Cobb's Explanatory Arithmetick, Number Two: Containing the Compound Rules, and All that is Necessary of Every Other Rule in Arithmetick for Practical Purposes and the Transactions of Business ... |
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... drachms ; leagues , miles , and furlongs ; yards , feet , and inches ; years , months , and days ; and for describing things of different values ; that is , money of various sorts ; as , eagles , dollars , dimes , cents , and mills . To ...
... drachms ; leagues , miles , and furlongs ; yards , feet , and inches ; years , months , and days ; and for describing things of different values ; that is , money of various sorts ; as , eagles , dollars , dimes , cents , and mills . To ...
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... Drachm , Scruple , and Grain . 20 grains , gr . 3 scruples 8 drachms 12 ounces make 1 scruple , D 1 drachm , 3 1 ounce , 3 · · 1 pound , b TROY WEIGHT . This weight is used for weighing gold , silver , jewellery , liquors , & c . The ...
... Drachm , Scruple , and Grain . 20 grains , gr . 3 scruples 8 drachms 12 ounces make 1 scruple , D 1 drachm , 3 1 ounce , 3 · · 1 pound , b TROY WEIGHT . This weight is used for weighing gold , silver , jewellery , liquors , & c . The ...
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... drachms and find the amount ; and then divide that amount by 16 , because sixteen drachms are equal to one ounce ; set down the remain- der , which will be drachms , under the column of drachms , and add , or carry , the quotient ...
... drachms and find the amount ; and then divide that amount by 16 , because sixteen drachms are equal to one ounce ; set down the remain- der , which will be drachms , under the column of drachms , and add , or carry , the quotient ...
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... drachms . Add the drachms ; divide the amount by 8 , because eight drachms are equal to one ounce ; set down the remainder , and carry the quotient to the column of ounces . Add the ounces ; divide the amount by 12 , because twelve ...
... drachms . Add the drachms ; divide the amount by 8 , because eight drachms are equal to one ounce ; set down the remainder , and carry the quotient to the column of ounces . Add the ounces ; divide the amount by 12 , because twelve ...
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... drachms ; substract the 11 from the 14 , and set down the difference , which is 3. Pro- ceeding to the ounces , you can not take 11 from 9 , therefore , you must borrow sixteen and add to the 9 , which will make it 25 , because sixteen ...
... drachms ; substract the 11 from the 14 , and set down the difference , which is 3. Pro- ceeding to the ounces , you can not take 11 from 9 , therefore , you must borrow sixteen and add to the 9 , which will make it 25 , because sixteen ...
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Arithmetick borrow bushels carry the quotient cents and five cipher column of cents column of days column of pounds Compound Addition Compound Interest Compound Substraction cost cube root currency decimal dimes divide the amount dividend divisor dollars drachms DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES For Theoretical EXPLANATIONS farthings federal money feet figures five mills four gain gallon given number given sum higher denomination hogshead hundred-weight hundredths improper fraction inches integer left hand lower line lowest denomination MEASURE merator merchant bought miles moidores multiply nett weight ounces payment pence pints present worth quantity quarts quires Reduce remainder right hand denomination Rule of Three shillings Simple Division Simple Substraction Slate sold square root substract the lower tare TARE AND TRET tenths Theoretical Exercise third term thousandths Three Direct tion tret TROY WEIGHT upper line Vulgar Fractions wheat whole amount whole numbers
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Page 152 - The rate of interest upon the loan or forbearance of any money, goods or things in action, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be six dollars upon one hundred dollars, for one year, and at that rate, for a greater or less sum, or for a longer or shorter time.
Page 13 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Page 212 - Separate the given number into periods of three figures each, by putting a point over the unit figure, and every third figure beyond the place of units. 2. Find the greatest cube in the left hand period, and put its root in the quotient. 3.
Page 117 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator. This product becomes the numerator of the result and the denominator remains the same, eg, 2 (5x3) + 2 15 + 2 17 3" 3 3 " 3 To change an improper fraction to a mixed number, simply divide the numerator by the denominator.
Page 209 - Double the figures already found in the root for a new divisor, (or, bring down your last divisor for a new one, doubling the right hand figure of it,) and from these find the next figure in the root, as last directed, and continue the operation in the same manner, till you have brought down all the periods.
Page 209 - ... 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 the square number under the period, and subtract it therefrom, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend.
Page 174 - L«JS requiring more, is when the third term is less than the first, and requires the fourth term to be greater than the second. RULE.
Page 167 - Single Rule of Three Direct teaches, by having; three numbers given, to find a fourth, that shall have the same proportion to the third, as the second has to the first.
Page 158 - Cast the interest on the several payments, from the time they were paid, to the time of...
Page 174 - Inverse, teaches by having three numbers given to find a fourth, which shall have the same proportion to the second, as the first has to the third.