A New System of Mercantile Arithmetic: Adapted to the Commerce of the United States, in Its Domestic and Foreign Relations; with Forms of Accounts, and Other Writings Usually Occurring in TradeS. & E. Butler, proprietors of the copy right.--Sold also by Hudson & Goodwin, Oliver D. Cooke, and Lincoln & Gleason, Hartford; Beers & Howe, and Increase Cooke & Company New-Haven. T. M. Pomroy, printer, 1807 - 274 páginas |
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Página 173
... Spanish dollar •••••• 5 do . 53 do .. " P 2 . To change francs to livres tournois . RULE . Multiply EXCHANGE . 17.3.
... Spanish dollar •••••• 5 do . 53 do .. " P 2 . To change francs to livres tournois . RULE . Multiply EXCHANGE . 17.3.
Página 178
... SPAIN . SPANISH reckonings are of two sorts— Money of plate , distinguished hard or plate dollars , & c . Money of vellon , distinguished by current dollars . The former is 88 per cent . above the latter . 100 reals plate being equal to ...
... SPAIN . SPANISH reckonings are of two sorts— Money of plate , distinguished hard or plate dollars , & c . Money of vellon , distinguished by current dollars . The former is 88 per cent . above the latter . 100 reals plate being equal to ...
Página 193
... dollars , and ounces . 10 grains make 1 carlin ; 10 carlins 1 ducat ; 3 ducats 1 ounce . The Naples dollar passes for 120 grains , and the Spanish dollar for 126 grains . 100 lb. Naples weight are equal to 64 lb. English . Brandy is ...
... dollars , and ounces . 10 grains make 1 carlin ; 10 carlins 1 ducat ; 3 ducats 1 ounce . The Naples dollar passes for 120 grains , and the Spanish dollar for 126 grains . 100 lb. Naples weight are equal to 64 lb. English . Brandy is ...
Página 196
... dollar .... 4 Mills . 8 Cents . 96 do . 600 do . 30 do . = 2 do . = 1 Onze = 240 do . The Spanish dollar is current at 252 grains . The value of the onze at par is 11s . 3d . sterling . The exchange on London Feb. 3 , 1803 , was 56 ...
... dollar .... 4 Mills . 8 Cents . 96 do . 600 do . 30 do . = 2 do . = 1 Onze = 240 do . The Spanish dollar is current at 252 grains . The value of the onze at par is 11s . 3d . sterling . The exchange on London Feb. 3 , 1803 , was 56 ...
Página 200
... Spanish dollar to 136 paras . 340 piastres are equal to 100 Spanish dollars . The exchange on London was 13 piastres for 1 pound ster ling , May 14th , 1800 . Their weights are the Rotola , Oke , Cheque and Tiffee— A rotola An oke A ...
... Spanish dollar to 136 paras . 340 piastres are equal to 100 Spanish dollars . The exchange on London was 13 piastres for 1 pound ster ling , May 14th , 1800 . Their weights are the Rotola , Oke , Cheque and Tiffee— A rotola An oke A ...
Términos y frases comunes
Accounts agio amount annum answer arobe banco barrel bbls Boston breadth bushels candareens casks cattas cent centimes Change coffee compound copecs cost cube root current dollars cyphers decimal deniers discount ditto divide dividend divisor dols ducats English equal EXAMPLES exchange farthings Federal money feet figure Flemish florins fraction gallons gilders given number given sum grotes half Hamburgh hhds hundred improper fraction inches Integer interest invoice livres livres tournois maravadies Massachusetts money MEASURE Mercantile Arithmetic merchant mills mixed number months Multiply neat Newburyport number of terms ounces payment pence piastres picul pound sterling quarts quintals quotient reals plate reals vellon reas Reduce remainder rix dollar rotolas rubles RULE rupees shillings ship sold soldi Spanish dollar square root stivers subtract subtrahend sugar tare thousand TROY WEIGHT vessel VULGAR FRACTIONS weighing gross whole number wine worth yards
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Página 114 - Compute the interest on the principal sum, from the time when the interest commenced, to the first time when a payment was made, which exceeds, either alone, or in conjunction with the preceding payments, if any, the interest at that time due ; add that interest to the principal, and from...
Página 273 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Página 251 - ... above the upper deck, the breadth thereof, at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and shall then deduct from the...
Página 229 - Arithmetical, viz. 1. The first term. 2. The last term. 3. The number of terms.
Página 74 - FRACTIONS, or broken numbers, are expressions for any assignable parts of an unit ; and are represented by two numbers, placed one above the other, with a line drawn between them. The number above the line is called the numerator, and that below the line the denominator.
Página 141 - EXAMPLES. ."1. A schoolmaster being asked how many scholars he had, said, If I had as many more as I now have...
Página 227 - A man is to travel from Boston to a certain place in 12 days, and to go but 3 miles the first day, increasing every day by an equal excess, so that the last day's journey may be 58 miles : what is the daily increase, and how many miles distant is that place from Boston ? Ans.
Página 57 - Write the given numbers perpendicularly under each other for dividends, proceeding orderly from the least to the greatest; opposite to each dividend, on the left hand, place such a number for a divisor, as will bring it to the next superior denomination, and draw a line between them.
Página 142 - If the errors are alike, divide the difference of tire products by the difference of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer. 5. If the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.
Página 99 - RULE. Multiply the principal by the rate per cent. and divide the product by 100, and the quotient is the answer for one year.