True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-03-04

JUST PUBLISHEUFROM STEREOTYPE PL TIES,
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JUST PUBLISHEDFRO STEREOTYPE PLITES,
Tie Fin Ediiionn:
ROWLETTS TABLES OF INTEREST,":
W which is now added Average Time Caleula.
L tor, or easy methods for finding the average time
on Storage, notes Of haad bills of goods when pur.
chased at different dates. different credits, and for
various amounts; besides useful and complete Banking
lime Table, the best That can be conr;ved nr tho, g.
aud size ofvpe ~ N'"' ''''e'e"' compass
An advertisement in the book is in nearly the fo,,aw
ing words: VIC '''''"
The high distinction this work has received ,,,r,,,,
the ten Legislative acts prefxed to tie title napc !.
COMMUNICATION in itself, SO uncommon and 10 eoncIu.
sve u" nothing is necessary more than by way Of aI
verscment 10 gives condensed view of some OF its ne
81 o .cr instance the Interest has been compos-
teen sets ct calculations, examined in the press thirty
nve tunes, and printed from stereotype nloes tes,.
th'ltyty-one times from all which it mnsi b. eviden,
eve 20 e :kePc especially on tho sona orhe de-
meucaly 'ntable, and in confirmation of this belief
premium Of two hundred and fifty dollars in now Offer
Cd Tor The detection Of error Of cent in The Dresen,
I1.l e'uon as expressed in the preface making five
large premons offered for the same error since the Err.
publication in the year 1909.
ne 81 mo most conspicuous features of the tables
in the arrangement Of the Time and Amoun,s. wh;ci,
the eds an nss with
~ and ease with which the interest can be n IN n,
extent OF general business, without doubling OF SIM,
besides convenience essential that in tie estIma
.'on o. some o. the mos! competent and prcti cal bust
OF the work, has been distinguished BY tho Honorable
aPreia'I.o,n ct ofa "master piece And considering
the 'nta!l'b'ty Of the method originally ntented y,
composing the work, and The extraordinary lumber and
sa'e o. me examinations and tests Of every edition
Stereotype considering. in Short The positive accuracy
secured by the unprecedented means cmpoyod. the w.
lone has heen heidup and emphatically styled the
es wonderful book in the wsslk;" most certainly no
man can names figure work of the same extent which
since me beginning Of creation, has had the same nuu
Der an" variety Of tests in the same ns,ber of editors,
no. nor one haltthe NUMBER as is clearly shown in The
preface. :" '''
Resides, astest and Standard it Mas been tried ,n,
pToeed N nearly all the bank and public offices in the
o"'en c'a!es and by the public generally during the
long eroa OF sh'rty-w rears, yet error of Inc cal
ca''1ns has ever bee" found in print although con,in-
ally challenged by the offer of very large premiums
The books in fact expressly adopted BY ali The court,
Jaw Z. several ofthe States as the rate OF calculation
'"r statute interest,"" also by law for bank interest
according rs the book is used, and as uay he see, in
part, by names of the subscribers and few If Tho
subsequent purchasers the list the cn OF the book
Ism possession cfevery Gloss Of citizens in every quar-
te Of the Unit ed States WY f'"'-
II smoreover well known that, by its rearly check.
nss 50 Often detected large errors long after they were
"soe' even by the most careful and most compe,en,
arme.'cans, al its usefulness, and the absolute ne
cessy Tor its use, have been extensively insisted upon
so evident, incecd, have been its advantages. and II.
sa'"gs, oat seve'1s yearsago whilst the first edition
was and out OF print, great lumber Of second
hand copies were sought for, some to greet distance
ana purcrased at various prices they could OCCASION
ally DO picked up at from $40 to $25 per copy, and
some persons have recently declared and Instances
c"uln be quoted that they would pay $50 $780, and $500
tor copy fnotto be had for less, and an Individual
y; the latter instance particularly, having at the same
lime Exhibited satisfactory proa to several persons prr
SEM that to him it was really worth that money and
more TN o"sh the saving of his very valuable time, he
oesng very rich man and in pnblic Office.
II IS Likewise worthy of notice. md indeed propcr IN
that such is the nature of yue work generally
ana especially when OF the extent and importance al
ese Ios that had this book or its like boon prear-
Gu IN the usual manner vone BY the most conpe,en,
calculator in the WORLD and aflerwa rs printed mos,
caut,ouiy under his own correction of proof sheets il
~ou' almost to certainty, have been Unsafe for re-
erehsc' and dear at any price, the preface a,iicu-
arlp explains. But so perfect and ya;u,bl hay. ito
stereotype plates OF this workbecn ma.c, that TO secure
.'em' "'!h'le,r numerous and extraordinary examine.
against hre, Tor the general benefit they arc fby
' constantly kept in place Of special
s"st!, except while use in printing.
Ample directions to find both banks and statute u,or
WIN useful notes. follow the preface which, in this
r'' us III the tvs preceding editions, contain much in
:erna.ion concerning the two lawful modes of compu,
III? 'hter' sts, tee days af gIace &c.
1t remains only to remark that notwithstanding ,h;s
costly work, which was published, before
interest tables were introduced in dollars and cents be-
en-" M almanac has been extensively axh so literally
l''"n'sed il has not yc, much as paid with interest
.ee he''y loss OF yearly four thousand dollars, beside.
SIX years OF time from 1899 1906 sustained on The first
edition OF 1000 aopies,:arisrg chiefly from its b,ica
''o al mat time, a, an under price,, to sa, nnny of
compensation or profit Tor almost liic-timc of care. to
n'. sacrifice Wherefore the author still relic. on ,h
nsse'nn'ent and generosity Of the public for connu;
ancc Of preference and patronage Far sale by ,lr
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