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The instructor [electronic resource] : or, young mans best companion. Containing Spelling, Reading,...

The instructor [electronic resource] : or, young mans best companion. Containing Spelling, Reading,...

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The instructor [electronic resource] : or, young mans best companion. Containing Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic in an easier Way than any yet published. Instructions to write Variety of Hands with Copies. How to write Letters on Business or Friendship; Forms of Indentures, Bonds, Bills of Sale, Receipts, Wills, Releases, &c. Merchants Accompts, and a short and easy Method of Shop and Book-Keeping. With a Description of the Product, Counties, Market-Towns, and Fairs according to the New Style, in England and Wales. The Method of measuring Carpenters, Joiners, Sawyers, Bricklayers, Plaisterers, Plumbers, Masons, Glasiers, and Painters work: how to undertake each Work, and at what Price: the Rates of each Commodity, and the common Wages of Journey-Men. With the Description of Gunter's Line, and Coggeshall's Sliding Rule. The Practical Gauger made casy. The art of Dialling, and how to erect and fix Dials: With Instructions for Dyeing, Colouring, and making Colours; and some general Observations for Gardening every Month in the Year. To which are added, The Family's Best Companion: A Compendium of Geography and Astronomy: and some useful Interest Tables. By George Fisher, accomptant.

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The instructor [electronic resource] : or, young mans best companion. Containing Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic in an easier Way than any yet published. Instructions to write Variety of Hands with Copies. How to write Letters on Business or Friendship; Forms of Indentures, Bonds, Bills of Sale, Receipts, Wills, Releases, &c. Merchants Accompts, and a short and easy Method of Shop and Book-Keeping. With a Description of the Product, Counties, Market-Towns, and Fairs according to the New Style, in England and Wales. The Method of measuring Carpenters, Joiners, Sawyers, Bricklayers, Plaisterers, Plumbers, Masons, Glasiers, and Painters work: how to undertake each Work, and at what Price: the Rates of each Commodity, and the common Wages of Journey-Men. With the Description of Gunter's Line, and Coggeshall's Sliding Rule. The Practical Gauger made casy. The art of Dialling, and how to erect and fix Dials: With Instructions for Dyeing, Colouring, and making Colours; and some general Observations for Gardening every Month in the Year. To which are added, The Family's Best Companion: A Compendium of Geography and Astronomy: and some useful Interest Tables. By George Fisher, accomptant.

Publisher

London : printed for Thomas Martin, MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

Date

MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

Record Identifier

74VvbddXmLrA

MMS ID

991014739249702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xi,[1],366p.,plates : ill. ; 12°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for Thomas Martin, MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

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

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The instructor [electronic resource] : or, young mans best companion. Containing Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic in an easier Way than any yet published. Instructions to write Variety of Hands with Copies. How to write Letters on Business or Friendship; Forms of Indentures, Bonds, Bills of Sale, Receipts, Wills, Releases, &c. Merchants A...

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General note

Braces in imprint.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Citation / References Note

Alston, IV.397.

ESTC T119861.

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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74VvbddXmLrA

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

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MMS ID

991014739249702626