atop, stands 36 inches; and under 8 inches, stands 18 inches : now 35 and 12, make 48, the answer in inches , and 48+12==4 feet, or just half a cord.

3. Admit the breadth to be 3 feet 11 inches, and height S feet 9 inches; required the content.

Under 3 feet at top, stands 70; and under 9 inches, is 18: 70 and 18, make 88:12=7 feet 4 inches, or 7 ft. 1 qr. 2 inches, the answer.

TABLE I. Showing the amount of £1, or 81, at 5 and 6 per cent. per

annum, Compound Interest, for 20 years. Irs. 15 per cent. 6 per cent.(Irs. 15 per cent.[6 per cent. 1 1,05000 | 1,06000 11

1,71034 1,89829
2 1,10250 1,12360 12 1,79585 2,01219
3 1,15762 | 1,19101 13 1,88565 2,13292
4 1,21550 1,26247 14 1,97993 2,26090
5
1,27628 1,33822

15 2,07893 2,39655 6 1,54009 | 1,41851 16 2,18287 2,54727 7 | 1,40710 | 1,50563 17 2,29201 2,69277 8 1,47745 | 1,59584 18 2,40661 2,85433 9 1,55132 | 1,68947 192,52695 | 3,02559 10 1,62889 1,79084 20 2,65329 3,20713 VII. The weights of the coins of the United States.

pwt. gr. Eagles,

11 6

Studiaru
Half-Eagles,

5 15

Gold.
Quarter-Eagles, 2 191
Dollars,

17 8
Hals-Dollars,

8 16

Standard
Quarter-Dollars, 4 8

Silver.
Dimes,
Half-Dimes,

204
Cents,

8 16 Half-Cents,

i 17

Coppei.

ANNUITIES.
TABLE II.

TABLE III. Showing the amount of Showing the present

£1 annuity, forbornell worth of £1 annuity, for 31 years or under, to continue for si at 5 and 6 per cent.l years, at 5 and 6 per compound interest.

cent. compound int. Yrs. 5 6

6 1 1,000000 1,000000|| 0,952381 0,943396 2 2,050000 2,060000 1,8594101,833393 3 3,152500 3,185600 2,723248 2,673012 4 4,310125; 4,574616 5,545950 9,465106 5 5,525631 5,6971981 4.929477 4,212564 66,801913 6,975319 5,075699 4,917824 7 8,142009 8,393938 5,786278 5,582381 8 9,549109 9,897468|| 0,463213 6,209794 9: 11,026564 11,491316| 7,1078221 6,801692 10 12,57789213,1807701 7,7217551 7,360087 11 14,206787 14,971648| 8,306414 7,886875 12 15,91712616,8699428,863252 8,585844 13 17,712982|18,8821539,593573 8,852683 14 19,598632 21,0150669,808641 9,294984 15 121,578564 23,275969|10,379658 9,712249 16 23,657492 25,672528|10,83776910,105895 17 25,84036628,212380 11,274066 10,477260 18 28,132385 80,905653 11,689587 10,827603) 19 30,539004 33,759992|12,085321|11,158116, 20 33,065954 36,785592|12,469210)11,469991 21 35,71925239,992727 12,891155|11,764077 22 38,50521443,39229113,16500S 12,041532 23 41,45047546,995828|19,488574|12,303330, 24 44,501999 50,315578|13,79864912,550357 25 147,72709954,864512 14,09394412,785356 26 151,115454 59,156382 14,375185 15,003106 27 54,66912663,705765|14,64305415,210534 28 58,40258368,52811214,898127 13,406164 29 162,32271273,639798|15,14!075113,590721 30 66,438847 79,058186(15,572451/15,764831 31 70,760790 84,801677||15,592810113,929086

TABLES.

The three following Tables are calculated agreeable to an Act of Congress passed in November, 1792, making foreign Gold and Silver Coins a legal tender for the pay. ment of all debts and demands, at the several and respective rates following, viz. The Gold Coins of Great-Britain and Portugal,

of their present standard, at the rate of 100 cents for every 27 grains of the actual weight there. of-Those of France and Spain 27} grains of the actual weight thereof.-Spanish milled Dollars weighing 17 pwt. 7 gr. equal to 100 cents, and in proportion for the parts of a dollar.-Crowns of France, weighing 18 put 17 gr. equal to 110 cents, and in proportion for the parts of a Crown. They have enacted, that every cent shall contain 208 grains of copper,

and
every

half-cent 104 grains.

TABLE IV.

Veights of several pieces of English, Portuguese, and

French Gold Coins.

TABLE VI. Heights of English and Portuguese Guld, in Weights of French and Spanish Gold, in Dol; Dollars, Cents and Mills.

lars, Cents and Mills. Grs, CIS. Mills. Il Puls. Dols. Cis. Mills. Grs. 1

Mits. !| Pwls. Dols.

Cts. Mills

16

14
14
15
16

VIII. TABLE of Cents, answering to the Currencies

of the United States, with Sterling, gc.
NOTE.—The figures on the right hand of the space,
show the parts of a cent, or mills, &c.

6s. tol8s. to7s.6d. 48.8d. 5s. to 4s.6d. 45. 107d.
the

the to the to the the to the to the
Doil. Doll. Doll. Doll. Doll. Doll. Dollar.
P.Icents. Icents. cents. Icents. cents. (cents. cents.
1 13 1 01 11

1 6 1 S 1 2 2 27 20

3 5 3 S 37 3 4 S 4 1 S1 SS 5 S

5 5 5 1 4 5 5 4 1 4 4 1 6 si 74 6 8 5 69 5 2 5 5 8 9 8 6 92 8 5 6 8 S 6 2 6 6 10 7 10 1 10 2 71 9

7 7 12 5 11 6 12 9, 11 9
8 11 1 83 8 8 14 2! 13 S 18 13 6
9 12 51 9 S 10

16
15

16 6 15 S
10 13 8 10 4 11 1 17 8 16 6 18 5 17
11 15 2 11 412 2 19 61 18 S 20 18
s.

1 16 6 12 5 13 3 21 41 20 22 2 20
2 33 325 26 6 42 8 40 44 45 41
3) 50 S7 5 40 64 260 65 661 5
4 66 650 53 3 85 780 88 81 82
5 83 3 62 566 6 107 1 100 111 11102 5
6100

80 198 5120 133 S123
71116 6 37 5 93 3150 140 155 51143
8133 3 100 1106 6 171 4160 177 7164 1
9150 1112 51120 192 8180 200 184 6
10 166 6125 1133 51214 21200 292 2|205 1
11 183 S 137 5146 6 235 220 244 41925 6
12 200 150 160 957 11240 266 6216 1
13216 61162 5|175 3278 5.260 288 81266 6
14 233 3.175 186 bisoo 1980 311 11287
15 250 187 5 200 321 4300 S33 3;307 6
16266 G 200 215 S 842 8 820 355 5928 2
17|285 3|212 5 226 6 564 21340 S777343 7
181300 225 240 385 6360 400 869 2

19|316 61287 5253 3 407 1 880 1429 18s 7 1 20553 3250 266 61428 51:09

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