Orton's Lightning Calculator, and Accountant's Assistant: The Shortest, Simplest, and Most Rapid Method of Computing Numbers, Adapted to Every Kind of Business, and Within the Comprehension of Every One Having the Slightest Knowledge of FiguresT.K. Collins, 1866 - 194 pages |
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... measured and conceived . No quantity can be measured by a quantity of another kind , but any quantity can be compared with any other quantity , and by such comparison arises what we call calcu- lation or Mathematics . M29804 MATHEMATICS ...
... measured and conceived . No quantity can be measured by a quantity of another kind , but any quantity can be compared with any other quantity , and by such comparison arises what we call calcu- lation or Mathematics . M29804 MATHEMATICS ...
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... measure an even one , it will also measure the half of it . 7 measures 42 , and therefore measures 21 , the half of it . If the sum of the digits standing in the EVEN places , be equal to the sum of the digits standing in the ODD places ...
... measure an even one , it will also measure the half of it . 7 measures 42 , and therefore measures 21 , the half of it . If the sum of the digits standing in the EVEN places , be equal to the sum of the digits standing in the ODD places ...
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... measure , that still exists even in our own country against such as pursue this business as a profession . The prejudice of the Christian against the Jew has been transferred to his occupation , and from the days of Shakspeare , who ...
... measure , that still exists even in our own country against such as pursue this business as a profession . The prejudice of the Christian against the Jew has been transferred to his occupation , and from the days of Shakspeare , who ...
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... far from the center must the lever b placed that all may carry equally ? Men . Feet . Men . As 2 : 15 :: 3 2 3 ) 30 10 Ans . MENSURATION OR PRACTICAL GEOMETRY . MEASUREMENT OF GRINDSTONES . Grindstones SQUARE AND CUBE ROOTS . 141.
... far from the center must the lever b placed that all may carry equally ? Men . Feet . Men . As 2 : 15 :: 3 2 3 ) 30 10 Ans . MENSURATION OR PRACTICAL GEOMETRY . MEASUREMENT OF GRINDSTONES . Grindstones SQUARE AND CUBE ROOTS . 141.
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... measure is that which relates to length and breadth only , not regarding thickness . It is made up of squares , either greater or less , accord- ing to the different measures by which the dimen- sions of the figure are taken or measured ...
... measure is that which relates to length and breadth only , not regarding thickness . It is made up of squares , either greater or less , accord- ing to the different measures by which the dimen- sions of the figure are taken or measured ...
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12 days 20 per cent 60 days acres add the product add the ratio adding aliquot annex base breadth cancel carry circle X circumference completes the product computing interest contain cost cube number cube root cubic feet cubic inches decimal places diameter divide divisible divisor left equal EXAMPLE factors feet long find the interest find the solidity fractions frustum given number gives the interest GUNTER'S CHAIN half hence hight integers joists measure method minuend mixed number mode multi multiple of 9 multiplicand multiply any number multiply the principal nearest unit NOTE number of days number of months operation pounds quotient radix rate per cent reduced remainder Required the interest result rule RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply side simply say single line solid content square number square root subtract thickness troy pound troy weight unit figure usury vulgar fractions weight whole number yards แ แ
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Page 80 - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...
Page 183 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes «= 1 Hour 24 Hours => 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days =• 1 Lunar Month...
Page 183 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Page 144 - To measure a Parallelogram, or long square. RULE. Multiply the length by the breadth, and the product will be the area or superficial content.
Page 145 - Or, in measuring boards, you may multiply the length in feet by the breadth in inches, and divide the product by 12 ; the quotient will give the answer in square feet, etc. 21x18 Thus, in the last example, =31£sq, ft., us before. 12 5. If a board be 8 inches wide, how much in length will make a foot square ? RULE.
Page 182 - The quarters are divided in the same way. The description of a forty acre lot would read : The south half of the west half of the south-west quarter of section 1 in township 24, north of range 7 west, or as the case might be ; and sometimes will fall short and sometimes overrun the number of acres it is supposed to contain.
Page 132 - ... broad; what length must a ladder be to reach from the outside of the ditch to the top of the castle?
Page 143 - EXAMPLES. 1. How many square feet of boards are contained in the floor of a room which is 20 feet square?
Page 131 - Ans, 327 As the unit figure, in this example, is 9, if the number is a square, it must divide by either 9, or 49. After dividing by 9 we have 11881 for the other factor, a prime number, therefore its root is a prime number=109.
Page 42 - CENTS. Now, as removing the decimal point one place to the left, on the cost of a dozen articles, gives the selling price of a single one with 20 per cent, added to the cost, and, as the cost of any article is 100 per cent., it is obvious that the selling price would be 20 per cent, more, or 120 per cent. ; hence, to find 50 per cent, profit, which would make the selling price 150 per cent., we would first find 120 per cent., then add 30 per cent...