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WHAT THE CALCULATOR IS 



A READY CALCLILATOR, BUSINESS ARITHME- 

 TIC and REFERENCE BOOK COMBINED. 



This is un(|ucstionablv the most complete and 

 convenient work on Figures tor J'RACTICAI, USE 

 over pul)lislip(l. It contains nearly all the Short 

 Cuts linown; hundreds of Simple Rules and Original 

 Wethods for "Easy and Hapid Calculation," and 

 Millions of Accurate Answers to business Examples 

 and to Practical t-roblems. 



It Sifts and Simplifies the whole science of Arith- 

 metic, retaining only the Cream in a nutshell, as it 

 were. Its Tables, Rules and Methods are extremely 

 simple, eminently useful practical, and fully abreast 

 with the age of steam and electricity. 



Everyone who prefers to take the Simplest the 

 Shortest and the Easiest way for doing his work 

 should possess a copy of this useful and convenient 

 Pocket Manual. It will enable everybody to become 

 Proficient and Quick in Figures; and to many a 

 young person it may prove to be a stepping stone 

 to a successful business career. 



It will show at a glance, without the 

 use of pencil, pen or paper 



The number of bushels and pounds in a load of 

 Wheat, Corn, Rye, Oat.«, or Barley, and the correct 

 amount for same at any price per bushel. 



'I'he exact amount for a lot ol^hogs or cattle, from 

 1 lb. to a carload, at any price per cwt. 



The correct amount for a load of Hay, Straw, Coal 

 or Coke, from 25 cents to $20, on per ton. 



The correct amount for articles sold by the 

 Bushel, Pound, Yard or Dozen from ' c to .$1. 



The exact wages for any time, at various rates per 

 month, per week and per day. 



The equivalent of wheat in flour, when exchang- 

 ing same, from 25 to 40 lbs, to the bushel.. 



The only correct Rule and Table for estimating 

 the exact contents of logs of all sizes. 



The exact contents of Lumber, Cisterns, Bins. 

 Wagon Beds, Corn Cribs, Cord-wood and Carpen- 

 ters', Pl.asterers' and Bricklayers' work. 



The exact interest on any sum, for any time, at 

 any practical rate per cent. 



The Day of the Week, for any date in 300 years, 

 besides hundreds of other very useful things. 



It gives all the Latest and Shortest methods 

 known, besides many published for the first time; 

 viz: An Easy and Unerring process for "Adding 

 Long Columns; "Short Cuts in Multiplication and 

 Division. Problems in Fractions, Interest, Per- 

 centage, Mensuration, etc., are usually solved with 

 less than one°third the figures and labor required 

 by ordinary methods, 

 cloth, with round corners and just the right size to fit 

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Size 6V4x3% inches. 



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