The Tabular Method of Computing Interest Perfected. LAW'S SIMPLIFIED INTEREST TABLES. AND TABLES FOR THE EQUATION OF PAYMENTS. The CHEAPEST BOOK of the KIND YET PUBLISHED. Embracing Tables at 6, 7 and 10 per cent., the two first being computed both at 360 and 365 days to the year, the last at 360 days only. Also a Table at 36 per cent. for the Equation of Payments, and a few simple rules for facilitating calculations of Interest, Discount, etc. The author has aimed, in constructing these tables, to reduce the time necessary to find the number of days for which interest is required, a much needed improvement over other works of the kind now in use, believing that such copious tables are unnecessary, and to a great extent mere repetitions, tending to weary the eyes and patience of the accountant, and to make the use of Interest Tables more of an annoyance than a help. To facilitate this end he has indexed the book upon the margin is such a manner that it can be opened at once at the page wanted. The convenience of this will be quickly seen by the practical accountant, as he is enabled to add the interest to a majority of accounts without turning a single leaf. In the 36 per cent. table for the Equation of Payments, it will be found particularly convenient, as few bills or payments for which an average date is required will exceed a range of four months, and that will be found upon one open page. 218 213 214 215 216 217 0367.64,38 0369.36,99 0371.09,59 0372.82,19 0374.54,79 037 6.2 7,40 The tables, as printed, read for thousands, with the interest below in lighter type. For hundreds, tens, and units, remove the point, as required, one, two, or three places to the left in both principal and nterest uniformly. The interest will always be in dollars to the left and in cents and mills to the right of the decimal point. 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