A New System of Mercantile Arithmetic: Adapted to the Commerce of the United States, in Its Domestic and Foreign Relations; with Forms of Accounts, and Other Writings Usually Occurring in TradeS. & E. Butler, proprietors of the copy right.--Sold also by Hudson & Goodwin, Oliver D. Cooke, and Lincoln & Gleason, Hartford; Beers & Howe, and Increase Cooke & Company New-Haven. T. M. Pomroy, printer, 1807 - 274 σελίδες |
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... Rule established by the courts of Law in Massachusetts for making up judgments on securities for Money , " which are upon interest , and on which partial pay- ments have been endorsed 116 A Table shewing the num- ber of days , from any ...
... Rule established by the courts of Law in Massachusetts for making up judgments on securities for Money , " which are upon interest , and on which partial pay- ments have been endorsed 116 A Table shewing the num- ber of days , from any ...
Σελίδα 13
... rules for this purpose , viz . Numeration , Addition , Subtraction , Multiplication , and Division . NUMERATION ... RULE . Write down the figures as their values are expressed , and supply any deficiency in the order with cyphers ...
... rules for this purpose , viz . Numeration , Addition , Subtraction , Multiplication , and Division . NUMERATION ... RULE . Write down the figures as their values are expressed , and supply any deficiency in the order with cyphers ...
Σελίδα 14
... RULE . To the simple value of each figure , join the name of its place , beginning at the left hand and reading towards the right . EXAMPLES . Write down in words the following numbers . 46 , 199 , 2267 , $ 6693 , 289732 , 1169990 ...
... RULE . To the simple value of each figure , join the name of its place , beginning at the left hand and reading towards the right . EXAMPLES . Write down in words the following numbers . 46 , 199 , 2267 , $ 6693 , 289732 , 1169990 ...
Σελίδα 29
... RULE . When the Reduction is descending , multiply the highest denomination by as many of the next less as make one of the greater , adding to the product . the parts of the same ? name , and so on to the last . When the Reduction is ...
... RULE . When the Reduction is descending , multiply the highest denomination by as many of the next less as make one of the greater , adding to the product . the parts of the same ? name , and so on to the last . When the Reduction is ...
Σελίδα 32
... RULE . To the whole diameter add half of the diameter , and multiply the sum of these by the same half , and this pro duct by the thickness ; divide this last number by 1728 , the inches in a cuic foot , and the quotient is the content ...
... RULE . To the whole diameter add half of the diameter , and multiply the sum of these by the same half , and this pro duct by the thickness ; divide this last number by 1728 , the inches in a cuic foot , and the quotient is the content ...
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Accounts agio amount annum answer arobe banco barrel bbls Boston breadth bushels candareens casks cattas cent centimes Change coffee compound copecs cost cube root current dollars cyphers decimal deniers discount ditto divide dividend divisor dols ducats English equal EXAMPLES exchange farthings Federal money feet figure Flemish florins fraction gallons gilders given number given sum grotes half Hamburgh hhds hundred improper fraction inches Integer interest invoice livres livres tournois maravadies Massachusetts money MEASURE Mercantile Arithmetic merchant mills mixed number months Multiply neat Newburyport number of terms ounces payment pence piastres picul pound sterling quarts quintals quotient reals plate reals vellon reas Reduce remainder rix dollar rotolas rubles RULE rupees shillings ship sold soldi Spanish dollar square root stivers subtract subtrahend sugar tare thousand TROY WEIGHT vessel VULGAR FRACTIONS weighing gross whole number wine worth yards
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Σελίδα 114 - Compute the interest on the principal sum, from the time when the interest commenced, to the first time when a payment was made, which exceeds, either alone, or in conjunction with the preceding payments, if any, the interest at that time due ; add that interest to the principal, and from...
Σελίδα 273 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Σελίδα 251 - ... above the upper deck, the breadth thereof, at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and shall then deduct from the...
Σελίδα 229 - Arithmetical, viz. 1. The first term. 2. The last term. 3. The number of terms.
Σελίδα 74 - FRACTIONS, or broken numbers, are expressions for any assignable parts of an unit ; and are represented by two numbers, placed one above the other, with a line drawn between them. The number above the line is called the numerator, and that below the line the denominator.
Σελίδα 141 - EXAMPLES. ."1. A schoolmaster being asked how many scholars he had, said, If I had as many more as I now have...
Σελίδα 227 - A man is to travel from Boston to a certain place in 12 days, and to go but 3 miles the first day, increasing every day by an equal excess, so that the last day's journey may be 58 miles : what is the daily increase, and how many miles distant is that place from Boston ? Ans.
Σελίδα 57 - Write the given numbers perpendicularly under each other for dividends, proceeding orderly from the least to the greatest; opposite to each dividend, on the left hand, place such a number for a divisor, as will bring it to the next superior denomination, and draw a line between them.
Σελίδα 142 - If the errors are alike, divide the difference of tire products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 5. If the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.
Σελίδα 99 - RULE. Multiply the principal by the rate per cent. and divide the product by 100, and the quotient is the answer for one year.