True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-08-04
JUST PUBLISHED FROM STEREOTYPE pLdTES,

JUST P UBLISHE D FROM STEREOTYPE PL1TES,
The Filth Edition d
ROWLETTS TABLES OF INTEREST:
YH1O which is adaed an Average lime Caieuia-
Il tor, or easy methods for fnding the average time
storage, Of aad bills of goods, when pui-
chased At different dates on different credits, aud fer
various mis-; hesidesa useful and complete Banking
Time la lie, the hest HAT can be con;rieed. that f.
cures produce within the same condcsena compass,
and size otnpe.
An vertisenent in the book IS in nearly the toew-
ing words:
Tlehlgh distinction this work has received through
thu ten legislative acts cfxed to the title page is
comnendition in itself uncorlmon, and so eonclu-
sive, til tnuthlng is necessary :h,n Gy of ad.
vertlsemen To giTea condensed vir@of of lis PEE
cliarilies:as rrnsanec The Interest ,s been comp,s-
cd from, and compared with, what is equivalent to four
teen SETS ct eac'atfone, examined in the press thirty
fi:e tines, and printed from tcrentype plates tested
ihirt, ty-one times from al Which il be evident
even 10 the skeptc (esFecially tho pc sona the de-
tnl ofproot IN the pretace that the work I've ari'h
metcailN iualiibe, and in confirmation of this bcefa
premium of Two hundred and fifty dollars is offer
cd tor The detection oil error of in the present
fifth edition, expressed in preface, milking five
large n,enions offered for the error III. first
| publication in the year 1902
One of tho most conspicuous features of the tables is
| n the arrangement of the Time aud Amounts, which
| f'rexpedons, reference ondpersEeuy, with the help
OF the side and index, cannot be txceted the salty
" and ease with which the interest be fountl to the
exeh, Of general business, without doubling of sums
she'ius coiNehieee essential, that m III. estm;-
en OF some oi tic most competent and practI cal bust
ness men and public off eis WHO have made great use
OF the WORT, il las been distinguished h, tho honorable
appeliann cfofa 'master piece" And considering
the intallihility Of the method originally adopted in
CONFUSING the work, and The extraordinary ulmler and
variety othe examinations and tests of every edition
has passed i'll The press Notwithstanding the whole is in
stereotype, considering in sh6 t. he positive accuracy
secured by the unprecedented means emplos 3D. the
lume has heen held IN and enthusiastically STYLED &C the
most wonderful book in ihe wpSlk: cprta1y
man an,n'mc figure work the extent, which
since the beginning of creation, has had the
her an variety Of tests in the number of editors
no. ar one halt the number, is clearly shown in the
pre'are.
Resides, astest and standard, il has been tried and
priced in nearly all the bank and public offices in the
i United States and by the public generally, during the
long period OF thirty five rears yet of The cal
caons has been found in print although continue
ally challenged by the offer of very large premiums.
The book in fact expressly adopted by all the courts
otaw 81 several othe States the rate of calculation
tor statute Interest," alse by law for bank interest,"
according the book is used, aud nay be seen in
part by of the subscribers, and few of The
Subsequent purchasers, nthe list at the end of tho book
lsin possession every Gloss OF citizens i'll every quar-
tie Of the Unit ed States.
1t ismoreover well known that, by It's rearly check,
thas so "teu detected large errors, long after they
n'sdt, even by the most careful and most competent
arithmcticians, its usefulness, and the absolute
cessity for its usG have been extensively insisted upon
so evident incsut, have been its advantages, and its
savings, that, severi yearsaso, whilst the first edition
was scarce and out of print great Lumber of second
hand copies sought for, some to gre distance
and purcrased various prices they could OCCASION
ally DO picked up al from $40 ITO SIS per copy, and
some persons have Y declared, aud instances
c"uh be quoted that they would pay $50, 500, and $500
for copy, II not be had fer less and individual
in the latter instance particularly, having at the same
lime Exhibited sa,istaclor, proa several persons pre-
sent that to linn it was really worth that money and
more TIN ouch the saving of his very yalHabe time, Ike