The Works of Charles Babbage Vol 6

1. Auflage 1989
ISBN: 978-1-138-76375-3
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

A set of 11 volumes which contains all the known works of Charles Babbage, who has been described as the "pioneer of the computer". His mathematical, scientific and engineering work is highly significant for its original approach to problem-solving and is reset for today's reader.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Babbage, Charles

Campbell-Kelly, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 6. A comparative view of the various institutions for the assurance of lives, Introduction Chapter /: Of the tables of mortality employed for calculating the premiums of assurances Chapter II: Of the average rate of the interest of money Chapter III: Of the different kinds of societies for the assurance of lives Chapter IV: Of capital Chapter V: Of the directors Chapter VI: Of the rates of premiums Chapter VII: Of the proportion of profits returned to the assured Chapter VIII: Of the mode of assigning the bonus to the assured Chapter IX: Of the periods of division Chapter X: Of the periods at which assurers become entitled to participate in a division of profits Chapter XI: Of the limits of travelling allowed to the assured Chapter XII: Of the deposits on proposing an assurance Chapter XIII: Of entrance money Chapter XIV: Of fines for non-appearance Chapter XV: Of the time allowed for the payment of premiums Chapter XVI: Of the payment of the sum assured on the death of the nominee Chapter XVII: Of commission to agents Chapter XVIII: Miscellaneous remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Charles Babbage, Martin Campbell-Kelly