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Essai sur les probabilitiés de la durée de la vie humaine: d’où l’on déduit la manière de déterminer les rentes viagères, tant simples qu’en tontines.

Publication Details

Paris: Guérin Frères, 1746 CE.

Deparcieux was the first to construct correct life tables. Appendix in 1760. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#1691.1
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2413
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	essai-sur-les-probabilitis-de-la-dure-de-la-vie-humaine-do-lon-dduit-la-manire-de-dterminer-les-rentes-viagres-tant-simples-quen-tonintes

Publication place: Paris