Transcriber's Note:
Apparent typographical errors have been corrected.
The corrections noted in the Errata section have been incorporated in thetext. Three further corrections have also been made:9/10 in place of 1/10, and 9/10 in place of 6/10, on page 110;and "ex voto" in place of "ex veto" on page 173.
BY
PIERRE SIMON, Marquis de LAPLACE.
TRANSLATED FROM THE SIXTH FRENCH EDITION
BY
FREDERICK WILSON TRUSCOTT, Ph.D. (Harv.),
Professor of Germanic Languages in the West Virginia University,
AND
FREDERICK LINCOLN EMORY, M.E. (Wor. Poly. Inst.),
Professor of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics in the West Virginia
University; Mem. Amer. Soc. Mech. Eng.
FIRST EDITION.
FIRST THOUSAND.
NEW YORK:
JOHN WILEY & SONS.
London: CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited.
1902.
Copyright, 1902,
BY
F. W. TRUSCOTT
AND
F. L. EMORY.
ROBERT DRUMMOND PRINTER, NEW YORK
| PAGE | |
| PART I. A PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAY ON PROBABILITIES. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Introduction | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Concerning Probability | 3 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| General Principles of the Calculus of Probabilities | 11 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Concerning Hope | 20 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Analytical Methods of the Calculus of Probabilities | 26 |
| PART II. APPLICATION OF THE CALCULUS OF PROBABILITIES. | |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Games of Chance | 53 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Concerning the Unknown Inequalities which may Exist among Chances Supposed to be Equal | 56 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Concerning the Laws of Probability which result from the Indefinite Multiplication of Events | 60 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
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