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... fame time both produces a new Question , and proves the old one , and it must be owned that the varying the Queftion , when it may be done under the fame Rule , tributes much towards the underflanding of it . con- There is likewife ...
... fame time both produces a new Question , and proves the old one , and it must be owned that the varying the Queftion , when it may be done under the fame Rule , tributes much towards the underflanding of it . con- There is likewife ...
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... fame manner you added them upwards , and if the fum comes the fame as before it is right . 7 674 8 57 684 6 749 5746 6 79 98 I 3 8443 8765-4 4 3 2 4 8 7 4 8 7 6437 578 49 L 4 5 4 5 3 I 3 8 4 4 3 I 4 5 4 5 3 . Thefe two Examples are ...
... fame manner you added them upwards , and if the fum comes the fame as before it is right . 7 674 8 57 684 6 749 5746 6 79 98 I 3 8443 8765-4 4 3 2 4 8 7 4 8 7 6437 578 49 L 4 5 4 5 3 I 3 8 4 4 3 I 4 5 4 5 3 . Thefe two Examples are ...
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... Troy , and Avoirdupois weight he fays , that one Pound Avoirdu- pois is equal to 140z . 11dwts . 15 Grains Troy . " So neither the Ounce nor the Pound are the fame . 66 66 lb. 20 37 49 ( 12 ) ( 20 ) Write 14 Compound ADDITION . TROY ...
... Troy , and Avoirdupois weight he fays , that one Pound Avoirdu- pois is equal to 140z . 11dwts . 15 Grains Troy . " So neither the Ounce nor the Pound are the fame . 66 66 lb. 20 37 49 ( 12 ) ( 20 ) Write 14 Compound ADDITION . TROY ...
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... fame as in Addition of Money . A Lady of fortune being defirous of furnishing herself with household Plate , went to a Silversmith and bought Dishes to the weight of 20lb . 100 % . 18dwt . 21gr . Plates 37lb . 0oz . 19dwt . 14gr ...
... fame as in Addition of Money . A Lady of fortune being defirous of furnishing herself with household Plate , went to a Silversmith and bought Dishes to the weight of 20lb . 100 % . 18dwt . 21gr . Plates 37lb . 0oz . 19dwt . 14gr ...
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... fame as Troy , and is fo called because the Apothecaries , Druggift , & c . compound their Medicines by it , but they buy and fell by Avoirdu- pois weight . lb. oz . dr . fcr . gr . ΙΟ II 6 2 18 N. B. The Grains are caft up as Shillings ...
... fame as Troy , and is fo called because the Apothecaries , Druggift , & c . compound their Medicines by it , but they buy and fell by Avoirdu- pois weight . lb. oz . dr . fcr . gr . ΙΟ II 6 2 18 N. B. The Grains are caft up as Shillings ...
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Page 243 - When one has goods at a certain price ready money, but in barter advances it to something more, say, As the ready money price of the one ; is to its bartering price ; ; so is the ready money price of the other to its bartering, price: then the quantity of the latter commodity may be found, cither from the ready money or bartering price.
Page 329 - 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 329 - ... and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Place the double of the root already found, on the left hand of the dividend for a divisor. 4. Seek how often the divisor is contained...
Page 66 - Cut off the ciphers from the right of the divisor, and the same number of figures from the right of the dividend ; and then divide the remaining figures of the dividend by the remaining figures of the divisor.
Page 128 - If 48 men can build a wall in 24 days, how many men can do it in 192 days ? Ans. 6 men. 3. If 100 men can finish a piece of work in 12 days, how many can do it in 3 days?
Page 132 - There was a certain building erected in 8 months by 120 w'orkmen, but the same being demolished, it is required to b'e rebuilt in 2 months ; I demand how many men must be employed to do it ? . Ans . 480 men; 10.
Page 333 - RULE. 1. Point every third figure of the cube given, beginning at the unit's place, seek the greatest cube to the first point and subtract it therefrom, put the root in the quotient, and bring down the figures in the next point to the...
Page 273 - ... 4. Then, if only one difference ftand againft any rate, it will be the quantity belonging to that rate ; but if there be feveral, their fum wiU be the quantity.
Page 130 - ... to be lined with shalloon of 3 quarters wide ; I demand how many yards of shalloon will line them?
Page 290 - If the Errors are alike, that is, both greater, or both less than the given Number, take their Difference for a Divisor, and the Difference* of their Products for a Dividend. But if unlike, that is, one too much, and the other too little, then take their Sum for a Divisor, and the Sum of their Products for a Dividend ; the Quotient will be the Answer.