William Mather

English pamphleteer and schoolmaster

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The young man's companion: or, Arithmetick made easie With plain directions for a young man to attain to read and write true English, and short-hand. Likewise, easy rules for the measuring of board and timber, by the carpenter's plain-rule, and by fractions; with tables for such as have not learned arithmetick: and to compute the charge of building a house, or any part thereof. Also directions for measuring and plotting ... land, by Gunter's chain; and taking heights and distances by the quadrant, and triangle. The use of Gunter's line in measuring globes, bullets, walls, cones, spire-steeples, and barrels: with the art of dialling, and colouring w... within and without doors. Directions for dying stuffs: and the seven liberal arts explain'd. Together with a map of the globe of the earth and water, and Copernicus's description of the visible world. Also a map of England, and to know which are cities, and their distance from London. Choice monthly observations for gardening, planting, grafting, innoculating fruit-trees, and the best time to prune them; and the making wine of fruit: with experienced medicines for the poor. Inditing of letters to friends; and making bills, bonds, wills, and some other forms of law. Copies in verse, for a writing-school. Written by W. Mather, in a plain and easie stile, that a young man may attain the same without a tutor.
William MatherDate: 1714
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The young man's companion: or, arithmetick made easy with plain directions for a young man to attain to read and write true English ... likewise, easy rules for the measuring of board ... also directions for measuring, guaging, and plotting of land ... Together with a map of the globe of the earth and water ... : choice monthly observations for gardening ... with experienc'd medicines for the poor an account of curiosities in London and Westminster / written by W. Mather.
William MatherDate: 1727
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The young mans companion, or, A very useful manual for youth [microform] : containing plain directions whereby youth may attain to read and write true English, also instructions for writing short-hand ... the foundation of arithmetick ... : with very easie rules for measuring ... also a very easie way of dialling ... to which are added, some monthly observations for the lovers of planting ... experiments in physick and chyrurgery, and also a short history of the ancient inhabitants of England, with a small map thereof ... with an alphabetical table for the ready finding of any matter herein contained, written in a plain stile, whereby an ordinary capacity may attain the same without a tutor.
William MatherDate: 1692
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A letter from a Quaker-Preacher to a church-man (who had been a Quaker forty years.) With the church-man's answer.
Quaker-Preacher.Date: 1708
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A very useful manual, or, The young mans companion : containing plain and easy directions for spelling, reading, and uniting English, with easy rules, for their attaining to writing, and arithmetick, and the Englishing of the Latin Bible without a tutor, likewise the plotting and measuring of land, globes, steeples, walls, barrels, timber, stone, boards, glass, &c. ... : and several other considerable and necessary matters, intended for the good of all, and for promoting love to one another : as by the table annexed particularly appears / collected by William Mather.
William MatherDate: 1681