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On the Arithmometer of M. Thomas (de Colmar), and its application to the Construction of Life Contingency Tables. (Continued from page 32.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

Peter Gray
Peter Gray*
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Institute of Actuaries
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Problem VIII—To construct a table for the formation of Survivorship Assurances.

A survivorship assurance on (x) against (y) is an assurance payable at the end of the year in which the combination (x. y) is dissolved, provided the dissolution is caused by the death of (x).

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Research Article
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , January 1874 , pp. 123 - 132
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Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1875

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page 126 note * A better plan, perhaps, will to to insert the differences, as in the example, between the terms from which they arise.

page 132 note * I find this the more convenient order, and I always practise it when it is safe to do so—that is, when the number on S1 does not extend beyond the limit of the carrying power of the machine; and also even when it does so extend, provided that the leading figures change but slowly.