Quests for exercise

Reduction

Page.

209

65

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.

96, 9.

98

126

215

for finding the contents of Superfices & Solids 220

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

Addition, 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

month

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

6 per cent. Compound Interest, for 20 years

showing the amount of 11. annuity, forborne

for 31 years or under, at 5 and 6

per cent.

Compound Interest

showing the present worth of 11. annuity, for

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

of cents, answering to the currencies of the

United States, with Sterling, &c.

Weights of several pieces of English, Portuguese,

& French, gold coins, in dollars, cts. & mills,
of English & Portuguese gold, do. do.
French and Spanish gold,

9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 92

10

918

10 20 30

36 ¦ 45 ¦ 54 ¦ 6372¦ 81: 90||99|108

40 50 60 70180

11 22 33 44¦ 55 ¦ 66 ¦ 77 88 |12|24|36| 48 ¦ 607 72¦ 84 ¦ 96

90; 100|110|126]

99 110121S2

108

1204182144

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 multiplier, 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,

16 ounces,

1 pound,

Ox.

lb.

qr.

1 hundred weight,

cit.

4 quarters,

T.

16 drams (dr.) make

28 pounds, 1 quarter of a hundred weight,

20 hundred weight,

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

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

eats, oysters, coal, &c.

All brandies, spirits, mead, vinegar, oil, &c. are measured by wine measure. Note.-231 solid inches, make a gallon.

8. Long Measure.

$ barley corns (b. e.) make 1 inch, marked

12 inches,

3 miles,

69 statute miles,

in.

1 foot,

ft.

1 yard,

yd.

1 rod, pole, or perch, rd.

1 furlong,

fur.

1 league,

lea.

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 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."