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The universal calculator [electronic resource] : or the merchant's, tradesman's, and family's assist...

The universal calculator [electronic resource] : or the merchant's, tradesman's, and family's assist...

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The universal calculator [electronic resource] : or the merchant's, tradesman's, and family's assistant. Being an entire, new, and complete set of tables, adapted for dealers in every branch of trade, by wholesale or retail, and all families. Shewing, at one View, The Amount or Value of any Number or Quantity of Goods or Merchandise, from One to Ten Thousand, at all the various Prices, from One Farthing, in regular progression, to Thirty Shillings; in 280 different Tables. Also, At the foot of each Table is shown the Division of the Pound, Yard, &c. into the following Particulars, entirely new, and not to be found in any other Book, viz. For Dealers by Weight, such as Grocers, &c The Price of of an ounce. Half an ounce. D̂sl of an ounce. 1 ounce. 2 ounces. 3 ounces. ơ of a lib. Half a lib. D̂sl of a lib. A lib. For Dealers by Measure, such as Milliners, Haberdashers, &c. The Price of ơ of a nail. Half a nail. D̂sl of a nail. A nail. Half a quarter. 3 nails. ơ of a yard. Half a yard. D̂sl of a yard. A yard. There are also added, Twenty-Seven Tables, Shewing the Exchange on Bills, Commission or Brokerage on Goods, &c. from ? to 5 per Cent. and Tables, shewing the amount of any Salary, Income, Expence, &c. by the Day, Week, Month, or Year. By John Thomson, Accomptant in Edinburgh, Author of the Tables of Interest, and Tables for Calculating the Price of all kinds of Grain.

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The universal calculator [electronic resource] : or the merchant's, tradesman's, and family's assistant. Being an entire, new, and complete set of tables, adapted for dealers in every branch of trade, by wholesale or retail, and all families. Shewing, at one View, The Amount or Value of any Number or Quantity of Goods or Merchandise, from One to Ten Thousand, at all the various Prices, from One Farthing, in regular progression, to Thirty Shillings; in 280 different Tables. Also, At the foot of each Table is shown the Division of the Pound, Yard, &c. into the following Particulars, entirely new, and not to be found in any other Book, viz. For Dealers by Weight, such as Grocers, &c The Price of of an ounce. Half an ounce. D̂sl of an ounce. 1 ounce. 2 ounces. 3 ounces. ơ of a lib. Half a lib. D̂sl of a lib. A lib. For Dealers by Measure, such as Milliners, Haberdashers, &c. The Price of ơ of a nail. Half a nail. D̂sl of a nail. A nail. Half a quarter. 3 nails. ơ of a yard. Half a yard. D̂sl of a yard. A yard. There are also added, Twenty-Seven Tables, Shewing the Exchange on Bills, Commission or Brokerage on Goods, &c. from ? to 5 per Cent. and Tables, shewing the amount of any Salary, Income, Expence, &c. by the Day, Week, Month, or Year. By John Thomson, Accomptant in Edinburgh, Author of the Tables of Interest, and Tables for Calculating the Price of all kinds of Grain.

Publisher

Edinburgh : printed [by Murray & Cochran] for W. Creech and C. Elliot, Edinburgh; and C. Dilly, in the Poultry, London, MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]

Date

MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]

Record Identifier

74VvAB8g6KMl

MMS ID

991013705899702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[8],294p. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

Edinburgh : printed [by Murray & Cochran] for W. Creech and C. Elliot, Edinburgh; and C. Dilly, in the Poultry, London, MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]

Place of Publication

Scotland

Date Published

MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]

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

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Full title

The universal calculator [electronic resource] : or the merchant's, tradesman's, and family's assistant. Being an entire, new, and complete set of tables, adapted for dealers in every branch of trade, by wholesale or retail, and all families. Shewing, at one View, The Amount or Value of any Number or Quantity of Goods or Merchandise, from One to Te...

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Notes

General note

Printers' names from colophon.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T98105.

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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Record Identifier

74VvAB8g6KMl

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvAB8g6KMl

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MMS ID

991013705899702626