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The British youth's instructor, or, A new and easy guide to practical arithmetic : wherein the rudiments of common arithmetic, vulgar and decimal fractions, the extraction and use of the square and cube roots, &c. are so easily treated of, and so plainly demonstrated, that any person may, of himself (in a short time) become acquainted with every thing necessary to the knowledge of business : to which is added a postcript for the use of country youths in particular, shewing how to measure any regular piece of timber, tyling, thatching, brick-work, or piece of land, as also how to gauge any cistern, piece of malt, or common cooler, tub, &c. : the whole designed for such as have hitherto neglected or have not had opportunity of being acquainted with figures and attempted in natural and familiar dialogues in order to render the work more easy
The British youth's instructor, or, A new and easy guide to practical arithmetic : wherein the rudiments of common arithmetic, vulgar and decimal fractions, the extraction and use of the square and cube roots, &c. are so easily treated of, and so plainly demonstrated, that any person may, of himself (in a short time) become acquainted with every thing necessary to the knowledge of business : to which is added a postcript for the use of country youths in particular, shewing how to measure any regular piece of timber, tyling, thatching, brick-work, or piece of land, as also how to gauge any cistern, piece of malt, or common cooler, tub, &c. : the whole designed for such as have hitherto neglected or have not had opportunity of being acquainted with figures and attempted in natural and familiar dialogues in order to render the work more easy
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The British youth's instructor, or, A new and easy guide to practical arithmetic : wherein the rudiments of common arithmetic, vulgar and decimal fractions, the extraction and use of the square and cube roots, &c. are so easily treated of, and so plainly demonstrated, that any person may, of himself (in a short time) become acquainted with every thing necessary to the knowledge of business : to which is added a postcript for the use of country youths in particular, shewing how to measure any regular piece of timber, tyling, thatching, brick-work, or piece of land, as also how to gauge any cistern, piece of malt, or common cooler, tub, &c. : the whole designed for such as have hitherto neglected or have not had opportunity of being acquainted with figures and attempted in natural and familiar dialogues in order to render the work more easy

Date1770
Names
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Alternate Title
  • Arithmetick, or British youth's instructor, or New and easy guide to practical arithmetic
Format
Medium
Dimensions17 x 10 cm
Extent
  • 17 x 10 cm
Language
CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131009543083D
Dewey NumberBI FEN
The logographic-emblematical French spelling-book, or, French pronunciation made easy : being a method by which any child, four or five years old, and of ever so slow an apprehension, although perfectly unacquainted with his letters, will, in a few months, be enabled to read French fluently, and will pronounce its as if he were a Parisian born : to which are added, besides instructions to enable any person to put this method in practice, a systematical appendix, justifying its principles, as likewise various reading-pieces, of the composition of the author, highly interesting, at least for their novelty
The logographic-emblematical French spelling-book, or, French pronunciation made easy : being a method by which any child, four or five years old, and of ever so slow an apprehension, although perfectly unacquainted with his letters, will, in a few months, be enabled to read French fluently, and will pronounce its as if he were a Parisian born : to which are added, besides instructions to enable any person to put this method in practice, a systematical appendix, justifying its principles, as likewise various reading-pieces, of the composition of the author, highly interesting, at least for their novelty
1814
The beauties of the creation, or, A new moral system of natural history : consisting of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and reptiles, insects, trees and flowers, &c. &c. : designed to inspire youth with humanity towards the brute creation, and bring them early acquainted with the wonderful works of the Creator
The beauties of the creation, or, A new moral system of natural history : consisting of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and reptiles, insects, trees and flowers, &c. &c. : designed to inspire youth with humanity towards the brute creation, and bring them early acquainted with the wonderful works of the Creator
1796
A class book for the use of common schools and families in the united Canadas, entitled The youth's guard against crime, having embodied in it all the criminal laws of the land, conveniently abridged
A class book for the use of common schools and families in the united Canadas, entitled The youth's guard against crime, having embodied in it all the criminal laws of the land, conveniently abridged
1844
Arithmetic, for use in colleges and schools, adapted to the decimal system of currency, from the arithmetic of Barnard Smith
Arithmetic, for use in colleges and schools, adapted to the decimal system of currency, from the arithmetic of Barnard Smith
1860
The first book of arithmetic in decimal currency. For the use of schools in New Brunswick. Approved by the Honourable the Board of Education
The first book of arithmetic in decimal currency. For the use of schools in New Brunswick. Approved by the Honourable the Board of Education
1861
...Elementary arithmetic in decimal currency, designed for the use of Canadian schools...
...Elementary arithmetic in decimal currency, designed for the use of Canadian schools...
1866
Artificial versifying, or, The school-boy's recreation : a new way to make Latin verses : whereby any one of ordinary capacity, that only knows the A.B.C. and can count 9 (though he understands not one word of Latin, or what a verse means) may be plainly taught, (and in as little a time as this is reading over, ) how to make hundreds of hexameter verses, which shall be true Latin, true verse, and good sense. Never before publish'd
Artificial versifying, or, The school-boy's recreation : a new way to make Latin verses : whereby any one of ordinary capacity, that only knows the A.B.C. and can count 9 (though he understands not one word of Latin, or what a verse means) may be plainly taught, (and in as little a time as this is reading over, ) how to make hundreds of hexameter verses, which shall be true Latin, true verse, and good sense. Never before publish'd
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General knowledge made easy, or, The childs first step : to mechanics, mineralogy, agriculture. sculpture, architecture, anatomy, botany, pharmacy, chemistry, painting, drawing, mythology, commerce, algebra, electricity, astronomy, navigation, biography, logic, philosophy, poetry, religion, geometry, rhetoric, mathematics, optics, jurisprudence, arithmetic : also easy descriptions of clouds -- rain -- snow -- dew -- hail -- tides -- earthquakes -- thunder -- lightning -- &c. &c
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1830
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A complete system of practical arithmetic for the use of schools in British America; to which are added a set of book-keeping by single entry, and a practical illustration of mental arithmetic, federal money, receipts, inland and foreign bills of exchange, mensuration, etc. The whole adapted to the business of real life, to the circumstances of the country, and to the present improved state of commerce by G. & J. Gouinlock, formerly British teachers of long experience and extensive practice; authors of a Key to the arithmetic, a System of general geography, &c.
A complete system of practical arithmetic for the use of schools in British America; to which are added a set of book-keeping by single entry, and a practical illustration of mental arithmetic, federal money, receipts, inland and foreign bills of exchange, mensuration, etc. The whole adapted to the business of real life, to the circumstances of the country, and to the present improved state of commerce by G. & J. Gouinlock, formerly British teachers of long experience and extensive practice; authors of a Key to the arithmetic, a System of general geography, &c.
1847
Earning and learning: Rob Collum, 17, is learning the auto body trade at Centre for Advancement in Work and Living, one of hundreds of unemployed youths on their way to a job
Earning and learning: Rob Collum, 17, is learning the auto body trade at Centre for Advancement in Work and Living, one of hundreds of unemployed youths on their way to a job
1/3/1986
Work, Policewoman Maureen Grant checks with Mississauga police Constable Bill Sholin at door of his Most of her time is spent working with youths. [Incomplete]
Work, Policewoman Maureen Grant checks with Mississauga police Constable Bill Sholin at door of his Most of her time is spent working with youths. [Incomplete]
3/18/1972