The application of a new portable scale, (being the first of this nature) in resolving questions in the following particulars: viz. Interest, for any sum, time or rate. Discount, of bills, tallies, stock, &c. Factoridge brokeridge commission exchange, &c. at all rates. Value of any quantity of goods, merchandize, or any fractional part of an intiger. Of any number of pistols, dollers, or other foreign coin. Of wages due to any workmen or seamen, for any time or rate: as also short allowance. Number, of days in any distance of time. Proportion, of any sum per annum, to one or any number of dayes. And several other profitable uses. The second edition, with additions. Invented by Tho. Wastell.
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The application of a new portable scale, (being the first of this nature) in resolving questions in the following particulars: viz. Interest, for any sum, time or rate. Discount, of bills, tallies, stock, &c. Factoridge brokeridge commission exchange, &c. at all rates. Value of any quantity of goods, merchandize, or any fractional part of an intiger. Of any number of pistols, dollers, or other foreign coin. Of wages due to any workmen or seamen, for any time or rate: as also short allowance. Number, of days in any distance of time. Proportion, of any sum per annum, to one or any number of dayes. And several other profitable uses. The second edition, with additions. Invented by Tho. Wastell.
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Wastell, Tho. (Thomas)
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London :: printed for the author, and sold by Richard Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill,
1700.
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Saving and investment -- England
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"The application of a new portable scale, (being the first of this nature) in resolving questions in the following particulars: viz. Interest, for any sum, time or rate. Discount, of bills, tallies, stock, &c. Factoridge brokeridge commission exchange, &c. at all rates. Value of any quantity of goods, merchandize, or any fractional part of an intiger. Of any number of pistols, dollers, or other foreign coin. Of wages due to any workmen or seamen, for any time or rate: as also short allowance. Number, of days in any distance of time. Proportion, of any sum per annum, to one or any number of dayes. And several other profitable uses. The second edition, with additions. Invented by Tho. Wastell." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A96062.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.
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Compound Interest at 6 per Cent.
Years.
Increase of Money.
Rebate of Money.
Forbearance of Annuities.
Discount of Annuities.
Purchase of Annuities.
1
2190,00
34433,85
0000,00
34433,85
38690,00
2
4511,40
32484,85
2190,00
66917,70
19908,19
3
6971,86
30646,09
6701,40
97564,93
13415,01
4
9579,15
28911,39
13673,26
126476,33
10533,53
5
12345,03
27184,81
23253,78
153751,24
8664,73
6
15275,61
25731,04
35588,81
179482,32
7422,64
7
18382,49
24274,48
50874,79
20375••,90
6538,25
8
20675,16
22760,53
69257,29
226657,40
5877,59
9
25165,65
21604,27
90932,81
248261,72
5366,23
10
28865,56
20381,27
116098,83
268646,13
4958,89
11
32787,58
19227,72
144964,86
287870,86
4627,83
12
36944,93
18139,36
177752,81
306010,26
4353,35
13
41351,58
17112,62
214697,74
323122,89
4123,04
14
45022,85
16143,95
256049,69
339266,87
3926,67
15
50974,07
15130,17
302072,54
354497,05
3758,04
26
56222,77
14368,07
353046,98
368865,45
3611,67
17
61786,10
13554,78
409269,75
382420,20
3483,56
18
67683,04
12787,41
471056,22
395207,47
3370,77
19
73934,03
12163,68
578739,63
407271,19
3271,13
20
80560,24
11380,84
612674,03
418652,08
3182,07
21
87570,94
10736,62
693224,28
429393,30
3102,50
THroughout the First Part the Operations are all performed at large, and is, I hope, sufficient to explain the Nature of the Scale, and its application to the several Uses therein mentioned, as well as to render this Part more brief, by allowing the use of these
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few Characters undermentioned, in the several Examples performed therein; which I doubt not but will be as acceptable to the Ingenious, and answer my Design, in rendering the whole Por∣table (as well as the Scale) on any occasion.
For multiplied by ×
Sum or Product z
Equal to =
Added to +
First side of the Scale A
Second side of the Scale B
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