The Columbian Arithmetician: Or New System of Theoretical and Practical Arithmetic, in Three Parts : Performed in Simple and Compound Numbers; Adapted to the Commerce of the United States; and Designed for the Instruction of YouthWilliam B. Allen, 1811 - 216 páginas |
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... weight , measure , & c . with a variety of useful proportions , are introduced that the scholar might more easily ... weights , measures , & c . continue , ) and that of the indispensable science of geometry being previously initiated in ...
... weight , measure , & c . with a variety of useful proportions , are introduced that the scholar might more easily ... weights , measures , & c . continue , ) and that of the indispensable science of geometry being previously initiated in ...
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... Weights , & c . 201 with Arabia , 209 Bank Difcount , 46 Auftria , 207 Barter , 81 Barbary , 209 Brokerage , 77 Cambodia , 208 Buying & felling Stocks , 166 Ceylon , 208 C China , 208 Characters Explained , Denmark , 203 13 * ALS ...
... Weights , & c . 201 with Arabia , 209 Bank Difcount , 46 Auftria , 207 Barter , 81 Barbary , 209 Brokerage , 77 Cambodia , 208 Buying & felling Stocks , 166 Ceylon , 208 C China , 208 Characters Explained , Denmark , 203 13 * ALS ...
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... weight , measure , & c . with a variety of useful proportions , are introduced that the scholar might more easily ... weights , measures , & c . continue , ) and that of the indispensable science of geometry being previously initiated in ...
... weight , measure , & c . with a variety of useful proportions , are introduced that the scholar might more easily ... weights , measures , & c . continue , ) and that of the indispensable science of geometry being previously initiated in ...
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... weights , & c . or the proportions between these and those to which they are to be reduced and a few examples ; but since ... weight , measure , & c . which we daily use , and a knowledge of decimals is all that is neces sary to convince ...
... weights , & c . or the proportions between these and those to which they are to be reduced and a few examples ; but since ... weight , measure , & c . which we daily use , and a knowledge of decimals is all that is neces sary to convince ...
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... weights and measures , be lost in the aggrandize- ment of one complete standard of decimal coin , weight and measure ; which will lessen the labor of acquirement in this science more than any other improvement it has ever received : the ...
... weights and measures , be lost in the aggrandize- ment of one complete standard of decimal coin , weight and measure ; which will lessen the labor of acquirement in this science more than any other improvement it has ever received : the ...
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