The Complete Practical Arithmetician: Containing Several New and Useful Improvements. Adapted to the Use of Schools and Private Tuition |
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... course sees in an instant what assistance he is to expect from them . The ex- amples are very numerous , consisting of upwards of two thousand , besides a variety of Bills of Parcels , & c . These examples are in general divided into ...
... course sees in an instant what assistance he is to expect from them . The ex- amples are very numerous , consisting of upwards of two thousand , besides a variety of Bills of Parcels , & c . These examples are in general divided into ...
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... course of Exchange .. 185 Arbitration of Exchange .... 193 INVOLUTION 199 Evolution . Definitions .... 201 Square - root .... Cube - root ..... 202 ..... 209 .... 213 215 To extract the root of any Power ........ DUODECIMALS ALLIGATION ...
... course of Exchange .. 185 Arbitration of Exchange .... 193 INVOLUTION 199 Evolution . Definitions .... 201 Square - root .... Cube - root ..... 202 ..... 209 .... 213 215 To extract the root of any Power ........ DUODECIMALS ALLIGATION ...
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... course of exchange . 2. The Course of Exchange is the value agreed upon by merchants , or their factors ; and is continually fluc- tuating above or below the Par of Exchange , according as the demand for bills is greater or less . Q 3 ...
... course of exchange . 2. The Course of Exchange is the value agreed upon by merchants , or their factors ; and is continually fluc- tuating above or below the Par of Exchange , according as the demand for bills is greater or less . Q 3 ...
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... ascertained from the custom and specula- tion of merchants at particular times , which may be termed the poli- tical par . See Tables XX , and XXI . following . Quotations are the lists of the courses of exchange , 170 EXCHANGE .
... ascertained from the custom and specula- tion of merchants at particular times , which may be termed the poli- tical par . See Tables XX , and XXI . following . Quotations are the lists of the courses of exchange , 170 EXCHANGE .
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... courses of exchange , which are transmitted from one country to another for the use of merchants . These quotations which extend to all places in the commercial world , may be obtained at the Royal Exchange . Lloyd's list shews the ...
... courses of exchange , which are transmitted from one country to another for the use of merchants . These quotations which extend to all places in the commercial world , may be obtained at the Royal Exchange . Lloyd's list shews the ...
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100 Rix-dollars amount Amsterdam annuity annum answer arithmetical arithmetical progression Avoirdupois bill Bought bushel ciphers common measure compound interest course of exchange cube root decimal denominator difference ditto Divide dividend divisor Ducat ells equal number Examples to Prop Examples to Proposition farthings feet figure Flemish Florins Francs freehold estate gain or loss gallon Genoa geometrical progression given number given sum gross guilders guineas Hamburgh hence improper fraction integer least term Logarithmically London Marcs merchant mixed number months Mult multiplicand Multiply neat weight Note number of terms odd number payable payment Pence sterl Pezzo piastre piece pound sterling pounds present worth principal purchase quantity quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce remainder repetend Required Rials Rix-dollars shillings sold Soldi sols square root sterling money subtract Table tare Theo tret 4lb vulgar fraction whole number yards of cloth
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Page 290 - Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, one quantity is of the other.
Page 24 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes =± 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 148 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 216 - Multiplier. 2. Multiply each term in the Multiplicand (beginning at the lowest) by the feet in the Multiplier...
Page 210 - To extract the Square Root of a Vulgar Fraction. RULE, Reduce the fraction to its lowest terms, then extract the square root of the numerator for a new numerator, and the square root of the denominator for a new denominator.
Page 92 - ... each other ; observing to increase the first figure of every line with what would arise by carrying 1 from 5 to 15, 2 from 15 to 25, &c.
Page 234 - When any number of terms is continued in Geometrical Progression, the product of the two extremes will be equal to...
Page 66 - Divide the terms of the given fraction by any number which will divide them without a remainder, and the quotients again in the same manner ; and so on, till it appears...
Page 69 - Multiply each numerator into all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a common denominator.
Page 202 - ... 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...