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In the year 1716 Abraham de Moivre published his Doctrine of Chances, in which the subject of Mathematical Probability took several long strides forward. A few years later came his Treatise of Annuities. When the third (and final) edition of the Doctrine was published in 1756 it appeared in one volume together with a revised edition of the work on Annuities. It is this latter two-volumes-in-one that is presented here in an exact photographic reprint, with a series of problems of progressive interest, followed by full solutions and an afterword by H.M. Walker.

First Published in 1967. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Excerpt from The Doctrine of Chances, or a Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play When I firfi hegan to attempt the general Solution of the Prohlem con cerning the Duration of Play, there 70323 nothing extant that could give me any light into that Suhjetft; for altho' Mr. De Monmort, in the fir/l Edition of his Book, gives the Solution of this Prohlem, as limited to three Stakes to he won or lofi, and farther limited hy the Suppcyition of an 3. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.