A New and Plain System of Arithmetic: Containing the Several Rules of That Useful Science, Concisely Defined, and Greatly Simplified, the Whole, Particularly Adapted to the Last and Regular Instruction of Youth, and to the Trade and Commerce of the United

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The Commier of this volume is not fond of elaborate prefaces he claims no distinguished merit; and, therefore, briefly states, that he has had recourse to various authors on the subject, to whom he acknowledges himself indebted for a considerable portion of this system 3 having taken the liberty of extracting such parts as were applicable to his purpose, and of abridging or enlarging as he thought necessary.

To unite as much as possible their several advantages, with a number of recent calculations made in money of the United States 5 to express the different rules with precision in plain language 3 to point out a number oh' short and easy methods of contraption; to elucidate every rule, by perform ing at length, lrom one to three examples 5 to give a competent number of suitable questions 5 and particularly to adapt the work to the easy and te gular instruction of youth, and to the trade and commerce of the United States, has been his great aim.

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