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Arithmetical questions, on a new plan: designed as a supplement to the author's engraved Introduction to arithmetic; and Intended to Answer the Double Purpose of Arithmetical Instruction and Miscellaneous Information. To Which are Serjoined, Observations on Weights and Measures, with a Complete Collection of Arithmetical Tables, and Explanatory Remarks. For the Use of Young Ladies. By William Butler, Teacher of Writing, Accounts, and Geography, in Ladies Schools, and in Private Families.
Butler, William, 1748-1822.Date: 1795- Books
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The travels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, judges, kings, our saviour Christ and his apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments. With A Description of the Towns and Places to which they Travelled, and how many English Miles they stood from Jerusalem. Also, a short Treatise of the Weights, Monys, and Measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English Valuations, Quantity, and Weight. By Henry Bunting.
Bünting, Heinrich, 1545-1606.Date: 1705- Books
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Roman antiquities; or, an account of the manners and customs of the Romans; Respecting Their Government, Magistracy, Laws, Judicial Proceedings, Religion, Games, Military & Naval Affairs, Dress, Exercises, Baths, Marriages, Divorces. Funerals, Weights & Measures, Coins, Method of Writing, Houses, Gardens, Agriculture, Carriages, Public Buildings, &c. &c. Designed chiefly to illustrate the Latin classics. By Alexander Adam, LL. D. Rector of the High School of Edinburgh.
Adam, Alexander, 1741-1809.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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Book-Keeping in the true Italian form of debtor and creditor by way of double entry; or, practical book-keeping exemplified, from the precepts of the late ingenious D. Dowling, author of Mercantile arithmetic. With the Addition of Computations in Exchange, and Tables shewing the Proportion that the Weights and Measures of the principal Cities in Europe bear to each other. By William Jackson, accountant.
Jackson, William (Accountant)Date: [1792?]- Books
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Roman antiquities: or, an account of the manners and customs of the Romans; Respecting their Government, Magistracy, Laws, Judicial Proceedings, Religion, Games, Military and Naval Affairs, Dress, Exercises, Baths, Marriages, Divorces, Funerals, Weights and Measures, Coins, Method of Writing, Houses, Gardens, Agriculture, Carriages, Public Buildings, &c. &c. Designed chiefly to illustrate the Latin classics, by Explaining Words and Phrases, from the Rites and Customs to which they Refer. By Alexander Adam, LL. D. Rector of the High School of Edinburgh.
Adam, Alexander, 1741-1809.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- Books
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Roman antiquities: or, an account of the manners and customs of the Romans; Respecting their Government, Magistracy, Laws, Judicial Proceedings, Religion, Games, Military and Naval Affairs, Dress, Exercises, Baths, Marriages, Divorces, Funerals, Weights and Measures, Coins, Method of Writing, Houses, Gardens, Agriculture, Carriages, Public Buildings, &c. &c. Designed chiefly to illustrate the Latin classics, by Explaining Words and Phrases, from the Rites and Customs to which they Refer. By Alexander Adam, LL. D. Rector of the High School of Edinburgh.
Adam, Alexander, 1741-1809.Date: MDCCXCVII. [1797]- Books
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The holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testament: or, a family Bible, with annotations and parallel Scriptures. Containing, I. An Interpretation of all the difficult Phrases and Words. II. Parallel Scriptures, both as to Matter and Words. With an Analysis, thereby shewing the Frame and Contexture of the Whole. To which is annex'd, The Reduction of Jewish Weights, Coins and Measures, to our English Standards. And A Table of the Promises in Scripture. By Samuel Clark.
Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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An inquiry into the reasonableness and consequences of an union with Scotland. Containing a brief deduction of what hath been done, designed, or proposed, in the matter of the Union, during the last Age. A Scheme of an Union, as accommodated to the present Circumstances, of the two Nations. Also States, of the respective Revenues, Debts, Weights, Measures, Taxes and Impositions, and of other Facts of moment. With Observations thereupon. As communicated to Laurence Philips, Esq; near York.
Wednesdays Club in Friday-Street.Date: 1706- Books
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Roman antiquities: or, an account of the manners and customs of the Romans; Respecting their Government, Magistract, Laws, Judicial Proceedings, Religion, Games, Military and Naval Affairs, Dress, Exercises, Baths, Marriages, Divorces, Funerals, Weights and Measures, Coins, Method of Writing, Houses, Gardens, Agriculture, Carriages, Public Buildings, &c. &c. Designed chiefly to illustrate the Latin classics, by Explaining words and Phrases, from the Rites and Customs to which they Refer. By Alexander Adam, LL. D. Rector of the High School of Edinburgh. The Second Edition, Considerably Enlarged.
Adam, Alexander, 1741-1809.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- Books
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A mathematical dictionary: or, a compendious explication of all mathematical terms, abridg'd from Monsieur Ozanam, and others. With a translation of his preface; and an Addition of several easie and useful Abstracts; as plain Trigonometry, Mechanicks, the first Properties of the three Conick Sections, &c. To which is added, an appendix, containing the Quantities of all Sorts of Weights and Measures; the Explanation of the Characters used in Algebra. Also the Definition and Use of the Principal Mathematical Instruments, and the Instruments themselves curiously Engraven on Copper. Written by J. Ralphson, F. R. S.
Ozanam, Jacques.Date: 1702- Books
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Hidden things brought to light for the increase of knowledge in reading the Bible. Being an explanation of the coyns, money, weights, measures, mentioned in the Bible, as Shekels, Talents, pieces of Silver Silverings, Pence, &c. And what they are in Value in Gold and Silver, according to English current Money. Being cast up in Shekels, Drams, and from One Talent to Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Talents, in plain Words; for the understanding of any that can read the Bible Also, in what Chapters and Verse or Verses they are to be found. Likewise, the Weights and Measures, how much they are English. And also, Hard Words of Office and Sects, and wherefore one part of the Bible is called Canonical, and the other Apochrypha. Explained. By John Axford.
Axford, John.Date: [1701?]- Books
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The negociator's magazine of monies and exchanges. In three parts. Part I. Contains advice and instructions, relating to Bills of Exchange, the Monies of one Country compared with another; the way to know what one Country gets of another at any Time by the Exchange; as also, an Account of the English Gold and Silver Coins, the Weights and Fineness, and the several Alterations they have undergone for near 500 Years past, with their present Standards and Weights at this Time. Part II. Shews the real and imaginary monies, the current Prices of the Exchanges; and the Method to calculate them for most Places in Europe, with the Distinctions of Bank and current Money, and the ways of casting up the Agio's, &c. Part III. Contains arbitrations of the exchanges, and that Universal Rule made use of by Merchants and Negociators in all their Reductions and Calculations, both in the Exchanges of Monies, and Reduction of Weights and Measures of different Countries; as also, how Exchange is reckoned; of Brokerage and Provision, with useful Observations upon the Prices or Courses of the Exchange. By Richard Hayes, Author of the New Method for valuing Annuities upon Lives, &c. And Teacher of Merchant Accounts, at the Corner of Princes Street, facing Stocks Market.
Hayes, Richard, accomptant and writing-master.Date: M.DCC.XXX. [1730]- Books
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Hidden things brought to light, for the increase of knowledge, in reading the Holy Bible. Being an explanation of the coins, money, weights, measures, mention'd in the Bible; as Shekels, Talents, Pieces of Silver, Silverings, Pence, &c. And what they are in Value in Gold and Silver, according to English current Money. Being cast up in Shekels, Drams, and from one Talent to Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Talents in plain Words; for the Understanding of any that can Read the Bible. Also, in what Chapters and Verse or Verses they are to be found. Likewise the Weights and Measures, how much are English. And also, hard Words of Offices and Sects, and wherefore one Part of the Bible is call'd Canonical, and the other Apocrypha, explai. By John Axford. Very useful for all that can Read English, and for all Schools; the like never done before.
Axford, John.Date: [1708?]- Books
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The tariff: or, book of rates and duties, on goods passing through the sound, at Elsingoer in Denmark; As the same is settled by Treaties, and otherwise allowed of, together with Extracts of said Treaties, and Remarks thereon; also Directions for the Masters of Ships, regarding their Entries at the Custom-House there; Regulations concerning the Trade in general; Accounts of the Weights, Measures, and Monies, useful for the Merchant and Shipmaster to know. Also Instructions for the Lowering to the Castle of Cronburg, &c. Carefully collected by John Atkinson, Who resided in Elsingoer several Years.
Atkinson, John, of Elsingoer, Denmark.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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Observations on medical weights and measures.
Wilson, Charles.Date: [1859?]- Books
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Commercial tables . Exhibiting a View of the Weights, Measures, Coins, and Monies of France, compared and equalized with those of Great Britain. Containing Tables of French and English Weights, - of English and French ditto, - of French and English Cloth Measure, - of English and French ditto, - of ditto . . . ditto . . Dry Measure, - of ditto . . . ditto . . Liquid Measure, - of Coins, - of Money. Exchanges; comprehending Eighty-One different Rates, being all the Variations which occur in the practice of Exchange, from 27 to 32 inclusive, from 1 Livre to 30 Thousand; And a General Table from 40 Thousand to 1 Million. A Ready Reckoner in French Money. A General Table of Duties payable on Goods and Merchandize Imported from France. Forms of Bills of Exchange-French and English. To which is added, an ample Extract from the Commercial Treaty concluded with France the 26th of September 1786, in the French and English Languages. By a British merchant, formerly resident in France.
British Merchant.Date: 1790- Books
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The ready calculator: or, trader's certain guide, in computing the price, or amount of any quantity of goods and merchandizes. Containing, I. A correct large table of the Value of any Quantity of Goods, from I Pound, Yard, &c. to 100, 1000, or 10,000, at all the various Prices, increasing progressively from a Farthing to a Pound. II. -Simple Interest at 5 per Cent. for Days, Months, &c. III. -Commission or Brokerage. IV. -How to buy and sell by the Hund. Weight to Advantage. V. Rules to find the Changes of the Moon, &c. VI. -The Dominical Letters to the Year 1800. Vii. Value of Foreign Coins in Sterling Money. Viii. A Perpetual Diary, shewing the Day of the Week that begins any Month for ever. IX. -Value of the principal European Coins in American Currency. X. -Value of Gold and Silver in England. XI. -The Agreement which Weights and Measures have with each other, all over Europe. XII. -The Weights and Measures used in England. XIII. -English Money equated in Irish, and Irish in English. XIV. Of Annuities on Lives. XV. Catalogue of useful memorandums in Business. The second edition, corrected. By S. Thomas, merchant. Author o f The British negociator, or, Foreign-Exchanges Made Easy.
Slack, Thomas, 1718 or 1719-1784.Date: M.DCC.LXXL. [1771]- Books
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Hidden things brought to light, for the increase of knowledge in reading the Bible. Being an explanation of the coyns, money, weights, measures, mentioned in the Bible; as Shekels, Talents, Pieces of Silver, Silverings, Pence, &c. And what they are in Value, in Gold and Silver, according to English current Money. Being cast up in Shekels, Drams, and from One Talent to Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Talents, in Plain Words; for the understanding of any that can read the Bible. Also, in what Chapters and Verse or Verses they are to be found. Likewise, the Weights and Measures, hom [sic] much are English. And also, Hard Words of Office and Sects, and wherefore one part of the Bible is called Canonical, and the other Apocrypha, Explain'd. By John Axford. Very useful for all that can read English, and for all schools, the like never done before.
Axford, John.Date: 1709- Books
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Medical advice to the inhabitants of warm climates, on the domestic treatment of all the diseases incidental therein: with a few useful hints to New Settlers, for the Preservation of Health, and the Prevention of Sickness. By Robert Thomas, (late of the island of Nevis) surgeon. To the work are prefixed, some observations on the proper management of new negroes, and the general condition of slaves in the sugar colonies. Also are annexed, A List of the Medicines recommended in the Treatment of the Diseases, and an explanatory Table of the Weights and Measures used by Apothecaries.
Thomas, Robert, 1753-1835.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- Books
Our weights and measures : a practical treatise on the standard weights and measures in use in the British Empire / With some account of the metric system. By H.J. Chaney.
Chaney, Henry James, 1842-1906.Date: 1897- Books
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The assize of bread; and other assizes of weights and measures, which, by the laws of this realm, are commanded to be observ'd and kept by all bakers, brewers, innholders, victualers, vintners, butchers, &c. Whereunto is added, Several Good and Useful Orders in making and retailing all sorts of Bread to His Majesty's Subjects. Agreeing with all the Laws, Statutes, and Customs of England. Newly Corrected and Enlarg'd from Twelve-Pence the Quarter of Wheat to Three-Pound Six-Pence the Quarter, according to the Rise and Fall of the Markets, by Six-Pence per Quarter. Together with the Assize settled by Act of Parliament in the 8th Year of the Reign of our late Gracious Sovereign Qu. Anne, of Blessed Memory. Also, The Ordering the Clerk of the Market's Office, and for Reformation of false Weights and Measures, according to the several Statutes in that behalf made.
Date: 1714- Books
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The pupil's friend; or, repetition book. Selected from the best modern authors, and designed for the use of schools and Academies, and especially the Naval and Military Academy, at Gosport, Hants. Part I. Rules for the division of letters, syllables, and words: together with the most essential Parts of the English Grammar, and the Points and Stops. For the Convenience of the Master, on Repetition Day, the principal Rules are put in the form of Questions, the Answers to be supplied by the Pupils. Part II. The common rules of arithmetic, together with the useful Tables and the Weights and Measures. Part III. The collects, selected from the Book of Common Prayer, together with the Church Catechism.
Date: [1799]- Books
A dictionary of weights, measures and units / Donald Fenna.
Fenna, Donald, 1932-Date: 2002- Books
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Practical arithmetick in four books, I. Of Whole Numbers, Weights, and Measures. II. Fractions Vulgar and Decimal. III. Mercantile Arithmetick. IV. Extractions, Progressions, Logarithms, &c. Extracted from the larger entire treatise, carried on by subscription, and adapted to the commerce of Ireland, as well as that of Great Britain. for the Use of Schools. By John Gough. Carefully revised, with many additions in the Various Rules, by Robert Telfair, of the Belfast Academy. To which is added, an appendix of algebra, by William Atkinson, Late Teacher of Mathematicks, and Now Corrected by his Son, William Atkinson, Mathematician in Belfast.
Gough, John, 1721-1791.Date: M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]- Books
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Hidden things brought to light, for the increase of knowledge in reading the Bible. Being an explanation of the coyns, money, weights, measures, mentioned in the Bible; as Shekels, Talents, pieces of Silver, Silverling, Mina, Gerah, Penny, &c. And what they are in Value, in Gold and Silver, according to English current Money. Also in this Edition, is counted what the Money, which is mentioned in the Holy Scripture, was in Value in those times, it being a Third part greater than it is now. Also, in what Chapters and Verse or Verses they are to be found. Likewise the Weights and Measures, how much they are in English. And also, Hard Words of Office, Sects, Legion, Canonical, Apocrypha, Explained: Very useful for all Families, and Schools. Also a table of Numeration, for any to Learn, that cannot Number, the like never done before. By John Axford.
Axford, John.Date: 1707