True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-03-13
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se RONIETT'S TABLES OF INTEREST:
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4 tor or easy methods tnr fnting the average time
storage, of a or bills OF goods, when i'-
chased at different dates different credits, and tor
various amounts; besides useful and complete Banking
Time Table, tile hest That be con,ryed. or that IL
cures pr ,luce within the same condesenl compass,
and size oftyre
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ing words:
Tile high distinction this work has received through
the ten legislative acts pexe to the title page, is re-
commcndaton in ITSELF so uncommon, and so eoncl'l-
svc til nothing is necessary more Than by way Of adj
yerscmcn', TO givca condensed view of some OF its pc
caics: fer instaorc, the Interest has been cOmpos-
ell FROM and compared wi,h what is equivalent to four
Teen cf calculations, examined, in the press thirty,
five times, and printed from ,tcreoypc plates tested
,hrtyy-opc times, from all which il mnst be evident
TO the skepc Especially on tho sonal OF the de-
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metclIy nf,llihc, and in confirmation of this bccfa
premium of two Hundred and fifty dollars, is Offer
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fifth edition, as expressed in the preface, making five
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publication in the year 1902
One of tho most conspicuous features of the tables is
in the arrangement of the Time aud Amounts, which
for expeditions, reference onh perspeuiy, with the help
of the side and tcX, cannot he eXcellca and the salty
ty and ease with which the Interest can be found TO the
extent Of GENERA: business without doubling OF sums
is l,eses convenience essential that in the cslma
ton Of some ri The most competent and pctl cal bust
ness men and public Officers who have made great use
Of the work, has been distinguished by tho honorable
appclla'ion cfufa ''m'ster piocc". And considering
the ntal!lhl,y OF the method originally adopted i'll
composing the work, an! the extraordinary lumber and
variety OF The examinations, and tests Of every edition II
has passed in the !!css Notwithstanding the whole is in
stereoyrc considering, in short, The positive accuracy
. Inv The ed n,oIth The
lunc has heen held up and cmhatic,l}y styled " the
most wonderful book in the wosk;'' most certainly
man can namca figure work of the extent, which
since the beginning OF creation has had the
Der ami variety of tests in the same number of editors;
no. nor one half the number, as is clearly shown in the
preface.
Resides, astcst and standard it has been tried and
proceed in nearly all the bank AM, public offices in the
United S'a'cs and by the public generally during the
long period of thirty rcars, yet of Inc cal
claons has ever been found in print although continue
ally challenged by the offer of very large premiums
The book is in fact expressly adopted, by all the courts
o!aw Ct several oflhc States the "rac OF calculation
for statute Interest," also by law for bank interest,
according as the book is used, and as Fray he seer, III
part, by of the subscribers, and few of The
subsequent purchasers, intlc list AT the end OF the boob.
sin possession ci every Gloss OF citizens i'll every quar-
: tc of the Unit cd States.
: 1t is moreover well known that by its rearlv check
it has so ut,curctc'l large errors, long after they
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q; evident, inccci, invc been its advantages, und it
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/, hand comics were souah, for some to ere distance
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ally BIO picked no at from soto SIS per copy, an,
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and especially when Of The extent and importance
ed in the usual manner ,ouc, b, the most compete,
calculator in the world, and afterwards printed mo
ny caun"ly Under lis own correction of proof sheets,
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Il, est with useful rocs follow ,Ir. preface Which, in II,
nd Glh rs il, the two preceding cdons contain much il
nd formation concerning the two lawful modes OF cnp'
til ing inter Sts, lc" d'> at glac", &e.
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