Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged; Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic: Adapted to the United States |
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... miles , 69 statute miles , 1 foot , ft . 1 yard , yd . 1 rod , pole , or perch , rd . 1 furlong , fur . I mile , mn . 1 league , lea . 1 degree , on the earth . $ 60 degrees , the circumference of the earth . The use of long measure is ...
... miles , 69 statute miles , 1 foot , ft . 1 yard , yd . 1 rod , pole , or perch , rd . 1 furlong , fur . I mile , mn . 1 league , lea . 1 degree , on the earth . $ 60 degrees , the circumference of the earth . The use of long measure is ...
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... mile . Measure . 1 solid foot . 1 ton or load.` 1cord of wood . All solids , or things that have length , breadth and depth , are measured by this measure . N. B. The wine gallon contains 231 solid or cubic inches , and the beer gallon ...
... mile . Measure . 1 solid foot . 1 ton or load.` 1cord of wood . All solids , or things that have length , breadth and depth , are measured by this measure . N. B. The wine gallon contains 231 solid or cubic inches , and the beer gallon ...
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... miles ; from Boston to New- Haven , 162 miles ; from thence to New - York , 88 ; from thence to Philadelphia , 95 ; from thence to Baltimore , 102 ; from thence to Charleston , South - Carolina , 716 ; and from thence to Savannah , 119 ...
... miles ; from Boston to New- Haven , 162 miles ; from thence to New - York , 88 ; from thence to Philadelphia , 95 ; from thence to Baltimore , 102 ; from thence to Charleston , South - Carolina , 716 ; and from thence to Savannah , 119 ...
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... miles . New if a man should travel five days from New - London towards Philadelphia , at the rate of 39 miles each day , how far would he then be from Philadelphia . Ans . 45 miles . 5. What other number with these four , viz . 26 ...
... miles . New if a man should travel five days from New - London towards Philadelphia , at the rate of 39 miles each day , how far would he then be from Philadelphia . Ans . 45 miles . 5. What other number with these four , viz . 26 ...
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... mile , and every rod contains 5 yards ; how many yards are there in a mile ? Ans . 1760 . 3. Sold a ship for 11516 dollars , and I owned of her ; what was my part of the money ? Ans . $ 8637 . 4. In 276 barrels of raisins , each 33 cwt ...
... mile , and every rod contains 5 yards ; how many yards are there in a mile ? Ans . 1760 . 3. Sold a ship for 11516 dollars , and I owned of her ; what was my part of the money ? Ans . $ 8637 . 4. In 276 barrels of raisins , each 33 cwt ...
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Page 2 - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 82 - ... from the right hand of the quotient, point off so many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 184 - 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 180 - 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) for the first figure of the root, and...
Page 226 - RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and that product by the depth, divide the last product by 2150,425 the solid inches in a statute bushel, and the quotient will be ti»e answer.
Page 175 - COMPUTE the interest on the principal sum, from the time when the interest commenced to the first time when a payment was made, which exceeds either alone or in conjunction with the preceding payments (if any) the interest at that time due: add that interest to the principal, and from the sum subtract the payment made at that time, together with the preceding payments (if any) and the remainder forms a new principal ; on which, compute and subtract the interest, as upon the first principal: and proceed...
Page 213 - A farmer being asked how many sheep he had, answered, that he had them in five fields, in the first he had...
Page 151 - When it is required to find how many of the first sort of coin, weight or measure, mentioned in the question, are equal to a given quantity of the last.
Page 220 - To measure a parallelogram or long square. RULE.— Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area, or superficial content, in the same name as that in which the dimension was taken, whether inches, feet, or rods, etc.
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