A Complete System of Theoretical and Mercantile Arithmetic: Comprehending a Full View of the Various Rules Necessary in Calculation. With a Practical Illustrations of the Most Material Regulations and Transactions that Occur in Commerce. Particularly, Interest, Stocks, Annuities, Marine Insurance, Exchange, &c., &c. Comp. for the Use of the Students at the Commercial Institution, Woodford |
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Page 362
... Ducat = 5 Florins All foreign bills , of the amount of 300 florins , or above , are paid , at Amsterdam , in banco , which , as already mentioned , is generally from 2 to 5 per cent better than the same nominal sum of currency , and the ...
... Ducat = 5 Florins All foreign bills , of the amount of 300 florins , or above , are paid , at Amsterdam , in banco , which , as already mentioned , is generally from 2 to 5 per cent better than the same nominal sum of currency , and the ...
Page 363
... Ducat of exchange . 1 Ruble . 1 Rixdollar current . 1 Florin Banco . for 100 Rixdollars current . Antwerp gives 4 per cent & receives 104 Florins for 100 Flor . Banco . Agio of the Bank , 4 per cent , or 100 Flor . B. = 104 Florins ...
... Ducat of exchange . 1 Ruble . 1 Rixdollar current . 1 Florin Banco . for 100 Rixdollars current . Antwerp gives 4 per cent & receives 104 Florins for 100 Flor . Banco . Agio of the Bank , 4 per cent , or 100 Flor . B. = 104 Florins ...
Page 380
... Ducat di regno Spain Petersburgh receives 340 Centimes receives 15 Francs for 1 Ruble for 1 Doubloon Vienna receives 260 Centimes for 1 Floriu current . EXAMPLE I. In 4728 francs , 50 cents , how much sterling money ; ex- change , at 24 ...
... Ducat di regno Spain Petersburgh receives 340 Centimes receives 15 Francs for 1 Ruble for 1 Doubloon Vienna receives 260 Centimes for 1 Floriu current . EXAMPLE I. In 4728 francs , 50 cents , how much sterling money ; ex- change , at 24 ...
Page 384
... Ducat of ex . France gives 15 Francs for 1 Doubloon plate Genoa rec . 121 Dollars plate for 100 Pezze of 5 lire Hamburgh gives Leghorn rec . 90 Grotes Flemish for ] Ducat of ex . 130 Dollars of ex . for 100 Pezze of 8 reals Naples rec ...
... Ducat of ex . France gives 15 Francs for 1 Doubloon plate Genoa rec . 121 Dollars plate for 100 Pezze of 5 lire Hamburgh gives Leghorn rec . 90 Grotes Flemish for ] Ducat of ex . 130 Dollars of ex . for 100 Pezze of 8 reals Naples rec ...
Page 387
... ducat ? 5. How many guilders banco of Holland in 45600 reals plate ; exchange , 92gr . Flemish , per ducat ? 6. How many current guilders of Holland in 3000 reals , 17 mar . vellon : exchange , 93 grotes per ducat ; agio , 3 per cent ...
... ducat ? 5. How many guilders banco of Holland in 45600 reals plate ; exchange , 92gr . Flemish , per ducat ? 6. How many current guilders of Holland in 3000 reals , 17 mar . vellon : exchange , 93 grotes per ducat ; agio , 3 per cent ...
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agio Amsterdam annuity Arithmetic Avoirdupois bank money bills bought brokerage bushels coins commission convoy and arrival cost course of exchange DAYS OF GRACE debt decimal deduct denominator discount Divide dividend divisor dollars draft Ducat English EXAMPLE EXERCISES figure firlots Flemish Florins Francs gallons Genoa given number gold Groschen Grotes Flem guilders guineas per cent Hamburgh hhds inches least common multiple least term Leghorn Lire Lisbon logarithm loss Maravedies merchant method milree moidores Multiply number of days number of terms ounce paid payment pence Pezza Piastres pound sterling proportion quantity quotient Reduce Rees remainder Required the value return for short return of premium return per cent Rixdollars RULE Scudo shillings ship short interest silver sold Soldi sterling money stivers subtract sugar tare Tari underwriters USANCE Venice vulgar fraction weight whole number yards
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Page 96 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 49 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Page 124 - Subtract the square of this figure from the left-hand period, and to the remainder annex the next period for a dividend.
Page 296 - ... 10 per cent per month, until the whole is paid,) he will receive three receipts, which separately contain an engagement to transfer to the person possessing them, £10,000 stock in the 3 per cents, £5,000 stock in the 4 per cents, and £31.
Page 297 - Exchequer bills are issued for different hundreds or thousands of pounds, and bear an interest of 2±d . per cent. per diem, from the day of their date, to the time when they are advertised to be paid off. Navy bills are merely bills of exchange, drawn at 90 days...
Page 143 - Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and obtain the antilogarithm of the difference.
Page 129 - 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 52 - Rule. — Multiply each numerator by all the denominators except its own for the new numerators, and multiply all the denominators together for a common denominator.* Example.
Page 32 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 140 - And if the given number be a proper vulgar fraction ; subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always have a negative index.