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... ENGLISH MONEY . marked 4 Farthings Penny grs . d . 12 Pence make one Shilling S. 20 Shillings Pound . £ . * The following account is abftracted from the " Act establishing a Mint , and regulating the Coins of the United States ...
... ENGLISH MONEY . marked 4 Farthings Penny grs . d . 12 Pence make one Shilling S. 20 Shillings Pound . £ . * The following account is abftracted from the " Act establishing a Mint , and regulating the Coins of the United States ...
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... English , Ell French , E. Fr. Ell Scotch , Spanish Var . · E. Sc . 1 Cwt . Avoirdupois . 12 particular things make ... English or American yard , which is the fame , and all Dutch linens by the Ell Flemish ; but are all fold in America ...
... English , Ell French , E. Fr. Ell Scotch , Spanish Var . · E. Sc . 1 Cwt . Avoirdupois . 12 particular things make ... English or American yard , which is the fame , and all Dutch linens by the Ell Flemish ; but are all fold in America ...
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... English measure . 1 English foot equal to 11 inches 3.1154 lines French . 66 fect , or 4 poles , make a Gunter's chain . 3 miles make a league . By the Calendar , the year is divided in the following manner : Thirty days hath September ...
... English measure . 1 English foot equal to 11 inches 3.1154 lines French . 66 fect , or 4 poles , make a Gunter's chain . 3 miles make a league . By the Calendar , the year is divided in the following manner : Thirty days hath September ...
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... ENGLISH MONEY . £ . 47 17 6 2 3 . 4 . d . gr . 7 10 9 3 9.10 3 0 18 6 75 13 9 1 5 11 11 4 11 11 0 £ 5. d . gr . 847 11 11 2 491 19 6 1 59 6 10 0 747 16 1 2 64 £ 3. d . gr . 915 10 10 2 8 9 1 6 0 8 5 0 16 17 6 32 849 12 11 3 2 1 741 17 8 ...
... ENGLISH MONEY . £ . 47 17 6 2 3 . 4 . d . gr . 7 10 9 3 9.10 3 0 18 6 75 13 9 1 5 11 11 4 11 11 0 £ 5. d . gr . 847 11 11 2 491 19 6 1 59 6 10 0 747 16 1 2 64 £ 3. d . gr . 915 10 10 2 8 9 1 6 0 8 5 0 16 17 6 32 849 12 11 3 2 1 741 17 8 ...
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... English Money , I find the sum of the pence to be 54. Now 54 pence are 4 shillings and 6 pence ; therefore , I set down 6 under the pence , and carry 4 to the shillings , which I then find to be 68 . But 68 shillings are 3 pounds and 8 ...
... English Money , I find the sum of the pence to be 54. Now 54 pence are 4 shillings and 6 pence ; therefore , I set down 6 under the pence , and carry 4 to the shillings , which I then find to be 68 . But 68 shillings are 3 pounds and 8 ...
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Page 269 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and interest is to be Computed on the balance, as aforesaid.
Page 268 - But if any payments be made before one year's interest hath accrued, then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation, for one year, add- it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid up to the end of the year; add it to the sum paid...
Page 268 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above; and in like manner from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 195 - Separate the given number into periods of three figures each, by putting a point over the unit figure and every third figure beyond the place of units. 2. Find the greatest cube in the left hand period, and put its root in the quotient. 3.
Page 198 - 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 188 - Find the greatest square number in the first or left hand period, place the root of it at the right hand of the given number, (after the manner of a quotient in division...
Page 154 - 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 273 - The present worth of any sum, due some time hence, is such a sum, as, if put to interest, would in that time, and at the rate per cent. for which the discount is to be made, amount to the sum or debt then due.
Page 268 - ... then compute the interest on the principal sum due on the obligation for one year, add it to the principal, and compute the interest on the sum paid, from the time it was paid, up to the end of the year : add it to the sum paid, and deduct that sum from the principal and interest added as above...
Page 188 - Double the figures already found in the root for a new divisor, (or, bring down your last divisor for a new one, doubling the right hand figure of it,) and from these find the next figure in the root, as last directed, and continue the operation in the same manner, till you have brought down all the periods.