This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...Kalendar or old style is still used. 1. Reduce 468 into rubles, exchange at 3s. 2d. per ruble. 2. Reduce 5550 rubles into sterling money, exchange at 37d. per ruble. 3. How many rubles are equal to 476, 12s. 6d., exchange at 6 rub. 36 cop. per 1? 4. How much sterling is equivalent to 4950 rub. 20 cop. exchange at 6 ru. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...Kalendar or old style is still used. 1. Reduce 468 into rubles, exchange at 3s. 2d. per ruble. 2. Reduce 5550 rubles into sterling money, exchange at 37d. per ruble. 3. How many rubles are equal to 476, 12s. 6d., exchange at 6 rub. 36 cop. per 1? 4. How much sterling is equivalent to 4950 rub. 20 cop. exchange at 6 ru. 40 cop. per 1? SPAIN. In Spain, accounts are generally stated in reals of 34 maravedis vellon or 100 centavos; 20 reals de vellon = 1 duro or hard dollar, valued at par at 4s., from 100 reals vellon being reckoned 1. 1. How much sterling is equal to 75 dol. 15 reals 20 centavos, exchange at 48'5d. per duro? 2. How much Spanish money is equal to 375, 12s. 6d., exchange at 48-4d. per duro? 3. Reduce 120 dol. 10 reals 50 centavos into sterling money, exchange at 48d. per duro. 4. Reduce 75, 17s. 6d. into dollars, exchange at 4s. per duro. UNITED STATES. In the United States, the integer of account is the dollar of 100 cents. = 4s. ljd. at par. The par of exchange with London is 4-86 dollars per 1. In exchange the dollar is assumed to be 4s. 6d., that is at a premium of 94 per cent. Bills on Europe are commonly drawn at 60 days' sight, and 3 days of grace are allowed. 1. How much sterling is equivalent to 596 dol. 75 c, exchange at 4 86J dollars per 1? 2. How many dollars are equivalent to 575,17s. 6d., exchange at 4-86 dollars per 1? 3. Reduce 375 dol. 95 c. to sterling, exchange at 4s. 6d. per dollar, premium 9 J per cent. 4. Reduce 99,12s. 6d. to dollars at 4s. 6d., premium 94 per cent. INVOLUTION. Involution is the method of finding the power of a given number. A power is the product arising from the multiplication of the given number by itself the proposed n...
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