Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetick, Adapted to the United States |
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... length is considered , with- out regard to 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 ...
... length is considered , with- out regard to 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 ...
Page 13
... length , 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 ...
... length , 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 ...
Page 73
... length in the distance of 12800 leagues and ten yards ? Ans . 2079508 . 10. The sun is 95,000,000 of miles from the earth , and a cannon ball at its first discharge flies about a mile in 7 seconds ; how long would a cannon ball be , at ...
... length in the distance of 12800 leagues and ten yards ? Ans . 2079508 . 10. The sun is 95,000,000 of miles from the earth , and a cannon ball at its first discharge flies about a mile in 7 seconds ; how long would a cannon ball be , at ...
Page 108
... he perform it when the day is but 10 hours long ? Ans . 6 days . 3. What length of board 7 inches wide , will make #quare foot ? Ans . 194 inches . 4. If five dollars will pay for the carriage of 108 RULE OF THREE INVERSE .
... he perform it when the day is but 10 hours long ? Ans . 6 days . 3. What length of board 7 inches wide , will make #quare foot ? Ans . 194 inches . 4. If five dollars will pay for the carriage of 108 RULE OF THREE INVERSE .
Page 168
... length that is 7 make a square foot ? ney F days will he do it Ans . 4days . acres , in how many Ans . 1833 days . inches broad , will Ans . 20 inches . cwt 1451 5. If 25s . will pay for the carriage of a miles ; how far may 6 cwt . be ...
... length that is 7 make a square foot ? ney F days will he do it Ans . 4days . acres , in how many Ans . 1833 days . inches broad , will Ans . 20 inches . cwt 1451 5. If 25s . will pay for the carriage of a miles ; how far may 6 cwt . be ...
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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