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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... Moidore Half ditto Quarter ditto O 6 9 A Pound of Copper Avoirdupois is coined into twenty - three Pence ; consequently a Halfpenny is one third of an Ounce nearly , and a Farthing one sixth . S. d . A Noble Angel Mark 6 8 10 0 A ...
... Moidore Half ditto Quarter ditto O 6 9 A Pound of Copper Avoirdupois is coined into twenty - three Pence ; consequently a Halfpenny is one third of an Ounce nearly , and a Farthing one sixth . S. d . A Noble Angel Mark 6 8 10 0 A ...
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... moidore and 13s . K. two broad pieces of 23s . each , a Jacobus of 25s , and a shilling . L. nine pounds and a mark . M. 121. 12. N. a Bank note of 157. and O. three crown pieces and an angel . What cash had he in charge ? t ( 10 ) A ...
... moidore and 13s . K. two broad pieces of 23s . each , a Jacobus of 25s , and a shilling . L. nine pounds and a mark . M. 121. 12. N. a Bank note of 157. and O. three crown pieces and an angel . What cash had he in charge ? t ( 10 ) A ...
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... moidore , and half - a - guinea . What was the young lady's fortune ? QUESTIONS for Exercise at leisure Hours . ( 16 ) The silk mill at Derby contains 26586 wheels , and 97746 movements , which wind off or throw 73726 yards of silk ...
... moidore , and half - a - guinea . What was the young lady's fortune ? QUESTIONS for Exercise at leisure Hours . ( 16 ) The silk mill at Derby contains 26586 wheels , and 97746 movements , which wind off or throw 73726 yards of silk ...
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... moidore in , what sterling do they contain ? COINS . Case 1. To reduce Foreign and English coins to pounds sterling . RULE . Multiply the given number of pieces , by the shillings , six- pences , four - pences , three - pences , two ...
... moidore in , what sterling do they contain ? COINS . Case 1. To reduce Foreign and English coins to pounds sterling . RULE . Multiply the given number of pieces , by the shillings , six- pences , four - pences , three - pences , two ...
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... moidore . of a penny to the fraction of a £ . ( 30 ) Reduce 4 of a guinea to the fraction of a farthing . of a dwt . to the fraction of a lb. Troy . ( 31 ) Reduce ( 32 ) Reduce pois . of a cwt . to the fraction of a lb. avoirdu- ( 33 ) ...
... moidore . of a penny to the fraction of a £ . ( 30 ) Reduce 4 of a guinea to the fraction of a farthing . of a dwt . to the fraction of a lb. Troy . ( 31 ) Reduce ( 32 ) Reduce pois . of a cwt . to the fraction of a lb. avoirdu- ( 33 ) ...
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acres amount annuity annum answer arithmetical progression avoirdupois bought Bushels chaldron ciphers common difference compound Copecs cost crown cube root decimal demand denominator diameter ditto Divide dividend divisor dwts ell English equal equation EXAMPLES exchange Exercise at leisure extract the square farthings feet figure Flemish frustum gain gallons given number given quantity guilders guineas half half-yearly hhds improper fraction Integer length London lowest terms MEASURE miles moidore months multiplicand 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 QUESTIONS for Exercise quotient rate per cent ready money Reduce remainder repetend RULE shillings side sold square root sterling subtract Table tare THEOREM third VULGAR FRACTIONS weight whole number wine yards yearly
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