The statistical mind in a pre-statistical era : the Netherlands 1750-1850 / Paul M.M. Klep and Ida H. Stamhuis (eds.).

Amsterdam : Aksant, 2002.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-347) and indexes.
1. Introduction / Paul M. M. Klep and Ida H. Stamhuis — 2. A Historical Perspective on Statistics and Measurement in the Netherlands 1750-1850 / Paul M. M. Klep — 3. An Unbridgeable Gap between Two Approaches to Statistics / Ida H. Stamhuis — 4. The Dutch Paths to Statistics 1815-1830 / Nico Randeraad — 5. Early Quantification of Scientific Knowledge: Nicolaas Struyck (1686-1769) as a Collector of Empirical Data / Huib J. Zuidervaart — 6. The Teaching of Statistics in the Eighteenth Century at the Law Faculties of the Republic of the United Provinces / Corjo J. H. Jansen — 7. The Differentiation of Statistics and Political Economy: the Teaching of Kluit and Vissering / Ida H. Stamhuis — 8. Sources of Information of Dutch University Statisticians after 1800 / Ida H. Stamhuis — 9. The Batavian Statistical Revolution in the Netherlands 1798-1802. Frequency, Formats, Administrative Success, and Political Background / Paul M. M. Klep and Astrid Verheusen — 10. The Beginning of Health Statistics 1750-1870 / Frans W. A. van Poppel and Jitse P. van Dijk — 11. Judicial Statistics before 1850 / Sjoerd Faber and Sibo van Ruller — 12. Statistics as an Instrument in the Struggle against Water 1700-1850 / Charles Jeurgens.

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