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 att

People / Organizations

• Daniel Fenning (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for S. Crowder, Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]

Publication year

1787-1787

ESTC No.

T131702

Grub Street ID

180674

Description

xi,[1],302,[2],2,3,[2],5,5,[3]p. : ill. ; 12⁰

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.