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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... quantity of two ingredients in a given compound , 259 To ascertain whether spirituous liquors be P. 282 283 above or below proof , 284 To find the pressure of Of the Oval or Ellipsis , 264 water against a sluice To measure the length of ...
... quantity of two ingredients in a given compound , 259 To ascertain whether spirituous liquors be P. 282 283 above or below proof , 284 To find the pressure of Of the Oval or Ellipsis , 264 water against a sluice To measure the length of ...
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... quantity under the larger - units under units , tens under tens , & c . - as in addition ; then begin at the right hand figures , and if the under figure be less than the upper , take the difference and set it down ; take each differ ...
... quantity under the larger - units under units , tens under tens , & c . - as in addition ; then begin at the right hand figures , and if the under figure be less than the upper , take the difference and set it down ; take each differ ...
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... quantity of rails was hauled at 96 loads ; each load 104 rails - How many were there ? Ans . 9984 . ADDITION , SUBTRACTION AND MULTIPLI- CATION . 1. The less of two numbers is 45 ; their difference 16. If 28 times 98 be subtracted from ...
... quantity of rails was hauled at 96 loads ; each load 104 rails - How many were there ? Ans . 9984 . ADDITION , SUBTRACTION AND MULTIPLI- CATION . 1. The less of two numbers is 45 ; their difference 16. If 28 times 98 be subtracted from ...
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... quantity of hay for 143 dollars , at 11 dollars per ton : I desire to know how many tons there were ? Ans . 13 . 6. If a man spend 216 dollars in a year , what is it month ? Ans . 18 dolls 7. A gentleman has a garden , containing 9600 ...
... quantity of hay for 143 dollars , at 11 dollars per ton : I desire to know how many tons there were ? Ans . 13 . 6. If a man spend 216 dollars in a year , what is it month ? Ans . 18 dolls 7. A gentleman has a garden , containing 9600 ...
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... quantities , of divers denominations , into one sum total — as , yards , feet , inches ; tons , hundreds , quarters , & c . RULE . Place the sum or number so that each denomination stand under that of the same name . Add the first row ...
... quantities , of divers denominations , into one sum total — as , yards , feet , inches ; tons , hundreds , quarters , & c . RULE . Place the sum or number so that each denomination stand under that of the same name . Add the first row ...
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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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