89, 93 Rules, for reducing the different currencies of the for finding the contents of Superfices & Solids 220 to reduce the currencies of the different Rebate, A short method of finding the, of any giv- en sum for months and days Table, Numeration and Pence showing the amount of 17. or 1 dollar, at 5 & 6 per cent. Compound Interest, for 20 years showing the amount of 11. annuity, forborne for 31 years or under, at 5 and 6 showing the present worth of 11. annuity, for 31 yrs. at 5 & 6 per c. Compound Interest Weights of several pieces of English, Portuguese, & French, gold coins, in dollars, cts. & mills, 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 92 10 918 10 20 30 36 ¦ 45 ¦ 54 ¦ 6372¦ 81: 90||99|108 40 50 60 70180 11 22 33 44¦ 55 ¦ 66 ¦ 77 88 |12|24|36| 48 ¦ 607 72¦ 84 ¦ 96 90; 100|110|126] 99 110121S2 108 1204182144 To learn this Table: Find your multiplier in the left hand column, and the multiplicand a-top, and in the common angle of meeting, or against your multiplier, along at the right hand, and under your multiplicand, you will find the product. or answer. 2. Troy Weight. 24 grains (gr.) make 1 penny-weight, marked 20 penny-weights, 1 ounce, pwt oz. lb 12 ounces, 1 pound, 3. Avoirdupois Weight. 1 ounce, 16 ounces, 1 pound, Ox. lb. qr. 1 hundred weight, cit. 4 quarters, T. 16 drams (dr.) make 28 pounds, 1 quarter of a hundred weight, 20 hundred weight, By this weight are weighed all coarse and drossy goods, grocery wares, and all metals except gold and silver. This measure is applied to grain, beans, flax-seed, salt, eats, oysters, coal, &c. All brandies, spirits, mead, vinegar, oil, &c. are measured by wine measure. Note.-231 solid inches, make a gallon. 8. Long Measure. $ barley corns (b. e.) make 1 inch, marked 12 inches, 3 miles, 69 statute miles, in. 1 foot, ft. 1 yard, yd. 1 rod, pole, or perch, rd. 1 furlong, fur. 1 league, lea. 1 degree, on the earth. 360 degrees, the circumference of the earth. The use of long measure is to measure the distance of places, or any other thing, where length is considered, without regard to breadth. N. B. In measuring the height of horses, 4 inches make 1 hand. In measuring depths, six feet make 1 fathom, or French toise. Distances are measured by a chain, four rods long, containing one hundred links." |