True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-10-04
FROM STEREOTYPE pLITES,
The Fiji Edition o:


ROWLETT"s TABLES OF INTEREST:
FEHO which is new atdcd an Average Time Caleula-
Ill Tor, easy methods for hnrng the average lime
on Storage notes Of haad or bills of goos, hen p,ll-
chased at different ea,es different Credits aud TOR
various amonts besides useful and complete Banking
Time la lie, HE best That be conriye,l en- tia, f.
cures pr ,,iee within the same con,escud compass
and size othpe.
Ana vertsement in the book is in nearly the follow
ing words:
The higl, distinction this work has received through
tho ten legislative acts rexed to The title page, is re-
Gnmmerd.on in itself uucpmnot,., and SO eoncl-
si'e, tn nothing is necessary than Ivy wa, of adj
vertsenien', to gl"ea comb nse view of Of its ne
c'la't'es:as tcrins'a'ce h Interest ls heen conn, s-
cd FROM and compared with, what is equivalent to four
'een sets ct e'lclaioe, examined in tle press thirty
tie tines and printed from teicnlype plates tested
'hIry'y-cne times, from al which il nns be- evideu,
even to the skepte socially on thu c sonal of,hc de-
t 81 proof IN the pe,ce) that the work mus, he aritl,-
meteal, ii,fllibe and in confirmation of This belief
premium Of two hundred and 1fty dollars is now otfe,
cd for me detection of error ola cent in the pr,srn,
or tl:ii edition. as expressed in preface, making five
large premiuns lferc for the same error sim . first
publication in The ear 1899.
Ohe o tho most conspicuous features of the tables is
lnthe arrangement of the Time and Amounts which,
fnr expeditions, reference oidperspieu, with The HELM
OF The sue ami index, cann be txceileA al tn, sally
ty aud ease with which the interest en-, be- found to the
extent nt general business, without doubling of sums
'she5 q convenience essential, that in iI,- es Ina
ton ct some 81 'e most competent and practl raj blsi-
ness men and public off ers who have made o., II; use
OF TIE WORK, has been Distinguished l., tho honorable
Htpea''tn ef"fa 'master y nce'' Aud considering
thr inf'''hlh'y Of the method originally adopted il,
com'"s'e the work, and The extraordinary lumber and
variety OF The examinations aud tests of every edition il
has l'asse'ln the press Notwithstanding the hole is il,
stereotype, considering, in s6 he positive .cc,:,c,
secured by The unprecedented means em,o cd, the W.
l.me has i'en Ieldup and emf aticalIy ST, Ie, &C The
most won' 'ful book in The w.slk;' most certainly n,
man can iamra figure work of the same extent which
since The beginning OF creation, has had the same u,,n-
hcralH variety ct tests in the nh,lp of editors;
no. ntr one halt the NUMBER is cleall, shown in the
p,.'are.
Resides, as test and standard, it has bceM tried and
priced in ne;l'. all The bank and public eir,s in the
United States and by The public generally. during the
long period at thirty five rears, Of The cal
c'li;'ons has ever been ouu in iu although coniim,
ally challenged by the offer of very large premiums.
he book is in fact expressly adopted by all the courts
OF Ia" 81 several oihe States the rate Of c,tla'lon
Tor statute INTEREST," rs alss by law for bank interest
according rs the book is used, and may lie seer, in
part, by names of the subscribers ard few of he
subsequent purchasers, nthe list AT the cn of III, book
ISM pos essi"n CT every Gloss OF citizens in every qua
lie of The Uni, ed States
1t is moreover we'll known that, by its rearv check
has so detected large errors long after they were
ma,lc even Ivy the mos, careful and most competent
ari,ncIic,ns, Eat its usefulness, aud the absolute ne
cessy Tor its u.s., have been extensively insisted ,tp H.
savings, that, sevcrl ,cmsss", whilst the first edition
was scarce, and out OF print, great Lumber of second
hand copies were sou. for some to gre distance
and nrcrased Il various prices, AS they could ~casion-
ally DO picked up al from Sioto SIS per copy, AMI
Some persons have reccn. v declared, AND instances
cul> be quoted that they would r. $50, 500, AMI $500
for copy, II not be had lcr less, an ind>
in the latter instance partc,la's having AT the same
lime rx'hiild satisfactory r"at, to several persons pre-
seat that to him it really worth that money aud
al 3,
being very rich nanad in iublic Office.
Il is likewise worthy OF not &c, mud Indeed proper to
Impre =, that such is the nature OF fgue work g'ncra,
aud especially when of the extent and impor anre Of
these ia los that had this bon', orits like b, epal
Ell IN the usual iuttier Nlo., hs the most competent
calculator in the world, and aiervnr IS printed mos,
cuhiouy under lis own correction of proof sheets, it
would, almost to II certainty, have been uus;t Tor
iere"ec ai' dear ANY price, as Ne preface t'aiici
lnlp explains But perfect ai,, valuable have the
se,e,,y, Plates ui this wn,klhetn ma. C. that secure
il,cn willnhcir numerous and extraordinary examines
tons. against fire, tn ,h- general benefit they (b,
"d.r'tlsen'rn) constantly kept in place Of special
safety, except while use in p, hitting.
Approximations to Il both banks and statute inflow
est with uset ao'cs TO low the preface. Which, This
'i As n'ile two preceding editions contain much In
elnai n concerning ihr Two lawful m dies Of COMPUTE
ius outer ST., tee d,N at gage, Ne
II rrwaius NN IL remark that, notwithstanding ti,
tnrOmmmly erstl> work, which li,hr,l heinle
interest cables itrn ii in ol't,s and cen,s be-
>cn aninann', la, hc"u rN;rsivcl AID SO literally
patltnsr1, it has not We, much paid with utcr,s
tee heavy loss Ut ltpi,lN four thousand dollars beside
SIN oi time from I1g9to 1S5. sustained On the fl
-'''ionoi 1000 aopics. wsIng chiefly from lis N'h a.
ton Al a' tine, at ~ nudcr price, to 81, thing nj
compensation wrflin almost lifetime OF are, ta,l,
ard sacrifice W therefore the author still relies on the
dsecinn'cnt and generosity OF the public fw co,inu:
nnce OF piec,c''cc u'd pa'rourgc. Pr sale 10y ,hc
PracIl al SopbStle $ in TIE Uwtei s n'es.
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