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 TradeEdmund M. Blunt, 1801 - 252 Seiten |
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... Inch . 12 Inches 1 Foot . 3 Feet 1 Yard . 5 Yards , or 161 Feet , 40 Poles 8 Furlongs 1 Pole , Rod , or Perch . 1 Furlong . 3 Miles 60 Geographical , or 69 Statute Miles ; 1 Mile . 1 League . 1 Degree . NOTE . In this measure , length ...
... Inch . 12 Inches 1 Foot . 3 Feet 1 Yard . 5 Yards , or 161 Feet , 40 Poles 8 Furlongs 1 Pole , Rod , or Perch . 1 Furlong . 3 Miles 60 Geographical , or 69 Statute Miles ; 1 Mile . 1 League . 1 Degree . NOTE . In this measure , length ...
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... inches . CUBIC OR SOLID MEASURE , 1728 Inches 27 Feet make 1 Foot . 1 Yard . 40 Feet of round Timber or 50 Feet of hewn Timber 128 Solid Feet } 1 Ton or Load . 1 Cord of Wood . NOTE . 8 feet in length , 4 in breadth , and 4 in height ...
... inches . CUBIC OR SOLID MEASURE , 1728 Inches 27 Feet make 1 Foot . 1 Yard . 40 Feet of round Timber or 50 Feet of hewn Timber 128 Solid Feet } 1 Ton or Load . 1 Cord of Wood . NOTE . 8 feet in length , 4 in breadth , and 4 in height ...
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... inches ? Anf . 2528 nails . Anf . 296 ells 3 qrs . 36 ells Flemish , how Anf . 783 yds . Anf . 1837440 inches . How many furlongs in 19753 yards ? Anf . 89 fur . 173 yds . 3. In 590057 inches how many leagues ? Ans . 3 lea . 2 fur . 110 ...
... inches ? Anf . 2528 nails . Anf . 296 ells 3 qrs . 36 ells Flemish , how Anf . 783 yds . Anf . 1837440 inches . How many furlongs in 19753 yards ? Anf . 89 fur . 173 yds . 3. In 590057 inches how many leagues ? Ans . 3 lea . 2 fur . 110 ...
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... inches in a cubic foot , and the quotient is the contents , or anfwer required . EXAMPLE . 4. How many cubic feet in a grindstone , 24 inches diameter , and 4 inches thick ? 24 diameter . 12 half diameter . 36 12 432 4 thickness . 1728 ...
... inches in a cubic foot , and the quotient is the contents , or anfwer required . EXAMPLE . 4. How many cubic feet in a grindstone , 24 inches diameter , and 4 inches thick ? 24 diameter . 12 half diameter . 36 12 432 4 thickness . 1728 ...
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... inch W. O. plank , 225f . £ .36 6 5. 8,637 7 . 6. , 960 , 888 21 2 pine , 11 150 . 64 15 6 100 . 4 16 100f . 4 8 9 Plank ... inches , the price of each is regulated by the price of the 22 , adding to it , or fubtracting from it , in fuch ...
... inch W. O. plank , 225f . £ .36 6 5. 8,637 7 . 6. , 960 , 888 21 2 pine , 11 150 . 64 15 6 100 . 4 16 100f . 4 8 9 Plank ... inches , the price of each is regulated by the price of the 22 , adding to it , or fubtracting from it , in fuch ...
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Seite 84 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Seite 75 - The number above the line is called the numerator, and that below the line the denominator. The denominator...
Seite 56 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
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Seite 77 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Seite 60 - Multiply the decimal by the number of parts in the next less denomination, and cut off so many places for a remainder, to the right hand, as there are places in the given decimal. 2. Multiply the remainder by the next inferior denomination, and cut off...
Seite 18 - First, commit the words at the head of the table, viz. units, tens,^ hundreds, &c. to memory, then, to the simple value of each figure, join the name of its place, beginning at the left hand, and reading towards the right.
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Seite 219 - Find the first figure in the root, by the table of powers, which subtract from the given number. 3. Bring down the first figure in the next point to the remainder, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root into the next inferior power to that which is given ; multiply it by the given power, and call it the divisor. 5. Find a quotient figure by common division, and annex it to the root ; then involve the whole root into the given power, and call that the subtrahend.