Business mathematics - Early works to 1800
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The exact dealer refined being a useful companion for all traders. In three parts. Containing I. A Description of the Commodities, Coins, Weights and Measures of Great Britain, and its neighbouring Countries. With Useful Directions about Entring and Taking up Goods at the Custom house: Instructions about Bills of Exchange, and the Keeping of Books of Accompts. The way of Recovering Debts; likewise Exact Tables of Accompts ready cast up II. Containing a plain Institution of Arithmetick in all its Parts; with an excellent and easie new way of multiplying Foot-Measure in Feet and Inches, by Feet and Inches, without Reduction and applied to the Measuring of Carpenters Joyners, Painters, Plaisterers, Glasiers, and Bricklayers Work, &c. And of Solid Timber, &c Also the whole Art of Gauging, with several curious Tables. And very necessary Observations relating to the Measuring of Land. III. Containing the Travellers Guide through all the Principal Roads in England. An Account of Carriers Inns, and Days of going out. Also the Rates of Post-Letters. With other Matter not before made publick The fifth edition, enlarged. By J H. author of The secretary's guide.
Hill, John, fl. 1712.Date: [1702]- E-books
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The exact dealer refined being a useful companion for all traders. In three parts. Containing I. A Description of the Commodities Coins, Weights and Measures of Great Britain, and its neighbouring Countries. With Useful Directions about Entring and Taking up Goods at the Custom-House: Instructions about Bills of Exchange, and the Keeping of Books of Accompts. The way of Recovering Debts; likewise Exact Tables of Accompts ready cast up. II. Containing a plain Institution of Arithmetick in all its Parts; with an excellent and easie new way of multiplying Foot-Measure in Feet and Inches by Feet and Inches, without Reduction, and applied to the Measuring of Carpenters, Joyners, Painters, Plaisterers Glasiers, and Bricklayers Work, &c. And of Solid Timber, &c. Also the whole Art of Gauging, with several curious Tables. And very necessary Observations relating to the Measuring of Land III. Containing the Travellers Guide through all the Principal Roads in England. An Account of Fairs, Carriers Inns, and Days of going out. Also the Rates of Post-Letters. With other Matters not before made publick. The sixth edition, enlarged. By J.H. author of The secretary's guide.
Hill, John, fl. 1712.Date: [1706]- E-books
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Nouvelle & universelle pratique d'arithmetique , Ou l'on explique clairement tout ce qu'il y à [sic] d'obscur, dans les nombres, par des régles si aisées, que de soi-meme chacun peut apprendre toutes les belles maniéres de chiffrer qui sont usitées dans les pais où le negoce fleurit, & principalement en Angleterre, en Hollande, & en France. Ouvrage qui par la suppression des parties aliquottes, est rempli de tout ce qu'il y à de court, de curieux, & de subtil dans cette science, par rapport au commerce, aux monoyes, aux poids, & aux mesures. Embeli de la negociation des lettres de change, des egalités, des arbitrages, & des charges universels. Le tout par des régles toutes nouvelles, avec leurs preuves. Divisé en deux parties. Premiere partie. Par le sieur Monier de Clair-combe.
Monier de Clairecombe, Jean.Date: 1707- E-books
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A general introduction to trade and business . Or, the young merchant's and tradesman's magazine. Being an assistant to youths, on their leaving school, and entring on apprenticeship; ... By William Markham.
Markham, WilliamDate: 1738- E-books
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Voster elimatus , Or The rules of arithmetick digested and explained, in a mercantile course of questions and examples pertinent to each rule, and adapted to the commerce of Ireland. Design'd for the ease and assistance of the sedulous tutor, in the exercise and instruction of his aspiring pupils. The latter part collected chiefly from Walkingame's tutor's assistant, in five parts, By the editor.
Date: 1768