True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-10-15
15RLIsVED IRON STEREoYYrE pLITES

JUST PUBLISHED FROM STEREOTfEE PLiTES,
TIE Fsh Edition O;
-. ROWI.ETI's. TABLES OF INTEREST:
THHO which is new atlsee an Average Time Cae,lla-
Il tor, easy methods for ifniing the average lime
on storage, notes OF had Or bills of goods when pui-
chased at different dates different credits, and for
various amounts besides useful and complete Banking
Time la lie, the best That be con,ived. or that fl
cures can produce within tile same coneseud compass
and size OF pc.
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ing words:
Tic high distinction this work has received ,lroug.
the ten Legislative acts prehxe' e. the titlt. page,
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yrren,ci'', to givea eoI nsed view of OF It's pc
calt's IS fer instance h Interest has been comp1s
cd from aud compared with, wha, is equivalent to four
cen ses eli eaicualione, examined in the press thirty
f.e e and printed from terco,ype plates tested
,hirty's-nne tises, from all which nns be evident
even To the skeptc Especially tho pc sonal ofthe de-
ta'l OF pron IN The preace) tl: ,he wcik must he arih-
metcay InfAlh'c aud in confirmation of this belirfa
premium OF two hundred and fifty dollars is now offer
cd for the detection Of Ola in the presen,
or fifth edition. expressed in e preface, making five
large preminus offered for the same error sin, the first
publication in the year ISU2.
One OF tho most conspicuous features of the tables is
| the arrangement of the Time and Amounts, which
for expeditions, reference ond perspie,, with the help
of the side and index cannot be rxeelea AID thu. salty
tv and with which the iuercs can he found to the
extent ct general business, without doubling of sums
is besides convenience essential, that in tn, es,ma-
ten ut some Oh The most competent and prct cal bnsi
mass men and public Off ers who have made great use
of the work. il las been distinguished hy tho honorable
| appella'lon efufa "master poce". And considering
| the nf,llihy Of the method originally adopted in
composrg the work, and the extraordinary lumber and
variety ct tile examinations and tests OF every edition it
has passed IN the press Notwithstanding the whole is in
stereotype considering in shot, he positive accuracy
secured by the unprecedented means empo' cd, the VOC
lame has heen hedup and empatically styled GO the
most wonderful book in the wesik;" mos, certainly N,
man can nanea figure work of the same extent, which
since the BEGINNING OF creation, has had the
Der ana variety OF tests in the same hmber OF editors;
no, one hall the NUMBER is clearly shown in the
preface.
Resides, as test and standard, it has been tried and
proceed in nearly all the bank and public offices in the
United States, and by the public generally during tie
long period of thirty five rears, yet of The cal
culaons has ever been found in print although continue
ally challenged by the offer of very large miums.
The book in fact expressly adopted by all the courts
OF law 81 several ofthe States the rate of calculation
tor statute Interest,", ;se by law for bank interest,
according as the book is used and aay he seen in
part by of the subscribers, and few of The
subsequent purchasers, in the list at the end of thu book,
isn possession CT every Gloss OF citizens in every quar-
te of the Unit ed States.
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it has so oeu detected large errors, long after they were
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so evident ncecd, have been its advantages, and its
savings, that seyelr yearsaso whilst the first edition
was scarce, and out of print,a great Lumber of second
hand copies soug il, for, some to gre distance.
and pcrased at various prices as they could OCCASION
ally DO picked up at from SOTO SIS per copy, and
some persons have recon declared, and Instances
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for copy tt not be had fer less and an individual
in the latter instance particularly, having at the
lime Exhibited satisfactory proa to several persons pre-
sent that to him it was really worth that money aud
TIN ough the saving OF his very ralaable hine he
being yer, rich manand in rnblic office.
1t is likewise worthy of not ce, md indeed proper to