True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-03-06
STANDARDIZATION STEREOTYPE PLiTES,
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The Eth tdiiiono;
EOWI.ETr's TABLES OF INTEREST:
no which is nc a,i,ed an Average Fine Cale,'lS-
4 tor, or easy methods for hm,g the average lime
NJ Storage, notes of haal Or bills Of goods, when nir
ased at different dates different credits, aud for
arous nmounts besides ausefn ind complete Banking
ime Iac, the hest That can be conlrived. that f.
CURES can pr "ce within the contlcsend compass,
md size ottypc.
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ing words:
The high distinction this work has received through
The ten Legislative acts prcfxe the title page is re-
itself, uncommon, and so eoncl.l-
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versemet, to give "a condensed view OF OF its pc
fer instance, the Interest has been compos-
ed FROM and compared wih what is equivalent to four
teen sets eff calculations, examined in the press thirty
ti:e times, and printed from trieotype rlacs tested
thi,tyty-onc times, from all which it mnsi be- evident
eve" !" the skeptic Especially tho sona Off de-
tail Of proof the preface that the work must he nrh-
neticaliy al!ibe, and in confirmation of this brlicfa
premium OF two hundred and ftv dollars is now oie,-
ct tor the detection OF of in the present
or fifth edition, as expressed in the preface, making five
large premiuns offered for the same error since The first
publication in the year 1909.
One OF til" most conspicuous features Of the tables is
in the arrangement Of the Time aud Amounts, whcl,
for expeditions, reference ond perspicy, with The help
of'he side and index, cannot be excelled and the salty
ty and ease with which the Interest can be found 10 the
extent OF general business, without doubling of sums
is hcsdrs convenience essential that in III. esim,-
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ness men and public Off ers who have made great
OF the work, i has been distinguished by tho honorable
appc,lation ct ufa ''n:,ster pieces. And considering
The intallildiy OF the method originally adopted in
CONFUSING the work, and ,lc extraordinary lumber ant,
variety OF The examinations, and tests Of every edition il
has passed the press notwithstanding the whole is in
stereotype considering. in sh6 I. he positive accuracy
secured by the unprecedented means emplo 3D. the yo-
lu"e has hee" held up and emphatclly styled {" the
most wonderful book in the wssk;' mos, certainly
man can namea figure work Of the same extent, whic
since the beginning Of creation, has had the same num-
Der ans variety Of tests in the number of c,itors
nor one half the number, is clearly shown in the
preface
proceed in nearly all the bank and public eiices in the
United States, and by the public generally during the
long period OF ,rt! five rers, yet of The cal
cnat'ons has ever been found in print, although connl-
ally challenged by the offer Of very large premiums
The bookis in fact expressly adopted by all the
OF Ia" 81 several othe States AS the rate Of calculation
Tor statute Interest,", also by law for bank Interest,
according the book is used, and way he in
part, by of the subscribers and few Of the
subsequent purchasers the list at the end Of tho book,
sn possession cteycy Gloss OF citizens in every quar-.
tc Of The Unit ed States.
1t ismoreover well known that, by its rcary check,
1t has so oeu'leece' large errors, long after they
made, even 10y the most careful and most competent
aril,mclcians its usefulness and the absolute ne
cessity tor its use, have been extensively insisted pon
so evident, ncccd, have been its advantages, and its
savings, that, scNci ycarsag", whilst the frs, edition
was scarce, and out OF print, great lumber of second
hand copies were so,ph, for same to a ere distance
and p,crasc various prices they could orcasio-
ally BIO picked up a, from SOTO SIS per copy, and
some persons have reccn..y declared, and instances
could bequotcd tina, they would pay $5n $780, and $500
for copy fnotto be had tcr less. and an Individual
IN the latter instance particularly, having at the same
lime rxIibc, satisfactory ,ou to several persons pe
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IS likewise worthy ct notice, md indeed proper to
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calculator in the world, and aierv ards printed most
ca'iio"ly under his own correction of proof sheets, it
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fiji, rs in the preceding; ,ons contain much in
tci''ati'n concerning the Two Law fn modes of comput-
'"E inter SITS, tee days at grace, &c.
IL remains only 10 remark that, notwithstanding this
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