True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-08-09
JUST PUBLTSHEDFROM STEREoTTpE pLiTES,



The Efh Edition a.
RoWLETTs TABLES OF INTEREST,":
NO which is nc W as'Aea Average lime Caleula-
H. tor, or easy methods for fin',ing the average lime
on storage notes OF haad or bills Of goods, when pur-
chased at different dates ereat credits, and for
various amounts, esi'esa useful and complete Banking
lime la lie, the best That he cotrrive,l sr tlntt f.
cures cali lr nce within the conttesend comtyass
and size Oftpe.
Ana vertisetent in the book 10 in nesrit The foow
ing words:
The high distinction this work has received through
tho ten Legislative acts pexed tho title page is a re-
commendstion in itself. ucornmon and so eoncl,-
s've IN nthing is necessary than by va, of adj
versement, to gpea condensed view of soite oil its pc
carii'es: as fer instance the Interest rs ieen conn -.
ed from, and compared with, what 10 equivalent to four
teen sets ct calculations, examined in The press ,hr,
i"e tines, and printed from terentype ra,es test, d
t'Hes from AL which it mnst b- evide,,
even to the skec Especially tho pe sonsl Of the de-
tail ct proof IN The preface that the work mus, lie aill.
metcay iutah'e, and in confirmation OF his belief
premium OF two hundred and tv dollars is now offer
cd tor me detection ct an error Of in the prese,
or fifth edition. As expressed in TIE preface making five
large premiums offered for the same error sine thu first
publication in the ear 1909.
anc vt tho most conspicuous features of the tables
in the arrangement ct the Time and Amounts which.
Tor expeditions, reference ondperspe"ity with The hell
OF the side aud index, cannot be excelleA and The salty
ty and ease with which the Interest can be found TO the
extent OF general business, whon, doubling oil sum,
shesld sa convenience essential that in H. es,lm,-
ton NJ some % e nn,t competent aud pr:,rtI cal us.
ness men and piihc0 WHO have made gr, vt Us.
Of the work. il has heen Distinguished h, tho lono,ubI.
arpelia''nn etnfa "master y ace'' Aud considering
the ntal'''huy OF the method originally adopted IL
CONFUSING the work, and the cxtrao1iinl, uumler and
variety Of me examinations, and tests of every edition il
has passed in the ~" SIS notwithstanding the whole is III
sereoyre considering in sl,6 I. he positive accrac,
secured by The unprecedented means en,po cd, the va
lume has leen h.ldup and emphatically styled the
most wonderful book in the w-slk;" certainly
man can namt figure work of the same extent which
since the beginning o creation, has had the
her ans variety ct tests in the number Of ettors
no. n'r'ne lialtte number, is clearly shown in the
pretare.
Resides, as test and standard, it has been tried and
proceed III nearly all the bank and public efrcs in tie
United States, and b, tic public generally. during the
long period Of thirty five ,ears, vet error of The cal
claons has ever been found in print although continue
ally y, challenged by the offer of very large plsmums.
he books in fact expressly adopted by all the courts
OF law 81 several oithe States the of calculation
Tor statute interest,"" ass by law for bank interest,"
according AS the book is uscd and Tay he in
part BY names Of the subscribers, and few of he
subsequent purchasers, in the list at the end of the book
possession Ct every Gloss of citizens in every qua
tt OF the Unit ed States.
1t 'smoreoyer well known that, by its rearly check
has so Often detected large errors, long after they
Tatt even by the most careful and most competent
aritmciicans, its usefulness and the absolute ,e-
cessy for its usc, have been extensively insisted up H.
so Gycnt incecd, have been its advantages, aud its
savings, that, seve,T yearsagn, whilst the first edition
was scarce and out of print, great lumber Of second
hand copies sought for, some TO gre distance
and purcased at various prices they couli occsio-
ally BIO picked up at from SOTO $25 per copy, and
some persons have recon. declared, a,, instances
gould be quoted tina, they would pay $50, 500, anil $50"
for copy, # not to be had for less, and Individual
IN the latter instance particularly, having at the
lime rxibited satisfactory a to several persons pre-
sent that to him it was really worth that money aud
more TIN "ugh the saving of his valsable tnc hi
being very rich and in public Office.
1t likewise worthy OF moi &c, Ind indeed proper to
impre that such is the nature Of fge work general,
and especially when of the extent aud n,por oi
these Ia los that had this book or its like reIa,-
ed in the usual vl0ne, b, the most cnrpcen,
calculator in the world, and aferw ars printed mos,
can,iouy under his own correction Of proof sheets, it
would, almost to a certainty have heen HnsI for
terence, and dear any price, the preface 'iaIc,I-
arlp explains But S" perfect aud valuable have the
stereotype Plates of this wolklheen that to
them, wiih'hrir and extraordinary exami,a-
tons. against fire, for ihr general ben, fiji they b,
=d,ertiscm"nD c"nsta"t, kept in place Of special
satt. except ~hil"u,e in p hitting.
AmFl" CORRECTIONS to FL both banks and tm-
est with useful r"'es follow the preface, which. n,his
nth rs III The tive preceding editions, contain much
ter,a'i concerning the two lawful modes Of compute
| lug inter sts, tee days nj grace, nc.
IL remains only to rcnin that, notwithstanding thi-
| ,mcommmly cns'l, work. which mblilhcd ,etn,e
interest tables were introduced IN lolla and cents be-
Nem AZ alnEuar, has letn so eXicusvel asd so heray
pati"nses, il has n" yet much paid with Interest.
tee heavy loss of r:iy four THOUSAND dollars. beside
1T time from 1885, 1905, sustained on tho first
edition OF 1000 'opcss arising chiefly from its lIiyS-
ton At that tlms, AT umcr niirr, tn SAY n .hg u
compensation ormrhttr .lnos lifetime of ,,llr, to!
and sacrifice Nhe,rtor, The author st, relies on the
ds.e,uurn' aud gerro>i>, n tic public for ron,iuu
ance OF prcr.cnce a,d patronage. F.rs,le hy the
! Pt"rit al BoohSelf sin tie Unted States