CHAPTER XVI. 



MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS 



Between the Years 1750 and 1780. 



591. The present Chapter will contain notices of various con- 

 tributions to our subject which were made between the years 1750 

 and 1780. 



592. We first advert to a work bearing the following title : 

 Piece qui a remport^ le prix sur le sujet des Evenemens Fortuits, 

 propose par VAcademie Roy ale des Sciences et Belles Lettres de 

 Berlhi pour Vann^e 1751. Avec les p)ieces qui ont concouru. 



This work is a quarto volume of 238 pages ; we notice it 

 because the title might suggest a connexion with our subject, 

 which we shall find does not exist. 



The Academy of Berlin proposed the following subject for dis- 

 cussion : 



Les Evenemens heureux et malheurenx, ou ce que nous apj)elIons 

 Bonheur et Malheur dependant de la volonte ou de la permission de 

 Dieu, de sorte que le terme de fortune est un nom sans realite; on de- 

 mande si ces Evenemens nous obligent a de certains devoirs, quels sont 

 ces devoirs et quelle est leur etendue. 



The prize was awarded to Kaestner professor of Mathematics at 

 Leipsic ; the volume contains his dissertation and those of his 

 competitors. 



There are nine dissertations on the whole ; the prize disserta- 

 tion is given both in French and Latin, and the others in French 



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