True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-03-18
JUST pUBLIsHEDFRoM STEREOTYPE pLITES,

JUST pUBLIsHEDFRoM STEREOTYPE pLITES,
The Eth Ediiionof
~ RGWLETT'5 TABLES OF INTEREST,":
ITO which NOW atied an Average Time Caieula-
l. tor, easy methods for finding the average time
on Storage, notes of aad or bills of goods, when nur
chased at different dates different credits, and for
various amounts; besides useful and complete Banking
Time Tale, the best That can be con,rvet or that H.
cures produce within the condesend compass,
and size oftpe.
An advertisement in the book is in nearly the follow
ing words:
The high distinction this work has received through.
the ten legislative acts prcxe the title page, is
conncns.on in itself, so uncommon, and SO eonc,-
svc, III nothing is necessary than BY way Of a-
vertseinct, to condensed view of OF its Pc
carites: as fer instance the Interest has been compos-
ed from, and compared with, what is equivalent to four
teen sets ct ealcua.'one examined in the press thirty.
fire times, and printed from stereotype plates tested
th,tyy-one tIM1es from all which It b. evident
even to the skcpc Especially tho pc sonal oilhc de-
tail Of proof The preface that the work must be nri,h
metically niae, and in confirmation Of this bclicfa
premium OF two hundred and v dollars, is Offer
cd tor the detection oil of in the present
or fifth edition, as expressed in the preface, making five
large premo"s offered for the same error since the first
publication in the year 1902
One Of tho conspicops features of the tables is
in the arrangement of the Time and Amounts, which
for expctl''"ns reference ondperspeuity with the help
OF the side an" index cannot be excclleA and the salty
ty and ease with which the Interest can be found 10 the
extent OF general business, without doubling oil sums
besides convenience so essential that in the estim,-
ton of some OF the most competent and pract cal bs-
ness men and public off who have made gtra, use
OF the work, has been distinguished hy tho honorable
appelalion cfofa ''naser pioce''. And considering
the 'ntahhility OF the method originally adopted in
composing the work, and the extraordinary lumber and
variety OF the examinations, and tests of every edition il
has passclin the press Notwithstanding the whole is in
StcrcOtyne, s,6It
secured by the unprecedented means employed, the vo-
lu'nc has hccn held up and emphacaly styled " the
most wonderful book in the waslk;' most certainly M
man ca namca figure work Of the extent, which
since the beginning Of creation has had the same
Der a'e'vare,y OF tests in the number of editors;
no, nor one hall the NUMBER as is clearly shown in the
preface.
Resides, as test and standard it has been tried ant,
proceed in nearly all the bank and public offices in the
United States, and by the public generally during the
long period of 'iry-fw yet of The cal
cualions has been found in print although continue
ally challenged by the offer OF vcr, large premiums.
he book is III fact expressly adopcdh all the
OF law cl several oile States the rate OF calculation
Tor statute interest,"" also by law for bank interest,"
according rs the book is used, and he in
part, by OF the subscribers, ard few of the
subsequent purchasers, in the list at the end of thu book
ISL" possession ccvcry cluss OF citizens every quar-
| tt OF the Unit ed States.
ismo'rovcr well known that, by its rearly check
it has oitc detected large errors long after they were
Halc, even by the most careful aHt most competent
ari,hmc,ics, tat its usefulness, and the absolute ne
cessi,y Tor its use, have been cx,cs ycly insisted upon,
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hand copies sought for some to greet distance
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ally DO picked up at from 2ioto as per copy, and
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for copy, ,fnoto be had fer less, and individual
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sen, that to him it really worth that money and
more TIN "sh the saving his very yaaasc time, he
| being very rich man ant, in bnbc Office.
1t is likewise WORTHY OF noicc md indeed propcr to
impress that such the nature of fg,c work generally
and ascrialy when of the extent and impoiIancc ri
these IN los lin, h, Ills lon ~. it's ike hron ,,a.
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cau,iou,y uud,r his own correction nf mnor sheets il
would almost to , c,rtaiutv have ho.r uns,, for re-.
ference and dear At any price AS the preface atiic,.
larlp explains. But so perfect and valuable have the
stereotype plates Of this woklLccn ma!c, that to sccnrt
them, "il'hc'r numerous and extraordinary cxan'''"
u"s against TIRE" tor the general be"At, they are by
"u.'"Se'h'') constantly kept IN place OF spee'a
,N''l' M'"'e use ~ y, 'n''h%'
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interest tables were rtrod"c IA in dollars @,l be
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