23 NOVEMBER 1951, Page 17

Time—Spans

SIR,—Your correspondents have given interesting particulars of longevity and of spans covering two generations. My letter, however, was con- cerned only with spans within a single generation. I have subsequently received details of such a span which covers 139 years, and thus beats my Edgeworth record by a short head.—Yours, &c.. R. M. ANTHONY.

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