From:
[J.?] Watermeyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 October 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.378
Summary:
JW's 'tabular scheme,' employing Price's method, is only a first attempt and yields life probabilities too low for Cape Colony, where births exceed deaths. Will submit recent data next week.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project