True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-07-07
JUST PUBLfSHE FROM STEREOTYPE pLITE!

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ROWLETT'S TABLES OF INfi5RfST:
YEfO whcll is nc atltcr an Average Time Calcutta
IL tor easy methods for fmiing the average lime
on storage notes OF haad or bills of goods when pul-
chased different dates 'IitErlq.lt cre6 aud Tor
various amounts besides auseiul aud complete Banking
Time Ia lie, the best lhi can he conri,eh or that f.
CURES pr d''ee within the same cnudescnd compass
and Size Of t,pe.
Aua ye1sensen, in t'.cbook is in nearly the follow
ing wotHs:
'iht high distinction Ills w.rk has received rnrv
ile len g'slaNr ar'G ,iixei cttc I'll, ttlur is re-
ctumsrd 'iti IN Itself ND n,f,ion and 50 eonel-
sye, III nothing is ~ more dun l,y way ci nd
vert sencn, +" grea condensed view of somr OF its pc
cuiiartsas fer instance the nl.,rs las been conn IS.
I'd from and cnnmred with, what is equivalent Ia four
'ten se's ct eac''a'ione, examined in the press ll,i,-
fi.e lin es, and printed from terpoype pn,rs tested
ihir,,-one lisle, tom all which il n,nsi By evident
Ia the skc Especially til, Ic su,a of The de-
tn, al proof The pscince) that the wck must he ori,h-
,netcal', Ina'I'be' and IN confirmation ri This brcfa
urcnu of TWO hundred and tlitv dollars is n9w Offer
ct, Tar the 'ctceti"u 81 f II cen. IL the rr,,ru
or fifth edition A. expressed preface maxim" r
ar "ien.i"ns fcr,l FER the same error SIM ill.,. first
| ,,i,cntinn in the ,ent 1St}2.
! Que @i tho most conspicuous features IF the tas j.,
inthe rr'hn. en,r,t Of te Time aud Amounts which
fr "x;ctIns, reference nad pcrsl,iei', with the help
ofile side aud index, cannot he Xce led a! Il tn salty
t, and with which the incrcs eau l.. found To the
ex'eu' of general business withon, doubling of sums
ten of some oi 'le most competent and pcti cal bust
ness and public off WHO have made great use
of the work, has been distinguished b, tho honorable
alre,'ion efofa ''mas,er ace''. Aud considering
the nfi,libili'y OF the method originally adopted il,
CONFUSING the work, and The extraordinary ,lnl er and
variety of'he examinations, and tests Of every edition it
has uassedn the press notwithstanding the whole is in
stereotype considering, in sN6 he positive accuracy
secured by the unprecedented means employ 3D. the vo-
nme has hecn hcldu and emphatically styled 8" the
,ppt1 Il loplt - La
man uarnra figure work of the same extent, which
since the beginning OF creation, has had the
her ans variety of tests in thu. number of editors
nor one half the NUMBER AS is clearly shown in the
+ preface.
Resides, as test and standard, it has been tried and
proceed in nearly al; the bank and public eices in the
United States, and by the public generally, during the
long period Oh rtyv rears, yet error OF The cal
cia'ions has ever been found in print although conlinu-
ally challenged by the offer Of very large premiums.
The bookis in fact expressly adopted by all the courts
OF law 81 several othe States the rate OF calculation
Tor statute Interest,"" also by law Tor bank interest
according the book is used, and as Tay lie seen III
part by of the subscribers, and few OF ,hc
subsequent purchasers, nthe list at the cnd OF tho book
isn possession cfeyey Gloss Of czcns in every qua..
tic of the Unit ed States
1t moreover well known that, by its rearly check
has so oeu detected large errors, long after they were
made, even Ivy the most careful and most compeen
arimecims, Fat its usefulness and ;he absolute ne
cessy Tor It's use, have been extensively insisted up
so evident incech, have been its advantages, and it
savings, that, seycr y'arsago, whilst the first edition
was scarce and out Of print, great Lumber OF secont
hand copies sought tnr, some TO ag,e distance
and purchased various prices they could "rason
ally TO picked up at from 5000 SIS per copy, au'
some persons have recrn. declared, and instance
could be quoted thu, they would pay So, 500, an S5o
for copy, iuot be had fer less, and IN ndN ia'
in the latter instance particularly, hvrg at the sam
lime Exhibited satisfactory roai, TO several prrso"s pr,
; sent that to him ii was real'y worth that money an
lin ough the saving of his ,al-able t'mc h
, being yer, rich snau}rd in tnblic office.
Ii is likewise worthy &c, mud indeed proper
. nprc = that srcll is the nature Of hste work general
aud especially When OF the extent aud iinpor iuce &
these Ia los, had t'Ils hoo, orits ike b on prela'
ID in The usual manner vlnur, by the most co,npccr
- calculator in the world and atterv nr IS printed M"
calnputN under lis own correction ct proof sheets,
would almost to ccItaiury, have hpcn nnsaf Tor r.
lrlrutr, and der any price, tie preface dH1icr
- lnP Explains. io, 81 pcftrct and Naiushlc have I'll
Stereotype pues Of this wo khecu ma.c, that To secui
~ them, inh II nuuitrCns nnd extraordinary eXann'
tons. against FIR. far Vi" gra,ral hcr fiji Dley are IL
= sthrulstldvuS constant, kept in place of spcc
IA s.t't,, ryccpl vhil,,ue inp iriius.
y Am.rhrrr,prs to Il rInuJh b dis and statute into
y is, Whimsical a,pe, folio, lie preface whigh, u,h
fiji. as ijIlr tN9 preceding editions contain much il
$ f'raHt a0nccIeug III" Two lawful m dies Of campu
81 ue lulcr 81. tee. d., sal glacr, Ne.
j. II reu"us ouly to remark int, notwithstanding IL
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