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JasonEngland V.I.P. Las Vegas, NV 1728 Posts |
I know some of you here are pretty good at digging up old information.
Can anyone help me locate some information on a book by William Rouse, Esq. of London? He wrote a book called Doctrine of Chances that was published in 1814. Don't be misled by a similarly titled book by Abraham de Moivre, that book was published in the 1700s and although it appears to cover the same subject matter, is a different book. I'd also like any biographical information on Rouse that anyone can dig up. I know he wrote at least one other book called Remarks on the Comparative Value of Freehold and Copyhold Land. (Sounds riveting, I know.) Anyone out there really good at tracking down this type of information? Jason PS: I know Rouse was from "Haskerton, near Woodbridge, in Suffolk" if that helps anyone. The Esq. appended to his name may or may not indicate he was a lawyer. It was often used in the UK to simply mean a "gentleman."
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h2o Veteran user 305 Posts |
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Anyone out there really good at tracking down this type of information? My vote goes for Tommy, the Internet digging wizard For this kind of old gambling(?) book, I would maybe only suggest to contact David G Schwartz, who is the director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada. He's being recognized as the "gaming's leading historian". |
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silverking Inner circle 4574 Posts |
Jason, I sent you an email with a .pdf attachment.
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Andrei Veteran user Romania 353 Posts |
Moivre's book is, by the way, awesome also.
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Stepanov Regular user Russia, St. Petersburg 184 Posts |
I do not know is it still interesting, but here link to NYPL and asked book.
catnyp.nypl.org Interesting how peoples get title of "Internet digging wizard"? I will be interesting to compete. ))
Stepanov Oleg Anatolievich
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IanKendall Special user Edinburgh 571 Posts |
Here are the three books he published:
main-cat.nls.uk I'm assuming you have the book? Take care, Ian |
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iamslow Inner circle Proffessional Slacker 2001 Posts |
How do you guys even know of these books existence? is there a Bibliography of old gambling books??
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Unknown419 Inner circle 1321 Posts |
Iamslow, I definitely have to agree with you on this. This is why I come to the magicians for my help.
You know Iamslow I think that I'm a professional slacker as well now that I think about it. Respectfully, Doc |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
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On 2008-03-04 14:03, iamslow wrote: Yes! Try this but its a PDF and takes a few minutes to download. https://dspace.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/1880/538/1/ag8.pdf
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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Jeremy Brown Regular user 160 Posts |
Thankyou Tommy! Much appreciated.
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h2o Veteran user 305 Posts |
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On 2008-03-04 09:31, Stepanov wrote: Stepanov 0 Tommy 1 LOL |
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Stepanov Regular user Russia, St. Petersburg 184 Posts |
))) But competition did not begin... I am protesting to jury. ))
I know about https://dspace.ucalgary.ca . Nice place... But find it not difficult. Probabbly digging is something more deep then just search on lists. Who want try they powers?
Stepanov Oleg Anatolievich
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JasonEngland V.I.P. Las Vegas, NV 1728 Posts |
Ian,
Thank you. The book is in my possession though it doesn't belong to me. The owner asked me to see what I could track down on it. I've located 4 other copies in libraries/special collections, but have come up short on biographical information on the author. Jason
Eternal damnation awaits anyone who questions God's unconditional love. --Bill Hicks
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Stepanov Regular user Russia, St. Petersburg 184 Posts |
"Remarks on the Comparative Value of Freehold and Copyhold Land" not a big book. It possible find like addition to The Pamphleteer (1815) and can be found on Internet. Need source? For me was not easy find information about author, but...
I find on The Insurance Cyclopáedia: Being a Dictionary of the Definition of Terms 1871: In 1814 Mr. Wm. Rouse pub. The Doctrine of Chances; or, the Theory of Gaming; and a few years later [prob, about 1820] he pub., The Doctrine of Chances; or, the Theory of Gaming made easy to every person acquainted with common Arithmetic : so as to enable them to calculate the prob, of events in Lotteries, Cards, Horse-racing, Dice, etc.; with Tables on Chance never before pub., which from mere inspection will solve a great variety of questions. As we cannot fix the precise date of the pub. of the last-named work, which is evidently only an enlargement of the former one, we shall review its contents at this point. The uses .............. Interesting? I find on "The Gentleman's Magazine" 1815 3 pages of review. Lot quotes from book. Interesting? Unfortunately, I suppose on both last books there are no more information like taken from book...
Stepanov Oleg Anatolievich
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donrodrigo Special user U.S.A. and Europe 635 Posts |
Jason I've already mentioned it before here in forum. Look up Frank Garcia on how to detect crooked gambling it's a must,in my opinion a good book.
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JasonEngland V.I.P. Las Vegas, NV 1728 Posts |
Don,
I'm very familiar with Garcia's How To Detect Crooked Gambling aka Marked Cards and Loaded Dice. Since you may not have read the entire thing, be advised that this is a thread about another, very specific gambling book. It is not a thread on gambling books in general. Jason
Eternal damnation awaits anyone who questions God's unconditional love. --Bill Hicks
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DStachowiak Inner circle Baltimore, MD 2158 Posts |
Jason,
Have you contacted Bill Palmer? He's pretty knowledgeable on the subject of older books, although his expertise is more related to Magic. Don
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donrodrigo Special user U.S.A. and Europe 635 Posts |
Jason do you like Garcia's methods?? I find his work excellent as many of the past timers.
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
Squire. ... Landowner. Esq. Son of landowner. However it’s common for any bachelor to use Esq. Bit like Junior in USA. As far as I am aware it has nothing to with being a lawyer. Perhaps back then it was a formal thing.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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JasonEngland V.I.P. Las Vegas, NV 1728 Posts |
Tommy,
In the U.S., Esquire is almost exclusively used by licensed attorneys. But since I knew Rouse was British, and since his book was published so long ago, I wanted to make sure anyone searching for him didn't automatically assume he was an attorney. My guess is that he probably wasn't, but you never know. Jason
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