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Tables of interest, at 3, 4, 4 1/2, and 5 per cent

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Tables of interest, at 3, 4, 4 1/2, and 5 per cent
DescriptionFrom £1 to £10,000, and from 1 to 365 days, in a regular progression of single days., and from 1 to 365 days, in a regular progression of single days. With tables, at all the above rates, from 1 to 12 months, and from 1 to 10 years. Also, tables, shewing the exchange on bills, or commission on goods, &c. from 1/8 to 5 per cent. And tables, shewing the amount of any salary, income, expence, &c. by the day, week, month, or year; and a new table, ascertaining what time a sum of money takes to double itself, (or the interest to become equal to the principal), at all the different rates of interest. To which a re prefixed, a table of discount on bills, at a certain number of days or months; and a table shewing the exact number of days from any day throughout the year to 31st December, the usual period to which interest is calculated. The sixth edition, with additions. / By John Thomson, Accountant in Edinburgh, author of the Universal calculator, and tables for calculating the prices of grain.
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