Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States |
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The Appendix contains a variety of rules for casting Interest , Rebate , & c . together with a number of the inost easy and useful problems , for measuring superficies and , solids , examples of forms commonly used in transacting ...
The Appendix contains a variety of rules for casting Interest , Rebate , & c . together with a number of the inost easy and useful problems , for measuring superficies and , solids , examples of forms commonly used in transacting ...
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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 Square Measure . 144 square inches ARITHMETICAL TABLES .
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 Square Measure . 144 square inches ARITHMETICAL TABLES .
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N. B. The wine gallon contains 231 solid or cubic inches , and the beer gallan , 282. A bushel contains 2150,42 solid inches . W. mo . 11. Time . 60 seconds ( S. ) make 1 minute , marked S.M. 60 minutes , 1 hour , lus 24 hours , 1 day ...
N. B. The wine gallon contains 231 solid or cubic inches , and the beer gallan , 282. A bushel contains 2150,42 solid inches . W. mo . 11. Time . 60 seconds ( S. ) make 1 minute , marked S.M. 60 minutes , 1 hour , lus 24 hours , 1 day ...
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Having placed units under units , tens under tens , & c . draw a line underneath , and begin with the units ; after adding up every figure in that column , consider how many tens are contained in their sum ; set down the remainder under ...
Having placed units under units , tens under tens , & c . draw a line underneath , and begin with the units ; after adding up every figure in that column , consider how many tens are contained in their sum ; set down the remainder under ...
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What number of dollars are in six bags , containing each 37542 dollars ? Ans . 225252 . 2. If one quarter of a ship's cargo be worth eleven thousand and ninety - nine dollars , how many dollars is the whole cargo worth ?
What number of dollars are in six bags , containing each 37542 dollars ? Ans . 225252 . 2. If one quarter of a ship's cargo be worth eleven thousand and ninety - nine dollars , how many dollars is the whole cargo worth ?
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| Title | Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States |
| Author | Nathan Daboll |
| Publisher | G. Tracy, 1841 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 231 pages |
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