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Arithmetic - Tables

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    Tabular arithmetick; or, the universal companion. Containing Cxxix plain and easie tables of merchandise, ready Cast up in Pounds, Shillings, Pence and Farthings; from one Farthing, to Thirty Pounds the Yard, Foot, Pound, Ounce, or any other Denomination; and from one Yard, Foot, Pound, Ounce, &c. to 10000 of the like Species or Denominations. By which Tables, the meanest Capacity may easily resolve, most Questions pertaining to the Rules of Practice, tho' never so abstruse or intricate; also most Questions in Multiplication, Division, Reduction, the Rule of Three, Interest and Measuring, with many other things of material Consequence, both pleasant and profitable; the whole being applicable to all manner of Commodities, Weights and Measures whatsoever; therefore fit to be embrac'd by Merchants, Tradesmen, Dealers, &c. Calculated by John Brampton, Teacher of Writing, Arithmetick, and the Mathematicks, at Sutton St. Maries, in the Parts of Holland and County of Lincoln.

    Brampton, John. | Date: 1701
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    A compendium of simple arithmetic; in which the first rules of that pleasing science are made familiar to the capacities of youth.

    | Date: 1800
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