The Accomplished Tutor; Or, Complete System of Liberal Education:: Containing the Most Improved Theory and Practice of the Following Subjects: 1. English Grammar, and Elocution. 2. Penmanship, and Short Hand. 3. Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal ... 18. Drawing, Engraving, and Painting. And Other Useful Matter. Embellished with Twenty Copper-plates and Six Maps, Neatly Engraved, Volume 1H. D. Symonds, Paternoster Row; and Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, Poultry., 1806 - Arithmetic - 458 pages Systematized information on many subjects, appropriate for self-instruction. |
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Page 209
... sterling ? VOL . I. 7 multiply by 20 fhillings 11 ) 140 ( 12 fhillings II 30 22 8 remains 12 pence * 1 ) 96 ( 8 88 8 remains multiplied by 4 farthings 11 ) 32 ( 2 farthings 22 TO of a farthing II remains . Dd 1 7. What What is the value ...
... sterling ? VOL . I. 7 multiply by 20 fhillings 11 ) 140 ( 12 fhillings II 30 22 8 remains 12 pence * 1 ) 96 ( 8 88 8 remains multiplied by 4 farthings 11 ) 32 ( 2 farthings 22 TO of a farthing II remains . Dd 1 7. What What is the value ...
Page 210
... sterling to a fimple fraction . 224 Thus is the fimple frac- tion , equal in value to the compound one in the example ; as the learner may prove by finding the value of each part of the compound fraction , by 7 2 8 denom . 224 3 30 ...
... sterling to a fimple fraction . 224 Thus is the fimple frac- tion , equal in value to the compound one in the example ; as the learner may prove by finding the value of each part of the compound fraction , by 7 2 8 denom . 224 3 30 ...
Page 236
... sterling is equal to the value of 345. in Flemish money . This courfe of exchange varies on the part of the foreign coins , according to the ftate of public affairs . The par of exchange is that quantity of the coin of one country which ...
... sterling is equal to the value of 345. in Flemish money . This courfe of exchange varies on the part of the foreign coins , according to the ftate of public affairs . The par of exchange is that quantity of the coin of one country which ...
Page 237
... sterling . The courfe of exchange with these countries has mostly been ( except during the troubles on the Continent ) from 33s . 4d , to 36s . 6d . Flemish per pound sterling ; and the agio from 3 to 6 per cent . As the exchange with ...
... sterling . The courfe of exchange with these countries has mostly been ( except during the troubles on the Continent ) from 33s . 4d , to 36s . 6d . Flemish per pound sterling ; and the agio from 3 to 6 per cent . As the exchange with ...
Page 238
... Sterling , how many florins , ftivers , and pence current , the course of exchange being at 355. 7. Flemifi per pound sterling , agio 41. per cent . ? For 17. take For 10s . take £ 110 10 .6 For 55 . For 6d . For itd . 55 5 3 27 127 6 2 ...
... Sterling , how many florins , ftivers , and pence current , the course of exchange being at 355. 7. Flemifi per pound sterling , agio 41. per cent . ? For 17. take For 10s . take £ 110 10 .6 For 55 . For 6d . For itd . 55 5 3 27 127 6 2 ...
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