The Complete Practical Arithmetician: Containing Several New and Useful Improvements. Adapted to the Use of Schools and Private Tuition |
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... selling FREE- HOLD ESTATES , to be en- tered on immediately , ac- cording to a number of Years ' Rent , or Income , for the purchase - money .. 261 Purchasing FREEHOLD ES- TATES in Reversion .... 263 PAGE SIMPLE Interest by Decimals 265 ...
... selling FREE- HOLD ESTATES , to be en- tered on immediately , ac- cording to a number of Years ' Rent , or Income , for the purchase - money .. 261 Purchasing FREEHOLD ES- TATES in Reversion .... 263 PAGE SIMPLE Interest by Decimals 265 ...
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... APOTHECARIES WEIGHT . Apothecaries , chemists , & c . use this weight in mixing medicines ; but buy and sell their drugs by avoirdupois weight . 20 grains make 1 scruple , 9 : 3 scruple PART I. ] TABLE OF ENGLISH WEIGHTS . 19.
... APOTHECARIES WEIGHT . Apothecaries , chemists , & c . use this weight in mixing medicines ; but buy and sell their drugs by avoirdupois weight . 20 grains make 1 scruple , 9 : 3 scruple PART I. ] TABLE OF ENGLISH WEIGHTS . 19.
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... selling in all other places in England , the following Table is the standard of ale and beer measure , according to a statute of excise made in the year 1689 . TABLE XI . ALE AND BEER MEASURE in the Country . 2 Pints 282 Cubic inches ...
... selling in all other places in England , the following Table is the standard of ale and beer measure , according to a statute of excise made in the year 1689 . TABLE XI . ALE AND BEER MEASURE in the Country . 2 Pints 282 Cubic inches ...
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... sell the mixture per bushel to gain 207. by the bargain ? ( 13. ) Bought 27 pieces of cloth , each 34 ells , at 7s . 6d . per ell , what is the value of the whole ? ( 14. ) A creditor agrees to receive of his insolvent debtor after the ...
... sell the mixture per bushel to gain 207. by the bargain ? ( 13. ) Bought 27 pieces of cloth , each 34 ells , at 7s . 6d . per ell , what is the value of the whole ? ( 14. ) A creditor agrees to receive of his insolvent debtor after the ...
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... sell the remainder per gallon so as neither to gain nor lose by the bargain ? ( 26. ) A factor bought a quantity of broad - cloth and baize for 1247 ,; the quantity of broad - cloth he bought was 117 yards , at 17s . 9d . per yard ; for ...
... sell the remainder per gallon so as neither to gain nor lose by the bargain ? ( 26. ) A factor bought a quantity of broad - cloth and baize for 1247 ,; the quantity of broad - cloth he bought was 117 yards , at 17s . 9d . per yard ; for ...
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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...