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969. [A. 1. a; V. 7.] A Letter of De Moivre and a Theorem of Halley. V. Note 947, Math. Gaz. vol. xiv, p. 574.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

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page 214 note * For the vexed question of the dates of the various editions of Sherwin’s Tables, see Glaisher Report on Mathematical Tables (British Association, 1873), pp. 129–131.

page 214 note † De Moivre puts z/a=s, the number of years’ purchase, and writes n for t and x for r.

page 215 note * A notice on the cover to Number IV of the Mathematical Magazine states that “G. Witchell, Teacher of the Mathematicks, … still continues to instruct Gentlemen, at their own Houses, in any branch of the Mathematical Sciences.” From the cover to Number V it appears that he lived at “No. 6. in Union-Court, opposite St. Andrew’s Church, Holbourn” (now Ely Place).

page 216 note * I have not been able to see this; I take the entries from booksellers’ catalogues.