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Business mathematics - Early works to 1800
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The exact dealer refined: being a useful companion for all traders. In three parts. Containing I. A Description of the Commodities Coins, Weights and Measures of Great Britain, and its neighbouring Countries. With Useful Directions about Entring and Taking up Goods at the Custom-House: Instructions about Bills of Exchange, and the Keeping of Books of Accompts. The way of Recovering Debts; likewise Exact Tables of Accompts ready cast up. II. Containing a plain Institution of Arithmetick in all its Parts; with an excellent and easie new way of multiplying Foot-Measure in Feet and Inches by Feet and Inches, without Reduction, and applied to the Measuring of Carpenters, Joyners, Painters, Plaisterers Glasiers, and Bricklayers Work, &c. And of Solid Timber, &c. Also the whole Art of Gauging, with several curious Tables. And very necessary Observations relating to the Measuring of Land III. Containing the Travellers Guide through all the Principal Roads in England. An Account of Fairs, Carriers Inns, and Days of going out. Also the Rates of Post-Letters. With other Matters not before made publick. The sixth edition, enlarged. By J.H. author of The secretary's guide.
Hill, John, active 1712.Date: [1706]- Books
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A general introduction to trade and business. Or, the young merchant's and tradesman's magazine. Being an assistant to youths, on their leaving school, and entring on apprenticeship; ... By William Markham. ...
Markham, William.Date: 1738- Books
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The Dealer's companion, and trader's assistant improved. Containing, I. Tables, for shewing the value of any quantity of goods or wares, at any rate, under twenty shillings per yard, stone, pound, ounce, gallon, &c. and of any weight under half a tun. Beginning at half a farthing, and continued further, in a new and more regular method, than any other tables extant. II. Tables of interest, or interest in epitome, in a shorter method than any hitherto published, from one pound to ten millions, at five and six per cent. By Israel Ealgate at the Bank of England. III. A table of exchange of English and Irish money at par, for any sum from 300 pounds to one penny. To which is prefixed, a new table of coin, with the weight and value of each piece, according to the present currency in Ireland.
Date: M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]- Books
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Arithmetick in the plainest and most concise methods hitherto extant. With new improvements for dispatch of business in all the several rules. As also fractions vulgar and decimal, wrought together after a new Method, that renders both easy to be understood in their Nature and Use. The whole perus'd and approv'd of, by the most eminent Accomptants in the several Offices of the Revenue, viz. Customs, Excise, &c. as the only Book of its Kind, for Variety of Rules and Brevity of Work. The ninth edition, with considerable additions, and curious improvements, by the author, Geo. Fisher, Accomptant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]- Books
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The expeditious accountant; or, cyphering rendered so short, that half the trouble attending the common methods is saved, in most occurrences; and so easy, that a person of moderate capacity may learn with very little assistance from a master; the rules given being plain, the examples properly illustrated, and numbers of questions, with their answers, being annexed to them, to exercise the learner. A very curious work, totally different from all that have preceded it. In five parts. By Nicholas Salomon, Master of the Academy, Red-Lion-Street, Clerkenwell; and author of The French teacher's assistant, and of The rules for the French genders.
Salmon, Nicholas.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]