The Private Instructor, Or Mathematics Simplified: Comprising Every Thing Necessary in Arithnetic, Book-keeping, Conveyancing, Mensuration, and Guaging, to Form and Complete the Man of Business. The Whole Upon an Improved Plan ... |
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... length , and by comparing these with the rules , which are laid down in a plain and familiar manner , any person who has the least knowledge of figures , or inclination to learn , may understand them , either with or without the aid of ...
... length , and by comparing these with the rules , which are laid down in a plain and familiar manner , any person who has the least knowledge of figures , or inclination to learn , may understand them , either with or without the aid of ...
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... length of or bank , 284 standing Timber , 265 Board Measure , 266 GUAGING . Of a Cube , 269 Of a Parallelopipedon , 269 To find the capacity Of a Cylinder , 270 Of a Cone , 270 of an oblong or square box , granary , & c . 285 Of a Globe ...
... length of or bank , 284 standing Timber , 265 Board Measure , 266 GUAGING . Of a Cube , 269 Of a Parallelopipedon , 269 To find the capacity Of a Cylinder , 270 Of a Cone , 270 of an oblong or square box , granary , & c . 285 Of a Globe ...
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... length ? Ans . 120 feet . 8. What is the value of one thousand shingles , when 25 thousand are sold for 200 dollars ? Ans . 8 dolls . 9. A prize of 5184 dollars is to be divided equally among 432 sailors - What is each man's share ? Ans ...
... length ? Ans . 120 feet . 8. What is the value of one thousand shingles , when 25 thousand are sold for 200 dollars ? Ans . 8 dolls . 9. A prize of 5184 dollars is to be divided equally among 432 sailors - What is each man's share ? Ans ...
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... length shall be the yard , to conform to that in use in this Common- wealth at the date of the Declaration of Independence , the positive standard to be obtained as hereinafter described ; and that one - third of said yard shall be one ...
... length shall be the yard , to conform to that in use in this Common- wealth at the date of the Declaration of Independence , the positive standard to be obtained as hereinafter described ; and that one - third of said yard shall be one ...
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... length in this Commonwealth ; said standard to be equal in length , at the temperature of melting ice , to the distance between the eleventh and forty - seventh inches on a certain brass scale of eighty - two inches in length , procured ...
... length in this Commonwealth ; said standard to be equal in length , at the temperature of melting ice , to the distance between the eleventh and forty - seventh inches on a certain brass scale of eighty - two inches in length , procured ...
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acres aforesaid Alexander Harper amount Answer avoirdupois barrel Bought breadth bushels cash in full cask cents per pound Chester county circumference containing cost cube root cubic Davis Mahan decimal denominator discount divide dividend divisor dolls drams Ducat dwts equal Examples federal money figures Funchal furlongs gain gallons George Price given grains hand and seal heirs and assigns hereby horse hundred and thirty-six hundred dollars improper fraction interest lars length maravedies measure miles moidore months Multiply neat weight Note ounces paid payment pecks pennyweights perches Peter Fulton piece poles quantity quarters quarts quotient rate per cent received Reduce remainder roods RULE scalage Sealed and delivered side sold specific gravity square root subtract sundries tare term thousand eight hundred township unto VULGAR FRACTIONS whereof whole number wish to know yards
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