The young man's companion: or, arithmetick made easy. Containing, Plain Directions for a Young Man to attain to Read and Write True English; the best and easiest Instructions for Writing Variety of Hands, with Copies both in Prose and Verse, digected in an Alphabetical Order. How to write Letters of Compliment, Friendship, or Business. Forms of Notes, Receipts, Bills, Bonds, Indentures, Leases and Releases, Letters of Attorney, Wills, &c. A short and easy Method of Shop and Book-Keeping, Merchants-Accompts, &c. Directions how to measure Carpenters, Joyners, Sawyers, Bricklayers, Plaisterers, Plummers, Masons, Glaziers and Painters Work. With Tables for such as have not learn'd Arithmetick. How to compute the Charge of Building an House, or any Part thereof. The Rates of each Commodity, and the common Wages of Journeymen. Measuring, Gauging, Plotting of Land by Gunter's Chain, and taking Heights and Distances by the Quadrant, &c. Of Gunter's Line in measuring Globes, Bullets, Walls, &c. Th

People / Organizations

• W Mather (Author)
• Richard Ware I ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for R. Ware, at the Bible and Sun in Amen-Corner; J. Clarke, at the Golden-Ball in Duck-Lane; and T. Longman, at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXXXVII. [1737] The fifteenth edition, with large additions and improvements.; ..

Publication year

1737

ESTC No.

T52886

Grub Street ID

279886

Description

[12],336,[88]p.,plates : ill. ; 12°.

Note

With three final pages of advertisements.