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The youth's familiar guide to trade and commerce, as it is now actually practised by the most eminent merchants. Containing Every Thing necessary to be known for carrying on any Branch of Business with Pleasure and Profit. I. The five fundamental Rules of Arithmetic, and the Principles on which they are founded fully explained. II. The Rule of Three, or Doctrine of Proportion, applied to Trade. III. The Rule of Practice, or short Methods of finding the Value of any Quantity of Goods. IV. The Rule of Fellowship, single and double. V. The Doctrine of Exchange; in which the real and imaginary Monies of the principal trading Places in Europe, the Par of Exchange, and the Course or current Price of Exchange, are considered and explained. VI. The Art of Book-Keeping, according to the Ital. Method. Vii. Various Forms of Acquitances and Promissory Notes. Viii. Bills of Exchange, both inland and foreign, with the Manner of noting and protesting them, when Acceptance or Payment is refused. IX. Bills of Parcels, adapted both to retail and wholesale Dealers. X. Bills on Book-Debts. XI. Bills of Lading and Invoices, from real Business. XII. The Business and Duty of a Factor explained. XIII. The Method of doing Business at the Water-Side, with the Manner of entering Goods at the Custom-House inwards and outwards. XIV. The present State of the British Commerce. XV. The Manner of insuring Ships and Merchandise. XVI. The Nature of mercantile Writing explained and illustrated. XVII. Law Precedents useful in Trade and Commerce. XVIII. Foreign Weights and Measures reduced to English. XIX. Questions, for exercising the Mind in the most useful Parts of Arithmetical Computation. The whole laid down in so plain and familiar a Manner, as to render it easy to be attained by the meanest Capacity. By D. Fenning, Author of the Royal English Dictionary, &c. &c. (published by the King's Authority.)
Fenning, Daniel.Date: M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]- Books
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Arithmetick: a treatise desined [sic] for the use and benefit of trades-men. Wherein the Nature and Use of Fractions, both Vulgar and Decimal, are Taught by a New and Easie Method. Also The Mensuration of Solids and Superficies. The ninth edition, corrected and amended. By J. Ayres. at the Hand and Pen in St. Paul's Church-Yard
Ayres, John, active 1680-1700.Date: 1708- Books
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The American instructor; or, Young man's best companion. Containing, spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published; and how to qualify any person for business, without the help of a master. Instructions to write variety of hands ... How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of indentures ... releases, &c. Also merchants' accompts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping; with a description of the several American colonies. Together with the carpenter's plain and exact rule; shewing how to measure carpenters ... and painter's work ... Likewise the practical gauger made easy ... To which is added, The poor planter's physician ... And also prudent advice to young tradesmen and dealers. The whole better adapted to these American colonies, than any other book of the like kind. By George Fisher, accomptant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: 1760- Books
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Arithmetick made easie for the use and benefit of trades-men. Wherein the Nature and Use of Fractions, both Vulgar and Decimal, are Taught by a New and Exact Method. Also The Mensuration of Solids and Superficies. The twelfth edition, corrected and amended. By J. Ayres, late Writing-Master in St. Paul's Church-Yard, London. To which is added, A short and easy method; after which Shop-Keepers may State, Post, and Balance their Books of accompts. By Charles Snell, Writing-Master, and Accomptant, in Foster-Lane, London.
Ayres, John, active 1680-1700.Date: 1714- Books
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Antorcha aritmethica practica, provechosa para tratantes, y mercaderes. Instruye a los principiantes con reglas de el arte menor, y muchas braves para reducir las monedas de Castilla unas en otras. Declara modo seguro de comerciar con dichas monedas La cobranza de vales, y letras de todas partes, y otras curiosidades / [Juan Antonio Taboada y Ulloa].
Taboada y Ulloa, Juan AntonioDate: [1731]- Journals
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IMA journal of management mathematics
Date: ©2001-- Books
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An introduction to merchandize. Containing a compleat system of arithmetic. A system of algebra. ... In two volumes. ...
Hamilton, Robert, 1743-1829.Date: 1777-79- Books
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Vulgar arithmetick improved; or, merchants accompts made easy. Containing great variety of improvements in all those rules of arithmetick, which commonly go under that Title; but especially the Golden Rule and Practice, as they are the Ground, and Foundation of all the rest, are largely insisted on. With an appendix, containing XXVI compendious methods of casting up most sorts of merchandise, never before published. The whole perform'd by whole Numbers only, and applyed throughout to Trade and Merchandise. By Henry Gore, Teacher of the Mathematicks, in Manchester.
Gore, Henry, -1733.Date: MDCCXXXIII [1733]- Books
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Youth's introduction to trade and business. Containing I. Tables of the most usual clerk-like contractions of words; with proper Directions how to address Persons of Elevated Rank, and those in Office. II. Acquittances and Promissory Notes diversified, and adapted to such Circumstances as occur in Real Business. III. Variety of Bills of Parcels, and Bills on Book-Debts, to enter the Learner in the Manner and Methods of Commerce, and to make him ready at Computation. IV. Bills of Exchange, with necessary Directions for the right Understanding and Management of Remittances, with various Orders for Goods, Letters of Credit, Invoyces, and other Merchant-Like Examples. V. Authentic Forms of such Law-Precedents, as are most frequently met with in the Course of Traffic. VI Great variety of questions interspersed, to exercise the Learner in the Common Rules of Arithmetic, to use him to Calculation, and to bring him acquainted with the Use, the Properties and Excellency of Numbers, by Way of Recreation. The eighth edition, corrected, augmented, new-modelled, and considerably improved. To which is added, by way of appendix, A short sketch of book-keeping by Double Entry, in the Italian Manner. By M. Clare, late Master of the Academy in Soho-Square, London.
Clare, M. (Martin), -1751.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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Arithmetick in whole and broken numbers. Digested after a new method, and chiefly adapted to the trade of Ireland. To which is added (never before printed) instructions for book-keeping. By Elias Voster.
Voster, Elias.Date: M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]- Books
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Arithmetick made easie, for the use and benefit of trades-men. Wherein the nature and use of fractions, both vulgar and decimal, are taught by a new and exact method. Also The Mensuration of Solids and Superficies. The seventeenth edition. By J. Ayres, late Writing-Master in St. Paul's Church-Yard, London. To which is added, A short and easie method; after which Shop-Keepers may State, Post, and Balance their Books or Accompts. By Charles Snell, Writing-Master, and Accomptant, in Fetter-Lane, London. The Whole perused, and many Errors corrected by E. Hatton, Gent.
Ayres, John, active 1680-1700.Date: [1726]- Books
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Arithmetic in whole and broken numbers, digested after a new method, and chiefly adapted to the trade of Ireland. To which are added instructions for book-keeping. By Elias Voster. The fourteenth edition, carefully collated with the former editions. Revised by Daniel Voste with The dignity of trade in Great-Britain and Ireland: extracted from the Mercantile library, or, Compleat English Trademan.
Voster, Elias.Date: 1777- Books
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Arithmetic in whole and broken numbers, digested after a new method, and chiefly adapted to the trade of Ireland. To which are added instructions for book-keeping. By Elias Voster. The eleventh edition, carefully collated with the former editions. Revised by Daniel Voster. With the dignity of trade in Great-Britain and Ireland: extracted from the mercantile library, or, compleat English tradesman.
Voster, Elias.Date: 1775- Books
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The vade mecum for America: or A companion for traders and travellers: containing I. An exact and useful table, shewing the value of any quantity of any commodity, ready cast up, from one yard or pound to ten thousand. II. A table of simple and compound interest. III. Th names of the towns, and counties in the several provinces and colonies of New-England, New-York, and the Jersies; as also the several counties in Pensilvania [sic], Maryland and Virginia: together with the time of the setting of their courts. IV. The time of the general meetings of the Baptists an Quakers. V. A description of the principal roads from the mouth of Kennebeck-River in the north-east of New England, to James-River in Virginia. VI. A correct table of the kings and queens of England, from Egbert the 1st King of England to His Present Majesty King George II. Together with several other instructive tables in arithmetick, geography &c. To which is added, the names of the streets in Boston. Collected & composed with great care & accuracy.
Prince, Thomas, 1687-1758.Date: MDCCXXXI. [1731]- Books
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Arithmetic in whole and broken numbers, digested after a new method, and chiefly adapted to the trade of Ireland. To which are added, instructions for book-keeping. With the dignity of trade in Great-Britain and Ireland: extracted from the mercantile library; or, compleat English tradesman. Likewise an appendix to algebra. By Elias Voster.
Voster, Elias.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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An introduction to merchandise. Containing a complete system of arithmetic. A system of algebra. Forms and Manner of Transacting Bills of Exchange. Book-Keeping in Various Forms. An Account of the Trade of Great Britain, and the Laws and Practices relating to Sale, Factorage, Insurance, Shipping, &c. The second edition, corrected and revised. By Robert Hamilton, LL. D. Professor of Philosophy in the Marischal College, Aberdeen.
Hamilton, Robert, 1743-1829.Date: M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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Arithmetick: treatise designed for the life and benefit of trades-men. Wherein the nature and use of fractions, both vulgar and decimal, are taught by a new and easie method. As also, the mensuration of solids and superficies. The fifth edition, corrected and amended. By J. Ayres, at the Hand and Pen in St. Paul's Church-Yard.
Ayres, John, active 1680-1700.Date: 1701