Tiffany's Digest of Depreciations, with the Addition of Numerous Tables, Formulas and Rules for the Use of Architects, Builders, Contractors, Machinists and Insurance Adjustors |
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according to finish aliquot amount approximate cost arch ascer ascertain the number BLANKS breadth brick or frame brick per superficial Builders cents equal cents per cubic cornices cubic contents cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches decimal point deduct depreciation diameter Dimension Stone divide dollar DRY MEASURE Duodecimals Ems Pica extrados Factory fire Flour Mills flues foot in height ft.in gallons girt grains hereby Insurance Company interest Iron lineal foot loss and damage loss or damage Machinery Millwright multiply length number of brick number of bushels number of cubic number of days number of square one-half ounces perch point and add Policy pound Avoirdupois property insured Quarto quotient re-insured remove the decimal Roller Mill Rule for ascertaining Rule for Measuring RULE.-Multiply the length Special Agents square feet Stock of-Depreciation stone superficial contents superficial foot superficial yards thickness of wall Troy Troy pound TUCKPOINTING weight width
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Page 63 - THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION is SUCH, that whereas the said...
Page 47 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and interest is to be Computed on the balance, as aforesaid.
Page 46 - One number is said to be an aliquot part of another, when it forms an exact part of it: that is, when it is contained in that other an exact number of times.
Page 54 - RULE. — Divide the whole gain or loss by the entire stock, the quotient will be the gain or loss per cent. Multiply each partner's stock by this per cent., the result will be each one's share of the gain or loss.
Page 41 - ... of the top diameter, the square of the bottom diameter, and four times the square of the midway diameter (ascertained by adding the top and bottom diameters together and dividing by 2), and divide the sum by 6, which gives the square of the true mean diameter; multiply this by the depth of the tank, and the product will be the capacity in cylindrical inches. As there are 294 cylindrical inches in a gallon, divide this last product by 294, and the quotient will be the capacity of the tank in gallons.
Page 47 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. " If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
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Page 41 - All measurements should be in inches.) Add together the square of the top diameter, the square of the bottom diameter, and four times the square of the midway diameter (ascertained by adding the top and bottom diameters together and dividing by 2), and divide the sum by 6, which gives the square of the true mean diameter; multiply this by the depth of the tank, and the product will be the capacity in cylindrical inches.
Page 63 - Secretary, his successors or assigns ; for which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.