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RefNoEL/A/54
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'An argument for divine providence taken from the constant regularity observed in the birth of bothe sexes' by John Arbuthnot
DateApril 1711
DescriptionArbuthnot demonstrates his theory using probability
A table showing the number of males and females baptised between 1629-1710 is attached

Subject: Demography/ Religion

Read at the Royal Society on 19 April 1711
LanguageEnglish
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1710.0011
RelatedRecordLBO/27/23
EL/A/53
EL/K/24
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6385Arbuthnot; John (1667 - 1735)1667 - 1735
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