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The British youth's instructor or, a new and easy guide to practical arithmetic. Wherein the Rudiments of Common Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, the Extraction and Use of the Square and Cube Roots, &c. Are so easily Treated of, and so plainly Demonstrated, That any Person may, of himself (in a short Time) become acquainted with every Thing necessary to the knowledge of business. To which is added, a postscript, For the Use of Country Youths in particular: Shewing how to measure any regular Piece of Timber, Tyling, Thatching, Brick-Work, or Piece of Land; as also, how to guage any Cistern, Piece of Malt, or common Cooler, Tub, &c. The whole designed for Such as have hitherto neglected, or have not had an Opportunity of becoming acquainted with Figures; and attempted in natural and familiar Dialogues, in order to render the Work more easy and diverting, as well as useful to Learners. Recommended by several eminent Writing-Masters and Accomptants. The eighth edition, corrected and improved, By some particular Observations on the Rule of Discount. By Daniel Fenning, Author of the Young Algebraist Companion; Description and Use of the Globes (both in Dialogues); the Universal Spelling-Book; Royal English Dictionary; Young Man's Book of Knowledge; a new English Grammar; and a new Treatise on Mensuration.
- Title
- The British youth's instructor [electronic resource] : or, a new and easy guide to practical arithmetic. Wherein the Rudiments of Common Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, the Extraction and Use of the Square and Cube Roots, &c. Are so easily Treated of, and so plainly Demonstrated, That any Person may, of himself (in a short Time) become acquainted with every Thing necessary to the knowledge of business. To which is added, a postscript, For the Use of Country Youths in particular: Shewing how to measure any regular Piece of Timber, Tyling, Thatching, Brick-Work, or Piece of Land; as also, how to guage any Cistern, Piece of Malt, or common Cooler, Tub, &c. The whole designed for Such as have hitherto neglected, or have not had an Opportunity of becoming acquainted with Figures; and attempted in natural and familiar Dialogues, in order to render the Work more easy and diverting, as well as useful to Learners. Recommended by several eminent Writing-Masters and Accomptants. The eighth edition, corrected and improved, By some particular Observations on the Rule of Discount. By Daniel Fenning, Author of the Young Algebraist Companion; Description and Use of the Globes (both in Dialogues); the Universal Spelling-Book; Royal English Dictionary; Young Man's Book of Knowledge; a new English Grammar; and a new Treatise on Mensuration.
- Author
- Fenning, Daniel.
- Publication
- London : printed for S. Crowder, No. 12, in Pater-Noster-Row, M,DCC,LXXV. [1775]
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- Additional Authors
- Gale (Firm)
- Description
- ix,[1],302p. : ill.; 12⁰.
- Uniform Title
- Eighteenth century collections online.
- Subject
- Arithmetic > Early works to 1900
- Note
- Braces in title.
- Price from imprint: price bound Two Shillings and Six-Pence.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Indexed In (note)
- English Short Title Catalog
- Reproduction (note)
- Electronic reproduction.
- OCLC
- 642544414
- T223394
- Author
- Fenning, Daniel.
- Title
- The British youth's instructor [electronic resource] : or, a new and easy guide to practical arithmetic. Wherein the Rudiments of Common Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, the Extraction and Use of the Square and Cube Roots, &c. Are so easily Treated of, and so plainly Demonstrated, That any Person may, of himself (in a short Time) become acquainted with every Thing necessary to the knowledge of business. To which is added, a postscript, For the Use of Country Youths in particular: Shewing how to measure any regular Piece of Timber, Tyling, Thatching, Brick-Work, or Piece of Land; as also, how to guage any Cistern, Piece of Malt, or common Cooler, Tub, &c. The whole designed for Such as have hitherto neglected, or have not had an Opportunity of becoming acquainted with Figures; and attempted in natural and familiar Dialogues, in order to render the Work more easy and diverting, as well as useful to Learners. Recommended by several eminent Writing-Masters and Accomptants. The eighth edition, corrected and improved, By some particular Observations on the Rule of Discount. By Daniel Fenning, Author of the Young Algebraist Companion; Description and Use of the Globes (both in Dialogues); the Universal Spelling-Book; Royal English Dictionary; Young Man's Book of Knowledge; a new English Grammar; and a new Treatise on Mensuration.
- Imprint
- London : printed for S. Crowder, No. 12, in Pater-Noster-Row, M,DCC,LXXV. [1775]
- Series
- Eighteenth century collections online.
- Reproduction
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Indexed In:
- English Short Title Catalog, T223394.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain England London.
- Added Author
- Gale (Firm)