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A new and compleat treatise of the doctrine of fractions, vulgar and decimal; Containing not only all that hath hitherto been publish'd on this Subject; but also many other compendious Usages and Applications of them, never before extant. Together with a Compleat Management of Circulating Numbers, which is entirely New, and absolutely necessary to the right using of Fractions. To which is added, an epitome of duodecimals, and an idea of measuring. The whole is adapted to the meanest Capacity. and very useful to Book Keepers, Gaugers, Surveyors, and to all Persons whose Business requires Skill in Arithmetick. By Samuel Cunn Teacher of Mathematicks in Litchfield-Street near Newport-Market.
Cunn, Mr. (Samuel).Date: MDCCXIV. [1714]- Books
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An essay on the doctrine and application of circulating or infinite decimals. Containing not only the practical rules, but also the reasons and demonstrations of them. Also tables of foreign money, weights, and measures. By Benjamin Donn, teacher of the Mathematics, and lecturer in Experimental Philosophy, author of the Essays on arithmetic, Book-keeping, the British mariner's assistant, &c.
Donne, Benjamin, 1729-1798.Date: M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]- Books
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The rationale of circulating numbers, with the investigations of all the rules and peculiar processes used in that part of decimal arithmetic. To which are added, several curious mathematical questions; With Some Useful Remarks on Adfected Equations, and the Doctrine of Fluxions. Adapted to the Use of Schools. By H. Clarke.
Clarke, Henry, 1743-1818.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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Apeiresia: or, the whole doctrine of decimal arithmetick, consisting of finite and infinite fractions. And Chiefly, A new Way of working the Two Orders of Infinites, suitable to their Natures; so that by two Places of either (equal to Ten Thousand) every Operation will turn out a just Solution, without so much as one Figure or Cypher, more or less than the Truth, and is thereby the same with a Finite or adequate Fraction. Compil'd, with all possible Plainness and Brevity, by Gabriel Nisbet.
Nisbet, Gabriel.Date: MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]