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ROWLETT'S TABLES OF INTEREST,":

RowLETTs TABLES OF INTEREST:
YE1O which is nc aitea Average Time Casenla-
tor. or easy methods for h"dng The average line
Storage notes Of haad bills Of soos when nur-
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The high distinction this work has received ,fro,,
the legislative acts prexch the title page is
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cnlares: fer instance, the Interest has been comp
ed FROM and compared wi,h what is equivalent to four
SETS eff calculations, examined in the press thirty.
6"c tines, and printed from tereoypc plates tested
thir,yt\ -one times from Al which it must b" evident
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Der anG variety Of tests in the a,ber of editors
ll,uiL n,11r,Is Enh rIH
preface
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l. tor statute Interest,", also by law for bank ntercs
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Anrle directions to tutl both banks and statute into,
st est with useful notes follow the preface which, in hi
- filth rs in the preceding editions, contain n,c! in
Il lltinn concerning the two law ful modes of cumpu
lug inter SIS, tee days al grace, &c
II remains only to remark that, notwithstanding TIL
i uncommonly costly work, which was published lcto
interest tables were introduced in 'oMs and cents he
is cnd an almanac, has been extensively ah lihcrall
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tee heavy loss OF yearly four thousand dollars, beside
SIX years OF time from 1890 1905, sustained ON fir
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