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" Tears; it appears, that Life is carried to 90, 95, and even to 100 Years ; I am no more moved by it, than by the Examples of Parr or Jenkins, the firft of whom lived 152 Tears, and the other 167. "
The Doctrine of Chances: Or, a Method of Calculating the Probabilities of ... - Page 263
by Abraham de Moivre - 1756 - 348 pages
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The Mathematical Repository: Containing Analytical Solutions of ..., Volume 2

James Dodson - 1748 - 380 pages
...fome obfervatior.s, of " late years, k appears that life is earned to 90, 95, " and to 100 years ; I am no more moved by it, than " by the examples of Parr or Jenkins, the- firft of which " lived 152 years, and the other 167." In conformity, alfo, to that excellent gentleman, the...
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Several Essays in Political Arithmetick

Sir William Petty - 1755 - 458 pages
...fome Obfervations of late Years, it appears, that Life is carried to 90, 95, and even to 100 Years ; I am no more moved by it, than by the Examples of Parr, or Jenkins, the firft of which lived 152 Years, and the other 167. To PREFACE. 3d To this may be added, that the Age of purchafing...
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Calculations Deduced from First Principles, in the Most Familiar Manner, by ...

W. Dale - 1772 - 572 pages
...of late years, it appears that " life is carried on to 90, 95, or even 100 " years, " years, he was no more moved by it, than '* by the examples of PARR or JENKINS, " the firft of which lived i52years, and the " other 167:" — and he adds — " that the " age for purchafing annuities...
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The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about ...

Ian Hacking - 1984 - 226 pages
...some Observations of late Years, it appears, that Life is carried to 90, 95, and even to 100 years. I am no more moved by it, than by the Examples of Parr, or Jenkins, the first of which lived 152 years, and the other 167 [Ibid., p. x]. To sum up: Graunt devised a mortality...
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