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.

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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.

Publication year

1692-1692

ESTC No.

R31565

Grub Street ID

114347

Description

[24], 93, [3] p. ; 12⁰

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?? E?? (-E12, blank?).

Uncontrolled note

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

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