@article{Gompertz1825, author = {Gompertz, B.}, title= {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}, year = {1825}, doi = {10.1098/rspl.1815.0271}, volume = {115}, pages = {513--583}, }