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The ready reckoner, or Trader's most useful assistant [electronic resource] : In buying and selling...

The ready reckoner, or Trader's most useful assistant [electronic resource] : In buying and selling...

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The ready reckoner, or Trader's most useful assistant [electronic resource] : In buying and selling all sorts of commodities either wholesale and retale. Shewing at one view the amount or value of any number or quantity of goods or merchandise 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 number 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, 1. A double table of Portugal money, from 1 to 1000. 2. A table of expences or wages by the day, week, month or year 3. A table of annuities and commission or brokerage from one to one eighth per cent. The third edition, with additions on board and timber measure, brickwork, and gauging by the pen and slip-rule. By Daniel Fenning, (author of the Royal English dictionary, the schoolmaster's most useful companion and scholar's best instructor, young man's book of knowledge, use of the globes and the universal spelling books) and others.

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The ready reckoner, or Trader's most useful assistant [electronic resource] : In buying and selling all sorts of commodities either wholesale and retale. Shewing at one view the amount or value of any number or quantity of goods or merchandise 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 number 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, 1. A double table of Portugal money, from 1 to 1000. 2. A table of expences or wages by the day, week, month or year 3. A table of annuities and commission or brokerage from one to one eighth per cent. The third edition, with additions on board and timber measure, brickwork, and gauging by the pen and slip-rule. By Daniel Fenning, (author of the Royal English dictionary, the schoolmaster's most useful companion and scholar's best instructor, young man's book of knowledge, use of the globes and the universal spelling books) and others.

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London : Printed for S. Crowder, at the Looking-Class, J. Coote, at the King's Arms, in Paternoster Row; and B. Collins, on the New Canal, in Salisbury, M.DCC.LXV. [1765]

Date

M.DCC.LXV. [1765]

Record Identifier

74VKpD5oW8Ld

MMS ID

991019193499702626

Language

English

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xii, [264] p. ; 12°.

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Publisher

London : Printed for S. Crowder, at the Looking-Class, J. Coote, at the King's Arms, in Paternoster Row; and B. Collins, on the New Canal, in Salisbury, M.DCC.LXV. [1765]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

M.DCC.LXV. [1765]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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The ready reckoner, or Trader's most useful assistant [electronic resource] : In buying and selling all sorts of commodities either wholesale and retale. Shewing at one view the amount or value of any number or quantity of goods or merchandise from one farthing to twenty shillings, either by the long or short hundred, half hundred or quarter, pound...

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General note

Advertisement for D. Fenning's books on A1v.

At foot of titlepage: Price 1s. 6d.

Price on title page: Price 1s. 6d.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T301344.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VKpD5oW8Ld

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991019193499702626