The instructor or young man's best companion. Containing, spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic, in an easier Way than any yet published; and how to qualify any Person for Business without the Help of a Master. Instructions to write Variety of Hands, with Copies both in Prose and Verse. How to write Letters on Business or Friendship. Forms of Indentures, Bonds, Bills of Sale, Receipts, Wills, Leases, Releases, &c. Also Merchants' Accompts, and a short and easy Method of Shop and Book-Keeping; with a Description of the Product, Counties and Market-Towns in England and Wales. Together with the Method of measuring Carpenters, Joiners, Sawyers, Bricklayers, Plaisterers, Plumbers, Masons, Glaziers, and Painters Work. How to undertake each Work, and at what price; the Rates of each Commodity; and the common Wages of Journeymen: with the Description of Gunter's Line, and Coggleshall's Sliding Rule. Likewise the practical guager made Easy: the Art of Dialling, and how to erect and fix Dials; with Instructions for Dying, Colouring, and making Colours; and some General Observations for Gardening through every Month in the Year, to which is added, The Family's best companion: With Instructions how to Pickle and Preserve; to make divers Sorts of Wine; and many excellent Plaisters, and Medicines necessary in all Families: And a compendium of the Sciences of Geography and Astronomy: Containing a brief Description of the different Parts of the Earth, and a Survey of the Celestial Bodies. Also some useful interest tables. By George Fisher, Accomptant

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Fisher, George
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London published for the proprietors; and printed and sold by H. and G. Mozley, Market-Place, Gainsbro' 1800, 1800
Edition:	A new edition
Subjects:	Handbooks, Vade-mecums, Etc
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/1280100100?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa