Abstract
THE popular conception of what statistics are is happily caricatured by a contemporary novelist, who describes an adept in that science stationing himself early in the morning at the entrance to a bridge, and, after scrutinizing the passengers for several hours, triumphantly reporting that exactly 2371 widows have crossed during the day. This arithmetic of the street is not the type of Mr. Giffen's calculations. His purpose is more philosophical, his method more elaborate.
The Growth of Capital.
By Robert Giffen. (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1889.)
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E., F. The Growth of Capital. Nature 41, 553–556 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041553a0
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