I don't have my copy at home, but see

Stone, Richard. 1997. Some British Empiricists in the Social Sciences
1650-1900 (Cambridge: Cambridge University).


On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Humberto Barreto <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Davenant and King were friends. Most people assume that Davenant took
>> the idea from King.
>
> Thanks, Michael.
>
> Stigler wrote:
> "A  century  later  these  calculations  were
> attributed  to  Gregory  King  by  Lord
> Lauderdale,28  without  any  known
> basis ;29  and  since  then  they  have  usu-
> ally  been  known  as  Gregory  King's
> "law."
>
> That's where I got my understanding that Davenant was the first, but I
> confused it in retelling it. Sigh.
>
> Still leaves the question of why "most people" credit King. Stigler is
> saying "without any known basis." Any thoughts or citations on that?
>
> --
> Humberto Barreto
> www.depauw.edu/learn/microexcel
>



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