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From Henry Holland to Erasmus Alvey Darwin   24 February [1869]

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References to works on probability;

statistics on proportion of sexes in births in England and Wales.

Author:  Henry Holland, 1st baronet
Addressee:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:  24 Feb [1869]
Classmark:  DAR 86: A79–80
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6632

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  • … Bibliography Babbage, Charles. 1829. A letter to the Right Hon. T. P. Courtenay, on the …
  • letter to W.  D.  Fox, 4 September [1850] ). Holland refers to Sylvestre François Lacroix and Lacroix 1816 , and to Pierre Simon Marquis de Laplace and Laplace 1814 . Holland may refer to Quetelet 1835 . CD refers to Charles Babbage
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