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Comes commercii , or the trader's-companion. Containing I. An exact and useful Table, shewing the Value of any Quantity of Goods or Wares ready cast up, more adapted to Merchants Use than any other extent; which is demonstrated by 14 Examples relating chiefly to Buving and Selling. II. A Table calculated for Universal Use, which Use is shewn in the Solution of Questions, in Multiplication, Division, Reduction, Merchandising, and Measuring all kind of Superficies and Solids, or Gauging Vessels and Casks. III. The Manner of casting up Dimensions in general, whether the same be taken in Inches, Feet and Inches, Yards, Perches, &c. and how to give the Answer by Reduction, Duo-Decimals, or Decimals. IV. The several Customs used by Surveyors and Measurers, in measuring Glass, Wainscor, Painting, Plaistering, Flooring, Tyling, Partitioning, Brick, or Stone-Work, &c. and the common Rate of such Work by the Rod, Yard, Foot, &c. V. Instructions for Entring Goods at the Customhouse, Inward, Outward, and by Certificate; with several material Clauses in such Statutes as relate to Exportation and Importation. VI. Concerning Water-Side Business, and the Constitution of the Keys, Wharfs, Porters, &c. there: Also the Charge of Wharfage, Lighterage, and Porterage, for Landing, Loading, Weighing, and Housing Goods, and what is usually paid for the Use of the Warehouse at the Water-Side. Vii. Rules concerning Freight, Bills of Lading, Primage, and how the same is paid for. &c. Viii. Concerning Insuring Ships, Merchandizes, and Houses, and how to make Rates and Averages in case of Loss; with the Advantages of the Practice of Insuring in several Instances, with respect to Foreign and Inland Trade: And many other things never before made Publick. To which is added, a supplement concerning simple and compound interest, with Tables thereof, and the Use and Manner of Calculating the same; and to make up Accompts of Mortgages, where the Mortgagee has received Rent, &c. The Whole adapted to the Use of Merchants and Traders, Lawyers, Surveyors, and Measurers of Building, &c. By Edward Hatton, Gent.
Hatton, Edward, b. 1664?.Date: 1734- E-books
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New and correct tables of interest, calculated on an enlarged plan, and in the most exact manner . From £1 to £1000 for 1 day to 100 days, and for 1 to 12 months, at 2, 21/2, 3, 31/2, 4, 41/2, and 5 per cent. Including rules and directions for casting-up interest at any rate, by the same tables. This is the only book of the kind which comprehends the interest at one view, of 11 to £20, in a regular and accurate manner. Containing also another valuable improvement, viz. Interest at 2 per cent. Together with tables of brokerage and for valuing annuities. By John Bettesworth, master of the Maritime School, Chelsea; and author of the Universal Reckoner, &c.
Bettesworth, JohnDate: [1780?]- E-books
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Interest at one view , calculated to a farthing: at 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 per cent. For 1000 L. to 1 L. for 1 Day to 96 Days; and for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 Months. With Rules and Examples to cast up Interest at any Rate, by the said Tables. Also a Concise Table, whereby to cast up Salaries and Wages speedily, and others of great Use in receiving and paying of Money. The second edition, with additions. Carefully calculated and examined from the press, by Richard Hayes, Accomptant and Writing-Master, in Prince's-Street near the Bank of England. To which is added, a curious table whereby standard gold and silver, in bars, is compared with the courses of exchange between Amsterdam and London.
Hayes, Richard, accomptant and writing-master.Date: MDCCXXXVI. [1736]- E-books
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Every man his own broker or, a guide to Exchange-Alley. In which the nature of the several funds, vulgarly called the stocks, is clearly explained; And The Mystery and Iniquity of Stock-Jobbing laid before the Public in a New and Impartial Light; in which is introduced a Comic Scene at J-'s. Also The Method of Transferring Stock, of Buying and Selling India Bonds, Lottery Tickets, Life Annuities, and other Government Securities, without the Assistance of a Broker, is made intelligible to the meanest Capacity; and an Account is given of the Laws in Force relative to Brokers, Clerks at the Bank, &c. To which is added, New Tables of Interest, calculated at 5 per Cent. for the Use of the present Proprietors of India Bonds; and Directions how to avoid the Losses that are frequently sustained by the Destruction of Bank Notes, India Bonds, &c. by Fires and other Accidents; and an Appendix, giving some Account of banking, and of the sinking Fund. Quid faciunt leges, ubi sola pecunia regnat.
Mortimer, Thomas, 1730-1810.Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- E-books
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Tables of interest, at three and a half, four, four and a half, five, five and a half, and at six per cent. per ann. Together with two tables, for finding the number of weeks between any two days, in a year, consisting of 365 days. To all which is prefixed, the new table of coin. The whole calculated in manuscript, and corrected at the press, By John Watson, Bookseller.
Watson, John, d. 1769.Date: 1758