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Manuscript and letters of Louis-Adolphe Bertillon

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Manuscript and letters of Louis-Adolphe Bertillon

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Description: The manuscript, entitled "Questions de démographie et correspondence avec Bertillon père," appears to contain problems related to demographic statistics by mathematician E. Bernes. It appears that Bertillon was seeking the assistance of a mathematician to review and possibly correct the articles he was writing for Le dictionnaire encyclopedique des sciences medicales. Some of the problems discussed include formula of survival such as calculation of the population after births and deaths and the probability of death of an individual for a given age at a determined time. He also writes of the statistical significance of marriage and response to criticism by fellow French statistician Irénée-Jules Bienaymé. There are five loose items in the manuscript, including one graph. There are also four letters: three by Louis-Adolphe and one by his son Jacques, all addressed to E. Bernes. The items are all in French.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1874-1882.
Call number: mssHM 78315-78319
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Bertillon, Louis-Adolphe (1821-1883)(Opens in new tab)

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Purchased from B & L Rootenberg Fine & Rare Books, September 5, 2012.

Dimensions

24 cm :

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Bertillon, Jacques, (1851-1919.)

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