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Bleecker, Jacob
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MssCol 22938
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.08 linear feet (1 volume)
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Jacob Bleecker exercise book for merchants, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

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Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Jacob Bleecker's exercise book for merchants contains explanations and examples of mathematical concepts as they relate to trade. The bulk of the volume comprises examples of mathematics problems and their workings. Headings in the volume include "The Rule of Three Inverse," "Interest upon Interest," "Directions How to Extract the Square Root of Any Given Number," "The Rule of Faulse," "Company or Fellowship," "Barter," and "Alligation Medial."

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Compiled by Kit Fluker, 2015.

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Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328