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Excerpt from Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, Vol. 30: April, 1892 Makeham's modified law of mortality was next mentioned, cursorily, by Mr. M. N. Adler, in his Memoir of the late Benjamin Gompertz x111, and, passing by brief congratulatory references at the annual meetings of the Institute, we then find it examined and discussed, in July 1870, by Mr. Woolhouse xv, who, after pointing out the great advantages to be derived from the formula, expressed the view that future investigations might reveal other important relations at present unknown. From this point it would be useless to trace the progress of Makeham's theory in the actuarial mind. It had at last received due recognition, and has since steadily increased its adherents and advocates throughout the scientific world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.