The Mercantile Arithmetic, Adapted to the Commerce of the United States, in Its Domestic and Foreign Relations: With an Appendix Containing Practical Systems of Mensuration, Gauging, and Book-keepingRichardson & Lord, 1828 - 315 σελίδες |
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... Weights , Measures , & c . Compound Addition Compound Subtraction American Currencies Practical Questions in Compound Addition and Subtraction Reduction To find the contents of grindstones To find the weight of grindstones by the ...
... Weights , Measures , & c . Compound Addition Compound Subtraction American Currencies Practical Questions in Compound Addition and Subtraction Reduction To find the contents of grindstones To find the weight of grindstones by the ...
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... weight of Iron Cables , & c . 159 A Table shewing the number of miles contained in a degree of longitude in each parallel of latitude from the Equator to the Poles , and its use To find the bearing of one place from another by ...
... weight of Iron Cables , & c . 159 A Table shewing the number of miles contained in a degree of longitude in each parallel of latitude from the Equator to the Poles , and its use To find the bearing of one place from another by ...
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... weight , the carat of gold or silver there- fore has no specific weight . The diamond carat is 31 grains Troy . * 5 pearl carats 16 Drams 16 Ounces 28 Pounds 4 Quarters 20 Hundred weight 4 66 66 make AVOIRDUPOIS Weight . 1 Ounce . 1 ...
... weight , the carat of gold or silver there- fore has no specific weight . The diamond carat is 31 grains Troy . * 5 pearl carats 16 Drams 16 Ounces 28 Pounds 4 Quarters 20 Hundred weight 4 66 66 make AVOIRDUPOIS Weight . 1 Ounce . 1 ...
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... WEIGHTS , MEASURES , & c . APOTHECARIES ' WEIGHT . make 1 Scruple . 1 Dram . 8 Drams 1 Ounce . 12 Ounces 1 Pound . NOTE . Apothecaries use this weight in compounding their medi- cines ; but they buy and sell their drugs by Avoirdupois ...
... WEIGHTS , MEASURES , & c . APOTHECARIES ' WEIGHT . make 1 Scruple . 1 Dram . 8 Drams 1 Ounce . 12 Ounces 1 Pound . NOTE . Apothecaries use this weight in compounding their medi- cines ; but they buy and sell their drugs by Avoirdupois ...
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... 83 8 ENGLISH MONEY . £ . S. d . £ . S. 149 14 6232 814 16 387 19 81 198 18 259 16 71 376 14 874 17 422 226 16 678 15 61 174 17 101 1 col 168979 d . 81 91 TROY WEIGHT . oz . dut . gr . ton 32 . COMPOUND ADDITION . Compound Addition.
... 83 8 ENGLISH MONEY . £ . S. d . £ . S. 149 14 6232 814 16 387 19 81 198 18 259 16 71 376 14 874 17 422 226 16 678 15 61 174 17 101 1 col 168979 d . 81 91 TROY WEIGHT . oz . dut . gr . ton 32 . COMPOUND ADDITION . Compound Addition.
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Σελίδα 226 - Dabney, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: District Clerk's Office.
Σελίδα 105 - ... interest at that time due : add that interest to the principal, and from the sum subtract the payment made at that time, together with the preceding payments (if any) and the remainder forms a new principal ; on which compute and subtract the interest, as upon the first principal: And proceed in this manner to the time of judgment.
Σελίδα 61 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Σελίδα 226 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Σελίδα 65 - REDUCTION OF DECIMALS. CASE I. To reduce a vulgar fraction to its equivalent decimal. RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the decimal required.
Σελίδα 136 - B, by spending 150 dollars per annum, more than A, at the end of 8 years finds himself 400 dollars in debt ; what is their income, and what does each spend per annum?
Σελίδα 21 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Σελίδα 29 - APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT 20 grains = 1 scruple. 3 scruples = 1 dram. 8 drams = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.
Σελίδα 81 - To reduce any given quantity to the fraction »/,i» greater denomination of the same kind. RULE. Reduce the given quantity to the lowest denomination mentioned for a numerator...
Σελίδα 155 - If the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern-post above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales...