True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-01-31
JUST POELlSHED FROM STEREOTYPE PL.ITES,
a.


JUST PUBLISHED FROM STEREOTYPE PLITES, !,
The Fin Ediiion".
ROWlET'"s TABLES Or INT ENi.sT: |
EH7O which is Nc :s'I'r. AT average Inn" C;'r''la !
Il TOR. or cas-. l".ho'' ior iinnnS the average Tine
on storage notes OF iaai or hills Of goods, when u'-
chased at different dates different credits, au, for
various amonts hesi;esa useful ant. complete Banking
Time Ia lie, the best lh; be co,,,ivc,l or that f.
cures pr .'ucc within the same con.csr. compass
ant, size ott,pe.
An veltsement in the book is in nearly the foaw-
ing words:
The high distinction this work has received through
the ten Legislative acts prexed the title page, is
comnend&ton i'll itself, uncommon, and so eonclu-
sive III nothing is necessary than by way of all
versement, to gvea condensed view Of some of its pc
cartes: rs fer instance the Interest has been comD-
ed from, and compared with, what is equivalent to four
teen sets ct calculations, examined in the press thirty
tl"e times, and printed from trreotype plates tested
thiryy-one tines from all which i, mns be evident
even to the skeptc Especially tho pc sonal of,he de-
tail 81 proof in the preface that the work mus, he arith-
medically intab'e, and in confirmation of this bcsfa
premium OF two hundred aud Htv dollars is now Offer
cd tor me detection OF an error Of cent in the present
or fifth edition, as expressed in tue preface, making FIVE
large pemons offered for the same error since the first
publication in the year 1909.
One 81 tho most conspicuous features of the tables is
in the arrangement Of the Time and Amounts which
for exlct'it'ts reference ond erspeui,y with The help
OF the side and i'ncx cannot he cxcelleA M, the salty
~ and ease with which the Interest he found to the
extent OF general business, without doubling OF SUNS
is hesis convenience essential TINT in The cst!m,-
ton OF some Oh The most competent and pr;,rtI c: hsi-
ness men and public off who have made g,a, use
OF the work, has been distinguished H tho honorable
aPpelia''nn tha ''mascr pace' And considering
the intaihility Of the meiho originally adopted IN
CONFUSING the work, and The extraordinary unlhcr and
variety OF The examinations, and tests Of every edition it
has passed the press notwithstanding the vi hole is in
stereotype, considering, in sG I. he positive accuracy
secured by the unprecedented means enpio, oil, the
hume mas heen i'd and .r.y led Iht
most wonderful hook in the w"slk;' most certainly n
man can tG''nch figure work of the extent, which
since the beginning OF c,eation has had the
her ans variety Of tests in the nnIcr Of editors;
no. nor one hal! the numbers AS is clearly shown in the
preface.
Resides, as test and standard, it has been tried and
rrceed IN nearly all The bank and public %res in the
United States, and by the public generally during the
long period ,hir. five reas, yet no error of ie cal
cat'ons has ever been found in print although continue
ally challenged by the offer of very large pre- miums.
he books in fac, expressly adopted by all the courts
OF law 81 several oithc States the " rate OF calculation
Tor statute interest,"" also by law for bank interest,"
according as the book is used, aud nay he in
part, by of the subscribers, ard few of lhc
subsequent purchasers, in the lis, at the cnI of thu book
ISM possession CT every Gloss OF citiZuns in every Qua
te OF The Unit ed States.
1t moreover well known that, by its rcarly check
1t has so "lteu detected large cr,rns long after they
made, even by the mos, careful and most conpeen,
a,itlnc,ie.ns ,nt its usefulness, and the absolute
ccsslty i"r its us, have been exies yclv insisted up H.,
so evident, inceca, n,vc been its advantages and its
savings, that, sev.nl yrnrsag" whilst the frs, edition
WAS scarce and nu, of print, srra, Lumber Of second
hand copies were sought Tor, some To gre distance
and p'ilcrsed 1t VARIOUS prices, AS they could occasions
ally ho picked up at from 5000 s per copy, anil
| Some persons have dcclmc, and instances
could hepnoc'l that the. would pa. So, $780, and $500
for ar'p, 40, to b" had Ter less, and individual
IN the latter ms'a'c, particularly h1,ing q, the same
lime Exhibited satisfaction, ,,a', several persons pre-
scn' thu, 10 hin, it wns really worth hat money and
more Though the saving Of his ,aeshlc time, he
hcins yer. rich n1n,'nnd in *'lblic office
II is likewise worthy of no, ce, Ind indeed proper to
inprc r. Ia, such is the nature OF f.uc work generally
and especially when OF the rxcst and importance OF
these Ia los, that had this book its ike boon rcpar-
ed in the usual vlonc, b, the most eompc,cu,
calculator in the world, and ;,icrw urr's printed mos,
canouly under his OWN correction OF proof sheets, il
would, almost to certainty, have been lmsat for
terence, and dear It ANY price AS tie preface duic'I-
lnrlp explains. But 81 perfect and valuable have the
stereotype plates Of this wokbcen n,.r that secure
them, wlhthcir numerous and cx,raol binary cx;'i'r'-
tons against fire, for the general bcn fit, they (by
"dNc,tiscment) constantly kept in place Of special
safety except Mllcnsc in hitting.
Amre directions fluid both banks AM, statute iu,or.
est with useful notes follow the preface, which, in III,
il'''s in the tive preceding editions, contain nucl, n
tcrn'a.i'n CONCERNING the tw" lawful modes Of compu
| ing inter SIS, tee d1, $ If S,acr, &e.
1t rcnG.'ns only To remark that, notwithstanding iii.
| unconmonly costly work, which WAS published hciUr,
interest tables were inll'.uc ii IN dons aud be
Ne"' t':nfi'a' la been so"A"eivck a.tl Dllt,rall
V'rhit,' lEh hot vet 50 nurr AS E.d with ultIo 81
Tee heavy l"sS Of rtn iur Thousand A"Nr~, hr, Il,
sN Wears ii tine from l10glo lSN5 sustained The
'dnn a 1000 ~" i'>, trsng cl,"i> iiuin IL. ,li :,
10" ii Ii'' l'i''' Il, 4" udrr price, t" S., Hio4
compensation "rHrSIj for almost ,li,-tuur III .f.r ii
a." sacrifice Nhretar l' s'ltl''r =, IT, L., IVA Vi.
tS'1n,1h AVID = "rrnsity g! t,.r puddle ~ Il ,u,,lu
''!ec Z" i'r'rl"rr~ and patron F.rs.lr j., Il,
PTi'rI n Aoots,i'. IN IT. ojt,-' $ t..
81 iI,fll,~ \;,L, ,,,,,,,, ,il