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RefNoRR/12/152
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Joseph Kórösi, on his paper 'An estimate of the degrees of legitimate natality as derived from a table of natality compiled by the author from his observations made at Budapest' to Francis Galton
Date19 February 1896
DescriptionGives arguments for the insertion of his Table of Natality. Herbert Rix has stated that no mention was made of the table, but without the table, the rest of the paper is incomplete. Includes an annotated page of the paper showing where the table was in fact mentioned. Discusses a proposed change to the title.

Subject: Physiology, Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1895]
Extent9p
FormatTypescript
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstb.1895.0018 Vol.186 1895
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7708Galton; Sir; Francis (1822 - 1911); statistician, human geneticist and eugenicist1822 - 1911
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