True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-11-17
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JOnI fCBLioHLDFHOM STEREOF fIE PL-IIES,
The Fiji Edhonos
RoWlETT's TABLES OF INTEREST:
fE1O which is new adlca an Average Time Caleula-
Il tor, or easy methods for finding the average time
o' storage, notes OF haad or bills of goods, when p
chased at different dates different credits and for
various amounts; besides useful and complete BANKING
Time Ia le the best That can be coniryeJ or that f.
cures can produce within the same condesend comnass
ana size ottype.
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the ten Legislative acts prexcd to the title page is re-
commeHdaton in ITSELF so uncommon, and SO eoncl,-
sve tn nothing is necessary more than hv way If adj
veilsemet, to gvea condensed view of some Of It's me-
cuali'esas tcrnsance, the interest has been commas
ed from, and compared WITH what is equivalent to four
zen se's CT calculations, examined in The press thirty
i've times, and printed from tereovpe mates tested
hiryty-one times, from all which it INNS, he evident
even 10 'e skepc Especially tho pc sonal ofhe de-
tail Of proof the prefsce) that the work must be ari,b
met'caliy 'nia'be, and in confirmation of this beefa
premium OF two hundred and fifty dollars is now Offer;
cd for he detection of an error of cent in the
or min eaon, as expressed in the preface making five
large premons offered for the same error since the first
publication in the year 1902
One of tho most conspicuone fe,+,,,.s ,f H., .,l,
IN me arrangement OF the Time and Amounts which
Tor expeoti1ns reference onperspeuity with The helm
OF the side and index be excelled and the say
V and ease with which the interest can be found to the
extent OF general business, without doubling of sms
IS "eaius convenience so essential, that in the esIma-
ton OF some OF the most competent and practi cal bust
ness men and public officers who have made great use
OF the work. i has been distinguished by tho honorable
appellation efofa 'smaster piece And considering
the ntalliblty of the method originally adonted in
composing the work, and the extraordinary lumber and
variety OF the examinations and tests of every edition
has passed the press notwithstanding the whole is in
stereotype consderlng in short he positive accuracy
secured by the unprecedented means empoyod the vo-
iune has heen hedup and emphaticalIy styled sthe
most wonderful book in the waslk; most certainly no
man can narnea figure work of the same extent which
since the beginning of creation has bad the same num-
pef ana variety OF tests in the number of editors;
no. nor one halt the NUMBER is clearly shown in the
preface.
Resides, test and standard, it has been tried and
proceed in nearly all the bank and public offices in the
United States, and by the public generally during the
long peloa OF rears, yet of The cal
c,laohs has ever been found in print although continue
ally challenged BY the offer of very large premiums.
The book in fact expressly adopted by all tbe courts
law c several ofthe States the rate of calculation
'or statute interest,"" also by law for bank interest
according as the book is used and nay be seen in
part by "e names OF the subscribers, and few of the
subsequent purchasers the list at the end of tho book
Sun possession every Gloss Of citizens in every quar-
tc OF the Unit ed States.
1t is moreover well known that, by lis reary check,
has so oeu detected large errors, long after they were
made, even Ivy the most careful and most competent
ailhmeciaAs, ut its usefulness and the absolute ne
cessty Tor its use have been extensively insisted upon
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savings that, seye yearsasn, whilst the first edition
was scarce, and out OF prin,a great lumber of second
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ally BIO picked up at from $40 to $25 per copy and
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FOR copy, tfnot to be had for less, ard individual
IN the latter instance particularly, having at the same
lime Exhibited satisfactory proa several persons pre-
sent that to him it was really worth that money and
more TIN ough the saving of his verv vaaabe Tine he
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