| Reference number | CLP/1/4 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Questions of chance' by Mr [Francis] Robartes |
| Date | [1691] |
| Description | Robartes muses on two problems:
1: A gamester tries his fortune at a lottery book consisting of seven prizes and 43 blank. How many times he will undertake to pick a prize, or what is the least number the gamester can demand whilst still winning?
2: Two gamesters A and B case dice as follows, A rolls it once and B rolls it twice for every roll A makes. What are the odds that one will roll the chance?
Subject: Mathematics
Read to the Royal Society on 9 March 1691. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8413 | Robartes; Francis (c1650 - 1718); politician and natural philosopher | c1650 - 1718 |