OBSERVATIONS ON REVERSIONARY PAYMENTS; ON SCHEMES FOR PROVIDING ANNUITIES FOR WIDOWS, AND FOR PERSONS IN OLD AGE; ON THE METHOD OF CALCULATING THE VALUES OF ASSURANCE ON LIVES; AND ON THE NATIONAL DEBT. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, FOUR ESSAYS ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS IN THE DOCTRINE OF LIFE-ANNUITIES AND POLITICAL ARITHMETICK. ALSO, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING A COMPLETE SET OF TABLES; PARTICULARLY, FOUR NEW TABLES, SHEWING THE PROBABILITIES OF LIFE IN LONDON, NORWICH, AND NORTHAMPTON; AND THE VALUES OF JOINT LIVES. THE SECOND EDITION, WITH A SUPPLEMENT, CONTAINING ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS AND TABLES.
London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1772. [xv], [1], 404 pp. Institutional rubberstamp on blank verso of title page, and in blank lower margin of page 404. Else a clean text. Bound in attractive modern quarter calf and marbled boards. Very Good, with separate deaccession slip accompanying the..... More