Practical and Mental Arithmetic, on a New Plan: In which Mental Arithmetic is Combined with the Use of the Slate ... To which is Added, a Practical System of Book Keeping |
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| Title | Practical and Mental Arithmetic, on a New Plan: In which Mental Arithmetic is Combined with the Use of the Slate ... To which is Added, a Practical System of Book Keeping |
| Author | Roswell Chamberlain Smith |
| Publisher | Richardson, Lord & Holbrook, 1831 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 268 pages |
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