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To the Lord Provost Stodart.
Tradesman.Date: 1777]- Books
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A cyclopaedia of practical receipts, and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades, including medicine, pharmacy, and domestic economy : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the pharmacopœias, and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families / by Arnold J. Cooley.
Cooley, Arnold James.Date: 1856- Books
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The images of the ancients, particularly those in the University of Oxford. Some reflections on virtue, ancient and modern: a poem. To which is added a very friendly epistle to the author of the critical review; containing a key to the parson's parlour. By a tradesman of Oxford.
Green, George Smith, -1762.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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The economy of cookery, for the middle class, the tradesman, and the artisan; containing the most easy, practical, and economical preparations ever yet introduced, to complete the domestic education of the English housewife and the cook / by Volant and Warren, many years assistants to the late Alexis Soyer.
Volant, F.Date: 1860- Books
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The complete English tradesman. In familiar letters: directing him in the several parts and progressions of trade. Vol. II. In two parts. Part I. Directed chiefly to the more-experienc'd tradesmen; with cautions and advices to them after they are thriven, and suppos'd to be grown rich, viz. 1. Against running out of their business into needless projects and dangerous adventures, no tradesman being above disaster. 2. Against oppressing one another by engrossing, underselling, combinations in trade, &c. 3. Advices, that when he leaves off his business, he should part friends with the world; the great advantages of it, with a word of the scandalous character of a purse-proud tradesman. 4. Against being litigious and vexatious, and apt to go to law for trisles; with some reasons why tradesmens differences should, if possible, be all ended by arbitration. Part II. Being useful generals in trade, describing the principles and foundation of the home trade of Great Britain; with large tables of our manufactures, calculations of the product, shipping, carriage of goods by land, importation from abroad, consumption at home, &c. by all which the infinite number of our tradesmen are employ'd, and the general wealth of the nation rais'd and increas'd. The whole calculated for the use of all our Inland tradesmen, as well in the city as in the country.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]- Books
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The complete tradesman: or, A guide in the several parts and progressions of trade; Particularly, diligence, over-trading, diversions, expensive living, suretiship, early marrying, compositions, partnership, trading frauds, fine shops, credit, punctuality, borrowing money, discourting, book-keeping, misfortunes, monopolies, engrossing, under-selling, litigiousness, projects, &c. to which is added, an account of the British manufactures, products, exports, imports, &c. &c. calculated for all Inland tradesmen in town or country. By William Wright.
Wright, William.Date: [1786?]- Books
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The Bath and Bristol guide: or, the tradesman's and traveller's pocket-companion. Containing, I. A description of the city of Bath; ... II. Of the antiquity of Bath; ... III. Rules relating to Bath; ... IV. A table of the posts going out, and arriving at Bath; ... And other curious particulars.
Date: [1765?]- 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. By Elias Voster, revised by Daniel Voster.
Voster, Elias.Date: 1800- Books
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The compleat tradesman: or, the exact dealers daily companion. Instructing him throughly in all things absolutely necessary to be known by all those who would thrive in the world; and in the whole art and mystery of trade ... To which is added, the travellers guide, ... Composed by N. H. merchant, ...
N. H.Date: 1720- Books
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Kearsly's gentleman and tradesman's pocket ledger, for the year 1781: Containing A much greater number of useful articles than any other annual publication; particularly, Fifty-Two ruled pages for Accounts. A Term Table, with the Returns. A table of wages and expences by the day, week, month, and year. A table for computing daily expences, servants wages, rent, annuities, &c. for any time. Tables for buying and selling by weight. Tables of Interest. Bankers in London. Various useful tables of weights, measures, time, &c. &c. An exact account of the days and hours for buying and accepting or selling and transferring the several stocks, or government securities, and receiving the interest or dividends due thereon, at the Bank, India-House, and South-Sea-House. List of public offices, with their hours of doing business A plain and easy method of measuring any piece of timber, or brick-work; also how to guage any cask, or measure a piece of ground. The distances from the various ports both on the English and French coasts, drawn out in leagues as near as can be ascertained Military instructions, highly interesting at this juncture, when the whole kingdom seems changing its civil into a martial appearance. A succinct account of the heathen gods and goddesses, heroes, heroines, &c. forming a complete pocket Pantheon. The house of Peers in alphabetical order. Sixteen Peers of Scotland. Clerks and officers of both houses of Parliament. A complete list of Members returned for the new Parliament. List of Members of the last Parliament who are not in the present. List of the new Peers created last summer, &c. &c. For the whole Contents, see the two next pages.
Kearsley, George, -1790.Date: [1781]- Books
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The new pocket conveyancer; or, Gentleman, tradesman, lawyer and attorney's magazine of law. Being a collection of choice approved precedents, useful for all lawyers, attornies, notaries, clerks, stewards, agents, merchants, tradesmen, and especially farmers and country gentlemen, consisting of agreements. Appointments. Assignments. Awards. Bargains and sales. Bills of sale. Bonds. Covenants. Declarations of trust. Defeazances. Disclaimer. Exchanges. Deeds of gift. Grants. Leases. Letters of Attorney. Letters of licence and composition. Memorials. Mortgages. Partitions. Partnership. Releases. Revocation. Separation. Settlements. Uses. Wills, &c. &c. Compiled from the best authors who have written on these subjects, with the addition of many excellent original precedents. By a gentleman of Lincoln's Inn.
Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn.Date: M,DCC,LXI. [1761]- Books
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The new pocket conveyancer; or, gentleman, tradesman, lawyer and attorney's magazine of law. Being a collection of choice approved precedents, Useful for all Lawyers, Attornies, Notaries, Clerks, Stewards, Agents, Merchants, Tradesmen, and especially Farmers and Country Gentlemen. Consisting of Agreements. Appointments. Assignments. Awards. Bargains and Sales. Bills of Sale. Bonds. Covenants. Declamations of Trust. Defeazances. Disclaimer. Exchanges. Deeds of Gift. Grants. Leases. Letters of Attorney. Letters of Licence and Composition. Memorials. Mortgages. Partitions. Partnership. Releases. Revocation. Separation. Settlements. Uses. Wills, &c. &c. Compiled from the best authors who have written on these Subjects, with the Addition of many excellent original Precedents. Mullum in Parvo. By a gentleman of Lincoln's Inn. ...
Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn.Date: M,DCC,LXV. [1765]- Books
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The universal cash book, and Newcastle Pocket Diary, for the year MDCCLXXII. Suited to every gentleman's and tradesman's business. By which they may be enabled to keep an exact account of their annual receipts and disbursements, with very little Trouble. To which is prefixed, a great variety of tables and other articles useful in trade.
Date: [1772]- 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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The complete English tradesman: directing him in the several parts and progressions of trade, from his first entring upon business, to his leaving off. Particularly with regard to Diligence, Over-Trading, Diversions, Expensive Living, Suretyship, Early Marrying, Compositions, Partnership, Trading Frauds, Fine Shops, Credit, Punctuality, Borrowing Money, Discounting, Book-Keeping, Monopolies, Combinations, Under-Selling, Engrossing, Litigiousness, Projects, &c. With Useful Generals in Trade, Describing The Principles and Foundations of the Home-Trade of Great-Britain; with Tables of the British Manufactures, Product, Shipping, Land-Carriage, Importation, Home-Consumption, &c. Calculated for the Use of all our Inland Tradesmen, as well in the City as Country. In two volumes.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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Kearsly's gentleman and tradesman's pocket ledger, for the year 1776: Containing fifty two pages for accounts, bills due, appointments, and occasional memorandums, with a much greater variety of useful articles than are to be found in any other publication of this kind; particularly, list of holidays in the year 1775. Tables of interest. Value of annuities. Tables for buying and selling by weight or measure. Upwards of seventy things very necessary to be known in various brances of business. A complete term table, with the returns. Distances of towns, villages, &c. upon the River Thames. Manner of producing colours by the mixture of colourless fluids. Ditto by coloured fluids. List of all the cities, towns, and villages in England, with their distances from London, and market-days. List of all the public-officers. List of Bankers. Account of the days and hours for transferring stock. Table shewing the bearing, distance, longest day, and differene of meridians of most of the principal cities in the world, from the city of London. Daily pay of each rank in His Majesty's land forces. Circuits of the judges. The economist; shewing how comfortably a family may live for a little money, also the cheapest way of keeping horses and carriages. Road from Boston to New-York, Phildelphia, Annapolis Maryland, Williamsburg, Virgina, Charles, Town South Carolina, through the country; likewise the names of the towns, forts &c. from the river St. Lawrence to the Missisippi. Weight of gold compared with other metals. Rational amusements, consisting of upwards of thirty curious experiments. A correct list of the two Houses of Parliament, with the officers belonging to each House. Prices of different comodities from the year 1000 to 1760, and a variety of other articles, which may be seen in the table of contents.
Kearsley, George, -1790.Date: [1776]- Books
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The measurer and tradesman's assistant: containing [t]he ordinary Method of taking Dimensions relative to Building, in and about the City of Edinburgh; with several Tables ready cast up for their Assistance. To which is added [an] appendix, shewing the common and ordinary Prices contracted for Building. By William Good, ordained Measurer. Entered in Stationers Hall.
Good, William.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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The measurer's and tradesman's assistant: Containing the ordinary method of taking dimensions relative to building, in and about the city of Edinburgh; with several tables ready cast up for their assistance. To which is added an appendix, shewing the ordinary prices of masons, wrights, glasiers, slaters, and painters work. By William Good, ordained measurer. Entered in Stationers Hall.
Good, William.Date: M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The troubles of life; being a familiar description of the troubles of The poor laborer, The little shopkeeper, The great tradesman, The sickly man, The disappointed lover, The unhappy husband, The widower, and lastly, The child of sorrow. To which is added, The story of the guinea and the shilling; being a cure for trouble in general.
Date: [1800?]- Books
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The gentleman and tradesman's compleat assistant; or, the whole art of measuring and estimating, made easy. In three parts. Part I. Contains, the Names and exact Prices of all Artificers Work in General, relating to Building, viz. such as Bricklayers, Carpenters, Joiners, Carvers, Plaisterers, Painters, Masons, Plumbers, Glaziers, Slaters, Paviours, Smiths, &c. Part II. Contains, the Method of squaring Dimensions, or measuring the said Artificers Works at large, thro'all their various Branches, both by Cross-Multiplication and Inspectionary Tables, to the Extent of an hundred Feet square, including Tables, which shew the Number of Squares, square Yards, and also the Square Root of any Number of Feet, &c. whatsoever required. Part III. Contains, Geometrical Definitions of Lines, Angles, &c. with the most useful and necessary Problems, or the Rudiments of Practical Geometry, Mensuration of Superficies, &c. Illustrated with copper-plates: The Whole made perfectly easy and intelligible to the meanest Capacity. By J. Leadbeater, and assistants.
Leadbeater, J.Date: M.D.CC.LXIX. [1769]- Books
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The gentleman and tradesman's compleat assistant; or, the whole art of measuring and estimating, made easy. In three parts. Part I. Contains, the Names and exact Prices of all Artificers Work in General, relating to Building, v.z. such as Bricklayers, Carpenters, Joiners, Carvers, Plaisterers, Painters, Masons, Plumbers, Glaziers, Slaters, Paviours, Smiths, &c. Part II. Contains, the Method of squaring Dimensions, or measuring the said Artificers Works at large, thro' all their various Branches, both by Cross-Multiplication and Inspectionary Tables, to the Extent of an hundred Feet square, including Tables, which shew the Number of Squares, square Yards, and also the Square Root of any Number of Feet, &c. whatsoever required. Part III. Contains, Geometrical Definitions of Lines, Angles, &c with the most useful and necessary Problems, or the Rudiments of Practical Geometry, Mensuration of Superficies, &c. Illustrated with copper-plates. The Whole made perfectly easy and intelligible to the meanest Capacity. By J. Leadbeater, and assistants.
Leadbeater, J.Date: M.D.CC.LXVIII. [1768]- Books
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No III. (Enlarged and improved, with a plain account of the new stile, according to the late act of Parliament,) of the Daily journal for the year of our Lord 1752, (Being bissextile or leap year, and the 25th reign of King George II. and the first of the new stile used in Great Britain:) or, The gentleman's and tradesman's methodical accompt-book for the pocket; in a form entirely new, and in the order of time throughout the year, so contriv'd as to answer every man's purpose, and to enable him (without any trouble) to keep a regular and exact account, in a small compass, of I. where or with whom he has spent every day of his life. II. Of what money he has receiv'd paid, or expended, every day of the week throughout the year. III. Of what appointments he has made, with a distinct page for such other miscellaneous memorandums or observations, as he may have occasion to make, with which is carried on, ... VI. Some general things proper to be known and remember'd. Account of the general post, with prices of inland and foreign letters rates of carmen, coachmen, watermen, and chairmen. Account of foreign money, and its value sterling, also the weight and value of the current gold coin of this kingdom. VII. A list of the Archbishops and Bishops. Account of insuring houses of goods from fire, and the several offices of insurance, with their premiums. Directions how to address persons of distinction, either in writing of discourse. VIII. The present English peerage or an account of the Dukes, Marquisses, Earls, Viscounts and Barons now living, their names, titles, and country seats, or town residence. IX. Rules relating to the company at Bath. orders of precedence of the nobilty, ranks of the sons and daughters of Peers, and several useful tables, &c. &c.
Date: MDCCLII. [1752]- Books
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The complete English tradesman, in familiar letters: directing him in all the several parts and progressions of trade. Viz. I. Of acquainting himself with Business during his Apprenticeship. II. Of writing to Correspondents in a Trading Stile. III. Of Diligence and Application, as the Life of all Business. IV. Cantions against Over-Trading. V. Of the ordinary Occasions of a Tradesman's Ruin; such as Expensive Living-Too early Marrying-Innocent Diversions-Too much Credit-Being avove Business-Dangerous Partnerships, &c. VI. Directions in the several Distresses of a Tradesman, when he comes to fail. Vii. Of Tradesmen Compounding with other Tradesmen, and why they are so particularly severe to one another. Viii. Of Tradesmen ruining one another by Rumour and Scandal. IX. Of the austomary Frauds of Trade, and particularly of Trading Lies. X. Of Credit, and how it is only to be supported by Honesty. XI. Of punctual paying Bills, and thereby maintaining Credit. XII. Of the Dignity and Honour of Trade in England, more than in other Countries. Containing, I. A Warning against Tradesmens Borrowing Money upon Interest. II. A Caution against that destructive Practice of drawing, and remitting, as also discounting Promissory Bills, meerly for a supply of Cash. III. Direction for the Tradesman's Accounts, with Brief, but plain Examples, and Specimens for Book-Keeping. IV. Of keeping a Duplicate or Pocket Ledger in Case of Fire.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: M,DCC,XXVII. [1727] [1726]- Books
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A complete system of practical arithmetic, with various branches in the mathematics. The second edition. By William Taylor, Teacher of the Mathematics, and Land Surveyor, author of a collection of tables for the use of his Majesty's officers of excise; the arithmetician's guide; key to the arithmetician's guide; the measurer's assistant; the tradesman's correct ready reckoner; a treatise of chronology; correct tables of discount, &c. &c.
Taylor, William, teacher of the mathematics.Date: 1800- Books
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Bailey's western and midland directory; or, merchant's and tradesman's useful companion, for the year, 1783. Containing an alphabetical list of the names and places of abode, of the bankers, merchants, manufacturers, gentlemen of the law and physic, and other Eminent traders, In Every Principal Town In Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, Somersethire, Devonshire, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Oxfordshire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, And Lancashire. With The Cities of London and Westminster, upon a New Survey Lately Taken, And which contains a far greater Number of respectable Traders than any Work of this Kind ever yet published. Compiled With The Greatest Care And Accuracy.
Bailey, William, printer in Warrington, Birmingham, and London.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]