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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 AtBusiness. With a Postscript, For the Use of Country Youths in particular: Shewing how to measure any regular Piece of Timber, Tiling, Thatching, Brick-Work, or Piece of Land; as also how to gauge any Cistern, Piece of Malt, or common Cooler, Tub, &c. To which is added, a compendious method of book-keeping, Whereby all Persons capable of subtracting one Sum of Money from another, may state and balance their own Accounts correctly, and have a clear View of all their Transactions. 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. By Daniel Fenning, Author of the Young Algebraist's Companion; Description and Use of the Globes (both in Dialogues); the Universal Spelling-Book; Royal English Dictionary; Young Man's Book of Knuwledge; 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 AtBusiness. With a Postscript, For the Use of Country Youths in particular: Shewing how to measure any regular Piece of Timber, Tiling, Thatching, Brick-Work, or Piece of Land; as also how to gauge any Cistern, Piece of Malt, or common Cooler, Tub, &c. To which is added, a compendious method of book-keeping, Whereby all Persons capable of subtracting one Sum of Money from another, may state and balance their own Accounts correctly, and have a clear View of all their Transactions. 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. By Daniel Fenning, Author of the Young Algebraist's Companion; Description and Use of the Globes (both in Dialogues); the Universal Spelling-Book; Royal English Dictionary; Young Man's Book of Knuwledge; a new English Grammar; and a new Treatise on Mensuration.
- Author
- Fenning, Daniel.
- Publication
- London : printed for S. Crowder, Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]
Details
- Description
- xi,[1],302,[2],2,3,[2],5,5,[3]p. : ill.; 12⁰.
- Subject
- Arithmetic > Early works to 1900
- Note
- The Appendix: containing a concise method of book-keeping, includes duplicate pagination.
- The verso of the second last leaf numbered 6.
- With a final advertisement leaf.
- Price from imprint: price bound Three Shillings.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Indexed In (note)
- English Short Title Catalog
- Reproduction (note)
- Electronic reproduction.
- OCLC
- 642367432
- ECCO1-T131702
- 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 AtBusiness. With a Postscript, For the Use of Country Youths in particular: Shewing how to measure any regular Piece of Timber, Tiling, Thatching, Brick-Work, or Piece of Land; as also how to gauge any Cistern, Piece of Malt, or common Cooler, Tub, &c. To which is added, a compendious method of book-keeping, Whereby all Persons capable of subtracting one Sum of Money from another, may state and balance their own Accounts correctly, and have a clear View of all their Transactions. 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. By Daniel Fenning, Author of the Young Algebraist's Companion; Description and Use of the Globes (both in Dialogues); the Universal Spelling-Book; Royal English Dictionary; Young Man's Book of Knuwledge; a new English Grammar; and a new Treatise on Mensuration.
- Imprint
- London : printed for S. Crowder, Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]
- Edition
- The eleventh edition, revised, corrected, and improved, by W. Burbidge, ..
- 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, T131702.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain England London.