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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- Books
Mortimer's waistcoat pocket ready reckoner : with special tables for stationers, printers, bookbinders, box makers and booksellers.
Edward Mortimer Ltd.Date: 1954
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The readiest reckoner ever invented, : for assisting the tradesman, the merchant, the gentleman, &c. in finding the amount, at any given price, of any number from one to ten thousand. ... The whole constructed, and separately calculated, / by Stephen Simpson and Edward Wise, accountants.
Simpson, Ludi, 1953-Date: 1811- 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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The ready reckoner or trader's most useful assistant, in buying and selling all sorts of commodities either Wholesale or Retail; Shewing At One View The Amount or Value of any Number or Quantity of Goods or Merchandize, from one Farthing to Twenty Shillings, either by the Long or Short Hundred, Half Hundred, or Quarter, Pound or Ounce, Ell or Yard, &c. &c. In so plain and easy a manner, that persons quite unacquainted with arithmetic may hereby ascertain the value of any numer of hundreds, pounds, ounces, ells or yards &c. at any price whatever : And to the most ready in Figures, it will be equally useful by saving much Time in casting up what is here correctly done to their Hand. To Which IS Added, I. A Table of Portugal Money, from 1 to 1000. II. A Table of Expences or Wages by the Day, Week, Month, or Year. III. Tables of Interest at 4, 4 1-half, and 5 per Cent, from one Day to a Year.
Daniel FenningDate: M.DCC.XC. [1790]