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The new tutor's assistant [electronic resource] : being a compendium of arithmetic, and a complete q...

The new tutor's assistant [electronic resource] : being a compendium of arithmetic, and a complete q...

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The new tutor's assistant [electronic resource] : being a compendium of arithmetic, and a complete question-book. The rules are versified; a plan entirely new, and much better adapted to young minds than that of prose. Containing, I. Arithmetic in Whole Numbers. II. Vulgar Fractions. III. Decimals, with the Extraction of Roots, Rules for calculating Interest, Annuities, Pensions in Arrears, the present Worth of Annuities, &c. either by Simple or Compound Interest. IV. Duodecimals, applied to measuring, with proper Examples. V. A Collection of promiscuous Questions. VI. A general Table for calculating Interest at any Rate per Cent. Rents, Salary, &c. By Francis Walkingame, Writing-Master and Accomptant. Author of The Tutor's Assistant, Arithmetical Tables, &c.

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The new tutor's assistant [electronic resource] : being a compendium of arithmetic, and a complete question-book. The rules are versified; a plan entirely new, and much better adapted to young minds than that of prose. Containing, I. Arithmetic in Whole Numbers. II. Vulgar Fractions. III. Decimals, with the Extraction of Roots, Rules for calculating Interest, Annuities, Pensions in Arrears, the present Worth of Annuities, &c. either by Simple or Compound Interest. IV. Duodecimals, applied to measuring, with proper Examples. V. A Collection of promiscuous Questions. VI. A general Table for calculating Interest at any Rate per Cent. Rents, Salary, &c. By Francis Walkingame, Writing-Master and Accomptant. Author of The Tutor's Assistant, Arithmetical Tables, &c.

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[London] : Printed for the author; and sold by J. Scatcherd, and I. [sic] Whitaker, successors to E. Johnson, Ave-Mary-Lane, 1781.

Date

1781.

Record Identifier

74VvEoVmWzrA

MMS ID

991011715459702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[3],vi-vii,[7],175,[5]p. ; 12°.

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Publisher

[London] : Printed for the author; and sold by J. Scatcherd, and I. [sic] Whitaker, successors to E. Johnson, Ave-Mary-Lane, 1781.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1781.

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

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The new tutor's assistant [electronic resource] : being a compendium of arithmetic, and a complete question-book. The rules are versified; a plan entirely new, and much better adapted to young minds than that of prose. Containing, I. Arithmetic in Whole Numbers. II. Vulgar Fractions. III. Decimals, with the Extraction of Roots, Rules for calculatin...

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General note

Advertisement for F. Walkingame inserted between sig A6 and B.

In five parts.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

The last 5-pages contain advertisements.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T14607.

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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74VvEoVmWzrA

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991011715459702626