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• The British youth's instructor : or, a new and easy guide to practical arithmetic. Wherein the Rudiments of Common Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, the Extraction and Use of the Square and Cube Roots, &c. Are so easily Treated of, and so plainly Demonstrated, That any Person may, of himself (in a short Time) become acquainted with every Thing necessary to the knowledge of business. To which is added, a postscript, For the Use of Country Youths in particular: Shewing how to measure any regular Piece of Timber, Tyling, Thatching, Brick-Work, or Piece of Land; as also, how to guage any Cistern, Piece of Malt, or common Cooler, Tub, &c. The whole designed for Such as have hitherto neglected, or have not had an Opportunity of becoming acquainted with Figures; and attempted in natural and familiar Dialogues, in order to render the Work more easy and diverting, as well as useful to Learners. Recommended by several eminent Writing-Masters and Accomptants. The eighth edition, corrected and improved, By some particular Observations on the Rule of Discount. By Daniel Fenning, Author of the Young Algebraist Companion; Description and Use of the Globes (both in Dialogues); the Universal Spelling-Book; Royal English Dictionary; Young Man's Book of Knowledge; a new English Grammar; and a new Treatise on Mensuration
  by: Fenning, Daniel
  Published: (1775)
• The British youth's instructor : or, a new and easy guide to practical arithmetic. Wherein The Rudiments of common Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, the Extraction and Use of the Square and Cube Roots, &c. Are so easily Treated of, and so plainly Demonstrated, That any Person may, of himself, (in a short Time) become acquainted with every Thing necessary to the Knowledge of Business. With a Postscript, For the Use of Country Youths in particular: Shewing how to measure any regular Piece of Timber, Tiling, Thatching, Brick-Work, or Piece of Land; as also how to guage any Cistern, Piece of Malt, or common Coller, Tub, &c. And to this edition is now first added, a compendious method of book-keeping, Whereby any one capable of subtracting one Sum of Money from another, may state and balance their own Accounts correctly, and have a clear View of all their Transactions. The Whole designed for such as have hitherto neglected, or have not had an Opportunity of becoming acquainted with Figures; and attempted in natural and familiar Dialogues, in order to render the Work more easy and diverting, as well as useful to Learners. Recommended BY Several Eminent Writing-Masters and Accomptants. By Daniel Fenning, Author of the Young Algebraist's Companion; Description and Use of the Globes (both in Dialogues); the Universal Spelling-Book; Royal English Dictionary; Young Man's Book of Knowledge; a new English Grammar; and a new Treatise on Mensuration. The tenth edition, revised, corrected, and improved, by W. Burbidge, Schoolmaster, in Salisbury
  by: Fenning, Daniel
  Published: (1783)
• The British youth's instructor : or, a new and easy guide to practical arithmetic. Wherein The Rudiments of common Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, the Extraction and Use of the Square and Cube Roots, &c. Are so easily Treated of, and so plainly Demonstrated, That any Person may, of himself, (in a short Time) become acquainted with every Thing necessary to the Knowledge Of AtBusiness. With a Postscript, For the Use of Country Youths in particular: Shewing how to measure any regular Piece of Timber, Tiling, Thatching, Brick-Work, or Piece of Land; as also how to gauge any Cistern, Piece of Malt, or common Cooler, Tub, &c. To which is added, a compendious method of book-keeping, Whereby all Persons capable of subtracting one Sum of Money from another, may state and balance their own Accounts correctly, and have a clear View of all their Transactions. The Whole designed for such as have hitherto neglected, or have not had an Opportunity of becoming acquainted with Figures; and attempted in natural and familiar Dialogues, in order to render the Work more easy and diverting, as well as useful to Learners. Recommended BY Several Eminent Writing-Masters and Accomptants. By Daniel Fenning, Author of the Young Algebraist's Companion; Description and Use of the Globes (both in Dialogues); the Universal Spelling-Book; Royal English Dictionary; Young Man's Book of Knuwledge; a new English Grammar; and a new Treatise on Mensuration
  by: Fenning, Daniel
  Published: (1787)
• The British youth's instructor : or, a new and easy guide to practical arithmetic. ... To which is prefixed, a postscript, for the use of country youths in particular: ... By Daniel Fenning
  by: Fenning, Daniel
  Published: (1754)
• The schoolmasters most useful companion, and scholar's best instructor, in the knowledge of arithmetic : In two parts. Part I. Containing the first Principles of Arithmetic, with plain and concise Directions to Work the Rules of Addition. Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Reduction, the Rule of Three, Practice, Interest, Rebate and Discount, Fellowship or Partnership, Alligation, Progression, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, Extraction and Use of the Square and Cube Roots. With A Variety Of Practical Questions, to exercise the Scholar in all the foregoing Rules, each Question having the Answer inserted, in order to save the Master or Tutor a great deal of Time and Labour, and help the Scholar forward in his Progress in the practical Part of Arithmetic. Also, Rules for performing Cross Multiplication, with the Application to actual Practice in Measuring Carpenters, Joiners, Paviors, Thatchers, and Bricklayers Work, and the Manner of gauging Coolers, Cisterns, and Casks in Wine, Ale Gallons, and Malt Bushels, both by the Pen and sliding Rule. Part II. Comprehending a Short and Simple Sketch of Book-Keeping, by way of Common Debtor and Creditor; by which Accompts may be kept with great Ease and Exactness. The Whole digested in such a Manner as to render it not only useful in almost every Branch of Life and Business, but very Entertaining. The third edition, corrected, improved, and recommended by several of the most eminent Schoolmasters, and expert Arithmeticians in the Kingdom. By D. Fenning, Author of the Royal English Dictionary, Young Man's Book of Knowledge, Young Measurer's complete Guide, &c
  by: Fenning, Daniel
  Published: (1775)