A Supplement to the Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. ArbuthnotJames Carlile, and sold, 1751 - 81 Seiten |
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... zard to get a or b ; therefore making 2x - ab , 2 which is the Value of my Expectation . The Demonstration is easy , for having + , I can a + b play with another who will stake against it , on $ 2 this Condition , that the Gainer should ...
... zard to get a or b ; therefore making 2x - ab , 2 which is the Value of my Expectation . The Demonstration is easy , for having + , I can a + b play with another who will stake against it , on $ 2 this Condition , that the Gainer should ...
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... zard to his . SUPE Uppofe I call the Value of my Hazard x , and the Stakes a , then his Hazard will be a --- * ; then wherever it's his turn to throw , myHazard is , but but when it's mine , the Value of my Hazard Of the Hazards of Game ...
... zard to his . SUPE Uppofe I call the Value of my Hazard x , and the Stakes a , then his Hazard will be a --- * ; then wherever it's his turn to throw , myHazard is , but but when it's mine , the Value of my Hazard Of the Hazards of Game ...
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... zard at the rate abovemention'd , he ought just to give 14 for it . The equal wager in one Throw of two Dice , is to throw 7 at least one time , and 8 at least another time , and fo per vices : The Reafon is , be caufe in the firft Cafe ...
... zard at the rate abovemention'd , he ought just to give 14 for it . The equal wager in one Throw of two Dice , is to throw 7 at least one time , and 8 at least another time , and fo per vices : The Reafon is , be caufe in the firft Cafe ...
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... zard is to B's as 11 to 25 . It were eafy , at this rate , to calculate the moft . intricate Hazards , were it not that Fractions will oc- cur ; which , if they be more than 1 , may be fup- pos'd equal to an Unit , without caufing any ...
... zard is to B's as 11 to 25 . It were eafy , at this rate , to calculate the moft . intricate Hazards , were it not that Fractions will oc- cur ; which , if they be more than 1 , may be fup- pos'd equal to an Unit , without caufing any ...
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... zard to get nothing , if they mifs the firft of these two , or to put themselves in the former Cafe if they get ; fo they have an equal Hazard to get nothing , ort , which by Prop . 1. is worth of the Stake ; fo if they want three ...
... zard to get nothing , if they mifs the firft of these two , or to put themselves in the former Cafe if they get ; fo they have an equal Hazard to get nothing , ort , which by Prop . 1. is worth of the Stake ; fo if they want three ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
A's Hazard abfolute againſt bability becauſe befides Brafs Bribe Cafter Calculation caufe Chance which gives chufe Confent confequently Conftitution Country Curfed fhalt Cycloid Defire demonftrate different Throws do'st thou Doublets eafily eafy equal hazard exegi Expectation faid fame fecond Fellow-Gamefter ferve fhall fhall give fhare fhew fhould fince firft Game firſt fixth fome four Chances ftands ftill fubject fuch fuppos'd fwing gain gain'd Gamefters Games wanting greateſt Hazard is worth Hazard to B's himſelf Houſe Huygens's juft King laft Latitudinarian leaſt lefs Liberty likewife lofe Lofer Longitude Magiftrate moft muft muſt myſelf number of Chances number of Dice obferve otherwife Pendulum play Pofition Power prefent Prop Publick purchaſe purpoſe Reafon reft Royal Prerogative Setter ſhall Shillings Ship ſmall Stake Suppofe thee thefe Thermometer theſe third Propofition thofe thoſe tion undertakes to throw Wager to throw whofe zard
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 23 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth...
Seite 25 - With look erect, I dart my longing eye, Seem wing'd to part, and gain my native...
Seite 21 - A. No doubt but every Landed Man would be glad to be free from paying Two Shillings in the Pound ; but at the fame time I would not raife by another Tax Two Shillings in the Pound, nor One Shilling in the Pound for a Perpetuity. For Parliaments who haye no more to give, may be difappointed in the Redrcfs of their Grievances.
Seite 31 - ... to no Rules. There are very few things which we know, which are not capable of being reduc'd to a Mathematical Reasoning; and when they cannot...
Seite 18 - People ? A. The People ought to have more Security for all that is valuable in the World, than the Will of a mortal and fallible Man. A King of Britain may make as many Peers, and fuch as he pleafeth; therefore the laft and beft Security for the Liberties of the People, is a Houfe of Commons genuine and independent.
Seite 24 - Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Seite 28 - In vain tliou hopest for bliss on this poor clod, Return, and seek thy Father, and thy God: Yet think not to regain thy native sky, Borne on the wings of vain philosophy; Mysterious passage ! hid from human eyes ; Soaring you'll sink, and sinking you will rise Let humble thoughts thy wary footsteps guide, Regain by meekness what you lost by pride.
Seite 25 - Vile as the grinning maftiff at my gate, Calls off from heav'nly truth this reas'ning me, And tells me, I'ma brute as much as he.
Seite 21 - Impoflibility 5 for if my Tenant has any new Tax laid upon him, I am afraid he will not pay me fo much Rent ; fo that the new Tax muft ftill affect Land.
Seite 15 - A. Becaufe Mankind in a State of Slavery and Freedom is a different Sort of Creature , for Proof of this I have read what the Greeks...