ON A SIMPLE DECIMAL SYSTEM EOR ENGLAND. 
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No. I. 
The facility and power of the notation may he considered in the following' 
example : — 
Example : The value of 250 tons (500 demi-tons) 5 cwt. 93 lbs. 9 ozs. 
9 drms, at 587 4 florins 6 stivers 3 farthings per ton, may he ascertained by 
common multiplication — 
500*59399 
Multiplied by 58*463 
Result 29266*226 or 2,9667 2 fl. 2 st. 6 far. 
This can be reduced into francs by multiplying by 100 and dividing by 4, 
if 25 francs = 1/. — 
29266*226 
100 
4)2926622*6 
731655*65 731,655 francs 65 centimes. 
Again, if the demi-tons be reduced to lbs., by moving the decimal points 
three places to the right, the amount will be reduced to kilogrammes by mul- 
tiplying it by the reciprocal of the number of lbs. to the kilogramme. 
Thus : 5 demi-tons 0 cwt. 5 lbs. 9 ozs. 3 drams. 
5*00593 = 5005*931bs. 
Multiplied by *45359 *45359 
2270*639 kilogrammes.* 
No. II. 
Example : Interest on 98,8657 9 florins 8 stivers 3 farthings, at 3f per 
cent., is thus quickly obtained by the new coinage proposed, and thus 
expressed :+ 
98865*983 
3*75 
100)370747*43625 
3707*47413625, 
which denotes 3,707 7 4 florins 7 stivers 4 farthings, easily converted by the 
table of money into 3,707 7 9s. 6^e7, where of necessity the shilling, being 
the twentieth part of 1,000 farthings, contains 12 pence and a halfpenny, 
conveniently to be represented by a demi-florin or five stivers. 
* If greater accuracy be required, the multiplier should contain as many 
places of decimals as the result contains figures, the complete decimal to 
eight places being *45359266. 
t Conversely, 3,707 7 4 florins 7 stivers 4 farthings can thus readily be 
reduced into francs and centimes — 
4)3707*474 
926*8685 
100 
92686*85 francs and centimes. 
