The Arithmetical Magazine, Or, Mercantile Accountant: Adapted to the Commerce of the United States of America: Containing Some Useful Improvements in Mercantile Arithmetic: A New System of Exchange, in which the Real and Imaginary Currencies of the Different Commercial States in the World are Reduced to the Federal Standard with Calculations on the Mechanical PowersG.F. Hopkins, for the author, and sold, 1803 - 252 σελίδες |
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... hhds . make 252 galls . or 2 pipes 84 gallons 10 do . 18 do . quart . 1 gallon . 1 tierce . 1 hogshead . 1 pipe or butt . 1 ton . 1 puncheon . 1 anker of brandy . 1 rundlet . This measure was originally founded on the b Troy , as it was ...
... hhds . make 252 galls . or 2 pipes 84 gallons 10 do . 18 do . quart . 1 gallon . 1 tierce . 1 hogshead . 1 pipe or butt . 1 ton . 1 puncheon . 1 anker of brandy . 1 rundlet . This measure was originally founded on the b Troy , as it was ...
Σελίδα 19
... hhds . 108 do . or 1 punch . 1 barrel Beer . 1 hhd . 1 puncheon 1 butt A gallon of this measure contains 282 cubic inches , and is equal to 10b 3 oz . avoirdupoise . Pints . Quart , 2 = 1 Gal . 8 = 4 = 1 Firkin . 72 36 = 91 Kilderk ...
... hhds . 108 do . or 1 punch . 1 barrel Beer . 1 hhd . 1 puncheon 1 butt A gallon of this measure contains 282 cubic inches , and is equal to 10b 3 oz . avoirdupoise . Pints . Quart , 2 = 1 Gal . 8 = 4 = 1 Firkin . 72 36 = 91 Kilderk ...
Σελίδα 41
... hhds . 7 galls . how many gallons ? Ans . 16513 2. In 27 ton , 3 hhds , 53 galls . 5 pints , how many pints ? Ans . 56373 65 t . 2 hhds . 7 galls . 3. In 16513 galls . how many ton ? 4. In 56373 pints how many ton ? 27 t . 3 hhds . 53 ...
... hhds . 7 galls . how many gallons ? Ans . 16513 2. In 27 ton , 3 hhds , 53 galls . 5 pints , how many pints ? Ans . 56373 65 t . 2 hhds . 7 galls . 3. In 16513 galls . how many ton ? 4. In 56373 pints how many ton ? 27 t . 3 hhds . 53 ...
Σελίδα 42
... hhds . of sugar , each 12 cwt . 1 qr . 10 ( 100b being their cwt . ) How many cwt . of 112 ? Ans . 617 cwt . 2 qrs . 12. Imported from Rotterdam 46 bales of cloth , each contain- ing 24 pieces , and each piece 42 ells Flemish : How many ...
... hhds . of sugar , each 12 cwt . 1 qr . 10 ( 100b being their cwt . ) How many cwt . of 112 ? Ans . 617 cwt . 2 qrs . 12. Imported from Rotterdam 46 bales of cloth , each contain- ing 24 pieces , and each piece 42 ells Flemish : How many ...
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... hhds . 9 galls . 18. A goldsmith sold a tankard for £ 10 . 12 , at 5s . 4d . the ounce : I demand the weight . Ans . 39 oz . 15 dwts . 19. A butt of wine , containing 234 gallons , was sold for £ 62.8 : What was it per gallon ? Ans . 58 ...
... hhds . 9 galls . 18. A goldsmith sold a tankard for £ 10 . 12 , at 5s . 4d . the ounce : I demand the weight . Ans . 39 oz . 15 dwts . 19. A butt of wine , containing 234 gallons , was sold for £ 62.8 : What was it per gallon ? Ans . 58 ...
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60 days amount annuity annum Answer arithmetic arithmetical progression avoirdupoise barter bill Bought calculated casks common difference compound interest compound repetend contained cost Cube Root currency cyphers decimal discount divers denominations divide dividend division divisor dollars ducat dwts equal EXAMPLE exchange farthings feet figure finite foregoing gain gallon galls given number given to find gross guilders hhds improper fraction inches last term less linen lowest name measure merchant miles milreas mixed months multiplicand multiply New-York number of terms ounce paid pence piastre piece pound present worth PROBLEM proceed proportion quantity quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder rials Rule of Three RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply shillings sold sterling subtract sugar tare third numbers trett Troy Weight unit's place vulgar fraction weight whole number wine yards
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Σελίδα 156 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Σελίδα 196 - ... 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...
Σελίδα 119 - DISCOUNT. DISCOUNT is an allowance made for the payment of money before it is due. The present worth of a debt payable at some future time, without interest, is such a sum of money as will, if put at interest for the given time, amount to the debt.
Σελίδα 65 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Σελίδα 248 - She scuds away at the rate of 10 miles an hour, and the dog on view makes after her at the rate of 18.
Σελίδα 203 - RULE. Divide the greater extreme by the less, and the cube root of the quotient, multiplied by the less extreme, gives the less mean ; multiply the said cube root by the less mean, and the product will be the greater mean proportional.
Σελίδα 206 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference. 6. If the extremes be 5 and 605, and the number of terms 151, what is the common difference?
Σελίδα 242 - The wedge is composed of two inclined planes, whose bases are joined. When the resisting forces and the power which acts on the wedge, are in equilibrio, the weight will be to the power, as the height of the wedge to a line drawn from the middle of the base to one side, and parallel to the direction in which the resisting force acts on that side. To find the force of the wedge.
Σελίδα 65 - To reduce a compound fraction to a simple one. RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a numerator, and all the denominators together for a denominator ; the fraction thus formed will be an equivalent, but often not in its lowest terms.
Σελίδα 175 - IF a whole magnitude be to a whole, as a magnitude taken from the first, is to a magnitude taken from the other; the remainder shall be to the remainder, as the whole to the whole.