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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
On the Notion of Probability and its Measurement; on the Province
of Mathematics with regard to it, and Reply to Objections - Page 1

CHAPTER II.
On Direct Probabilities     30
CHAPTER III.
On Inverse Probabilities    - 53
CHAPTER IV.
Use of the Tables at the end of this Work    -    -    - 69:
CHAPTER V.
On the Risks of Loss or Gain - CHAPTER VI.
On common Notions with regard to Probability    -    -    - 112

CHAPTER VII.
On Errors of Observation, and Risks of Mistake    -    -    - 128
CHAPTER VIII.
On the Application of Probabilities to Life Contingencies    -    - 158

CHAPTER IX.
On Annuities and other Money Contingencies    -    - 181

CHAPTER X.
On the Value of Reversions and Insurances    -    - 212

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CHAPTER XI.
On the Nature of the Contract of Insurance, and on the Risks of Insurance Offices in general    -    Page 237

CHAPTER XII.
On the Adjustment of the Interests of the different Members in
an Insurance Office    -    -    -    - 267
CHAPTER XIII.
Miscellaneous Subjects connected with Insurance, &c.    -    - 294
APPENDIX.
APPENDIX THE FIRST.
On the ultimate Chances of Gain or Loss at Play, with a particular Application to the Game of Rouge et Noir    -    -    -    i

APPENDIX THE SECOND.
On the Rule for determining the Value of successive Lives, and of Copyhold Estates -    xv

APPENDIX THE THIRD.
On the Rule for determining the Probabilities of Survivorship    - xxii
APPENDIX THE FOURTH.
On the average Result of a Number of Observations    - xxiv

APPENDIX THE FIFTH.
On the Method of calculating uniformly decreasing or increasing Annuities    - xxvi
APPENDIX THE SIXTH.
On a Question connected with the Valuation of the Assets of an InOffice    - xxxi
Table I.    xxxiv
Table II.    -    . xxxviii