Tables and Formulæ for the Computation of Life Contingencies, With Copious Examples of Annuity, Assurance, and Friendly Society Calculations

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Excerpt from Tables and Formulæ for the Computation of Life Contingencies, With Copious Examples of Annuity, Assurance, and Friendly Society Calculations: Second Issue, With an Addendum, Comprising a Large Extension of the Principal TableChapter VII. Is occupied with the subject of Commutation Tables. The leading properties of these tables are laid down, and methods for their formation, for both single and joint lives, 1' are explained and exemplified, which it is believed will be found more certain and efficient than any heretofore proposed. The Postscript contains two additional methods, which suggested themselves since the chapter was completed.Chapter VIII. Contains some details in reference to the history of the Commutation Method of computation, and an attempt is made to vindicate Mr. Barrett's claim to the invention of that method, of which it has been recently sought to deprive him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.