>