Book, A Higher Mental Arithmetic
date: label: date made
content: 1907
name: label: publisher
content: Royer, John S.
label: author
content: Royer, John S.
notes: label: Description
content: John S. Royer (1845-1915) was born in Pennsylvania, but came to Ohio at the age of fifteen and soon was teaching in rural schools. He rose to become a school superintendent, publisherof a national journal known as <I>The School Visitor</I>, and the author and publisher of a variety of small books for school teachers. The stapled booklet on mental arithmetic first appeared in 1898, with this fourth edition published after Royer had retired to a farm in Bradford, Ohio. It presents lessons - in the form of numbered statements and problems - for diverse topics in arithmetic.. Royer also prepared "books that teach" on such topics as geography, physiology, and character.
label: Description
content: This copy of the book is unsigned, It contains a sheet listing other titles Royer published.
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content: Reference:
label: Description
content: "Prof. John S. Royer," <I>The Ohio Teacher</I>, vol. 56 #5 (December 1915), p. 201.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Bradford
topic: label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. C. B. Schmeltzer in Memory of C. B. Schmeltzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3110.01
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3110.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3110
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10.5 cm x 24 cm; 4 1/8 in x 9 7/16 in