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... Britain ; but has not been adopted in Scotland , except for the above mentioned commodities . The pound is reckoned to contain yooo grains Troy , and as the pound Troy contains 5760 grains , the proportion between the pound Troy and ...
... Britain ; but has not been adopted in Scotland , except for the above mentioned commodities . The pound is reckoned to contain yooo grains Troy , and as the pound Troy contains 5760 grains , the proportion between the pound Troy and ...
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... Britain is now , and the whole human race had been conftantly counting , they would not , at the present time , have numbered the thoufandth part of that fum . V. VI . VII . LXX . LXXX . VIII 16 Chap . II . ARITHMETI C. Notation ...
... Britain is now , and the whole human race had been conftantly counting , they would not , at the present time , have numbered the thoufandth part of that fum . V. VI . VII . LXX . LXXX . VIII 16 Chap . II . ARITHMETI C. Notation ...
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... annually from Britain , amounts to L.14950000 ; and the value of goods imported , to L.11833000 . How much does the exportation exceed the im- portation ? 4. A maid went to the market with a five Chap III . 29 SUBTRACTION .
... annually from Britain , amounts to L.14950000 ; and the value of goods imported , to L.11833000 . How much does the exportation exceed the im- portation ? 4. A maid went to the market with a five Chap III . 29 SUBTRACTION .
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... Britain , and is due upon all debts , which are not paid at the proper term . The rate of interest may be under 5 per cent . if fo ftipulated between the parties , for bankers give only 4 per cent .; but more than 5 per cent , which is ...
... Britain , and is due upon all debts , which are not paid at the proper term . The rate of interest may be under 5 per cent . if fo ftipulated between the parties , for bankers give only 4 per cent .; but more than 5 per cent , which is ...
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... Britain , bills on London , if payable at fight , or at a fhort date , are negotiated at a variable premium , according to the demand . Bills at a long date pafs at a discount in proportion to the distance of the term of payment . Ex ...
... Britain , bills on London , if payable at fight , or at a fhort date , are negotiated at a variable premium , according to the demand . Bills at a long date pafs at a discount in proportion to the distance of the term of payment . Ex ...
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Σελίδα 104 - To divide by 10, move the decimal point one place to the left. To divide by 100, move the decimal point two places to the left, and so on for other powers of 10.
Σελίδα 93 - To divide a whole number by a fraction, — Multiply the dividend by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator.
Σελίδα 99 - In like manner for a mixed circulate ; consider it as divisible into its finite and circulating parts, and the same...
Σελίδα 171 - NOTE. If there be a remainder after all the periods are brought down, the operation may be continued, at pleasure, by annexing periods of ciphers.
Σελίδα 174 - ... the right. 2. Find the greatest cube number, in the left-hand period, and place the root of that number as the first figure of the root sought : subtract the number itself from the said period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. 3. Find a divisor by multiplying the square of the part of the root found by 300, divide the dividend by it, and put the quotient figure for the next figure of the root. 4. Multiply the part of the root formerly found by the last figure placed...
Σελίδα 6 - Add 2s. 3° 4' 5"45s.8° 9' 6"44s. 7° 8' 31» + lls.27° 30' 24"49s. 18° 17' 38". 6. Add Is. 27° 12' 31" + 8s. 3° 33' 31" + 9s. 22° 40' 55" 410s. 10° 45' 44"40s. 20° 55' 15»+6s. 15° 24' 24". MISCELLANEOUS TABLE. § 33« 24 sheets of paper make 1 quire.
Σελίδα 75 - By balance, 104 8 11 £819 8 11 19. Required the interest and the balance due on the following account to the 30th of April 1881, allowing 5 per cent, when the balance is due to the bank, and 3 per cent, when due to Miln : Dr. Thomas Miln in acct.-curt. with the Royal Bank. Cr. Mar. 8. To balance, £240 July 8. To cash, . 222 Oct. 29. To cash, . 432 Dec. 17. To cash, . 651 ANS. Interest, £2, 7s. 2¿d. June 18. By bill, . £516 Sept. 23. By cash, . 294 Nov. 15. By bill, . 444 Feb. 18. By...
Σελίδα 1 - ... own arm, from the extreme end of the longest finger to the middle of the breast, and that the other measures should be raised upon this. The old English pound, which was the legal standard of weight from the time of William the Conqueror to that of Henry VII., was derived from the weight of grains of wheat gathered from the middle of the ear, and well dried...