THE

NEW SYSTEM

OF

PRACTICAL ARITHMETIC;

WHEREBY

MOST OF THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS OF THAT USEFUL SCIENCE ARE EASILY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY SOLVED BY

ONE SIMPLE RULE;

ILLUSTRATED

BY A GREAT VARIETY OF EXAMPLES, ADAPTED TO THE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE

USE OF SCHOOLS.

CONTAINING ALSO

A NUMBER OF USEFUL PRACTICAL RULES FOR

ARTIFICERS AND MECHANICS.

THE WHOLE DESIGNED

TO LESSEN THE LABOUR OF TEACHERS, AND TO FACILITATE THE ADVANCEMENT OF YOUTH INTO THE HIGHER BRANCHES

OF

MATHEMATICS.

BY CHARLES POTTS.

PRINCETON, N. J.

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM D'HART.

STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON, PHILAD.

ENTERED according to act of Congress, in the year 1835, by

WILLIAM D'HART,

in the Clerk's Office of the District of New Jersey.