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... pounds , ounces , & c . ? Reduce 2 miles 1 furlong , 12 poles , I foot , 8 inches , to inches . PROPORTION . Find the income tax on 6,1507 . 10s . at 7d . in the pound . What weight of sugar may be bought for 937. 12s . when the cost of ...
... pounds , ounces , & c . ? Reduce 2 miles 1 furlong , 12 poles , I foot , 8 inches , to inches . PROPORTION . Find the income tax on 6,1507 . 10s . at 7d . in the pound . What weight of sugar may be bought for 937. 12s . when the cost of ...
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... pound . What is the tax on a house rented at 3277. 12s . 6d . , if the tax on a house rented at 35 guineas is 61. 8s . 74d . ? PRACTICE . Find the value of 3,546 pieces of cloth , each piece being worth 11. 6s . 72d . What must be given ...
... pound . What is the tax on a house rented at 3277. 12s . 6d . , if the tax on a house rented at 35 guineas is 61. 8s . 74d . ? PRACTICE . Find the value of 3,546 pieces of cloth , each piece being worth 11. 6s . 72d . What must be given ...
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... pound . If by working 9 hours a - day I can finish a piece of work in 12 weeks , how long shall I take to finish it ... pounds can I buy for 47. 3s . 10žd . ? ( Solve by decimals . ) A room is 42 feet long , 28 feet broad I ...
... pound . If by working 9 hours a - day I can finish a piece of work in 12 weeks , how long shall I take to finish it ... pounds can I buy for 47. 3s . 10žd . ? ( Solve by decimals . ) A room is 42 feet long , 28 feet broad I ...
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... pound , and 7 cwt . at 62d .: he sells 5 cwt . at 5d . per pound , at what rate per pound must he sell the remainder in order to make 50 per cent . on his whole outlay ? A tobacconist mixes together 80 lbs . of tobacco at 14d . per ...
... pound , and 7 cwt . at 62d .: he sells 5 cwt . at 5d . per pound , at what rate per pound must he sell the remainder in order to make 50 per cent . on his whole outlay ? A tobacconist mixes together 80 lbs . of tobacco at 14d . per ...
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... pound . If 17 cwt . 3 qrs . 14 lbs . of barley cost 8l . 18s . 9d . how much may be bought for 5l . 12s . 6d . ? How much will a creditor lose on a debt of 5,342l . 5s . when a bankrupt can only pay 13s . 6d . in the pound ? A man ...
... pound . If 17 cwt . 3 qrs . 14 lbs . of barley cost 8l . 18s . 9d . how much may be bought for 5l . 12s . 6d . ? How much will a creditor lose on a debt of 5,342l . 5s . when a bankrupt can only pay 13s . 6d . in the pound ? A man ...
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الصفحة 108 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
الصفحة 160 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
الصفحة 196 - Ay me! whilst thee the shores and sounding seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurled; Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps under the whelming tide Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world; Or whether thou, to our moist vows denied, Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus old.
الصفحة 161 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
الصفحة 159 - IF a side of any triangle be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles ; and the three interior angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles.
الصفحة 160 - IF a straight line fall upon two parallel straight lines, it makes the alternate angles equal to one another; and the exterior angle equal to the interior and opposite upon the same side; and likewise the two interior angles upon the same side together equal to two right angles...
الصفحة 159 - Prove it. 6.If a straight line be bisected and produced to any point, the rectangle contained by the whole line thus produced, and the part of it produced together with the -square on half the line bisected, is equal to the square on the straight line which is made up of the half and the part produced.
الصفحة 201 - Redit agricolis labor actus in orbem, atque in se sua per vestigia volvitur annus.
الصفحة 196 - Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus old, Where the great Vision of the guarded Mount Looks towards Namancos and Bayona's hold; Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth: And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
الصفحة 196 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.