Arithmetic, Practically Applied, for Advanced Pupils, and for Private Reference, Designed as a Sequel to Any of the Ordinary Text-books on the Subject |
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Arithmetic, Practically Applied, for Advanced Pupils, and for Private Reference Pliney E Chase Horace Mann No preview available - 2016 |
Arithmetic, Practically Applied, for Advanced Pupils, and for Private ... Pliny Earle Chase,Horace Mann No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 40 - In witness whereof, the master or purser of the said vessel hath affirmed to bills of lading, all of this tenor and date ; one of which being accomplished, the others to stand void.
Page 214 - II.—Multiply the principal by the number of days, and divide the product by 6; then point off as in the preceding rule.
Page 271 - To find the number of Permutations or changes, that can be made of any given number of things, all different from each other.- . RULE. Multiply all the terms of the natural series of numbers, from one up to the given number, continually together, and the last product will be the answer required.
Page 242 - The person who draws the bill is called the drawer ; the person in whose favor it is drawn, the remitter or payee; the person on whom it is drawn, the drawee. The drawee is also called the acceptor, when he has accepted, or engaged to pay the bills.
Page 359 - If 12 oxen eat up 3^ acres of grass in 4 weeks, and 21 oxen eat up 10 acres in 9 weeks, how many oxen will eat up 24 acres in 18 weeks; the grass being at first equal on every acre, and growing uniformly ? THE END.
Page 373 - This stone is then placed in an inclined position, and a considerable number of the caterpillars are placed at the bottom. A peculiar species is chosen, which spins a strong web; and the animals commence at the bottom, eating and spinning their way up to the top, carefully avoiding every part touched by the oil, but devouring every other part of the paste.
Page 271 - Any number of different things being given, to find how many changes can be made out of them, by taking any given number of quantities at a time. RULE.
Page 342 - ... from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post above the upper deck, the breadth at the broadest part above the main wales, and...
Page 289 - Three lines are in harmonical proportion, when the first is to the third, as the difference between the first and second, is to the difference between the second and third ; and the second is called a harmonic mean between the first and third. The expression 'harmonical proportion...
Page 330 - Captain French, And David Friar. On what day of the week was the Declaration of Independence signed ? The dominical letters for 1776 were G, F. Therefore the first Sunday in January was the 7th of the month. Then A representing the 7th Jan., D would represent the 7th Feb. ; D the 7th March ; G the 7th April; B the 7th May ; E the 7th June ; and G the 7th July.