The Doctrine Of Life Annuities And Assurances Analytically Investigated And Practically Explained

Author : Francis Baily
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ISBN 13 : 9781331894698
Total Pages : 342 pages
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Download or read book The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances written by Francis Baily and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances: Analytically Investigated and Practically Explained, Together With Several Useful Tables Connected With the Subject The present edition of Baily's work on Life Annuities and Assurances, it is hoped, will supply a great desideratum. It needs no apology. Every one acquainted with the science of Life contingencies must admit that Baily's work is the best of all that has been written on the subject. It leads the learner step by step from one doctrine to another, and handles each subject with perspicuity of language, and with logical tact of an exemplary character. This work has of late years become very scarce; so much so that some speculator (whose name is unknown to me), about twelve or fifteen years ago, considered it worth while to produce a facsimile of the same, as regards typography, paper, c., and sold each copy for the genuine one. Unfortunately, however, the book was edited by some one evidently ignorant of the task before him, and thus an abundance of errors and misprints was left, too numerous to be corrected with the pen, and in many cases quite impracticable to do so. Had this latter edition been revised for the press by a skilful hand, the present edition would have been almost needless. The failure of the forged copy has thus given rise to the present republication; and once decided on, it occurred to the Editor that the modem notation, as adopted by Jones, Dr. Farr, Professor De Morgan, and others, might be preferred to that used by Baily. This idea has accordingly been acted upon. 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.