14 results filtered with: Business mathematics - Early works to 1800
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The exact dealer refined: being a useful companion for all traders. In three parts. Containing I. A Description of the Commodities Coins, Weights and Measures of Great Britain, and its neighbouring Countries. With Useful Directions about Entring and Taking up Goods at the Custom-House: Instructions about Bills of Exchange, and the Keeping of Books of Accompts. The way of Recovering Debts; likewise Exact Tables of Accompts ready cast up. II. Containing a plain Institution of Arithmetick in all its Parts; with an excellent and easie new way of multiplying Foot-Measure in Feet and Inches by Feet and Inches, without Reduction, and applied to the Measuring of Carpenters, Joyners, Painters, Plaisterers Glasiers, and Bricklayers Work, &c. And of Solid Timber, &c. Also the whole Art of Gauging, with several curious Tables. And very necessary Observations relating to the Measuring of Land III. Containing the Travellers Guide through all the Principal Roads in England. An Account of Fairs, Carriers Inns, and Days of going out. Also the Rates of Post-Letters. With other Matters not before made publick. The sixth edition, enlarged. By J.H. author of The secretary's guide.
Hill, John, active 1712.Date: [1706]- Books
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A general introduction to trade and business. Or, the young merchant's and tradesman's magazine. Being an assistant to youths, on their leaving school, and entring on apprenticeship; ... By William Markham. ...
Markham, William.Date: 1738- Books
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The Dealer's companion, and trader's assistant improved. Containing, I. Tables, for shewing the value of any quantity of goods or wares, at any rate, under twenty shillings per yard, stone, pound, ounce, gallon, &c. and of any weight under half a tun. Beginning at half a farthing, and continued further, in a new and more regular method, than any other tables extant. II. Tables of interest, or interest in epitome, in a shorter method than any hitherto published, from one pound to ten millions, at five and six per cent. By Israel Ealgate at the Bank of England. III. A table of exchange of English and Irish money at par, for any sum from 300 pounds to one penny. To which is prefixed, a new table of coin, with the weight and value of each piece, according to the present currency in Ireland.
Date: M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]- Books
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Arithmetick in the plainest and most concise methods hitherto extant. With new improvements for 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 perus'd and approv'd 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. The ninth edition, with considerable additions, and curious improvements, by the author, Geo. Fisher, Accomptant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]- Books
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The expeditious accountant; or, cyphering rendered so short, that half the trouble attending the common methods is saved, in most occurrences; and so easy, that a person of moderate capacity may learn with very little assistance from a master; the rules given being plain, the examples properly illustrated, and numbers of questions, with their answers, being annexed to them, to exercise the learner. A very curious work, totally different from all that have preceded it. In five parts. By Nicholas Salomon, Master of the Academy, Red-Lion-Street, Clerkenwell; and author of The French teacher's assistant, and of The rules for the French genders.
Salmon, Nicholas.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
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The exact dealer refined: being a useful companion for all traders. In three parts. Containing I. A Description of the Commodities, Coins, Weights and Measures of Great Britain, and its neighbouring Countries. With Useful Directions about Entring and Taking up Goods at the Custom house: Instructions about Bills of Exchange, and the Keeping of Books of Accompts. The way of Recovering Debts; likewise Exact Tables of Accompts ready cast up II. Containing a plain Institution of Arithmetick in all its Parts; with an excellent and easie new way of multiplying Foot-Measure in Feet and Inches, by Feet and Inches, without Reduction and applied to the Measuring of Carpenters Joyners, Painters, Plaisterers, Glasiers, and Bricklayers Work, &c. And of Solid Timber, &c Also the whole Art of Gauging, with several curious Tables. And very necessary Observations relating to the Measuring of Land. III. Containing the Travellers Guide through all the Principal Roads in England. An Account of Carriers Inns, and Days of going out. Also the Rates of Post-Letters. With other Matter not before made publick The fifth edition, enlarged. By J H. author of The secretary's guide.
Hill, John, active 1712.Date: [1702]- Books
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Arithmetick made so easy, that it may be learned without a master: after a new and concise method; The Like not yet Extant. Translated from the French, by Thomas Fletcher, Master of the Boarding-School at Ware, in Hertfordshire.
Date: [1740]- Books
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Voster elimatus, Or The rules of arithmetick digested and explained, in a mercantile course of questions and examples pertinent to each rule, and adapted to the commerce of Ireland. Design'd for the ease and assistance of the sedulous tutor, in the exercise and instruction of his aspiring pupils. The latter part collected chiefly from Walkingame's tutor's assistant, in five parts, By the editor.
Date: 1768- Books
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The accountant's companion; or, schoolmaster's new assistant to practical arithmetic. Wherein The Rudiments of Common Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, are delivered in a new and more concise Method than hitherto published. Whereby The vulgar Error of confounding Principles together, and the diversifying them into several Rules when they are built on the same Reason, is carefully avoided. With a sufficient variety of examples, Operated in the neatest and most approved Methods. Also the Extraction and Use of the square and cube roots, &c. With their Application to various Branches of the Mathematics. Duodecimals proved by practice, &c. And applied to Work performed by Joiners, Painters, Glaziers, Paviours, &c. To which is added, a course of book-keeping by single entry; Very necessary in facilitating the Acquisition of the Italian Method, and extremely useful for many Kinds of Business in which the latter is not materially wanted. The Whole adapted to the Use of Merchants, wholesale and retail Dealers in every Branch of Business. By J. Seally, Author of the Universal Tutor; or, New English Spelling-Book and Expositor, &c. and late Master of the Academy in Bridgewater-Square, Barbican, London.
Seally, John, approximately 1747-1795.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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A short system of arithmetic and book-keeping. With a supplement; containing answers to the arithmetical questions. By R. 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 in the plainest and most concise methods hitherto extant. With new improvements for 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 perus'd and approv'd 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. The tenth edition, with considerable additions, and curious improvements, by the author, Geo. Fisher, Accomptant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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The merchant's companion, and tradesman's vade mecum: or, practical arithmetick, both vulgar and decimal, Rendered more clear, short, and easy, than ever before. In Which Most of the Rules of Arithmetick are altered to Advantage, and New Methods laid down, whereby the young Scholar may, with Ease, become a Proficient in a short time. Together with an appendix for those who are advanced in accompts, Containing Mensuration, both Superficial and Solid; as also many Contractions, tho' none that are meerly curious, but such as may be serviceably applied to Trade and Merchandise. The whole necessary for all men of business, teachers of accompts, and their scholars. By John Saxton, Writing-Master and Accomptant in Manchester.
Saxton, John.Date: MDCCXXXVII. [1737]- Books
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A short system of arithmetic and book-keeping. With a supplement; containing answers to the arithmetical questions. By R. Hamilton, L.L.D. Rofessor of Philosophy in the Marischal College, Aberdeen.
Hamilton, Robert, 1743-1829.Date: 1798- Books
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Nouvelle & universelle pratique d'arithmetique, Ou l'on explique clairement tout ce qu'il y à [sic] d'obscur, dans les nombres, par des régles si aisées, que de soi-meme chacun peut apprendre toutes les belles maniéres de chiffrer qui sont usitées dans les pais où le negoce fleurit, & principalement en Angleterre, en Hollande, & en France. Ouvrage qui par la suppression des parties aliquottes, est rempli de tout ce qu'il y à de court, de curieux, & de subtil dans cette science, par rapport au commerce, aux monoyes, aux poids, & aux mesures. Embeli de la negociation des lettres de change, des egalités, des arbitrages, & des charges universels. Le tout par des régles toutes nouvelles, avec leurs preuves. Divisé en deux parties. Premiere partie. Par le sieur Monier de Clair-combe.
Monier de Clairecombe, Jean.Date: 1707