Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetick, Adapted to the United States |
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Page 12
... breadth , N. B. In measuring the height of horses , 4 inches make 1 hand . In measuring depths , six feet make 1 fathom or French toise . Distances are measured by a chain , four rods long , containing one hundred links . 9. Land , or ...
... breadth , N. B. In measuring the height of horses , 4 inches make 1 hand . In measuring depths , six feet make 1 fathom or French toise . Distances are measured by a chain , four rods long , containing one hundred links . 9. Land , or ...
Page 13
... breadth and depth . are measured by this measure . N. B. The wine gallon contains 231 solid or cubic inches , and the beer gallon , 282. A bushel contains 2150,42 solid inches . 11. Time . 60 seconds ( S. ) make 1 minute , marked M 60 ...
... breadth and depth . are measured by this measure . N. B. The wine gallon contains 231 solid or cubic inches , and the beer gallon , 282. A bushel contains 2150,42 solid inches . 11. Time . 60 seconds ( S. ) make 1 minute , marked M 60 ...
Page 214
... breadth . Solved by PROBLEM VI . page 183 . 2. A tract of land is to be laid out in form of an equal square , and to be enclosed with a post and rail fence 5 rails high ; so that each rod of fence shall contain 10 rails . How large must ...
... breadth . Solved by PROBLEM VI . page 183 . 2. A tract of land is to be laid out in form of an equal square , and to be enclosed with a post and rail fence 5 rails high ; so that each rod of fence shall contain 10 rails . How large must ...
Page 220
... breadth , and the product will be the area , or superficial content . EXAMPLES . 1. A certain garden , in form of a long square , is 96 ft . long , and 54 wide ; how many square feet of ground are Contained in it ? Ans . 96 × 54-5184 ...
... breadth , and the product will be the area , or superficial content . EXAMPLES . 1. A certain garden , in form of a long square , is 96 ft . long , and 54 wide ; how many square feet of ground are Contained in it ? Ans . 96 × 54-5184 ...
Page 221
... breadth in inches , and divide by 12 , the quo- tient will give the answer in square feet , & c . Thus , in the ... breadth , thus , 8 ) 144 Ans . 18 in . 5. If a piece of land be 5 rods wide , how many rods in length will make an acre ...
... breadth in inches , and divide by 12 , the quo- tient will give the answer in square feet , & c . Thus , in the ... breadth , thus , 8 ) 144 Ans . 18 in . 5. If a piece of land be 5 rods wide , how many rods in length will make an acre ...
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100 dollars 2qrs 3grs 3qrs acres annuity annum answer Anthony Billings arithmetical series Bought bushels ciphers common difference compound interest containing decimal Deduct dimes divide the product dividend divisor dols equal EXAMPLES farthings federal money figure Find the value gain or loss gallon geometrical series given number given sum gross hundred improper fraction inches least common multiple left hand lowest terms measure merchants miles mills milreas mixed numbers months Multiply the given neat weight New-England currency New-Jersey New-York NOTE Nova-Scotia currency number of shillings number of terms paid payment pence pound pound sterling present worth principal quotient rate per cent ratio ready money remainder Required the interest right hand rods Rule of Three sell separatrix share shillings simple interest sold square root sterling subtract subtrahend tare third Thomas Grosvenor tret tuns VULGAR FRACTIONS whole numbers wine