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... Federal Computa- tion of money . I think it will be a very useful book to Schoolmasters and their pupils . JOSIAH MEIGS , Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy . [ Since Surveyor - General of the United States . ] I HAVE given ...
... Federal Computa- tion of money . I think it will be a very useful book to Schoolmasters and their pupils . JOSIAH MEIGS , Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy . [ Since Surveyor - General of the United States . ] I HAVE given ...
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... Federal Money , I have given several new and concise rules ; some of which are par- ticularly designed for the use of the compting - house . The Appendix contains a variety of rules for casting Interest , Rebate , & c . together with a ...
... Federal Money , I have given several new and concise rules ; some of which are par- ticularly designed for the use of the compting - house . The Appendix contains a variety of rules for casting Interest , Rebate , & c . together with a ...
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... Federal Money Compound 22 40 Alligation 189 Annuities or Pensions , at Compound Interest 205 Arithmetical progression 194 Barter 138 Brokerage 125 Characters , Explanation of 14 Commission 124 Conjoined Proportion 149 Coins of the ...
... Federal Money Compound 22 40 Alligation 189 Annuities or Pensions , at Compound Interest 205 Arithmetical progression 194 Barter 138 Brokerage 125 Characters , Explanation of 14 Commission 124 Conjoined Proportion 149 Coins of the ...
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... Federal Money 218- Rebate , A short method of finding the , of any giv- en sum for months and days 217 Subtraction , Simple 25 Compound 45 • Table , Numeration and Pence 9 Adition , Subtraction , and Multiplication 10 of Weight and ...
... Federal Money 218- Rebate , A short method of finding the , of any giv- en sum for months and days 217 Subtraction , Simple 25 Compound 45 • Table , Numeration and Pence 9 Adition , Subtraction , and Multiplication 10 of Weight and ...
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... Money was first made of gold and silver at Argos , eight hundred and ninety - four years before Christ ; how long has money been in use at this date , 1814 ? Ans . 2708 years . 4. The distance from Portland in ... FEDERAL MONEY . 21.
... Money was first made of gold and silver at Argos , eight hundred and ninety - four years before Christ ; how long has money been in use at this date , 1814 ? Ans . 2708 years . 4. The distance from Portland in ... FEDERAL MONEY . 21.
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100 dollars 2qrs 3qrs acres annuity annum answer arithmetical series barter Bought bushels compound interest contain cube root cyphers Deduct demand dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES federal money figure Find the value gain or loss gallon geometrical series given number given quantity given sum gross guineas hundred improper fraction inches least common least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure miles mills milreas mixed numbers months Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey NOTE number of shillings number of terms paid payment pence pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money Reduce remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three sell separatrix shillings simple interest sold solid feet Sqrs square root sterling subtract subtrahend sugar tare trett VULGAR FRACTIONS whole number wine
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Page 174 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above; and in like manner from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 190 - IS the method of finding what quantity of each of the ingredients whose rates are given, will compose a mixture of a given rate ; so that it is the reverse of Alligation Medial, and may be proved by it. CASE I. When the mean rate of the whole mixture, and the rates of all the ingredients are given, without any limited quau
Page 40 - RULE.* 1. Place the numbers so that those of the same denomination may stand directly under each other. 2. Add the first column or denomination together, as in whole numbers; then divide the sum by as many of the same denomination as make one of the next greater...
Page 184 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 180 - ... it at the right hand of the given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division) for the first figure of the root, and the square number under the period, and subtract it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor.
Page 220 - To measure a parallelogram or long square. RULE.— Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area, or superficial content, in the same name as that in which the dimension was taken, whether inches, feet, or rods, etc.
Page 180 - ... subtract it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 211 - A hare starts 40 yards before a grey-hound, and is not perceived by him till she has been up 40 seconds : she scuds away at the rate of...
Page 228 - In the same manner multiply all the multiplicand by the inches, or second denomination, in the multiplier, and set the result of each term one place removed to the right hand of those in the multiplicand.
Page 238 - Obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.