The American accountant; or, Schoolmasters' new assistant : Comprised in four books. Book I. Containing arithmetic of whole numbers,--divers denominations, and the common rules, to the end of the double rule of three. Book II. Fractions, vulgar and decimal. Book III. Mercantile arithmetic; or all the rules necessary for forming a complete accountant; methodically arranged and largely exemplified. Book IV. Extractions, progressions, &c. being the higher rules of arithmetic. : And including all the questions in the Philadelphian edition of Gough, with many others. The rules are either new, or those of that treatise so far compendized as to be both brief and perfectly applicable. : The whole adapted to the commerce of the United States; and comprehending every thing necessary to a complete practical knowledge of the science of arithmetic By Benjamin Workman

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Workman, Benjamin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arithmetic--Early works to 1900.

Arithmetic.

Arithmetic--Problems, exercises, etc.

Physical Description:

[5], 14-224 p. ; 17 cm.

Other Title:

Schoolmasters' new assistant.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by John M'Culloch, for William Young, at the corner of Chesnut and Second-Streets, 1789.

Notes:

Error in paging: p. 93-94 misnumbered 95-96.

"Errata."--p. 224.

Local Notes:

HSP copy on deposit in the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Cited in:

Evans 22290

Contains:

Gough, John, 1712-1791. Treatise of arithmetic ...

OCLC:

18303333