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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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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Baker, Humfrey, fl. 1557-1587.
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Imprinted at London :: By Ihon Kyngston, for Iames Rowbothum,
M.D.LXVIII. [1568]
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Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900.
Weights and measures -- Early works to 1800.
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"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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¶ Addition in broken. numbers.
2. Also if you will adde ½, ⅔, ¾, ⅘, togither, you muste fyrste adde the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and ⅔ together, accordynge to the doc∣trine of the laste rule, and you shall finde 7/6: then adde ¾ and ⅘ togither by the saide last chapter, and they make 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Then finally adde the 7/6 (whiche came of the ½ and ⅔ added together) with 31/20, & you shall fynde by the fore∣saide addition that they amounte vn∣to 326/120, Wherfore diuide 326. by 120. & therof cōmeth 2. and 86. remaineth whiche is 86/120 of one whole, & thei being abreuied do make 43/60: & thus the ½, ⅔, ¾, ⅘, added together doe amount to 2. 4••/••••,
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