True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-04-17
INSTRUMENTATION sTEREoTyTE PL1TES,
The Fin Edition Of
EOWLETT,S TABLES OF INFER EST:

MISUNDERSTANDING STEREOTyPE PLJIES,
The Fin Edition Of
tOWIETT'S TABLES OF INTEREST,":
FH1O which, is now atlhes. an Average Time Calcutta
Il tor, or easy methods for finding the average time
nn Storage, notes n haad or bills of goods, when MR.
Mt different dates. en- different credits, and for
various amounts; besides a useful and complete Banking
Time Tale, the hes, Ina, can be contrivcd. or that f.
cures can produce within the same condesend compass,
ami size ottypc.
An advertisement in the book is in nearly the follow
ing words:
The high distinction this work has received through
the ten legislative acts p~rcfxcd to the title page, is a re-
commentator in itself, so uncommon, and SO conclu-
sivc, III nothing Is necessary more than by way OF adj
vettisement, to givca condensed view Of some OF its pc
chliaritics: as fer instance, the Interest has been compos-
cd from, and compared with, what is equivalent TO four
teen sets cf ealcula,ione, examined in the press thirty
ti"c times, and printed from stereotype plates tested
,hirtyty-onc times, from all which it mnst bc cyiden,
even to the skeptic Especially on tina pc. sonal of,hc de-
tail Of proof in the prctace) that the wcrk must he ari,.-
meticaliy %intalliblc, and in confirmation of this beliefa
premium OF two hundred and fftv dollars, is now Offer
cd tor The detection OF an error ola cent in the present
or fifth edition, as expressed in the preface, making five
large premions offered for the same error since the frK
publication in the year 1909.
One Of tho most cunspicuons features oC the fables is
in the arrangement of the Time aud Amounts, which
for cxpcdititns, reference ond perspicui,y, with the help
ofthc side and index, cannot be excelIed and the salty
ty and ease with whicl, the Interest can be found TO tie
extent Of general business, without doubling OF sums
is besides a convenience 81 essential, that in the estlma-
ton ct some OF the most competent and practi cal BUSH
ness men and public officers who have made grea, use
of the work, il has been distinguished BY tho honorable
anuella,ion crofa .smastcr njiocc',. And cons;Lcrinr
the insallihility of the method originally adopted in
composing the work, and The extraordinary lumber and
variety OF line examinations, and tests of every edition il
stcrcn,yuc. considcr,nr' in shGIt' 'hc ," MS W. nv, - ~
secured hy the unprecedented means employed, the vo-
lume has heco held up aud emphatic*l]y styled ",hc
most ""hoefi"' DOCK III the wnslk;' most certainly NJ
man can namea figure work of the same extent, which
since the beginning OF creation, has had the same NUM-
Der ana variety OF tests III the same n'iwDcr OF editors;
no, nor one half,l, NUMBER, as is clearly shown in the
Resides, as,rs, and standard, il has been tried and
proceed in nearly all the hank and public offices in the
Untirn States, and by the public generally, during the
long period Of ,hi,ty-liw rcars, yet no error of lie cal
culniions has ever been found in print, although continue
ally challenged by the offer of very large premiums.
The book is in fact expressly aloItcd by all the courts
oil law 81 several 0tlhe States AS the g rate OF calculation
Tor statute interest,"" as also by law for bank interest,
according Us the book is used, and as NAY he seen in
part, by we names of the subscribers, and a few of the
subsequent purchasers, inthc list at the end of tho book,
sin possession ct every Gloss OF citizens in every qua,-
TIC of The Unit ed States.
1t is moreover well known that, BY its rcarlv check,
it has so ol,cu detected large errors, long after they were
made, even hv the most careful and most compe,cn,
arilImc,icians, / at its usefulness, and the absolute ne
ccss,y for its usc, have been extensively insisted upon,
so evident, imcccu, nave been It's advantages, and us
savings, that, sc,clrl yrnrsag", whilst the first edition
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