The Tutor's Guide: Being a Complete System of Arithmetic; with Various Branches in the Mathematics ... To which is Added, an Appendix, Containing Different Forms of Acquittances, Bills of Exchange, &c. &c. ...G. Wilkie, 1815 - 320 pages |
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... Guilders Groat . Stiver , or two - pence . make one . Schilling . Florin , or guilder . Rix dollar . Pound Flemish . Ducat . To change Flemish money into sterling ; and , on the con- trary , sterling into Flemish , is the same with that ...
... Guilders Groat . Stiver , or two - pence . make one . Schilling . Florin , or guilder . Rix dollar . Pound Flemish . Ducat . To change Flemish money into sterling ; and , on the con- trary , sterling into Flemish , is the same with that ...
Page 117
... guilders may I draw my bill for at Antwerp , exchange at 33s . 3d . Flemish per £ . sterling ? ( 17 ) Exchange 242l . 13s . 6d . Flemish into guilders , stivers , & c . 6th . To change CURRENT MONEY into BANCO . RULE . As 100 with ...
... guilders may I draw my bill for at Antwerp , exchange at 33s . 3d . Flemish per £ . sterling ? ( 17 ) Exchange 242l . 13s . 6d . Flemish into guilders , stivers , & c . 6th . To change CURRENT MONEY into BANCO . RULE . As 100 with ...
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... guilders 4 Guilders make one Grosh . Ditkin . Sixter . Tymph . Arch de halber . Florin or guilder . Current Specie EXAMPLES . } Dollar . ( 21 ) Change 4684 florins into sterling money , 270 groshi Poli , per pound Flemish , and 34s . 4d ...
... guilders 4 Guilders make one Grosh . Ditkin . Sixter . Tymph . Arch de halber . Florin or guilder . Current Specie EXAMPLES . } Dollar . ( 21 ) Change 4684 florins into sterling money , 270 groshi Poli , per pound Flemish , and 34s . 4d ...
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a-year acres amount annuity annum arithmetical progression avoirdupois Bought breadth Bushels ciphers circumference common difference compound compound interest contained Copecs cost crown cube root decimal demand denominator diameter ditto Divide dividend divisor dwts equal EXAMPLES exchange Exercise at leisure Farthings feet figure Flemish frustum gain gallons give given number given quantity guilders guineas half half-yearly hhds hundred improper fraction inches Integer length London measure miles moidore months Multiplicand Multiply number of days number of terms ounces paid payable payment pence person piece Pints pounds pounds sterling present worth principal proceed proportion put to interest quarters QUESTIONS for Exercise quotient rate per cent ready money Reduce remainder rent repetend RULE shillings side sold solid square root sterling subtract Suppose Table tare THEOREM VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number wine yards yearly
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