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TitlePaper, 'On Kersseboom's 2nd & 3rd treatises on computing the population of Holland' by John van Rixtel
Date27 January 1742
DescriptionSubject: Demography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract by John van Rixtel, F. R. S. of Mr. W. Kersseboom’s second and third treatise—confirming the manner how to know the probable quantity of people in the provinces of Holland and West-Friesland, besides a foundation on which to prove the probable lives of widows, and likewise a rule whereby to know the duration of marriages'

Read 27 January 1742.
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1742.0059
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CodePersonNameDates
NA5364Rixtel; John van (- 1774) - 1774
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