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The trader's pocket companion [electronic resource] : containing, correct tables, ready calculated,...

The trader's pocket companion [electronic resource] : containing, correct tables, ready calculated,...

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The trader's pocket companion [electronic resource] : containing, correct tables, ready calculated, of universal use to merchants, shopkeepers, mechanicks, and to all other persons in any kind of business. A Table calculated, to shew at one View, the Value of any Quantity of Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, at any Price, adapted to all Capacities: and its particular, general, and extensive Use, shewn by many, and various Examples. A Table of universal Use, demonstrated, by the Solution of various Questions in Multiplication, Division, Reduction, Merchandising, measuring Superficies and Solids, Ganging, Surveying, &c. Twenty-Five Geometrical Problems, with their assigned Figures, applied to Measuring, Gauging, Surveying, &c. A Table calculated, to discover at one View, the different Discompts upon any of the Branches of the Customs, upon imported Goods, from one Farthing upwards. A Table for the more easy reckoning Salaries or Wages, by discovering, at one View, what any yearly Salary, Wages, or Estate, amounts to, by the Month, Week, or Day: and contrary, what any daily Salary amounts to by the Week, Month, or Year. A Table for casting up Interest at any Rate, for any Number of Days. The Rates and Fares of Coachmen, Carmen, and Watermen, with their Rules and Restrictions. By John Hewitt, Accomptant: Author of the Tables of Simple Interest, Corn Dealer's Assistant, &c.

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The trader's pocket companion [electronic resource] : containing, correct tables, ready calculated, of universal use to merchants, shopkeepers, mechanicks, and to all other persons in any kind of business. A Table calculated, to shew at one View, the Value of any Quantity of Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, at any Price, adapted to all Capacities: and its particular, general, and extensive Use, shewn by many, and various Examples. A Table of universal Use, demonstrated, by the Solution of various Questions in Multiplication, Division, Reduction, Merchandising, measuring Superficies and Solids, Ganging, Surveying, &c. Twenty-Five Geometrical Problems, with their assigned Figures, applied to Measuring, Gauging, Surveying, &c. A Table calculated, to discover at one View, the different Discompts upon any of the Branches of the Customs, upon imported Goods, from one Farthing upwards. A Table for the more easy reckoning Salaries or Wages, by discovering, at one View, what any yearly Salary, Wages, or Estate, amounts to, by the Month, Week, or Day: and contrary, what any daily Salary amounts to by the Week, Month, or Year. A Table for casting up Interest at any Rate, for any Number of Days. The Rates and Fares of Coachmen, Carmen, and Watermen, with their Rules and Restrictions. By John Hewitt, Accomptant: Author of the Tables of Simple Interest, Corn Dealer's Assistant, &c.

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Publisher

London : printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. and J. Fox, J. Clarke, T. Astley, J. Hodges, C. Corbet, C. Ward and R. Chandler, E. Withers, G. Anderson, and J. Hawkins, [1738]

Date

[1738]

Record Identifier

74VvbBrE7m7O

MMS ID

991014981519702626

Language

English

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Physical content

x,[2],ccxxxvii,[1]p. : ill. ; 12°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. and J. Fox, J. Clarke, T. Astley, J. Hodges, C. Corbet, C. Ward and R. Chandler, E. Withers, G. Anderson, and J. Hawkins, [1738]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1738]

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

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Full title

The trader's pocket companion [electronic resource] : containing, correct tables, ready calculated, of universal use to merchants, shopkeepers, mechanicks, and to all other persons in any kind of business. A Table calculated, to shew at one View, the Value of any Quantity of Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, at any Price, adapted to all Capacities: and...

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Notes

General note

Price from imprint: price 1 s. and 6 d. in Sheep, and 2 s. in Calf.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Signed in MS. on the verso of the titlepage by the author.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T127152.

Goldsmiths', 7601.

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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74VvbBrE7m7O

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvbBrE7m7O

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MMS ID

991014981519702626