Of the laws of chance, or, A method of calculation of the hazards of game, plainly demonstrated, and applied to games at present most in use, which may be easily extended to the most intricate cases of chance imaginable

All titles

• Of the laws of chance, or, A method of calculation of the hazards of game, plainly demonstrated, and applied to games at present most in use, which may be easily extended to the most intricate cases of chance imaginable
• De ratiociniis in ludo aleae. English
• Method of calculation of the hazards of game

People / Organizations

• Christiaan Huygens (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by Benj. Motte, and sold by Randall Taylor near Starioners-Hall, 1692.

Added name

Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735, tr.

Publication year

1692

ESTC No.

R31565

Grub Street ID

114347

Description

[24], 93, [3] p. ; 12°.

Note

A translation of: Huygens, Christiaan. De ratiociniis in ludo aleae and translated into English by John Arbuthnot

Original Latin text first published as an appendix to Frans van Schooten's 'Exercitationum mathematicarum libri quinque', Leyden, 1657

Identified as Wing A3602 on UMI "Early English books, 1641-1700", microfilm reel 1495

Signatures: A-D]1]2] E]1]2] (-E12, blank?).

Uncontrolled note

Catalogued from the original at the British Library. Verify nature of final leaf; wanting in L copy