True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-03-08


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JUST PUBLISHEDFROM STERE0TVPE PL1FES,
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ROWLETI"s TABLES OF INTEREST:
vNNO whiclLis now adted an Average Time Cateula. !
l. tor, or easy methods for finding the average time
on storage notes OF haad Or bills Of goods, ~he" ir-
chased ut different dates en- different credits, and for
various amonts besides useful and complete Banking
line Table, the best That can be con,rived. or that f.
CURES can pr ,uce within the same condesen compass
and size oftype.
An advertisement in the book is in nearly the follow
ing words:
The high distinction this work has received through.
the ten Legislative. acts prcxed the title mage is re-
commentston in itself, uncommon, and 50 eoncl,-
vertisement to give condenser view n ,oe * IT., mo-
cuiarties: as fer instance the Interest has been
ed from, and compared WITH what is equivalent to four.
teen sets ef calculations, examined in the press thirty
five times, and printed IRON stereotype plates tested
thlrtytyo"e times from AL which mnst be evident
even to the skepc Especially tho nc sona Of the de-
tail OF proof in the pretace that the work must lie nrh-
mecay infable, and in confirmation If ibis belief.
premium OF two hundred and flftv dollars is now Offer
cd tor The detection Of error of cent il the present
Or fifth edition, expressed in the n,etace making five
large premons offered for the same error since The first
publication in the year 1909.
One Of tho most conspicuous features Of the fable, !.
in'hc arrangement Of the Time and Amounts, which
DecSDtGulty.
ofte side and index cannot be exceled and The sativ
~ and ease with which the interest can be found 10 the
extent Of general business without doubling OF sims
shesides convenience essential that in he estma-
ton Of some o. ne most competent and pr.,c cal bust
ness men and public officers WHO have made great use
OF the work, It has been distinguished by tho honorable
appelIaon cfUfa ''maser piece''. And considering
the inaili"ii'y Of the method originally adopted in
CONFUSING the work. and The extraordinary lumber and
variety ofhe examinations, and tests OF every edition II
has passet'in the press notwithstanding the whole is in
stereotype, considering, in s6rt The positive accuracy
secured ny the unprecedented emplo, 3D. the w.
nme has hcen held up and emphaticslly styled I" the
most wonderful book in the wssik;" most certainly M
man can namca figure work Of the same extent which
since The beginning OF creation has had the same num-
Der ami variety of tests in the same na,ber of editors.
no, nor one half the NUMBER is clearly shown in The
preface.
Resides, test and Standard It has been tried and
proceed IN nearly all the bank and public Offices in the
United States and by the public generally during the
long period OF ,hityfw rears, yet no error of The cal
cnIatons has been found in print al,lonph continue
ally challenged by the offer of very large premiums.
he book is III fact expressly adopted by all the courts
law 81 several oithe States as the rate OF
tor statute Interest," also by law for bank interest
according the book is used and as uay lie seen IN
part, by of the subscribers and few of the
subsequent purchasers in the list at ,hecn. of the book
ISM possession Ct every Gloss of citizens in every quar-
tc OF The Unit ed States.
1t is moreover well known that Nv its rearly check
It has so Often detected large errors Ion. after they were
made, even by the most careful and most comue,eu,
ar,l,mrcians ia, its usefulness and the absolute me-
cessity Tor its use, have been extensively insisted non
so evident, neecd, nave been its advantages and its
SAVINGS that, severr years ago whilst the frs, edition
was scarce, and out of print great lumber of SECOND
hand copies were sought for some 10 gre distance
and purcrased at various prices rs they Could occasions
ally BIO picked up at from $lOt $25 per copy and
some persons have recently declared aud instances
could be quoted that they would nav $50 SiOO and Rom
for copy mott be had for less and an iuyiJua,
in the latter instance particularly having at ,he same
lime Exhibited satisfactory proa to several persons p,e
more h orh n. s "i, 'e,y worm .na money and
being yerS ;ch man aH u j.; us 'c' ne
VI? ,ei! i'c" "'ah AN, IN thoi'c once
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suit amos, 10 certainty, have been Unsafe for re-
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safety, cxccm while use in mintiup
Ample directions to Gu,, mh hanks am, s,tos ;,,or-
est with useful notes. follow the preface which. in hi,
mn AS IN the tive preceding editions, contain much in
formation concerning the two lawful modes Of conput-
I, ",'' ~ u'! al grace &C.
,.'''',s oh'y 10 remark That, notwithstanding this
mcm.s, ".. COSBY WORK., ~eh was published before
yen AZ aImsn. VIZ. .s ,, ' IN Hos an'l cents be-
uatronsrJ !, ., ', Wv, ~ ns' SO l'nea
tee heavy loss Of nearly inu ,Lo"s,n I' ,S w' a
years OF time from 7gyto 1905 sns,inc, On ,n, frs,
edition Of 1000 copies, chiefly from it's nhl;ra.
ton at tina, time, at an under price, to 81, nothing Of
compensation orprof,i"r almost Lifetime care, Toll
and sacrifice Wherefore The author still relies ON The
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