IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) /. 1.0 •if 1^ lif 1^ 12.0 1.8 — 1 '•'* lllll'-^ < 6" ► V] .>^ ^ Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 ^ '^ \ \ \ .''^ :piaa ara filmad baglnning on tha first paga with a printad or lllustratad impraa- sion, and anding on tha laat paga with a printad or lllustratad impraaalon. Laa axampialraa originaux dont la couvartura an papiar aat ImprimAa sont filmis t* commandant par la pramlar plat at an tarminant soit par la darnlAra paga qui comporta una amprainta d'Impraaalon ou dlllustration, soit par la sacond plat, salon la caa. Toua laa autraa axampialraa originaux sont filmte an commandant par la pramlAra paga qui comporta una amprainta d'iniipraasion ou dlllustration at an tarminant par la darnlAra paga qui comporta una talla amprainta. Tha last racordad frama on aach microficha shall contain tha symbol —^(moaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha symbol V (moaning "END"), whichavar appiias. Un daa symbolaa suivanta apparaltra sur la darnlAra imaga da chaqua microficha, salon la cas: la symbols — »>signifla "A SUIVRE", la symbols ▼ signlfia "FIN". Maps, plataa, charts, ate may ba filmad at diffarant reduction ratios. Thosa too iarga to ba entirely included in one exposure ara filmad beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, aa many frames as required. The following diagrama illustrate the method: Lea cartas, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre fllmto i daa taux da rMuction diff^rents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Atre reprodult en un saul cllchA, 11 eat film* A partir da I'angle supAriaur gauche, de gauche A drolte. et de haut en baa, an prenant la nombre d'imagas nAcessaira. Lee diagrammas suivants lllustrent la m^thoda. 32X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ■ ■^u::--^'^-^^ ' -■■i .1 %ft6 tS* ^ tS" '^ ^'' ^ <^ r£? 4* tfi; r^ 4- «$' t{'< A t^ tf' <^' 4' rC" t^ 4- ^0' A ?$< 4' ^ xu* -ii- ^^ >£ 4^2 «#^ -^ *% •?t^ •'* >!»■ -J*- -a^ -iS? '3F' "^I^ •*'^ ^- ■*? 4-1^ -,i ■ <*r^ '^' -m^ € T ^^ 'H^ T T ^ T 'f T T T V T * T T T T T t' v. •4Bp -Mk' •^' ^^.f .%,. . \ 'J *,,.«. ■■|'';» "^ .t . "'.(. I i vi5J I , isi ,,««,; i, V 1% *..- Jr "- * '»-■ ,«-# : «■** ARITHMETICAL TABLES, \ " . ^' -'* •»' 4* t I- : J- "JS'^S 't i^ *. - V Wtnimtt for tje tHlse of 'n'J •t'"''^;' TS.^ St*t '^i SCHOOLS IN CANADA; ^, ■:■('':')> (I , i f V:;> JBir P£TBR PAiriiCY. tJMi?^)! tytT.*^ L TORONTO: . llOi King Street. i-:{ " } « : •* . ■ ,^-^?" ja./- T' iiA^>i'r:^U..4:TiHA: :? >■ ,.'• ADVERTISEMENT. j Peter Parley would inform hia young friends that the Arithmetical Tabi^es now offered for their use at School, possess, at least, two advantages over the English and American ones heretofore in use in Canada. It is less than half the j^rice of the former, with none of the objectionable features of the latter, while it comprehends all that is really useful in both. He believes that there is no book of the kind in the Province that contains so much instruction in so small a compass. Toronto, Canada, 1841. ^ «. fi OTMOSCl'l i^ >^,,A.v^x< %^M \iw f»r»»-» . 31; Xori ROMAN AND ARABIC CHARACTERS. i "■. the LOOl, icaii a'ice tter, eves IS so P\ , RoMAif?^^'^*'^'' B!5^^'l' Arabic. \ I. One 1 II HI i IV ■: V. VI VII vin. IX. )'■■ X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII xxni XXIV XXV ;• f *>«^ 4* .Two.... .Three.-.:...:.. .Four . Five .Six .Seven .Eight Nine Ten. Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen .. . Fifte.en J . . Sixteen .Seventeen .Eighteen. . Nineteen . Twenty .Twenty -one.... . .Twenty -two .Twenty-three .Twenty-four Twenty-five. . • «■«•• a 3 41 5l 6! ? 9 10 11 1-2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Roman. Arabic. XXVI . Twenty-six 26 XX VII. Twenty-seven.... 27 XX VIII. Twenty-eight.... 28 XXIX. Twenty-nine 29 XXX. Thirty 30 XL. Forty 40 L.Fifty 50 LX. Sixty 60 LXX-Seventy 70 LXXX. Eighty 80 XC. Ninety 90 r^ C.One hundred 100 CC.Twohun9lred....200 CCC. Three hundred ..300 CCCC. Four hundred . D* Five hundred.. DC. Six hundred.. DCC.J^even hundred. .700 DCCC.jui:ht Hundred.. 800 DCCCC.Nine Hundred. ..900 M.One thousand ..1000 MDCCCXLI. One thou- sand eight -mm^-r^' hundred & j^, ^»ip^ ,i Forty-one. 1841 ..400 ..500 ..600 "^ Note. — A smnller nambcr, placeil after a greater, augments tlie value of the gr ater ; if put before it dimmisheti ir. Thus, VI is 0; IV is 4 ; XI is It ; IX i8U,»&c. iW thus ^combining the above letters, any iiumbur may be Xvrmud. ■ '■ ^"' ' a2 ■S'' ^"^'^^'^' : -'■'•' ^■" li NUMERATION AND NOTATION. i^^ NuMEUATioN is the art of Reading j^ NuTATiuN is the art of writing Nui or Writing luiy Nuniber»r^ e ^^.anbers in figures, i ^ j KV ....Wt'ffih. ite (*!»■ Of ^ „ NUMERATION TABLE. 9 Units. . ^ , . . '/hs^T* 9 8 Tens. ^. ..... . .•«••!(; * V 1 ■..,.' •'/; -1. ■■= "in&''^ 9 8 7 Hundreds .../.> V/ r 9 8 7 6 Thousands. iv-.r p / V} 9 8 7 6 5 Tens of Thousands. '% iiV 9 8 7 6 5 4 Hundreds of Thousands. ^ . / i 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 MiHioiM. .7 ; 98765432 Tens of 3Iillions. • ' .i ; ?/ ^ - - hi 9 8, 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Hundreds of Mdlioiw, rV . i I. /. Q.iiinfil1inns.*Clua<1ritrion8. Trilliniis. Dillions Miilioiis. UiiitM.r *7 987,654. 321,987- 654,321. 987,654. :^21987.654, 821. ^^'t• .'-^^ti^n'!^!;^ i!fji-f^:¥:^';KKl '..- 5» r-.M^i;».nr/Z (H?€'v-%t*ll*f^nir';>fkM"rMONEY TABLE. .... ^^m-i^/T. 7X .if,,pfoTJi!i.—rJC denotes Libra3, or pounds /',.i; ./i U/./ jd»i4 hjAc, ® denotes Solidi. or shillin*^, .j) -1^.,,^ : 111/ / ^l»iii# ^ denotes Denarii, or pence. T ^ ^ ,/, f 11^1 .a^^vH'fl ^^"^ denotes Quadrantes, or farthings. ,. v * *• i denotes a Farthing. ■U.J, f^\nif.ii^ Etr<'ff'V i denotes Two Farthings, or half-penny, ir * »j 'li r,\ I denotes Three Farthings, m • • ^ - ; tHi,i»tw 1- Hi mi; ti iJJI'I »l ,I-!'(f.Hij :>!.. ^i\ rk s -i HI' ' . "^'i' - *' ... : -I i. ber. t li iH /.! :* / i . ■■■9 t. >. /.. • n/. ; n T nit». ,321. 7 7. 5> MONEY TABLE. FARTH. .'. J. . ' U JU..il. PENCE. r SHILLINGS. 17.. 4i 18.. 44 19.. 45 20.. 5 21.. 5i 22.. 5.i 23.. 51 24.. 6 28,. 7 32. 36 8 9 40.. 10 44.. 11 48.. 12 12.. 13.. 14.. 15.. 16.. 17.. 18.. 19.. 20.. Si.. 22.. 23.. 24.. 25.. 26.. 27.. 28.. 29.. 30.. 31.. 32.. 33., 34.. 35. 36.. 37, 38. B .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 ,1 .1 .1 .2 ,2 .2 .2 ,2 ,2 .2 .2 .2 ,2 d 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .2 10 ,2 11 ,3 .3 1 .3 u 39. 40.. 41.. 42.. 43.. 44.. 45.. 46.. 47.. 48.. 49.. 50.. 51.. 52.. 53.. 54.. 55.. 56/. 57.. 58.. 59.. \60.. 70.. 80.. 84.. 90. 2 196. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 4 ..4 ..4 ..4 ..4 ..4 ..4 .4 .4 ..4 .4 -.4 ,,5 -.5 ,.6 ..7 ..7 ..8 d 8 sUo. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 , 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 8 6 21.. 22.. 23.. 24.. 25.. 26 . . 27.. 28.. •29.. .30.. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39, 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. X' .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 ..1 ..1 ..1 ..1 ..i m m 'w ..2 ..2 ,.2 ..2 ..2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 111 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 47.. 48.. 49.. 50.. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. £ .2 2 .2 .2 .2 8 7 8 9 10 11 . .2 12 ..2 13 ..2 14 . .2 15 ..2 16 ..2 17t ..2 IB . .2 19 ..3 ..3 ..3 ..3 ..3 ..3 ..3 ..3 ..3 ..3 9 ..3 10 ..3 11 ..3 12 ..3 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 74.. 75.. 76.. 77.. 78.. 79.. 80.. 81.. 82':. 84., TO.. 86:. 87.. 88.. 89.. 90.. 91.. 92., 93., 94.. 95.. 96.. 97.. 98., 99. 100. .3 14 .3 15 .316 ,3 17 .3 18 .3 19 .4 .4 4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .4 10 .4 11 .4 12 4 .4 13 14 .4 15 .4 16 4 4 17 18 .4 19 .5 a3 1 - \ \ }■ ADDITION. John had 2 apples, and Peter gave him 1 apple ; then he had 3, hecause 2 apples and 1 apple added togetlier make 3 applet: Thus 2 and 1 make 3. Jane had 2 oranges, and Mary had 2 oranges, they give them all to Catharine; then Catharine had 4; becfmse 2 oranges added to 2 oranges make 4 oranges. Therefore 2 and 2 are 4. ; f .'**' Henry has 3 pears, and wants 2' mJore, how many will he have thent—2 pears and 3 pears make 5 pears. Then .2 ah^ 3 are 5. Ann has 4 pins, and Sarah has 5,' they put them into a box, how many pitis fire there in the box?T-4 pms and 5 j)ins addra together make 9 pins. So 4 and 5 are 9. (See below.) ^ Thomas has 3 peaches, Isaac has 6, an^ Joseph has 8, th^ want to ki^ow hoW many they all hi^veJ 3 peaches and 6 peaches added together make 9 peaches, Then 9 peache^ and 8 peachef added together make 17, peaches. . Therefor^ :3 Jind. 6 make Ojn) aiid !9 an3^8 mafe 17. .! , . 1 » - . c *"!. ■ i ^. n r ^ -■ ' • ' • <> ■ ' ^ ' •• 1 1» « „ Vh ^applanation of the Addition, Table, paffeTiix _ ^ i; (♦ 01 it M f> 1'. .Jy \i- V 0. -00iih«.i I apple. .... ' 1 ' 5 pins. \ >,. .. 2 apples ■::3, apples; {■■' : : ■ « - 1 * t -< • .• i ..." ) -; _ 4 ^ " .9r>. J 5 i pins. * ' pins; < ; • •^;i:^ .JH .i:^i^i .1 ..Oi^^ -^}l^. ..n^ ..a- ,?^i:| ..M* m T ..*r^' .k; 8 ..4ri: fU; (> ..mi c^:' or ..t^ T^l n ..ri^ <:! s-'V ..e*^ ^ A **-*- ehad pie«: them idded ' * f'i I have re 5. t box, idM thdy achei^ lache^ ike 9;rvS JO .." 'i*. .17 VH>».^?!.| ADDITION TABLE. . ; or <»-^ ^t t»f 10 12 :u til o*(y. hi nk' ^ il2 2 -«■»* 6 8 9 10 11 l-J 14 5 10 11 12 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 8 1^ U 1? 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 15 17 16 1617 9 10 a 12 i3 14 115 16 17 18 18 19 10 11 12 IS 14 16 16 17 f^ IS 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 ?6 19 20 21 20 21 22 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 l*^ 14 15 16 17 18 < hnn^ >9 ;2(J! 21 '42 23 24 ■!l .J I ban t'i •'lesson r, f iand lare 2 {lahd 2arfe 8 Inland 3 are 4 ^^ 1 and 4 arc 5 } 1 and 5 are 6 f Ifeid'efare 7 •laiid Tare 8 y land Bare 9 Ifiihd 9 are 10 *^^ah(! 10 are il ADDITION tABLE, 1.ESS0N II. Sand 1 ate 3 2and 2Wre 4 2 and 3 are § Sand' 4 are 6 Sand 5aiiB fr 2 ^nd" 6 are; 8 2 and 7 are ' 9 2 and' 8 Are 10 2aiid .9arell • SatfrfiO^i-elfJ ham V bim C ti» V. LESSON Ilk. 3 And laiw 4 3^d Salt'e 5 3a^d 3;dre 3ahd 4are'7 3aBd' 5are 8 3 and 6 ai-e 9 3and 7;afel0 3ana 8;dffe:jl 3 and 9 are |2 3tiha 10^3^13 y w ■'^♦Slu---^--. 4 and 1 ftr e 5 4 and 2 are 6 4 and 3 are 7 4 and 4 are 8 4 and 5 are 9 4 and 6 are 10 4 and 7 ate ll 4 and 8 are 1^ 4 and 9 are 13 4andl(X££re 14 LESS05 TII. 7 and 1 are 8 7aiid 2 are 9 7 and ft are 10 : 7 and 4 are ll 7 and 5 are 12 7sin. 5 and -1 are 6 5 and 2 are 7 5 and 3 are 8 5 and 4 are 9 5 and 5 are 10 5 and 6 are 11 5 and 7 arc 12 5and 8 are 13 5 and 9 are 14 - 5andl0are 16^i •- LESSON VI. 6 and 1 are 7 6 and 2 are 8 6 and 3 are 9 6 and 4 are 10 6 and 5 are 11 6 and 6 are 12 6 arid 7 aire 13 ^and 8 are 14 6 and 9 are 15 6 and 10 are 16 LESSON Vlll.i r 8 and 8 and ft^d Sand 8 and Bmd 8 and 6aiMl 8 and 8 and lare 9 2 are 10 3 are 11 i 4 are 12 '5'arel3 6^rel4 7 are l5 8 are 16 9 are 17 1:0 are ;;^,^^ LESSON Hand 1 11 and 2 11 and 3 11 and 4, 11 and 5 lland 6 Hand 7 XI. are 12 are 13 are 14 are 15 are 16 are 17 are 18 ■• -i 1-^ J ' o -irt ai ajttd 9aie'&0 11 ^4 10 axe 21 0! \ LE«SON IX. 9 and 1 are 10 9 aiid 2 are 11 ; 9aad 3 are 12 9 and 4 are 13 9 and 5 are 14 9 and . 6 are 15 9 and 7 are 16 9 and 8 are 17 9 and 9 are 18 9 and 10 are 19 LESSON 12 and 1 12 and 2 12 and 3 12 and 4 12 and 5 12ai?^d 6 XII. are il3 are 14 ar« 15 are 16 aie 17 a»e 18 J2ajjd 7a^e;19 A*A».^M»> ' X LESSON U^ I 3 times 1 are 3 3 times 2 are 6 3 thnes 3 are 9 3 times 4 are 12 3 times 5 are 15 3 litnss 6 are 18 3 times 7 are 21 3 times 8 are 24 3 times 9 are 27 3 times 10 are 30 3 times Hare 33 3 times 12 are 36 LESSON IIL i. 4 times 1 are 4 4 times 2 are 8 4 times 3 are 12 4 times 4 are 16 4 time^ 5 are 20^ 4 times 6 are 24 4 times 7 are 28 4 times - 8 are 32 4 times 9 are 36 4 times 10 are 40 4 times 11 are 44 4 times 12 are 48 i , , LESSON IV. V 5 times 1 are 5 LESSON V. •" LESSON VI. 6 times 1 are 6 7 times 1 are 7 5 times 2 are 10 6 times 2 are 12 7 times 2 are 1 4 5 times 3 are 15 6 times 3 are 18 7 times 3 are 21 » ^ 5 times 4 are 20 6 times 4 are 24 7 times 4 are 28 \ •. 5 times 5 are 25 6 times 5 are 30 7 times 5 are 35 ■ '. 5 times 6 are 30 6 times 6 are 36 7 times 6 are 42 i .5 times Tare 35 6 times 7 are A^ 7 times 7 are 49 5 times 8 are 40 6 times 8 arc 48 7 times 8 are 56 5 times 9 are 45 6 times 9 are 54 7 times 9 are 63 « 5 times 10 are 50 6 times 10 are 60 7 times 10 are 70 « 5 times 11 are 55 6 times 11 are 66 7 times Hare 77 1 5 times 12 are 60 6 times 12 are 72 7 times 12 are 84 LESSON VII. LKSSON VIII. LESSON IX. * . 8 times H are 8 9 times } ar^ 9 10 times 1 are 10 . 8 times 2 are 16 9 times 2 are 18 10 times 2 are 20 8 times 3 are 24 9 times 3 are 27 10 times 3are 30 8 times 4 are 32 . 9 times 4 are 36 10 times 4 are 40 ^ 8 times 5 are 40 9 times 5 are 45 10 times 5 are 50 : 8 times 6 are 48 9 times 6 are 54 10 times Care 60 *' 8 times 7 are 56 9 times 7 are 63 10 times 7 Are 70 ^ ^ 8 times 8 are 64 9 times 8 are 72 10 times 8 are 80^ 8 times 9 are 72 9 times 9 are 81 10 times 9 are 90 ... 8 times 10 are 80 9 times 10 are 90 10 times 10 are 100 ^ 8 tiaies 11 are 88 9 times 11 are 99 10 times Hare 110 ' t 8 times 12 are 96 9 times 12 are 108 10 tmies 12.are 120 .'. . --.^* ,.'.*,..^ w-i-'. .*^ *-iJ•^i • ' - LESSON X '" '"' ' ^■;^iCl«t^Wr '.' " • 11 times 1 are 11 1 1 times 5 are 55 11 times 9 are 9J> 11 times 2 are 22 11 times 6 are Gii 1 1 times 10 are 110 11 times 3 are 33 11 times 7 are 77 1 1 times 1 1 are 121 11 times 4 are 44 11 timcij 8 are 66 11 times 12 are 132 A 12 .ry- m W'i^ 1 ^ LEUSON XII. ' » VZ tiniea tare 12 12 times 5 are GO 12 tintea 9 are IOjI ,12 time^ 2 are JiJ4 I^ timed 6 are 72 ft times 7 are 84 12 times 10 are 120 V(l times 3 are 30 12 times 11 are 132 I'Z timus 4 are 48 12 times 8 are 90 12 times 12 are 144 H ' J : ' f. * -* # » « Alt 1*^ M>tr,||' IV. -« J ^;i >)iut,- Si' !>' ' J <^ . ! >■■* & I vis JO Hi ^ .'HVU (J :'i«5:^ --.mur^ I't 1 i:K ')t1tr.5-«'<' / M^f:' ■ i iVW'^ -^'Ji.i'.l [i ^Jy ¥ir:%* ''-!'>aL' >^ '-?^<^ {11 '^7 ]\ lUI .TU^UCATION AND DIVISION TABLE. oc ^l G". r- ^ — r- l-i 1— 1 1 1 1 1 ^ ^ ic ic »- Ol ^ci 00 1 --sii a*i v^ 1 1 i 1 1 J:. 1 CO 1 to 1 — 04^ 4^ 00 to (c to GC cr. ^ IO| tC GC a. ^ to 1 1 ( QQI Oi I 1 ^1 to 4^ — 1 00 4:^ OS 0:. Oi to to 4^ to cTt to •sC '^.1 00 *-n Oil GTil C^l OtI 0«| 4^ 1 4^1 4^ tCl QOl 4^ 1 Ol CrJ (>;,! OOI ,M O 001 Ow CTil to to 1 ICI t:^ GC| 4- 1 KL ^U^ 91 ^^ 001 --vil ^1 Oil c^i (^,j y,i OlO'fOI^TIOlO'lC^ oo 1 w 1 (>;. tOl H- • clJ 1— k GC 1—* 6i a: h4- C} 4- GC 4^ to 00 05 4-* f-L Ci to 10 1—* GC 'O oc 4^ -N 0. 4:- to WW to oc to 4^ -J 4^ t— * to oc 5 c GC OC 00 4^ 4^ oc CO 1— ' oc 0^ 4i^ 0. to •^ 0: ^ 00 ^ 4^ CO ^ cr c Q C s C ^ QC 0^ 4^ 00 c |o h— oc- OC •^1 4i. 03 >— !>:; (;0 00 Ci 4^ 4^ to - 3^ 00 oc 4^ 4:^ to c c oc 00 4~- ^4 4i- 05 0. to ^: WW 4i. to GC- 5 ex- 1— * 1—* 4:- -^J 4- <:o ^1 00 to ol; OD to 4ii. to GC JC 10 JO 00 hO ti to to .CD' 00 \sy — ^ to <© c v» :; ^1 4^ X 1 ■• 1 JO t>L to tw .1.. 1 -f J.' - > •— 1 ' QC 0^ 4.\*. ,»,«*.- -:i-k BRITISH, OR STERLING MONEY. cr. "■"*. 4 farthings make 1 penny. 12 penee " 1 shilling. 5 shillings " 1 crown. 20 shillings " 1 pound i If ^Jg^? li?? "' The Shilling contains 3 dwt. 15 ^ grains of silver; and the Sovereign, 5 dwt, 3.274 grains of gold. , k:> 1 f M L. 1 ;,ri CANADA MONEY- f I ■■ s.' / 1 <^iii-:: ' 2 C( _ _ l^^f,^ 12 pence i.X» r ^ <«^^r r 2 coppers make 1 penny. ^tv*«**— .-^ i *-? '■■^s V^ |.^5 cents ■ -f.^ i -*^ ';^-' half a dollar ^ t^A f ^' t "One dollar, t^.. p A *E,f hall eagle s=»f ■ *-. j.» t .>tiV ^ W h iifa^Jia-^ ..i .«,.•■■■♦ eagle o pence^i,^ t,**^ '-*■•' "■'■ 6 pence. ""■ •'■*^*^"^'^^' 7 pence halfpenny, lb pence, or Is od. i- !^ ; c ; 30 pence, or 2s 6d. £v H* ^: t 5 shillings. .., i;^: ^"" ' ■' '-* ' 25 shiUings. 50 shillings, or $10. . HSh^-"- '- 1 ■ i • •»•'*■ "^FEDERAL MONEY IN THE UNITED STATES. :; wi ■"'v-"-! :^^10 mills make 1 cent. ^ ^^--^ ^; .1 J t« :i^; '1 ^'*ii ,.. :., > T M«h f ^ I . 10 cents " K^ 10 dimes " -^ 1/\ J,.II u i itf uuuaia " 1 dime.r riflj --> "• ' 1 S^ I rM 1 dollar. $. w ic 1'/ iC ^ 1 eagt^j. 1.^ -..^ . ^. ,Wi^»ip«>*s^-- -V ,^^,^;,;a0u<*iK-'- ^ 15 '• . ,» . • r;. %, Note. — Accounts in the United States are commonly kept in dollars and cents. This money increases in a tenfold jpropor- tion, like whole numbers, which renders it more simple and easy than the money of any other country, France excepted. The attention of the British Government has at last (1841,) been di- rected to the necessity of a more convenient and uniform system of monies, weights, and measures, by which the use of the hete- rogeneous mass of ^ Tables' that encumber our Arithmetics, and which had their origin in ancient usages, when particular branches of commerce were in their infancy, will be done away with, .^p^ Weight is the tendency or force with which bodies of various density fall towards the earth. ^ , The standard of weight is the cubic mch of distilled water weighing 252.458 grains Troy ; the Troy pound 5760 grains, or 22.8157 cubic inches. The Avoirdupois pound is 7000 Troy grains, or 27.7274 cubic inches. / . • . ^ TROY, OR GOLDSMITH'S WEIGHT, r^^^j ^ ^ '' 24 grains, gr.\I!r-:.. ..-.-..... 1.1 pennyweight, dwt. 0.1 •^< ^ 20 pennyweights .^ 1 ounce, oz. 480 grs. " , CgO 12 ounces 1 pound, lb. 5760 grs. . |s^n Used to weigh gold, silver, Jewells, and liquors. The Troy pound made of brass in 1785, now in tlie custody of the Clerk of the British House of Commons, and weighing 5760 troy grains, is the standard wait from which all other weights are derived. re ■*' «»'!>> AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. v)A._ ^rro?! ^^ ^ ^^- ^♦■i*H^»'- >*'*'" ;:-o^f»ffri-.f<^ji^»j --i-iT >ht.^,j. l'^'^**>' ^'i'yiS'i' IB tftrawis make 1 ounce, oz. 437i 16 oimcej* I pound, lb. ^-^ '''^^^'^ '■ 7000 38 pound-* 1 quarter, qrr 98,000 N 4 quarters 1 hundredweight, cwt. 784,000 . 20 hundredweight 1 ton, T. 15,680,000 ' This weight is used for all articles sold by weight, except those mentioned under Troy and Apothecaries weights. r ^ .li APOTHECARIES WEIGHT. ' »! /^ Troy prninB. ^ ^^^ V 20 grains make 1 scruple, T) 20 . V A .. 3 scruples ,^ .1 drachm, J 60 . ^/^t 8 drachms T--^. ..1 ounce, ? 180 ^J«tt*12 ounces..:-:^.!..... 1 pound, lb. 5760// Apothecaries prepare their prescriptions by this weight, but buy and sell by Avoirdupois. i^T -^^^^;,#Hfefe'4^^ ' '' ^ ^ ■ ■•"■ r-:: - ■ ■■^--•4mf!5Jiio..'/ * APOTHECARIES FLUID MEASURE. r>inl^.<;<' ' vi.t J - .? Ji- Cubic Inchei. 2 drops - /. ^U. .... 1 min'un, tT[ fO minims.... ..,.,j....^ .... .--......l dram, 3 ■it> : 0*271 8 drams. . .1 :•;; i I t^^^ri .1: .^!^. ....'.' l.ounce ^ -s-^Kv 2.166 16 ounces , . i -. i ^ -. >,.-'-- 1 pin^ '" ' * 34.659 ^ 8 pints ,.. M""" ' ; - - - - r - ^ J gallon, cong. 277.274 :_-^-^^. fi-ii.r .^sHHUfH^v) ;|o 9«T?f>H lif^^'S, At^/lo i'*^,!:^! i^fll^ .•'.'■■ J'M ill •ii----.» ^{» 17 ... ,'- - . Measures of length. Jt Measure in length is the. distance of one object from another^ according to some agreed standard* The standard for British measures and those of other countries where science prevails, is the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds, hi a vacuum at the level of the sea, which in London measures 39.1393 inches. From this the standard Brass Rod, of the government was made, which regulates the measures now in use. . . . ^ . ^^.^ . , .. ^ j;a .., i - ''5 CLOTH MEASURE/ "'^ .9!^ I It 3J inches tiiak6 - . .". ». .. . -...*..; 1 nail, n. '- ^'* - 4 nails. *.....-.......'-. 1 quarter, qr. * ' r- *^f^ f^ 4 quarters l,.i . 1 . . [.. 1 yard, yd. • ^* ' ^ 24 quarters 1 Ell Hamburgh, E. H. 22.i ^^S quarters:..:!.: .:-!.... 1 Ell Flemish, E. Fi , 27 , 5 quarters 1 Ell English, E. E. '^ ' ''m^ 6 quarters I ^ I . w i 1 EU Ftench, E. Fr. 54 , 'V LliVEAL, OR LONG MEASURE. :';^^ \ ■■ 12 lines make.. «... «.. -**...! inch, Ih^ « 12 mciies.4.... ./-".------'..-..-- -.-.1 foot, ft. .? y v .3 ftet ....--....:.-.. ..*.-.! yard, yd. ' ^1 5^ yaifds. * ... 1 ...-.-.*-.. 1 pole or rod, p* * \y^0 poles, ar 220 yards, - - - ^^ w^- - - . - .... 1 furlong, fur. | 8 furlongs «. . . ^ . — . . . 1 mile, M. ^3 iniles*...-. .!.... :-....! league, L. '/60 geographic, or 69^ statute mil^s- — — 1 d^egree, §e^» :l 360 degrees the (jircumferehce of the earth. ff^ i h -^^ ^^ yA Fathom is 6 f^et, or 2 yards; a Hand, the sportsman*^ measure, is 4 inches; a Cubit is IJ foot; a Span is 9 inches; the Chain for surveying land is 22 yards or 66 feet; and, contains 100 linke, eac^ 7.93 inchei^. . / . ..si^^jq ^ (*S:{:.afH tr :to!wn\) r : .eff*.i-^rjd ^^^ . f V. tmtmmmtm ^' 18 . • / V'" t MEASURES OF CAPACITY, tce.Vi ♦^^^«»!i''> wV WINE, OR LIQUID MEASURE. nr^^^^K 'uil..]?^;''yiniH /f'• 4 gills - : .^ ..... 1 pint, pt an, 28.876 n^tu 2 pints 1 quart, qt. 57.075! •>>ir i^ 4 quarts 1 gallon, gall. 233.0001'jrot '^f 10 gallons 1 anker, A. .-> . , • A(M 18 do 1 runlet, R. n ajij «^,ialj^^!t«i 31i do 1 barrpl, bbl. J42 do ltierce,tr. ' ' " ' 63 do , 1 hogshead, hhd. ,j^^^ • i ^ ; 84 do 1 puncheon, pun. ,',',•, j^' ^^ 126 do , 1 pipe, P. ,^.Nrt,i« j, 4tQ« do ... •-«.,*'^ 4»^.k. 1 lUn, 1. -i.tcn ?/■• Yr'Conpmonly used in this, country to measure* Spirits, Wine, Leer, Vinegar, and pther liquids. . ^ ; ' ^ ^* ; , ^ ^Vi '^iwip ^ r-m^. -i^^,::.:^.^d^..l^, DRY MEASlIRE.;i'-'rC~^>^^Mii«f.N v> 2 pints -- ^1 quart, qt * ..,> 4 quarts. ....:.... ^ 1 gallon, gal. 2 gallons. . . . . ........ . .1 pecjt, P./ j; 4pecks,... .---..* 1 bushel, bns. ^ 8 bushels ......-..:......... .1 qu.di'ter, qr. S6 bushels 1 chaldroLS ch. '*''■ Used to measure Grains, Fruit, Salt, Coal, S6ed, «S^c. &c. .^ o ^ - r ^if m I k IMPERIAL MEASURE. ' ' > ' ' ' , ^ ^ t. -X Cubic Inchea. ;^.' 5oz. (avoir.) of wateHilf/l'lC^Ifli:^! gill. 8.665 :^ , 4 gills ..-..,..:...........lpint. 34.659 ^^^ ^pints.. .......: j:..:.Z....1 quart, 69.318 fJv'Mquarts... ...... ......:.... 1 gallon, 277,274,!:^ ^*** ' !2 gallons .. 1. ....----. 1 peck 554.54^^* ' 4pecks Ibushel. 2218.191 ""' 8 bushels 1 quarter, 17745.526 •■ * -< Xi \> The Imperial gallon contains 277.274 cubic inches of pure water, at the temperature 63® Fahrenheit; or 10 lb. Avoirdupois if weighed when the barometer is at 30 inches; and the other mea- sures are in the same proportion. This measure is used in Bri-" J tain, for all liquid and dry goods. 100 gallons of this measure*^ are eqital to about 120 old wine gallons, or as 1 to 1.20032. ^ 't^.,>rn,tt o SOLID, OR CUBIC MEASURE, un MiUjsf»if>di* 1728 cubic inches make..-i^'V^>:^H:Ll cubic loot, f '^'ij*'3_#1o "^^?' 27 cubic feet 1 cubic yard, yd. ^ i^*^''^ 40 cubic feet of rough, or ? -- -i i^„^ «^ ♦«„ i^ tl:*^»M«lo I CA \^- c 4. cv. \- u i 1 load or ton, Ic. '' 50 cubic feet of hewn tunber > -- • ' 42 cubic feet 1 ton of shipping, T. sh- f 5 cubic feet * 1 barrel of bulk, B.B. * 128 cubic feet - ... 1 cord of wood, C. i f ^i This measure is used in estimating any tiling having len^h, breadth, and thickness.' ^^ i ........ . •*».* - - * •« /t»i> v ' ' ' SaUARE, OR LAND MEASURE^ u'l^rJl^rt i:i '•itf 144 square inches, s. in. .,-...1 square foot, d. f. J*»«<»t ^ ^ 9 square feet - .1 square yard, s. yd. ' > ^''^J 30i do yards... *.....! square pole or perch, e.p.*'V 40 perches .1 rood, R. v ;; ^ .156^ '4roods V...-.1 acre, A. ' **'' »;>^ 4 I 640 square acres 1 square mile, s. m. :f!*' 36 square yards make 1 ro6d of Building, and 100 square feet 1 square of flooring. — a square chain is 16 poles — 10 square chains, 1 acre. This measure is used in estimi^ting any thing having length and breadth only, » ^ f ;» ^,"^" ^- ; f * i ft . ' ,i>v ..nnu MEASURES OF TIMEi'^'/ '' Time is iisimlf/ measured by cei iiim regular motions, aa 'ill In .I'lJt:/' dotation of the eurtli, U^ .wing of a neuduluiii, the iItU of a body, the revolutions of the nioo/i round the earth, or the earth round the sun. The use of the pendulum for thi» purpose, was fir»t suggested to Gahleo, a distinguished Astronomer, on his observing the regular motions of a chandelier; or lamp, Imng from the roof of a Cathedral. He thus discovered that, every oscillation, or motion back and forward, of the same pendulum^ \vh€tli 01 GO seconds make .1 minute, min*( a. M. or ante meridian means be- ^ 60 mintltes . , * 1 hour^ ho. < fore mid-day. P. M. or poit*me- .,24 hours ..^ 1 day, da^riin: ( "^^^'^n* »i«*»» after midday. 7 days 1 week we. t hak ,dJhr.fyiti 4 waeks 1 moath, mo. / * 12 calendar months, orl ) ..^ ){ /. J^v '; 13 lunar months, 1 day, 5 hours or > 1 common, or JuliMi year. oo5 days ••.... ...4,.j(»:i»*>--U- ---.- j . .. It^'?) iifi;0p>{ lii 366 days ..-.......^^ i^.. '.....,.,. 1 leapyiear. , "^ Jirn* 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 . > ' ' seconds ,* ,i.> • . - - - - - 1 Solar, or Tropical year. «* GALENDAU MONTHS, WITH THE TlAYS IN BACK, January, S\\ : - .fJuly, , February* 28 Thirty days hath September ;. m August, ^ >' i/r V. "^ oT April, June, and November, ,t,,,..,\ a^^^J.1^^ March, 3 1 I Febrilarv IjIui twenty-e ght* iifone, J September, April, 30 I And all tl -est have llnrty-one. ^ not«K«,. May, 31 , - ^' ^ * In lea-, v v ft^. • •», AvW* -'•^ October, November, vJ)ecemper, 3i :ji b'. I ■ ' ■ . 21 .:tiaTi>T.a:iVl'' time— contmued. ^ ^ nu ' Note.— Every fourth vear ia cjilled Birtnextile, or Leap vear, which gives to the second iiioiitli, ( February) 2y day**. To ,xi;ow wh**ther uiiy given year he leap ^ear, divide tlie date of the y% >r h' 4 if there be no remainder, it is leap year. Thus, I62J divi* ;itiil /V 4, leaves a remainder of 3, showing that it is tlie third vear after leap year. 4^ ,* ^^ Calendar Months are so called because by them the '»rdin ry calendar or register of tiie year is kept, and they are uneijially d* 150 and 31 days, with tiie exception ol'Fe bi uiiry, vviiich is 2W, and in leap-year, 5^i). The i2 months are thu.- made to correspon I us nearly as possible, with the common yeui of GEOGRAPHICAL, OR NAUTICAL MEASURE. 1 C075?- ^^^^ • * * - - • - • - - 1 nauticii 1 mile, naut. m, 3 miles. . - . . ........ i - 1 . 1 league, league. * / 20 leagues I degree, deg. or ® . * "'*" 380 degrees ....,.,,^ 1 circlf\ or the earth's cir- '''' ' ^ ■ ' ' * * * • •" * cuinlc »"ence. ANGULAR MEASURE, OR DIVISION OF 1 HE CIRCLE. Seconds. *^ 60 seconds" 1 minute, marked ' bO t 60 minutes I degree, ^ 3600 30degrees 1 sign, s. 108,000 V 3 signs I quadrant, 3*24,000 , 4 quad-ants, or , = = ?i • i • i i^im mui J23igns...- ^lcircle,circ. 1,'^D6,000 Used by Astronomers; Navigators, &c. "^* ■ -.. . . .. -V ■ , i ' ■ ^■^■ ' . ' . ' '■.-'- -fv JIU I II. BIIL.i l M IIII 22 DIURNAL MOTION of the EARTH REDUCED to TIME. 360 degrees are equal to , ^^ ATi^iT "^^"*f^ 'x^^^- ^^ Ijours. yr 15 degrees , ^.^, ;f„f> , > uififi^ti^^tjsi^^/uft 1 hour. ■; 1 degree,: , jjir-^t^Jf^ mi^r^-hmf mt-'iiti^v.Mt'*^^ 4 minutes. , APPARENT ANNUAL MOTION OF THE SUN REDUCED TO TIME. ' ^'iT* . V ; t '.'m^:y^--'-U*-*^ , 860 A^irees/or signs "'^^^'^'^ '""'^'''^ ^^35 dav^; ^^ HrcFm, nearly. . 30 degrees, or jdaH/^- "'' 30 " 10 30 ",, 1 degree ,. . f^;^;M'-^,->l'^^' i ^« 21 -'^^*f^'': E.vplanation ofSf^ns o" Characters use * m An'lhmcUc, =» Pa;"allell Lines signify equal to, as 20s = £ \ • ;r-v./Mrri tin ■ ^ -f- Perpendicular Cross, signifies plus or more, as 6 -J- 2 = 8, — Straight Line, means minus or less, as 8 --- 3 = 5. * t" ' •- X Oblique Cross— The sign of m'aItlplica^cOn, as 5x6=30 ^4- Dotted Line — The sign of division, as 20-f-4=5.^^j^^ , ^ : : : :— The sign of proportion, as 6 : 4 : : 12 : 8, thus as 6 is to 4 so is 12 to 8. 'nX^^ij '■■ . .- ^-. . ■• : ~ ;-r%-.- . . .at^sv^^ yj PR03HSCU0US MEASURES AND QUANTITIES. A Sc-^f-Ji and Irigli mUe is about 1 3-4 English miles. A Russian Verst, 3-4 «lo. A PrencI) Leaifue, 3 do. A French Toiae, (Hect. The French Metre, 39 1-2 Knfflish hirhos. A Pulm, or llandbreath, 4 do. A cubit 18 do. A Fa- thom, (4 cubits) 7 feet 3 inches. ]2 articles are )2 dozen 12 groco 2l> articles ( u score '^" 1 dozen *' * * 1 groce, : ^- 1 great groco, 1 score, hi % 1 hundred, 6 score ' * ""* *•* 24 sheets paper. 20 quires GO skins pur hmcnt 1 great hundred I (juire, ) ream,* 1 roll. * The outside quires of a Ueaui contain only 20 siiects each. "i "«■■ *. I 8. /'it&sc J^^ik ' f. .vk^^>-(Mi ■ 23 ( '.-rZmn: ALiauox, or even parts^j : ' -'^ PARTS OP A PJNNY. 1 (arthinff is ^-^^ ^umm^^ix 2 ffirlliings ^ i^,J 3 iartUuigs # V PARTS OF A POUND. 3 4 .'fi/rr^/ PARTS OF A SHILLING. 12 pence is ^ 1> 6 pence „^ .^ 4 ponce , .'^^ ll t' ' • V ' ' ■ , ' "- ■ ■*_ 12 3 p< nee 2 pence 1 penny ♦i u (/ PARTS OF A DOLLAR. «^^ ■■■*■ ,:u'li■>'.■^^'^A<'u2 I 8 ^ ^ ^ 1 n ^•*'^ ^ PARTS OF A CWT, 14 ^" 3? - I • i 1_ 16 PARTS OF A POUND, 20 is '4'. !, ^.:;!.'^cji,.;i.-n4-> J 10 -^^ '^•^•>'' ^-*'' '' ''•>^" "i PARTS OP A TOx\. cwt. qrs. . 20 10 O 5 O :}U: mt 4 2 2 1 ^■u^^ -. . . .ton. .... .-...■ *. -. • -. ■< ^ * • ♦ • - '. 9 \T -f^SX/t 111 V: lA'aJ^:> ^ • • *^v -^Q rT^;^r 24 SCRIPTURE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. The design of giving the weights and measures of Scripture is, to enable Instructors to propose questions to their pupils for solu- tion, from the Old and New Testament, which wdl at once be interesting, instructive, and profitable. *i- '" TIME. :h efore, The naturalJewishday of 34 hours, wu« reekoni d from sunset to sunset hut the artificial day from sunrise to £unset; and it was divided into 12 hours beginning ahoui 6 o clock. Our? cloci( in the morning was, the called by the Jews the 1st hour, 8 o' clock the ^l hour, &c. &c. ujjtii the l'2th. which wiis about G o'clock in the evening At this hour the niglit com mtjnced, and anciently wa* divided into three watches, but in our Saviour's time into four, called in Scripture the *' evening, * "midnight," ''cockcrovv- itig,'' and '* morning " The days of the week were called the First, Second, &c. The first corres- ponding with the christian Sabbath, and the seventh or Saturday, with the He- brew Sabbath. The Jewish civil year begdn with the nutumnal equinox, or the month "Tis ri," because it was believed the world was created at that time The sacrkd Ykar began about the vernal equinox or the month " A bib," to com»iemo ra»e their deliverance from Kgypti'an bondnge ; and each consisted of 12 months alternately of 29 and 3' days But as this falls short 11 days of the H(i5— a nioiith was added to correct tin difforcnct^ ^vftry three or four years called " VemUr " AIEASURES OF WEIGHT AND VALUE. Thuniite, The^ denarius, or Homan penny The gerah, The beka, The shekf'l, The maneh,or p'nd The talent of silver The talent of gold, VVlStaHT. VALUE. lb oz.d*igr in h. c'y. jC s d 08 Odl| 013 Oil 4 9 9 3f'm23a3 2317.2 680 114 3804 2 114 Ou 0|C033r)8 MEASURES OF LENGTH, The Digit or fingersbreadth, 0.912 inch The Palm, or handbreadtb, 3^ inches. The Span, 10 do The Cubit, 18 do The Sacred Cubit, 2 feet The Fathom, (4 cubits) 6 feet KzekiePs Keed, lOfeetlOin MEASURES OF CAPACITY. The Log, about — The Cab, TheOmer,.,, ; ^ ,^, TheHin, The Seah, The Ephah, nearly a bushrd, 7^ MISCELLAiNEOUS. A Day's JoMraey, about 33 miles — A Sabbath day's Journey, about 3-4 niile.! i pint 3] do &X do l^gallott ^i do do .w#'^i?S'^i3^fei' ES. ture is, or aolu- f^cQ be r AND VALUE. inh. c'y. £ s cl I i^QS li 1] II 13 Jf'm2sa3 •i\ 660 01 380 4 i | )j6033 6 8^ NGTH, 0.9 1'i inch 3,^ inches. do do 2 feet feet feet. 10 in VCITY. i pint 3i do Q\ do lit galloa 2.^ do J3 miles— A.| ut 3-4 mile. 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