Questions for Exercise

Reduction

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203

63

89, 93

100, 108

148

of Currencies, do. of Coin

Rule of Three Direct, do. Inverse

Double

Rules, for reducing the different currencies of the

several United States, also Canada and No-

va-Scotia, each to the par of all others

Application of the preceding

Short Practical, for calculating Interest

for casting Interest at 6 per cent.

for finding the contents of Superfices & Solids

to reduce the currencies of the different

States, to Federal Money

Rebate, A short method of finding the, of any giv-

en sum for months and days

Subtraction, Simple

Compound

Table, Numeration and Pence

Adition, Subtraction, and Multiplication

of Weight and Measure

of Time and Motion

showing the number of days from any day

of one month, to the same day in any other

showing the amount of 17. or 1 dollar, at 5 &

6 per cent. Compound Interest, for 20 years

shewing the amount of 17. annuity, forborne

for 31 years or under, at 5 and 6 per cent.

Compound Interest

showing the present worth of 17. annuity, for

31 yrs. at 5 & 6 per c. Compound Interest

of cents, answering to the currencies of the

United States, with Sterling, &c.

showing the value of Federal Money in

other currencies

Tare and Trett

Useful Forms in transacting business,

Weights of several pieces of English, Portuguse, &
French, gold coins in dollars, cents, & pills
of English & Portuguese gold, do.
of French and Spanish gold,

41

51

3

5

4| 5|
6 1 7 8 |

6|

7| 8| 9|10|11 | 12

9 | 10 | 11 | 12

13.1

6 |

8 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

13 | 14 15

8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16

| 8| 9|10| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16

17

15 | 16 | 17 | 18

16 | 17 | 18 | 19

17 | 18 | 19 | 20

17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21

17

18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22

12 13 14 | 15 | 16 |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |

15243036 42 48

21|28| 85 | 42 | 49 | 56¦
·694 | 32 | 40 | 48 ¦ 56 ¦ 64 72

|27|39|45|54|63|72 |

10:20 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 ¦ 70 | 80 ¦

81 | 90|99|108

90 ¦ 100|110|120

111 | 92 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 66 | 77 | 88¦ 99¦ 116|121|132 112 24 | 36 ¦ 48 | 60 ¦ 72 ¦ 84 ¦ 96 ¦ 108 ¦ 180|1:

144

To learn this Table: Find your multiplier in the left hand column, and the multiplicand a-top, and in the common angle of meeting, or against your avltiplier, along at the right hand, and under your multiplicand, you will find the product, or answer.

2. Troy Weight.

24 grains (gr.) make 1 penny-weight, marked 20 penny-weights, 1 ounce,

pwt.

oz.

lb.

12 ounces,

1 pound,

3. Avoirdupois Weight.

1 ounce,

02.

16 ounces,

1 pound,

lb.

qr.

1 hundred weight,

cwt.

16 drams (dr.) make

28 pounds, 1 quarter of a hundred weight,

By this weight are weighed all coarse and drossy goods. grocery wares, and all metals except gold and silve

This measure is applied to grain, beans, flax-sced, salt,

eats, oysters, coal, &e

All brandies, spirits, mead, vinegar, oil, &c. are mea

sured by wine measure.

Note.-231 solid inches, make

a gallon.

3. Long Measure.

3 barley corns (b. c.) make 1 inch, marked

in.

12 inches,

3 feet,

5 yards,

1 foot,

ft.

40 oda,

8 furlongs,

1 furlong,

fur.

1 league,

lea.

3 miles,

694 statute miles,

1 degree, on the earth.

360 degrees, the circumference of the earth.

The use of long measure is to measure the distance of places, or any other thing, where length is considered, without regard to breadth.

N. B. In measuring the height of horses, 4 inches make 1 haad. In measuring depths, six feet make 1 fathom, or French toise. Distances are measured by a chain, four ruds long, containing one hundred links.