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The merchant's magazine: or, trades man's treasury, Containing I. Arithmetick in Whole Numbers and Fractions, Vulgar and Decimal; with the Reason and Demonstration of each Rule; Adorn'd with curious Copper-Cuts of the chief Tables and Titles. II. Merchants Accompts, or a most concise Way of Casting up the Value of Merchandize, Tare and Trett, Interest of Coin, Rule of Barter, Loss and Gain, Fellowship, Equation of Payments, and several Matters relating to Exchange, never before made Publick. III. Book-Keeping, after a Plain, Easie and Natural Method, shewing how to Enter, Post, Close and Ballance an Accompt, &c. IV. Maxims concerning Bills of Exchange, Factors and Factorage: The Law concerning Brokers, &c. V. The Port of Letters to and from Foreign Countries; and the Days when Males are sent to, and due from those Countries. VI. An Account of the Commodities produced by all Countries: Their chief Towns of Trade, and bigness of the Country compared with England. Vii. A Merchant or Trader's Dictionary, explaining the most difficult Terms used in Trade. Viii. Precedents of Merchants Writings; as, Bills of Lading, Invoyces, Bills of Exchange, Letters of Credit, Charter-Parties, &c. With many other Things not Extant before, as by the Table of Contents appears. Accommodated chiefly to the Practice of Merchants and Tradesmen: But is likewise useful for Schools, Banks, Diversion of Gentlemen, Business of Mechanicks, and Officers of the King's Custom and Excise. The seventh impression corrected and improved. By E. Hatton, Philomathemat.
Hatton, Edward, 1664?-Date: MDCCXIX. [1719]- Books
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Arithmetick and measurement, improv'd by examples and plain demonstrations: Wherein are laid down, The different customary Perches, and other Measures, used in the several Parts of Great Britain and Ireland. Suitable to all artists ; but more especially those who are employed in building, gardening, surveying land, &c. To which is added, The Use of an Instrument (engrav'd on a Copper-Plate) call'd a Tangent Rule, for the taking any given Distance within a Quarter of a Mile. Illustrated with a great Variety of useful Cuts. By William Halfpenny, Architect and Land Surveyor.
Halfpenny, William, -1755.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- Books
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The British youth's instructor: or, a new and easy guide to practical arithmetic. Wherein the Rudiments of Common Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, the Extraction and Use of the Square and Cube Roots, &c. Are so easily Treated of, and so plainly Demonstrated, That any Person may, of himself (in a short Time) become acquainted with every Thing necessary to the knowledge of business. To which is added, a postscript, For the Use of Country Youths in particular: Shewing how to measure any regular Piece of Timber, Tyling, Thatching, Brick-Work, or Piece of Land; as also, how to guage any Cistern, Piece of Malt, or common Cooler, Tub, &c. The whole designed for Such as have hitherto neglected, or have not had an Opportunity of becoming acquainted with Figures; and attempted in natural and familiar Dialogues, in order to render the Work more easy and diverting, as well as useful to Learners. Recommended by several eminent Writing-Masters and Accomptants. The eighth edition, corrected and improved, By some particular Observations on the Rule of Discount. By Daniel Fenning, Author of the Young Algebraist Companion; Description and Use of the Globes (both in Dialogues); the Universal Spelling-Book; Royal English Dictionary; Young Man's Book of Knowledge; a new English Grammar; and a new Treatise on Mensuration.
Fenning, Daniel.Date: M,DCC,LXXV. [1775]- Books
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The schoolmasters assistant. Being a compendium of arithmetic, both practical and theoretical. In five parts. Containing, I. Arithmetic in whole Numbers, wherein all the common Rules, having each of them a sufficient Number of Questions, with their Answers, are methodically and briefly handled. II. Vulgar Fractions, wherein several Things not commonly met with, are there distinctly treated of, and laid down in the most plain and easy Manner. III. Decimals, in which among other Things, are considered the Extraction of Roots; Interest, both Simple and Compound; Annuities; Rebate, and Equation of Payments. IV. A large Collection of Questions with their Answers, serving to exercise the foregoing Rules, together with a few others, both pleasant and diverting. V. Duodecimals, commonly called Cross Multiplication; wherein that Sort of Arithmetic is thoroughly considered, and rendered very plain and easy; together with the Method of proving all the foregoing Operations at once by Division of several Denominations, without reducing them into the lowest Terms mentioned. The Whole being delivered in the most familiar Way of Question and Answer, is recommended by several eminent Mathematicians, Accomptants, and Schoolmasters, as necessary to be used in Schools by all Teachers, who would have their Scholars thoroughly understand, and make a quick Progress in Arithmetic. To which is prefixt, an essay on the education of youth; humbly offer'd to the Consideration of Parents. The twenty-third edition. By Thomas Dilworth, Author of the New Guide to the English Tongue; Young Book-Keeper's Assistant, &c. &c. and Schoolmaster in Wapping.
Dilworth, Thomas, -1780.Date: MDCCLXXXVII [1787]- Books
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The compleat measurer; or, the whole art of measuring. In two parts. The first part teaching decimal arithmetick, with the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. And also the Multiplication of Feet and Inches, commonly call'd Cross-Multiplication. The second part teaching to measure all sorts of superficies and solids, by Decimals, by Cross-Multiplication, and by Scale and Compasses. Also the Works of several Artificers relating to Building; and the Measuring of Board and Timber: Shewing the common Errors. And some Practical Questions. The second edition; to which is added, an appendix, 1. Of Gauging, 2. Of Land-Measuring. Very useful for all tradesmen, especially Carpenters, Bricklayers, Plaisterers, Painters, Joyners, Glasiers, Masons, &c. By William Hawney, Philomath. Recommended by the Rev. Dr. John Harris, F.R.S.
Hawney, William, active 1710-1750.Date: 1721- Books
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The scholar's guide to arithmetic; or a complete exercise-book for the use of schools. With notes, Containing The Reason of every Rule, demonstrated from the most simple and evident Principles; Together with General Theorems for the more extensive Use of the Science. By John Bonnycastle, Of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Bonnycastle, John, approximately 1760-1821.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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Mr. Wingate's arithmetick: containing A plain and familiar method for attaining the knowledge and practice of common arithmetick. Composed by Edmund Wingate, of Gray's-Inn, Esq; and, upon his request, inlarged in his life-time; also since his decease carefully revis'd, and much Improv'd; as will appear by the Preface and Table of Contents: by John Kersey, late Teacher of the Mathematicks, and now exactly Corrected by John Kersey, the last Author's Son. The fifteenth edition. With a new supplement; Of Easie Contractions in the necessary Parts of Arithmetick; Useful Tables of Interest, and Flemish Exchanges; as also Practical Mensuration. By George Shelley, Writing-Master of Christ's-Hospital.
Wingate, Edmund, 1596-1656.Date: MDCCXXVI. [1726]- Books
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The schoolmaster's assistant: being a compendium of arithmetic, both practical and theoretical. In five parts. ... The whole being delivered in the most familiar way of question and answer ... To which is prefixed, an essay on the education of youth: humbly offer'd to th consideration of parents. By Thomas Dilworth, author of the New guide to the English tongue; Young book-keeper's assistant, &c. &c. and schoolmaster in Wapping. [Four lines of quotations]
Dilworth, Thomas, -1780.Date: MDCCXCVI. [1796]- Books
Ludolphi à Ceulen de circulo et adscriptis liber. In quo plurimorum polygonorum latera per irrationalium numerorum griphos, quorum libet autem per numeros absolutos secundum algebricarum æquationum leges explicantur / quæ insuper accesserunt pagina versa indicabit. Omnia é vernaculo latina fecit, et annotationibus illustravit Willebrordus Snellius.
Ceulen, Ludolf van, 1539-1610.Date: 1619- Books
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Specimens of abbreviated numbers, or, an introduction to an entire new species of arithmetic: calculated in a more especial manner for the counting-house and public offices, particularly the Customs, Exchequer, and Excise: The Principle being founded on a New Method of finding the Decimal for any Coin, Weight, or Time, &c. &c. By one single Multiplication only, without the use of Vulgar Fraction. And also (on a Method bitherto undiscovered) of finding the Interest of any Sum, at any Rate, and for any Time: By one single Multiplication, not exceeding three Figures, without the Assistance of Statings, or Reference to Tables: Reducing the whole Body of Arithmetic, (so far as it relates to General Calculations) to a Synopsis confin'd to the Four first Rules of Arithmetic. The whole founded on a Principle hitherto unattempted, and now first offered to the Public. by William Weston.
Weston, William, schoolmaster.Date: [1765?]- Books
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A new treatise of arithmetick and book-keeping. Containing I. Arithmetick: Wherein the Theory and Practice are mixt together after a New Method ... II. Book-Keeping: In which the first Principles, and Fundamental general Notions and Rules of that admirable Method of Accompts by Debtor and Creditor, are fully explained; ... The whole illustrated with Two Set of Books filled with Examples of fictitious Trade, ... By Alexander Malcolm Teacher of the said Arts in Edinburgh. Recommended by the most famed Accomptants in North-Britain.
Malcolm, Alexander, 1685-1763.Date: M.DCC.XVIII [1718]- Books
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The Schoolmaster's most useful companion, and scholar's best instructor in the knowledge of arithmetic. In two parts, viz. Part I. Containing the first Principles of Arithmetic with plain and concise Directions to work the following Rules: viz. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Reduction, the Rules of Three, Interest, Alligation, Fellowship or Partnership, Rebate, Progression, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, Extraction and Use of the Square and Cube Roots. With a Variety of practical Questions to exercise all the foregoing Rules, each having the Answer inserted, in order to save the Master or Tutor a great deal of Time and Labour, and help the Scholar forward in his Progress in the practical Part of Arithmetic. Part II. A very Short and Easy Sketch of Book-Keeping, by Way of Common Debtor and Creditor only; by which accompts may be kept with great Ease and Exactness. To which is added, an appendix. Containing Rules for the true performing of Cross Multiplication, and the same reduced to actual Practice in Measuring Carpenters, Joiners, Paviors, Thatchers and Bricklayer's Work; as also how to gauge Coolers, Cisterns and Casks in Wine, Ale Gallons and Malt Bushels, both by the Pen and sliding Rule. The Whole digested in such a Manner as to render it not only useful in almost every Branch of Life and Business, but very entertaining. Recommended by several eminent Masters and others, for the Use of Schools, &c. By D. Fenning, Author of the Royal English Dictionary, Young Man's Book of Knowledge, New Treatise on the Use of the Globes, Universal Spelling Book, &c.
Fenning, Daniel.Date: 1765- Books
Records Arithmetick: or, the ground of arts: teaching the perfect work and practice of arithmetick, both in whole numbers and fractions ... / made by M. Robert Record ... Afterward, Augmented by M. John Dee. And since enlarged with a third part of rules of practise ... By John Mellis. And now diligently perused, corrected, illustrated and enlarged by R. Hartwell.
Recorde, Robert, 1510?-1558.Date: [1646]- Books
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The schoolmasters assistant: being a compendium of arithmetic, both practical and theoretical. In five parts. Containing I. Arithmetic in Whole Numbers, wherein all the common Rules, having each of them a sufficient Number of Questions, with their Answers, are methodically and briefly handled. II. Vulgar Fractions, wherein several Things, not commonly met with, are there distinctly treated of, and laid down in the most plain and easy Manner. III. Decimals, in which, among other Things, are considered the Extraction of Roots; Interest, both Simple and Compound; Annuities, Rebate, and Equation of Payments. IV. A large Collection of Questions, with their Answers, serving to exercise the foregoing Rules; together with a few others, both pleasant and diverting. V. Duodecimals, commonly called Cross Multiplication; wherein that Sort of Arithmetic is thoroughly considered, and rendered very plain and easy; together with the Method of proving all the foregoing Operations at once by Division of several Denominations, without reducing them to the lowest Term mentioned. The Whole being delivered in the most familiar Way of Question and Answer, is recommended by several eminent Mathematicians, Accomptants, and Schoolmasters, as necessary to be used in Schools by all Teachers, who would have their Scholars thoroughly understand, and make a quick Progress in Arithmetic. To which is prefixt, an essay on the education of youth; humbly offer'd to the Consideration of Parents. The twelfth edition. By Thomas Dilworth, Author of the New Guide to the English Tongue; Young Book-Keeper's Assistant; &c. &c. and Schoolmaster in Wapping.
Dilworth, Thomas, -1780.Date: MDCCLXIV [1764]- Books
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Cocker's arithmetick: being a plain and familiar method, ... for the full understanding of that incomparable art, ... by Edward Cocker, ... Perused and published by John Hawkins, ...
Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675.Date: 1747- Books
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Arithmetick in the plainest and most concise methods hitherto extant. With new improvements for the dispatch of business in all the several rules. As also, fractions vulgar and decimal, wrought together after a new method, that renders both easy to be understood in their nature and use. The whole perused and approved of, by the most eminent accomptants in the several offices of the revenue, viz. customs, excise, &c. as the only book of its kind, for variety of rules and brevity of work.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Cocker's arithmetick. Being a plain and familiar method, suitable to the meanest Capacity, for the full understanding of that incomparable art, as it is now taught by the ablest School-Masters in City and Country. Compos'd by Edward Cocker, late Practitioner in the Arts of Writing, Arithmetick, and Engraving. Being that so long since promised to the Word. Perused and published by John Hawkins, Writing-Master near St. George's Church in Southwark, by the Author's correct Copy, and commended to the World by many eminent Mathematicians and Writing Masters in and near London.
Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675.Date: 1723- Books
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A complete system of practical arithmetic, (both vulgar and decimal) on an entire new plan; The Definitions, General Rules, and many of the Examples being Versified, and the whole made exceeding easy and familiar to the meanest Capacity, being done in such a Manner as to render the Study of Arithmetic delightful as well as instructive to both Sexes. To which is added, a large collection of new questions, with only the answers thereto; The other Examples, or Questions, being many of 'em work'd at full length. By Thomas Sadler. Teacher of the Mathematics in Whitchurch, Shropshire-Author of the Harvest Field Poem, and of several Poetical and Mathematical Miscellanies, &c.
Sadler, Thomas, teacher of mathematics in Whitchurch.Date: M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]- Books
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Cocker's arithmetick: being a plain and familiar method, suitable to the meanest Capacity for the full understanding of that incomparable art, as it is now taught by the ablest School-Masters in City and Country. Compos'd by Edward Cocker, late Practitioner in the Arts of Writing, Arithmetick, and Engraving. Being that so long since promised to the World. Perused and published by John Hawkins, Writing Master near St. George's Church in Southwark, by the Author's correct Copy, and commended to the World by many eminent Mathematicians and Writing Masters in and near London.
Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675.Date: 1720- Books
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Cocker's arithmetick: being a plain and familiar method, suitable to the meanest Capacity, for the full understanding of that incomparable art, as it is now taught by the ablest School-Masters in City and Country. Composed by Edward Cocker, late Practiti oner in the Arts of Writing, Arithmetick, and Engraving: Being that so long since promised to the World. Perused and published, by John Hawkins, Writing Master near St. George's-Church in Southwark, by the Author's correct Copy, and commended to the World by many eminent Mathematicians and Writing Masters in and near London. The forty fourth edition, carefully corrected and amended by George Fisher, Accompt. Licensed Sept 3. 1677. Roger Destrange.
Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675.Date: [1730?]- Books
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Mr. Wingate's arithmetick: containing A plain and familiar method for attaining the knowledge and practice of common arithmetick. Composed by Edmund Wingate, of Grays-Inn, Esq; and upon his request, enlarged in his life-time; also since his decease carefully revis'd, and much improv'd; as will appear by the Preface and Table of Contents. By John Kersey, late Teacher of the Mathematicks. The twelfth edition. With a new supplement; Of Easie Contraction in the necessary Parts of Arithmetick; Useful Tables of Interest, and Flemish Exchanges; As also Practical Mensuration. By George Shelley, Writing-Master at the Hand and Pen in Warwick-Lane, near St. Paul's
Wingate, Edmund, 1596-1656.Date: 1708- Books
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An attempt to illustrate the usefulness of decimal arithmetic, in the Revd. Mr. Brown's method of working interminate fractions. To which is now added an appendix. By William Rivet, Esq.
Rivet, William.Date: M.DCC.LXXI. [1771]- Books
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Hodder's arithmetick: or, that necessary art made most easy. Being explained in a way familiar to the capacity of any that desire to learn it in a little time. By James Hodder, ... The twenty eighth edition. Revised, augmented, ... amended, by Henry Mose ...
Hodder, James, active 1661.Date: 1719- Books
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The schoolmasters assistant. Being a compendium of arithmetic, both practical and theoretical. In five parts. Containing I. Arithmetic in whole Numbers, wherein all the common Rules, having each of them a sufficient Number of Questions, with their Answers, are methodically and briefly handled. II. Vulgar Fractions, wherein several Things, not commonly met with, are there distinctly treated of, and laid down in the most plain and easy Manner. III. Decimals, in which, among other Things, are considered the Extraction of Roots; Interest, both Simple and Compound; Annuities; Rehate, and Equation of Payments. IV. A large Collection of Questions with their Answers, serving to exercise the foregoing Rules, together with a few others, both pleasant and diverting. V. Duodecimals, commonly called Cross Multiplication; wherein that Sort of Arithmetic is thoroughly considered, and rendered very plain and easy; together with the Method of proving all the foregoing Operations at once by Division of several Denominations, without reducing them into the lowest Terms mentioned. The Whole being delivered in the most familiar Way of Question and Answer is recommended by several eminent Mathematicians, Accomptants, and Schoolmasters, is necessary to be used in Schools by all Teachers, who would have their Scholars thoroughly understand, and make a quick Progress in Arithmetic. To which is prefixt, an essay on the education of youth; humbly offer'd to the Consideration of Parents. The nineteenth edition. By Thomas Dilworth, Author of the New Guide to the English Tongue; Young Book-Keeper's Assistant, &c. &c. and Schoolmaster in Wapping.
Dilworth, Thomas, -1780.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The key to the tutor's guide; or the arithmetician's repository. Containing the solutions of the questions, &c. in the Tutor's guide. With the references as they stand in the eighth edition. To which is added (where necessary) Some Useful Rules, &c. Likewise an appendix. Shewing the Combination of Quantities; the different Ways they may be varied; with the Method of filling the Magic Squares, &c. The Whole being principally designed for the Ease of Schoolmasters, and, with the Guide, furnishes a more Complete and Extensive System of Arithmetic, than any extant; and will enable all those who are acquainted with the first Principles to attain a competent Knowledge of the several Rules, with Ease and Precision. The sixth edition, carefully revised and corrected By Charles Vyse.
Vyse, Charles, active 1770-1815.Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]