TY - JOUR A1 - Gompertz, B. T1 - XXIV. On the nature of the function expressive of the law of human mortality, and on a new mode of determining the value of life contingencies. In a letter to Francis Baily, Esq. F.R.S.&c. Y1 - 1825 DO - 10.1098/rstl.1825.0026 VL - 115 ER -