DALE, William.

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

Calculations, deduced from First Principles, in the most familiar manner, by Plain Arithmetic, for the use of the Societies instituted for the Benefit Of Old Age. First edition of this introductory study to the theory and practice of annuities, by one of the leading figures of 18th-century actuarial science. Calculations marked the first publication of commutation columns, which allowed the value of a life annuity at any age to be derived with one simple calculation.

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