5 30 
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TABLE OF DISCOUNTS (1 Continued .) 
£• 
s . 
A- 
16 
0 
1 1 6,800 
43 
10 
317,550 
16 
5 
118,625 
44 
0 
321,200 
16 
10 
120,450 
44 
10 
324,850 
16 
15 
122,275 
45 
0 
328,500 
37 
0 
124,100 
45 
10 
332,150 
17 
5 
125,925 
46 
0 
335,800 
17 
10 
127,750 
46 
10 
339,450 
17 
15 
129,575 
47 
0 
343,100 
J 8 
0 
131,400 
47 
10 
346,750 
18 
5 
133,225 
48 
0 
350,400 
48 
10 
135,050 
48 
10 
354,050 
18 
15 
136,875 
49 
0 
357,700 
19 
0 
138,700 
49 
10 
361,350 
19 
5 
140,525 
50 
0 
365,000 
19 
10 
142,350 
51 
0 
372,300 
19 
15 
144,175 
52 
0 
379,600 
.20 
0 
146,000 
53 
0 
386,900 
20 
5 
147,825 
54 
0 
394,200 
20 
10 
149,650 
55 
0 
401,500 
20 
15 
151,475 
56 
0 
408,800 
•21 
0 
153,300 
57 
0 
416,000 
21 
5 
155,125 
58 
0 
423,400 
21 
10 
156,950 
59 
0 
430,700 
21 
15 
158,775 
60 
0 
438,000 
22 
0 
160,600 
61 
0 
445,300 
22 
5 
162,425 
62 
0 
452,600 
22 
10 
164,250 
63 
0 
459,900 
22 
15 
166,075 
64 
0 
467,200 
23 
0 
167,900 
65 
0 
474,500 
23 
5 
169,725 
66 
0 
481,800 
23 
10 
171,550 
67 
0 
489,100 
23 
15 
173,375 
68 
0 
496,400 
24 
0 
175,200 
69 
0 
503,700 
24 
10 
178,850 
70 
0 
511,000 
25 
0 
182,500 
71 
0 
518,300 
25 
10 
186,150 
72 
0 
525,600 
26 
0 
189,800 
73 
0 
532,900 
26 
10 
193,450 
74 
0 
540,200 
27 
0 
197,100 
75 
0 
547,500 
27 
10 
200,750 
76 
0 
554,800 
28 
0 
204,400 
77 
0 
562,100 
28 
10 
208,050 
78 
0 
569,400 
29 
0 
21 1,700 
79 
0 
576,700 
29 
10 
215,350 
80 
0 
584,000 
30 
0 
219,000 
81 
0 
591,300 
30 
10 
222,650 
82 
0 
598,600 
31 
0 
226,300 
83 
0 
605,900 
151 
10 
229,950 
84 
0 
613,200 
32 
0 
233,600 
85 
0 
620,500 
32 
10 
237,250 
86 
0 
627,800 
S3 
0 
240,900 
87 
0 
635,100 
S3 
10 
244,550 
88 
0 
642,400 
34 
0 
248,200 
89 
cr 
649,700 
34 
10 
251,850 
90 
0 
657,000 
35 
0 
255,500 
91 
0 
664,300 
35 
10 
259,150 
92 
0 
671,600 
36 
0 
262,800 
93 
0 
678,900 
36 
10 
266,450 
94 
0 
686,200 
37 
0 
270,100 
95 
0 
693, .500 
37 
10 
273,750 
96 
0 
700,800 
38 
0 
277,400 
97 
0 
708,100 
38 
0 
281,050 
98 
0 
715,400 
39 
0 
284,700 
99 
0 
722,700 
39 
0 
288,350 
100 
0 
730,000 
40 
0 
‘292,000 
150 
0 
1,095,000 
40 10 
295,650 
200 
0 
1,460,000 
41 
0 
299,300 
300 
0 
2,190,000 
41 10 
302,950 
400 
0 
2,920,000 
42 
0 
306,600 
500 
0 
3,650,000 
42 10 
310,250 
000 
0 
7,300,000. 
43 
0 
313,900 
Method of Calculation by the above Table . — To 
find the interest of any sum of money for any 
given number of days, multiply the sum by the 
number of days, and the table will shew the 
product. 
If the interest on any number of sums be re- 
quired, multiply the number of pounds by the 
days, as above, on each sum, and add the pro- 
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duct ibto one sum ; the value of which, (if Ies 9 
than 1000/.) will be immediately shewn by the 
table : and thus by the union of the respective 
sums, the loss or gain of fractions falls only on 
the gross sum, instead of each component part. 
Example. On the 1st of May I want to dis- 
count a bill for 100/., due the 25th of June fol- 
lowing : 
100/. x 40 days — 4000 ; by referring 
to the table, I find the near- 
est number less than 4000 is 3923 = I Or. 9d . ; 
which, being deducted, leaves 77 
76 = 2\d. 
1 . a 
lOr. 11 \d. — . Or (which is easier), finding that 
‘ ^ 
4015 is, by the table, equal to 11 shillings; and 
that 15 is equal to \d., I find the answer to be 
lOr. 11 \d. 
Ex. The interest is required on the following 
sums 
100/. i 
for 75 days, 
245 
42 
987 
86 
92 
140 
100/. 
X 
75 days 
= 7,500 
245/. 
X 
42 days 
= 10,290 
987/. 
X 
86 days 
— 84,882 
92/. 
X 
140 days 
— 12,880 
1 15,552, the nearest No. less 
than this in the ta- 
bic, is - - 114,975 = 15/. 15r., which 
being subtracted, leaves 577. I find, by the table, 
578 amount to lr. Id. ; and as the unit which 
forms the difference is only - - °f a farthing, 
I call the answer 15/. 16r. Id. ; 
C,x 
strictly 15/. 16r. 6\d. 
The interest on any sum may\e found with- 
out the assistance of the table, by multiplying 
the number of pounds by the days, as above, and 
dividing by 7,300 to give the product in Pounds 
by 365 - Shillings 
by 30_s_ - Pence. 
The units in this table being less than <,of a 
farthing each, the fractions of these units are 
omitted. 
DISCRETE or disjunct proportion, 
is when the ratio of two or more pairs of num- 
bers or quantities is the same, but there is not 
the same proportion between all the four 
numbers. Thus if the numbers 3 : 6 : : 8 : 1 6 
be considered, the ratio between 3 : 6, is the 
same as that between 8 : 16, and therefore 
the numbers are proportional; but it is only 
discretely or disjunctly, for 3 is not to 6 as 
6 to 8 ; that is, the proportion is broken off 
between 8 and 3, and is not continued as in 
the following continual proportionals ; 3 ; 6: : 
12:24. 
Discrete quantity, such as is not con- 
tinuous and joined together. Such is a num- 
ber whose parts being distinct units, cannot 
be united into one continuum ; for in a con- 
tinuum, there are no actual determinate 
parts before division, but they are potentially 
infinite. 
DISCRETION, is to discern between right 
and wrong; and therefore whoever has power 
to act at discretion, is bound by the rule of 
reason and law. 2 Inst. 36. 298. And the 
court of king’s-bench has a power to redress 
things that are otherwise done, notwithstand- 
ing they are left to the discretion of those 
that do them. 1 Till. Abr. 477. 
DISDIAPASON, or Bisdiapason, in 
music, a compound concord, described by 
F. Parron, in the quadruple ratio qf 4 : 1, or 
8 ; 2. The disdiapason is produced when tlie 
voice grows diatonically from its first to its: 
fifteenth sound, and may be called a fifteenth. 
The voice ordinarily docs not go farther that* 
from its first sound to the disdiapason, that 
is, it does not go beyond the compound, or ' 
double octave ; for the disdiapason is an oc- 
tave doubled. The voice sometimes rises, 
several degrees above the disdiapason, buf 
the effort or struggle disfigures it, and makes 
it false. In reality, the fentient scale or dia- 
gram extended only to a disdiapason. 
DISEASE, in medicine, that state of a 
living body, wherein it is deprived of the ex- 
ercise of any of its functions, whether vital t 
natural, or animal. See Medicine. 
DISEMBOGUE, in the sea-language, is. 
said of a ship that passes out of a gulph or 
bay into the open sea. A river is also said to 
disembogue or discharge itself into the sea. 
DISFRANCHISING, among civilians, 
signifies the depriving a person of the rights 
and privileges of a free citizen or subject. 
DISFRANCHISEMENT, is the taking 
away a man’s freedom or privilege. Corpo- 
rations generally have power by their charter 
or prescription,' to disfranchise' a member for 
doing any thing against the duty of his office 
as citizen or burgess, and to the prejudice of 
tlie public weal of the city or borough, and 
against his oath, which he took when he w’as 
sworn a freeman. But the matter which shall 
be the cause of his disfranchisement, ought to 
be an act or deed, and not an endeavour or 
enterprize whereof he may repent before the 
execution thereof, and of which no prejudice 
ensues. 1 1 Co. 98. 
DISGUISED persons, not to hunt in a 
park or warren, under severe penalties ; pro- 
secutions against them must be within tiiree 
years, and the trial may be in any county. 
9 Geo. I. c. 22. See Black Act. 
DISH, among miners, denotes a wooden 
measure, wherein they are obliged to mea- 
sure their ore; it is kept by the bar-master, 
and contains about 672 solid inches. 
DISJUNCTIVE proposition, in logic, 
is that where of several predicates we affirm 
one necessarily to belong to the subject to 
the exclusion of all the rest, but leave that 
particular one undetermined. Such is the 
major of the following disjunctive syllogism. 
The world is either self-existent, o,r the 
work of some finite, or of some infinite 
being : 
But it is not self-existent, nor the work of 
a finite being ; 
Therefore it is the work of an infinite being. 
DISLOCATION, the putting a bone out 
ofjoint by violence. See Surgery. 
DISMEMBERED, in heraldry, is appli- 
ed to birds tljat have neither feet nor fegs^ 
and also to hobs and other animals whose, 
members are separated. 
DISPARAGEMENT, in our law', is pro- 
perly used for the matching an heir in mar- 
riage under his degree, or against decency. 
DISPART, in gunnery, is the setting a 
mark upon tlie muzzle-ring, or thereabouts, 
of a piece of ordnance, so that a sight-line 
taken upon the top of the base-ring against 
the touch-hole, by the mark set oh or near 
the muzzle, may be parallel to the axis of 
the concave cylinder. The common way of 
doing this, is to take the two diameters of 
the base-ring, and of the place where the du~ 
