True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-04-01


JUST PUBLfSHEDFRODr STEREOTYPE PLITES,
I'VE Fiji kaition o.; f.,
ROWI ETT"s TABLES OF INTEREST:
mo which'snew a''Hea an Average Time Cate,'is-
L. tor. or easy Ne$lods for hn,,ing the average lime
on storage, notes of or bills Of goods, when MR.
chased at different dates. en- different Credits and tnr
various amounts; leses useful and complete Banking
lime Ia lie, the hes, Ina, be con,rve or that f.
s" 'de s;s es Pr ee within the same eese com'ss
An advertisement in the book is in nearly the follow
ing words: -.
The high distinction this work has received, through.
me &c" Legislative acts eixed To the ti,fagc, is
cnmmen'i&sion in itself, uncomnOn and 70 eopc.-
sive, III tnohng is necessary more than by way Of a-
vertlseen, to givca condensed view Of some OF spe-
cr instance, the ncrcs, has been compSs-
c" ro' amt compared with, what is equivalent to four
teen sets CT ealcnlone examined in The n,,.ss thirty,
s"e times, and printed from .tcreo,ype mates es,s6
,h'tyN-one times, from AL which il mnst be evident
even to the skeptic Especially tho sousl of the de-
tail Of proof the preAee) that the wcrk must he arh
mctcally inaliblc and in confirmation of this brl;era
premium of two h,n,lrc, and ltiv dollars is now oi.r
cd Tor he detection OF Of cent in the prescn
or MN edition. as expressed in preface, making five
large prcnius offered for the same error since . FIRST
publication in the year 1902
Ono of tho conspicuous features of the tables is
IN the arrangement of the Time and Amounts whicl,
Tor sxpc"ns, reference on pcrs,icv with the I,elpi
OF the SIDE a". index, cannot he eXccIca and the salty
ty and with which the interest can he fmn,l In M
extent OF general business, wi.hon, doubling of sum-
'shcd's convenience 81 essential, that in III. estnnA
ton OF some % the most competent and pyctl cal by,
ness men and public Off who have made great d.
OF the work. il has been distinguished Nv tho Lono,;S
aplelM'ion cfofa "mas,cr piocc'' And consi,letv:'
The 'nt'!l''"ny OF the method originally a,epte,f
CONFUSING the work, and the extraordinary lumber
variety Of the examinations and tests Of every e,e
has passed. the press notwithstanding the whole i'm
stereotype considering in sl,Gt he positive acc. =,
secured n.y. the unprecedented means cmpo, cd, tlnpt1-
'"'"c has hec" hc"p and cmplatichlly styled ne
most wonderful book in the w"slk;' most certain, n,
man can nanra figure work of tl. same extent n,
since the hcgnning OF creation, has had the same NJ"
Der a''t variety OF tests in the number of q ,rs.
no. nor one halt the number, AS is clearly shown. he
preface. -. 49,"
Resides, astrst and standard, it has been try and
rrcrcu N nearly all the bank and public offices the
United States, aud by the public generally dur, the
long period Of t'i'tyiu rcars, yet error of cal
c"'ions has ever been found in print, although q nl-
any challenged by the offer OF very large pre- miut
he hooks III fact expressly adopted BY all III ourts
OF Ia" q several ofhe States the crate Of ca allon
Tor statute interest,"" also by law for bank hcrest,
according Us the book is used, aud nay seen in
part, by names OF the subscribers, and ~ of the
subsequent purchasers, inhc list AT the end OF 81 book,
ISM possession every Gloss OF ci,iz'ns in h,y qua"
tc OF The Unit ed States.
1t 'fm'lcovcr well known that, b, its re ~ check,
IT has S" "'icc,ec'cd large errors, long it they were
"a'l', even by the most careful ant most ompe,ent
ar'l',mc,icans, -, its usefulness, and the so,c ne
cess'y Tor its u.s., have been extensively " s,cd upon
so evident, iucccA, have been its a'lva es, and its
SAVINGS that, se'cn' yearsas" whilst first edition
was scarce and ont of print, great of second
ha"' copies were sought for, To Nc distance
and p,cascd At various prices the ,uld nrcaso,,-
ally DO picked up a, from ;io,o tper copy, and
some persons have reccn..y declared ,nd Instances
could bcquocd that they would pay S5f 500, and $500
for copy, ,fnoto be had for less, an, an n'liv Il
IN the latter instance particularly, mvng 1t the same
''me Exhibited satisfactory roat to several p rc-
sent that to him it was really worth that money and
1h,n,, u an. I.
beng n very rich man and in public office.
II IS likewise worthy of notice, nn, indeed proper to
'mlrc that such is the nature Of iguc work GENERALLY
anu especially when of the extent and importance OF
these tn los that had this book its like boon urca,-
ed IN the usual manner vlonc b, the most competent
calculator in the world, aud aiicrvar! printed most
c'o'.oly under nso correction of proof Sheets it
would, almost to certainty, have been Unsafe for
terence, AMI dear at prize, tie preface a,iicl-
E'lp explains. But perfect and valuable have the
stereotype plates of this wnklhccn &C. that to secure
mem, "ih,hcr numerous and extraordinary examine
tons, against fire. for the general benefit, they (by
ADVERTISEMENT constantly kept in place of special
safety, cxccI, whleusel in printing.
AWEl"' directions to rd both banks and statute ntor-
est with useful notes follow the preface, which, in this
mn as IN HE two preceding editions contain much III
ieli'licn concerning the two lawful modes of COMPUTE
iIS inter SITS, tee DAYS 'yiacc, &r.
remains only to t,inark that, notwithstanding this
.mc"n'non'y costly work, which was published before
interest tables were inruc ii ia dollars and cents be-
l'''r'nisc i, has not yc, much paid with in,ercs
Tee heavy loss ct nearly four thousand dollars hcAle,
SIX ears p time from 19oto 1908, sustained un the iii 81
edition at 1000 aovics, arising chiefly from its lnca-
''' AT ''' tune, at an under price, 10 81, nothing OF
compensation prolific almost lifetime of .:c, t,,,
and sacrifice therefore, the author still relies ON the
dssr'n"e"t and generosity of the puddle for Il con,inu:
ance OF prrrrenrc and patronage. Err sale ly The
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