True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-10-03
JUST PUBLISREDFRoM STEREOTYPE pL1TEs.

JUST PUBLISHEDFROM STEREOTYPE PLiIES,
The Filth Edition o:
ROWLETT'S TABLES OF INTEREST:
TWO which is new atlttA an Average lime Calcutta
IL tor or easy methods ion hnnng the average lime
on storage. notes Of haad or bills of goods when p,r-
chased different dates en- ,tfertsit credits and for
various 's; tesi'es useful ant! complete Banking
Time la lie, the hest HAT can he cunriyet or that H.
cures can produce within the con,eseld compass,
and size ot.pe,
Ana vetisemen in the book is in nearly the follow
ing worlds
Tie high distinction this work has received through
til" ten Legislative acts pexe To the title page
comme"tStion in itself so uncommou,, and so eoncu-
sive, III nothing is necessary more than by VA, of adj
vert'semen to glrea comb nsel view of some OF its pc
cuariesas tcrinsanee, The Interest l"s hcen conn
ed from aud COMPARED With, what is equivalentto four
etn seis Ell calculations, ex;nued in the pres thirty
fire tines, aud printed from tr,euype plates tested
lhtt,l,-ohe tHea, from al which il INNS, b. evident
even to the skept ESPECIALLY tho he sonaI OF the de-
t'l Of proof lie refce) That the wck mus m aill-
meticali, nfaliihe. and in ceirmaon of ibis bcirla
premium OF Two hundred and ftv dollars isaow offer
eh irr the detection of an error ola cent in the present
or f!'h edition, expressed preface making five
large premiums Herc' for the same error si The first
publication in the ear. 1902
One al tho most conspicuous features Of he tables is
1.-THE arrangement of The Time and Amounts which
II" expeditions reference dperspie,i',, with he help
OF the side and index. he exec u; thu salty
ty and ease with which the inercsl can be found to the
extent OF general business, wiihm, doubling Of SUNS
'shesds convenience essential, that in tbs estInG,-
tten ct some o 'hr most competent and pract cal hs-
ness men and public otii WHO have made sr
of the wors, has been Distinguished y tho honorable
aplella'ion cfnfa 'master pece''. Aud considering
the ntallihy Of The method originally adopted ii,
CONFUSING the work, and HE cxtraorr'l,, uunler AM,
variety OF the examinations and tests of every edition il
has passed The press notwithstanding The v hole is in
stereotype considering in sl6 t. he positive acc,;lac,
secured 'y the unprecedented, means emplo oil, the
lume has hee" h'ldup :nd emphaticay styled " the
| most wonderful book in the w.slk;" most certain,
man can nart figure work of the same extent, vi cl
since the beginning OF creation, has had the same nnn,-
Der ans variety Of tests in The a,ber of editors;
no. nor one i'alitle number, is clearly shown in the
| preface.
Resides as test and Standard it has bees tried and
rrreed in nearly all the bank and public ~ircs in tie
uned States, aud Ivy the public generally during the
long period ct t,a live rears, yet no error of The cal
claiions has ever cen found in print although conini-
all, challenged by the offer Of very large PR miums.
he books a fac, expressly aa"pedb> all the courts
OF la" Il seN"al ofthe States AS the rate OF cuallnn
for statute Interest," also by law for bank interest,
according rs the book is used, aud May lie in
part, b, names of the subscribers, Al few of he
subsequent, purchasers, inthe list a,le cnl Of tia book,
SIN nos essn c every Gloss OF citizens i'll every qua
| &c of the Unit ed States.
1t moreover well known that, by its reary check
las so oit,u detected large errors long after they were
| N'alr, even by the most careful and most competent
aliihmelicns ia, its usefulness, and the absolute ne
cessity Tor its ,s4, have been extensively nsise, up liz
so evident, iucec, have been its advantages aud its
savings, that, severl ytarsas" whilst the first edition
was scarce and out OF int,a great Lumber OF second
| hand copies SOU. hi tor some to gre distance
AMI ,'rcrased at various prices, as they could "ce,so-
ally ho picked upa, from $40 To SIS per copy. ami
some persons have reccn. declared, aud instances
could bcquo,ed that they would pay $5n 500, AMI $500
for copy, ,not to be lad fer less a4d IN individual
in the latter instance particularly, having at the same
lime Exhibited satisfactory lnat, to several persons pre-
sent that to him it was really worth that money aud
wore Tin onyh the saving Of his yarabe time, he
being very rich man and in snhc office.
Ii is likewise worthy o, re uud indeed proper to
inre :, that such the nature OF gue work grrla,
and especially wien OF the extent aud inlor OF
these Ia los, that, had this book orts Ike b. lcn-
ell in the usual hummer voue b, the most competent
calculator in the world and al'crNa IS printed mos,
catti0uly under his own correction of pruo sheets, it
would, almost to a certainty, have hpen ,'saf for
leieic, and dear ANY price, tie preface dHiic;-
lailp explains. But perfect and valuable have the
stereotype plates of this wuIk,heen maze that secure
them, wi;lr,"'r numerous aud extraordinary exa,iua.
ons. against fire, for lh' general benz fiji, they lbs
"dvcrtIscmcu) constantly kept in place Of special
safety, except whiIru.e in prin'iig
Amrlpayclioas to fiud both banks and statute iunr.
est with useful noics follow the preface which, in h
eth as in The two preceding editions, contain much in.
i'Hnat concerning tbs two Awiu IN dies Of clmpu
lug inter st. tee d,ys ai q ace &r.
1t rrlnu,os ojy TO rcu,a,k tlut, notwithstanding Iii
unr"nImr,lv eo~'I, work. which WAS ul,li- h,i Ac1n,
interest laies were tiptc ii IN l0!I and cents b..
>Cni an9lnaua ha nctn sopx'pnsve, a.d oiihc,uli,
ptttru rd, ii has not yet inyh as paid with interest
tee heavy IS of nearly trr thousand dollars, beside
SIX Of ttnr from i1Vgln 1905, sustained M NE Il
edition OF $500 appes rrng clntt. from a 1nh!i,a
ton 81, that tWc, at ~, under price,, t" SAY otr'g "
compensation or prnitr almost c-tme Of are, toll
'nd sacrifice Wherefore Dl,r author still relies ooih
dseerimcut and generosity o tie public tt cna'ini
aiicc OF pHeel encc and mtrour5c. F'r sale Ivy HE
PfHr',ni Boohstlf sin the Uniei S aies
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