True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-12-20
JUST PUBL1sHEDFRoM STEREOTYPE PLITEs,
TABLES OF INTER Est;

JOSi fobLIoHEDFfOM SIEREOflFE PLJIESs
The Fin Edition o.;
RoWLETT's TABLES OF INTEREST,"
FHHO which is new adaea an Average lime Calc,a-
H. tor or easy methods for hnhing the average time
on storage notes OF haad or bills of goods, when pu-
chased at different dates different credits aud for
various amounts besides useful and complete Banking
lime la lie, the best That can be con'rved or that f.
cures can lir nuce within the same contleseud commas
and size of Npe.
An vertsement in the hook is in No. rv ,,a follow
ing words:
The high distinction this work has received ,hrouel
the ten legislative acts prexe to the title mare is re-
commend;hon in itself, so uucommon and SO eonclu-
sive, tn nothing is necessary more Than v ua, NJ adj
'erusemeht, TO gVea condensed view of some OF its ne
clarIlles: as fer instance the Interest has bccn
eli IRON, and compared with, what is equivalent to four
Teen ses ct calculations, examined in the press thirty.
NE 'll'es ana printed from tereoype plates tested
'hi''yN-nhe times, from all which it mnst be evident
even TO the skeptc Especially tho c sona of the de-
tail Of proof IN the preiace that the wc,k must he or
metcay intaib!e, and in confirmation of This hrl;cf !.
premium OF TWO hundred and fifty dollars is now offer
u. Ell s M '" an error off, cent in the present
or nth edition. as expressed in tie preface max ny five
large premipns offered for the same error sim ,l,r 6,
publication in the year 1902
ne OF tho most conspicuous features Of the tables is
shthe Arrangement OF the Time aud Amounts, which
Tor eXpettns, reference ohdperspeuity with The helm
OF the side and index be excelled and the salty
and ease with which the interest can be found TO the
extent OF general business, without doubling of sums
IS hesas convenience so essential that in the es,Irn-
ton OF some OF the most competent and practI cal bust
ness men and public Off e,s who have made e1,,,, use
oil the work. il has been distinguished nv tho Honorable
appreciation ct ola .naster piece And considering
'he 'n'",''hy OF The method originally adopted in
CONFUSING the work, and the extraordinary lumber and
variety OF the examinations, and tests of every edition il
has passedn The press Notwithstanding the whole is in
stereotype considering in sh6 I. he positive accuracy
secured ny the unprecedented means emplo 3D. the yo-
lume has heen held up and emphaticlIy STYLED the
most wonderful book in the wssik" mos, cer,uuly n
man can namea figure work of the same extent hic
since the beginning OF creation, has had the same n,n-
her anH variety of tests in the nHber 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 4ircs in the
United States, and by the public generally during the
long period ct thirty five renrs vet ~ error of The cal
citations has been found in print al,honcb continue
ally challenged by the offer of very large PR muns
he bookis il, fact expressly adopted by all the courts
' IN" 81 several OF the States the crate OF calculation
Tor statute interest,"" also by law for bank interest
according as The book is used and uay he see, in
part, by names Of the subscribers, ard few Of he
subsequent purchasers, in the lis, the end of til, book
ISM possession cfevey Gloss Of citizens in every qua
tc OF The Unit ed States.
1t ismoreover well known that, by its rearlv check,
1t has so oiteu.'eece4l large errors, long er HE, were
ma,e, even ,y the most careful and most compeeu,
a'''hnic,lcrns at its usefulness, and the absolute ne
cessity tor its usl have been extensively insisted IN H.
savings, that seyerrl yearsag", whilst the first edition
was scarce, and out of pint,a great lumber of second
hand copies were sought for, some to gre distance
ana I''rcFased nj various prices they could crc,so-
ally BIO picked up AT from soto SIS per copy, ami
some persons have rccrn declared, aud instances
could bcqno,ed that they would pay S50 800 and $500
tor copy, ,not to be had fer less anal IN individual
IN the latter instance particularly, having the same
lime rx'bte satisfactory proa several persons pre-
SEM that to him it was really worth that money and
more TIN ogh the saving of his ,alsablc time e
beng yer, rich man and in Ynblie Office.
IL is likewise worthy OF not nu indeed proper to
nre =, that such is the nature OF fg"e work general,
AND Especially when ct the extent and importance OF
these Ia los, that had this book or its ike BE- on lel,-
Ell III the usual nauner vonc b, the most competent
calculator in the world, and ailerW ar printed ,nos,
ci"'ou'y under hsown correction of proof sheets, it
would, almost to certainty, have been Hnsat for re-
terence, and dear / any price, tie preface hlrcr-
inlp explains. But 50 peIfcr, and valuable have the
stereotype p'es OF this w0iklheen e. that secure
ihein, willthcr numerous and extraordinary ex,nn,-
TONS against tire for the general benefit, they are iby
"dycrtsemen) constantly kept in place Of special
safety except wlIruSe in printing.
Ans edirecons to fud both banks and statute inflow
est with useful roes follow the preface which, IN this
nth ms III the two preceding editions contain much i-
icinati concerning the two lawful modes Of compute
Jug 'nier SIS, toe DAYS at .iace, &c.
1t remains "nly To remark that, notwithstanding tii>
hcomm"n'v costly work, which WAS ,uhIishcrl lcurc
interest tables wer" Intro uc.d ia ,'O,s and ccis be-
Nc'n aalu,uac, has been cXuisiyr a., ~ IihtIwly
atronsc, IL has u't vet much paid with Interest
tee heavy loss OF upuriy Fur Thousand DOLLARS hcsc,
SIN ni time tom i799to 1905, stlstanc, m The Il
edition OF 1G0o aolicS rslng cctl, from lis rlti-
ton ~ That time, al ~, uudcr price, 81, II ding vi
compensation pruhipr almost 4 litv-tutr ut ,.r mi
;,I.d sacrifice therefore the ,ntuI st II relic, on lr
'Ilserrnmrn and generosity Of the public tuacwdi,u;
atee II ple'e."Mcs atn patronage. T'rs sale by lilt.
PHmti at EOpE&tW $ in tie iygtt S uirs..
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