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Arithmetic - Problems, exercises, etc. - Early works to 1800
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A treatise of decimal arithmetic; or, decimals applied to the common rules of arithmetic; the Computation and Arbitration of Exchanges; Interest, Simple and Compound; Annuities for Years certain; also on Lives. With the Doctrine of Circulating or Repeating Decimals. The Whole Interspersed with several short and new Methods of answering Questions relating to Trade and Business; and shewing throughout that most Computations therein are much easier performed by Decimals than by Whole Numbers. Adapted to the use of schools and the man of business. By R. Gadesby, Writing-Master and Accountant.
Gadesby, Richard.Date: M.DCC.LVII. [1757]- Books
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The young lady's new guide to arithmetic. Being a short and useful Selection, containing, besides the common and necessary Rules, the Application of each Rule, by a Variety of Practical Questions, chiefly on Domestic Affairs, together with the Method of making out Bills of Parcels, Book Debts, Receipts, &c. For the Use of Ladies' Schools, and Private Teachers. By John Greig, Teacher of Writing, Geography, &c.
Greig, John, 1759-1819.Date: 1800- Books
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An introduction to arithmetic, consisting of printed examples in the first four rules, with Approved Tables of Weights and Measures, designed To facilitate the Progress of young Beginners, and to diminish the Labor of the Tutor. By William Butler.
Butler, William, 1748-1822.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The usher. Comprising arithmetic in whole numbers; federal money; decimal and vulgar fractions; a description and use of Coggeshall's sliding rule; some uses of Gunter's scale; superficial and solid measuring; geometrical definitions and problems; surveying; the surveyor's pocket companion, or trigonometry made easy; a table of sines; a table of tangents; miscellany; tables of the weight and value of gold coins. Calculated and designed for youth. By Ezekiel Little, A.M. Published agreeably to act of Congress. [Two lines of verse]
Little, Ezekiel, 1762-1840.Date: 1799- Books
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Arithmetical questions, having, for the most part, a reference either to sacred, profane, or natural history, chronology, geography, or commerce; designed as exercises in the four principal rules, and to answer the double Purpose of Arithmetical Instruction, and Miscellaneous Information; and intended as a Supplement to the Author's Engraved Introduction to Arithmetic: to which is added, a collection of approved tables of weights and measures. For the use of young ladies. By William Butler, Private Teacher of Writing, Accounts, and Geography.
Butler, William, 1748-1822.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]