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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
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