True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-11-30
JUST PUBLIsHEDFRoM STEREOTYPE pLIrES
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ROWLETT'S TABLES OF INTER n:

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RoWLETT's TABLES OF III ST:
7 10 which is now added an Average Time Ca'eule
l. tor, or easy methods for finding the average I'm.
on Storage. notes of haad or bills of goods. when mr.
at different dates nn different credits, and +"
varions amounts; besides useful and complete Rankin,
Time Tale, the hest That can be con,rivel. or that f
CURES can pr 'duce within the same comlesend commas
and size oftvpe.
a" Advertisement in the book is in nearly the follow.
ing words:
The high distinction His work has received ,,ro,c,
the ten legislative acts pretixed to the title page, is a re-
cnmme'dat'on in itself, so uncommon, and so eonc,u-
sive, IN { Hp'hing is necessary more than by way of adj
vcrtise'nent, to gives condensed view of some of its me-
c',llati'ies: as fer instance, The Interest has been conn ,s,
ell from, and compared with, what is equivalent to four
teen sets ct ea!c'1la'ione, examined in the prcss thirty
NE tunes, and printed from tereotvpe platcs tested
th'r'y'y-one times, from AL which it mnst. be- eyiden,
even 10 the skept'c Especially on tho pc, sonal of,he de-
ta'l Of proof in the pref,cc) that the wcrk mus, he oriIh.
metlcal'y %'"talIihle, and in confirmation of this hcliefa
premium OF i've hundred and fttv dollars. " now Offer
ca Tor We detection Of an error Off cent in tn. present,
or NTH e'''!'n1, as expressed in the preface, maxi ng five
large prem'nns offered FOR the same error since, h. fire,
publication in the wear 1909.
One OF tho most conspicuous features Of tho tables is
in'he arrangement OF the Time and Amounts, whirh
tr expeditions, reference ond perspie,,i,v, with the helm
OF the s'''e ana INDEX, cannot be excci.ca and the salty
~ and ease with "hich the interest can be found to the
extent OF general business, without doubling of sums
's"esldrs a convenience 81 essential, that in the cstlmo-
ton OF some "l 'he most competent and practIcal Lusi.
meas men and public Officers who have made "rra, use
OF the work, II has been distinguished hy tho honorable
"r1ella',mn c! "ta ''mas.er pioce'. Aud CONSIDERING
the 'nfaiiisll''v OF the method originally adonted i,
Composing the worH,a and lhe extraordinary lumber and
variety OF The examinations, and tests of every edition il
has l"ssed'n the l"rsss notwithstanding the whole ia ir
S'eft'hvl'e Il, considering. in sh6I I, he positive acc,unc,
secured ny the unprecedented means emplo,o1 the w.
'nme has lt'n held up and cml,lraticalIy STYLED &C the
most wonderful book in the wos'i;" most certainly H.
man can na'rta figure work Of the same extent, whicl
since TIE beginning OF creation, has had the same pum.
hci anG variety Of tests in the same number of e,1itc,s
no, nor one half the number, AS is clearly shown in the
preface.
Resides, astrst and standard, it has beea tried an,
proceed IN nearly all The bank and m,hlic aficcs in five
United States, and hv the public generally, during The
long period OF th'ItN five reors, yet no error of The cal.
cM'a''ons has ever been found in print, although con,inu.
ally challenged by the offer Of very large premiums.
The book is in fact expressly ahnp,eu bv al, ,lr cn,,,,
OF law 81 sev"ral ot,he States Ms the e rate OF caIcula,lo
Tor 'talute interest, - AS also by law for bank interest
according as the book is used, and as pav he sea, i,
part, by .t names of the subscribers. and a few Of III,
s'''scG'tcr, purchasers, intilc list a; the end of tue hook.
Is in lnG:tssinn CT ev,ry Gloss ui uilizc,,s in ever, ul,..
t" of the Unit ed States.
1t Is moreover well known that, by its rca.lv cheek,
u has 50 nttcu detected large errors, long "f,,r ,Ilcv wer,
n'H':r, even by III" most careful and most comucie,
a'i''ntt'cian-, -, its usefulness, and he absolute ne.
ccsstv for lis usl, have been extensively insisted upon
so evident, i,cech, nave been its advantages, and it,
savings, that, sc,c,,l yrarsag", whilst the frs, r'li,io,
was scarce, and out ot print. n great Lumber of srcnn,
hand copies were sought for, some TO u gre t distance.
and pnrcrased 1t various prices. as they could occasion.
ally DO picked up AT from soto SIS per copy, and
Some persons have rccrn. " declared, and instances
could he quoted that they would pay $50, 500, and siM
tor a copy, It noito be had for less, and IN individual
in the latter instance particularly, having at the sam,
lime rx''ihited satisfactory lroat, to several persons pre-
sent that to him it was really worth that money and
more TIN "ngh the saving of his very valuable time, he
being = yer, rich man and in Y"hlic Office.
II is likewise worthy Of no, ce, md indeed proper to
impre =, that such is the nature Of fgue work generally
and especially when OF the ,xicn, and importance oi
these ia los, that had this book or its like boon prerar-
ca IN the usual manner ,lonc, b, the most competent
calculator in the wor!d, and afterwards printed most
ca'41innly under his own correction of proof sheets, it
would, almost to a certainty, have been unsat, for re-
ference, and dear at any price, as TIE preface darTicu-
lArIp explains. But So perfect and valuable have the
stereotype plates of this Won klbcrn ma &c, that to Secure
mem, "iih'he'r numerous and extraordinary examine
tons. asa'ns, fire, for the general benefit, they are (by
sd'eit'semenD constantly kept in a place of special
safGt. exec Il while use in printing.
Ample directions to tinh both banks and statute iutor-
est with useful rotes. follow the preface, which, in this
nun as IN the tvs preceding editions, contain m,lcl, in
formation concerning, the two lawful modes of comput-
Jug inter SITS, tee da, S Af 9, ace, x.
IL remains only to remark that, notwithstanding this
i''c"'lInnhlv costly work, which WAS published before
interest tables were in,ronur.d in collars and cents be-
yeul AN a'nH'noc, has been 50 cXtnsivcl, a.,l so literally
patr"niscd, it has not vet 50 mnrh rs paid with interest.
tee heavy loss Of nearly four thousand dollars, beside
SIX Nc"ss OF time from l7GJin 1905, sustained on the first
edition OF 1000 oolics, ..arising chiefly from its ~puh!ic,.-
'o' nj ''''l time, at IN under price, To say nr'!'ing Of
compensation Or prof, for sinos, Lifetime of ra.r, toll,
ana sacrifice. " therefore, The author still rtlies7ou the
"'serrnmcnl and generosity Of the public for Il cnnlinu:
alIcc OF preference and patronage. I.r sal. by the
PrimcI al Eoohscl|ers in the Lntrt States
n MOI f'N - s,;n,,, az ,,,. L.. .i ,