The National Arithmetic, on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods, in which the Principles of Arithmetic are Explained in a Perspicuous and Familiar Manner; Containing Also Practical Systems of Mensuration, Guaging, Geometry, and Book-keeping; Forming a Complete Mercantile Arithmetic. Designed for Schools and Academies |
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... A. M. , Late Preceptor of Bradford Academy . Emproved Stereotype Edition . BOSTON : PUBLISHED BY ROBERT S. DAVIS , AND L GOULD , KENDALL , AND LINCOLN . C.R. PUBLIC LIBRARY 827403 ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIO . 1839 .
... A. M. , Late Preceptor of Bradford Academy . Emproved Stereotype Edition . BOSTON : PUBLISHED BY ROBERT S. DAVIS , AND L GOULD , KENDALL , AND LINCOLN . C.R. PUBLIC LIBRARY 827403 ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIO . 1839 .
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... edition , which , it is hoped , will not be the case in another , should it be called for . With these prefatory remarks , the author commends his work to the blessing of God , and to the candor of an en- lightened public . THE AUTHOR ...
... edition , which , it is hoped , will not be the case in another , should it be called for . With these prefatory remarks , the author commends his work to the blessing of God , and to the candor of an en- lightened public . THE AUTHOR ...
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... EDITION . THE rapid and extensive sale of the first edition of the National Arithmetic , together with its flattering reception in various sections of our country , has induced the author thoroughly to revise and improve the work ...
... EDITION . THE rapid and extensive sale of the first edition of the National Arithmetic , together with its flattering reception in various sections of our country , has induced the author thoroughly to revise and improve the work ...
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... edition . As a cheap and compendious elementary work for general use , this is pro- bably the best Grammar extant , which is indicated by its introduction into many Schools and Academies , in various sections of the United States ...
... edition . As a cheap and compendious elementary work for general use , this is pro- bably the best Grammar extant , which is indicated by its introduction into many Schools and Academies , in various sections of the United States ...
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... Edition . Since this popular work was first published , upwards of Sixty thousand copies have been called for in the United States , being used in the principal High Schools and Academies in all the states . The School Committee of ...
... Edition . Since this popular work was first published , upwards of Sixty thousand copies have been called for in the United States , being used in the principal High Schools and Academies in all the states . The School Committee of ...
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acres amount annuity answer barrel bill Boston Bought breadth broadcloth bushels cash casks ciphers circle circumference composition compound interest contain cords cube root cubic Daniel Fox decimal diameter Divide dividend divisor dominical letter Ducat equal EXAMPLES farthings federal money feet long figure flour following RULE gain gallons given number Greenleaf Hampton Falls Haverhill Hence the following hogshead hundred improper fraction inches indorsement JF Jan least common multiple Leger length merchant miles mixed number months Multiply Murray's National Arithmetic NOTE number of terms OPERATION ounces payment pence pound cost present worth principal pupil quantity question quotient ratio received Reduce remainder repetend rix dollars rods Samuel SECTION Septillions shillings side sold square root subtract sugar Sundries thousand thousandths tons Undecillions United vulgar fraction weight whole numbers wine yards of cloth
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Page 261 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and...
Page 27 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 267 - As the distance between the body to be raised or balanced, and the fulcrum or prop, is to the distance between the prop and the point where the power is applied ; so is the power to the weight which it will balance.
Page 180 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 225 - ... dollars. How many days did he work, and how many days was he idle ? Ans.
Page 248 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, &c.
Page 36 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 267 - These are usually accounted six in number, viz. the Lever, the Wheel and Axle, the Pulley, the Inclined Plane, the Wedge, and the Screw.
Page 7 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...