The tutor's assistant; being a compendium of arithmetic, and a complete question-book. Containing, I. Arithmetic in whole numbers; being a brief Explanation of all its Rules, in a New and more concise Method than any hitherto published; with an Application to each Rule, consisting of a large Variety of Questions in real Business, with their Answers annexel. II. Vulgar Fractions, which are treated with a great deal of Plainness and Perspicuity. III. Decimals, with the Extraction of the Square, Cube, and Biquadrate Roots, after a very plain and familiar Manner; in which are set down Rules for the easy Calculation of Interest, Annuities and Pensions in Arrear, the present Worth of Annuities, &c. either by Simple or Compound Interest. IV. Duodecimals, or multiplication of Feet and Inches, with Examples applied to measuring and working by Multiplication, Practice, and Decimals. V. The Mensuration of Circles. VI. A Collection of Questions, set down promiscuously for the greater Trial of the for

People / Organizations

• Francis Walkingame (Author)

Imprint

London [i.e. York?] : printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, and for Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, York. Anno, 1796. A new edition, corrected by an eminent mathematician.; ..

Publication year

1796

ESTC No.

T182333

Grub Street ID

218821

Description

192 p. ; 12°.

Note

The London part of the imprint is false; probably printed at York. See Hounslow, D. "Self-interested and evil-minded persons: the book-trade activities of Thomas Wilson, Robert Spence and Joseph Mawman of York." In Printing Places, p.92. 2005.