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 gauge any Cistern, Piece of Malt, or common Cooler, Tub, &c. The Whole designed for such as have Hitherto neglected, or have not had Opportunity of being 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 sixth edition, corrected and im

People / Organizations

• Daniel Fenning (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for S. Crowder, and M. Richardson, in Pater-Noster-Row, and B. Collins, in Salisbury, M.DCC.LX.VII. [1767]

Publication year

1767-1767

ESTC No.

T185776

Grub Street ID

221949

Description

xii,339,[1]p. ; 12⁰

Note

Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price bound Two Shillings and Six-Pence.