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THIS volume is the continuation of a series of books on commercial education, and specially adapted for candidates preparing for the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board. Arithmetic is first dealt with, the first chapter consisting of an account of the decimal system in France. Moneys, weights, and measures, of Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Russia, are next discussed, followed by numerous examples; and the first part concludes with a chapter on “Exchange.” Algebra is the subject of Part II., which extends as far as quadratic equations, including involution and evolution, and a chapter on the methods of testing algebraical results. The examples are very numerous throughout, and the book ought to be much in demand by the above-mentioned students and others. The volume concludes with a list of results of the various examples.
Commercial Mathematics.
(London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 38, 196 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038196b0
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