The welspring of sciences, which teacheth the perfecte worke and practise of arithmeticke both in vvhole numbers & fractions, with such easie and compendious instruction into the saide art, as hath not heretofore been by any set out nor laboured, : Beautified vvith most necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doth plainely appere..
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The welspring of sciences, which teacheth the perfecte worke and practise of arithmeticke both in vvhole numbers & fractions, with such easie and compendious instruction into the saide art, as hath not heretofore been by any set out nor laboured, : Beautified vvith most necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doth plainely appere..
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Baker, Humfrey, fl. 1557-1587.
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Imprinted at London :: By Henry Denham, for Iames Rowbothum.,
Anno Domini 1564.
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Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900.
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"The welspring of sciences, which teacheth the perfecte worke and practise of arithmeticke both in vvhole numbers & fractions, with such easie and compendious instruction into the saide art, as hath not heretofore been by any set out nor laboured, : Beautified vvith most necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doth plainely appere.." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B07179.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.
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AT nine pence the pound waight, what is the 112. li. waight worth? Aunswere: multiplie 9.d. by 28, and thereof cōmeth 252, the which diuide by 60. & you shall finde 4. li. 12/60 which being abbreuiated is 1/5 of a pounde, which is worthe 4.s. And thus the 112. li. is worth 4. pound 4. shil.
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At 8. li. ye 112. li. waight, what is 1. li. waight worth? Answere, Multiplie 8. li. by 60. and thereof commeth 480, ye which diuide by 28. & you shall finde 17.d. 1/7: so much is 1. li. waight worth.
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