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The new universal ready reckoner [electronic resource] : or, every trader's infallible guide. Contai...

The new universal ready reckoner [electronic resource] : or, every trader's infallible guide. Contai...

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The new universal ready reckoner [electronic resource] : or, every trader's infallible guide. Containing new and complete tables, most carefully cast up, exhibiting at one Point of View the Value or Amount of any Quantity of Goods, in Trade or Merchandise, from One Farthing to Twenty Shillings, not only by the Pound, Ounce, Yard, Ell, &c. but also by the long or short Hundred, half Hundred, &c. The Whole so calculated, to assist in Buying and Selling all Kinds of Commodities, both Wholesale and Retail, As to be of the greatest Use even to those who are acquainted with Figures, by saving considerable Time, the various Tables being so accurately executed, that they may with the utmost Safety be relied on: And to those who are entirely unacquainted with Arithmetic, such plain and easy Directions are laid down, as cannot fail of making this useful Book familiar to every Capacity; whereby may be ascertained the exact Amount of any Number of Hundreds, Pounds, Ounces, Ells, Yards, &c. whatever may be the Price. To which are added, a valuable catalogue of weights, measures, &c. also Tables for casting-up Wages by the Day, Week, Month, and Year. Revised, corrected, and improved, by John Bettesworth, Master of the Mathematical and Naval Academy, Chelsea; and Author of the New Tables of Interest, &c. .

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The new universal ready reckoner [electronic resource] : or, every trader's infallible guide. Containing new and complete tables, most carefully cast up, exhibiting at one Point of View the Value or Amount of any Quantity of Goods, in Trade or Merchandise, from One Farthing to Twenty Shillings, not only by the Pound, Ounce, Yard, Ell, &c. but also by the long or short Hundred, half Hundred, &c. The Whole so calculated, to assist in Buying and Selling all Kinds of Commodities, both Wholesale and Retail, As to be of the greatest Use even to those who are acquainted with Figures, by saving considerable Time, the various Tables being so accurately executed, that they may with the utmost Safety be relied on: And to those who are entirely unacquainted with Arithmetic, such plain and easy Directions are laid down, as cannot fail of making this useful Book familiar to every Capacity; whereby may be ascertained the exact Amount of any Number of Hundreds, Pounds, Ounces, Ells, Yards, &c. whatever may be the Price. To which are added, a valuable catalogue of weights, measures, &c. also Tables for casting-up Wages by the Day, Week, Month, and Year. Revised, corrected, and improved, by John Bettesworth, Master of the Mathematical and Naval Academy, Chelsea; and Author of the New Tables of Interest, &c. .

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Publisher

London : printed for Alex. Hogg, No. 16, Paternoster Row, [1780?]

Date

[1780?]

Record Identifier

74VvQPzA6moy

MMS ID

991014414559702626

Language

English

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Physical content

207,[1]p.,plate ; 16°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for Alex. Hogg, No. 16, Paternoster Row, [1780?]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1780?]

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

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The new universal ready reckoner [electronic resource] : or, every trader's infallible guide. Containing new and complete tables, most carefully cast up, exhibiting at one Point of View the Value or Amount of any Quantity of Goods, in Trade or Merchandise, from One Farthing to Twenty Shillings, not only by the Pound, Ounce, Yard, Ell, &c. but also...

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Price from imprint: price only 1s. bound, embellished with an elegant Frontispiece.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T110177.

Goldsmiths', 12108.

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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74VvQPzA6moy

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvQPzA6moy

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MMS ID

991014414559702626