The vvell spryng of sciences whiche teacheth the perfecte woorke and practise of arithmeticke, bothe in whole nombers and fractions, with suche easie and compendious instruction into the said arte, as hath not heretofore been by any sette out nor laboured. Beautified with moste necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doeth partlie appere: set forthe by Humfrey Baker citezeine of Lo[n]don.

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Title: The vvell spryng of sciences whiche teacheth the perfecte woorke and practise of arithmeticke, bothe in whole nombers and fractions, with suche easie and compendious instruction into the said arte, as hath not heretofore been by any sette out nor laboured. Beautified with moste necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doeth partlie appere: set forthe by Humfrey Baker citezeine of Lo[n]don.
Author: Baker, Humfrey, fl. 1557-1587.
Publication: Imprinted at London :: By Ihon Kyngston, for Iames Rowbothum,; M.D.LXVIII. [1568]
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Subject terms: Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900.; Weights and measures -- Early works to 1800.
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Cite this Item: "The vvell spryng of sciences whiche teacheth the perfecte woorke and practise of arithmeticke, bothe in whole nombers and fractions, with suche easie and compendious instruction into the said arte, as hath not heretofore been by any sette out nor laboured. Beautified with moste necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doeth partlie appere: set forthe by Humfrey Baker citezeine of Lo[n]don." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01957.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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If you wyll reduce 12. ¼ wyth 14. ⅔ to bringe them into one denomina∣tion, first bringe the 12. ¼ all into four∣thes, and you shall fynde 49/4: then like∣wise reduce 14. ⅔ all into thirdes, and you shall haue 4••/3, for the 14. ⅔, then reduce 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and 44/3 togither, by the order of the firste Reduction, and you shall fynde 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for the 〈◊〉〈◊〉. And 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for the 14. ⅔ as here by practise dothe plainlye ap∣pere. 〈 math 〉〈 math 〉