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Title: Arithmetic Ciphering Book
Date: Date of creation unknown
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This copy book consists of six sections, each a mathematical lesson: Profit and Loss, Fellowship with Time, Alligation Medial, Position, Double Position, Exchange. The instructions are followed by exercises and answers. The book includes hand-drawn flourishes and embellishments.
Subject: Arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc. -- 18th century
Local Identifier: SC_ciphering_book_044
Type: manuscripts (documents); holographs (autographs)
Collection: Mathematical Ciphering Books
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:103928
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Title: G. W. Campbell ciphering book, [1795?]
Date: 1795
Creator: Campbell, G.W.
Description: This copy book consists of instructions on mathematical principles, including arithmetic, fractions, and weights and measures. The instructions are followed by exercises and answers. The book includes two hand drawn illustrations of birds.
Subject: Arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc. -- 18th century
Local Identifier: SC_ciphering_book_006
Type: manuscripts (documents)
Collection: Mathematical Ciphering Books
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:90724
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Title: Robert Hill ciphering book, 1762
Date: 1762
Creator: Hill, Robert
Description: This copy book consists of instructions on mathematical principles, including arithmetic, fractions, and financial calculations. The instructions are followed by exercises and answers.
Series: Karen D. Michalowicz Collection
Subject: Arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc. -- 18th century
Local Identifier: SC_ciphering_book_015
Type: manuscripts (documents)
Collection: Mathematical Ciphering Books
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:102605
mods_typeOfResource_mt: text

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