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Of the 54 references cited in Todhunter’s “Chronological List of Authors” [1865, pp. 619–620] as contributing to probability theory from 1761 to 1822 (and excluding Condorcet and Laplace) only some twelve make any contribution to our present topic. The writings to be discussed in this chapter are given, as in others, in order of publication; but once an author is cited, any further pertinent publications of his (although they may well have been written after those of another author not yet cited) will be discussed in the same section.
As by successive tradition from our forefathers we have received it. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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See also Walley [1991, §5.3.4].
For details see Sheynin [1971c].
See Dale [1991] and Molina and Deming [1940, p. xvi].
See Sheynin [1969].
Pearson [1978, pp. 598-599].
Pearson [1978, p. 156].
Quoted here from Pearson [1978, pp. 600–601].
Pearson [1978, p. 601].
Todhunter [1865, arts 766, 767 & 774]. For a similar opinion see Cantor [1908, p. 243].
For details of the Morgans see Pearson [1978, pp. 395-396, 408].
For a discussion of Lacroix’s work on testimony see Daston [1988, pp. 339–492].
See Todhunter [1865, art. 1057].
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Dale, A.I. (1999). Miscellaneous Investigations from 1761 to 1822. In: A History of Inverse Probability. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8652-8_5
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