Artifact Details

Title

English life table : tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums : with an introduction by William Farr, M.D., F.R.S., D.C.L.

Catalog Number

B1570.01

Type

Document

Description

Table of contents: i - iv.
Appendix: iv.

Inscription on first title page reads: "First application of computer to medical statistics" followed by "RE Scheutz Machine see pp. cxxxix - cxliv."

Date

1864

Author

Farr, William

Publisher

Her Majesty's Stationery Office

Place of Publication

London

Extent

clv, 605 p.

Dimensions

overall: 2 in x 8 in x 11 in

Category

Book

Collection Title

Gwen Bell artifact and book collection

Series Title

Algorithms, tables, and history of calculation books

Credit

The Gwen Bell Early Book Collection of Algorithms, Tables, and History of Calculations

Lot Number

X7090.2014