True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-11-30
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ROWLETTS TABLES OF INTEREST:
Fs'o which is nov atsied an Average Time Caieuta-
II tor or easy methods for fndng the average time
storage notes OF haad bills Of goods, when pui-
chased at different dates. different credits, and for
various amounts besides useful and complete Banking
Time Ia lie, the best That he cnn,rived. or that fl
cures can produce wi,hin the same eontesend compass,
and size oft,pe.
An advertisement in the book is in nearly the follow
ing words
The high distinction this work has received through
the ten legislative acts prehxed to the title page, is
comnfenaation in itself, uncommon and eonclu
siye, til nothing necessary than by of adj
yertisemen to gvea condensed view of Of its pe
cnliarlt'es;as crnsance the Interest has been comp
ed from, and compared with, what is equivalent to four
sets # calculations, examined in The press thirty
five times, and printed from tceotype plates tested
lhirtytynne Hies, from All which it nnst be evident
10 the skeptic Especially tho pc sona ofhe de-
ml OF proof IN the retace that the work must be arth
medically in.iliblc, and in confirmation of this belefa
! premium 81 two hundred ant, fv dollars is offer
ed tor the detection OF an error of cent in the present
or fifth edition. expressed in the preface making five
large preminns offered for the error since the first
| publication in the wear 1907
One Of tho most conspicuous features of the tables is
in the arrangement of the Tine and Amounts, which
for expeditions, reference ondperspeuy, with the help
OF the side and index, e:Oi he c.scellea and the salty
ty and ease with which the interest be found to the
extent Of general lrssires1, without doubling of sums
beaids convenience 81 essential that in tire es-
ton of some OF the most competent and practi cal BUSH
| ness men and public officers who have made great
Of the WORK, il has been distinguished by tho honorable
appelIaon cfofa ''master pioee". End considering
The intnlihility OF the method originally adopted in
composing the work, and the extraordinary umber and
variety of the examinations and tests OF every edition
has passedin the press Notwithstanding the whole is in
stereotype, considering in short. he positive accuracy
secured by the unprecedented means employed the vo-
lumc has heen held up and emp'atcaly styled &C the
most wonderful book in the waslk;' most certainly no
man namca figure work OF the same extent, which
since the beginning OF creation has had the same num-
,{
no, one hall the number, as is clearly sho~nm abe
; plriare.
Resides, astest and Standard ii has been tried and
proceed in nearly all the bank and public elees IN HE
United States, and by the public generally curing me
long period of thryve rears yet error OF 'he cal
cuations has ever been found in print although con'i-
ally challenged by the offer Of very large premiums
The hook III fact eXpresS. adopted by all the courts
OF law 81 several otthe States the rate OF calculation
tor statute interest," also by law for bank interest,
according rs The book used, and as nay I've seen in
part, by names of the subscribers, and few of the
subsequent purchasers, ntc list AT the end of thu book,
Is possession Ct every Gloss OF citizens III every quar-
tc OF the Unit ed States.
1t is moreover well known that by its rearly check,
it has so oitcu detected large errors long after they
h'ade, even hy the most careful and most competent
alithmclicans TAT its usefulness, and the absolute
cessitv tor its have been cxtcns vcly insisted upon"
so evident, n.ec'i, nave been its advantages and its
savings, that, seveil ytarsago, whilst the first edition
was scarce and out Of piu,a great lumber OF second
hand copies sought for, some to gre distance
and pmcrascd at various prices, as they could OCCASION
ally DO picked up al from Siot $25 per copy, and
persons have rcccn " declared, and instances
could be quoted ta, they woad pay $50 $780, and $500
for copy, tt no, to be had fer less, and individual
in tie latter instance particularly, having at the same
lime Exhibited satisfactory proa several persons pre-
sent that to him it really worth tina! money and
more TIN ough the saving OF his very washable time, he
, being very rich manana in rnblic Office.
1t is likewise worthy OF notice, mud indeed proper to
impress, that such is the nature of gue work generally
these los, that had this book or its like boon prepar
ed in the usual manner ,louc, by the most competent
calculator in the world, and afterwards printed most
cautiouy under his own correction OF proof sheets, ii
would, almost certainty, have been Hnsatc for re-
ference and dear At any price, as the preface da1icI-
lmp explains. But 50 perfect and valuable have the
stereotype plates of this worklbcen mace that To sccure
: thcm willhcir numerous and extraordinary cxanina-
tons against fire. for the general benefit, they are (by
: sdNetlscmcu,) constantly kept in place of special
u safety, except while used in printing,
y Amp lie directions to nd both banks and statute inor
est with usetu! notes follow the preface, which, in Thu
fifth las in the two preceding editions contain much in
formation concerning the two lawful modes of eompu
L lug inter SITS, tee days al grace, &c
= 1t remains only remark that, notwithstanding th
II uncOmmonly costly work, which was published before
interest tables introduced in dollars and cents b."
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