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DECIMAL COINAGE. 261
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taug dom Is no ht full suffi ; y so conquered cient that practice the , mind is allowed in , while this to for occup forget the ied leading a on great a difficulty rule part s , of as which the previousl previous is sel y -
teaching For instance . , such a common thing as the multi in plication ordinary of three
the fi questions gures case _Tb of y , in two 17 which _^ - yards is not much at of _1 \ harder d frequent . a yard processes . occurrence Those supp who l have y the got place dexterity . money Put htbut
by a general practice rule will , the get question out of this would puzzle be left in by such to a the little business shop thoug keeper all day . ; There long , as
who are few see persons at once , that excep at t those 6 d . a yard engaged we have 8 s . 9 d . ; and a quarter of , \\ d This kind of
thisor 2 s . 2 _\ d . for the remaining . per yard . those dexterity , who , which are constantl works by called the rule . so to prop solve erly such called questions practice , as is the for y upon
above . The mere routine is cumbrous . But if 17 _J yards were proposed at 3 cents 1 mil per yard , the common routine shews the
answer . 31 17 _J
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Answer : 5 florins , 4 cents , _2-J- mils . the It great is , however advantages , tolerabl of y a well decimal agreed system , that there when once is no established doubt of _.
involve But a great trouble many and persons anxiet dread . It is 'the therefore change , , thinking desirable that to shew it would how y
, persons slig Suppose ht the who alt that deli eration , ght on in reall the resisting y day is . of or the evading the change old a , new one law of those , were obstinate to make do it
in up this his mind . that As he to would pounds stick and by florins , every money bod . y else He is may sticking by shilling the way , old except money only as that well when as the himself shilling . And appears the £ 1 same in 75 accounts with as to those the , it
who appear who nearl use like s _sls what more 2 JIvo _jd is separation cents each called . that Thus the . our decimal But 11 ob . 15 stin these s . point ate will jwe friend app , _. cents or ear 1 will 1 will . as Ifl choose be . 5 * five cts . with new to reckon coins those _,
cents them so and as y 2 half | d . . - each pence , old put money together . The ( including consequence _threepenny will be and that four his - where other
inake penny a h pieces alf-shilling ) will ; make a shilling sixpence and a farthing half where -penny other where other le make peop people le a make shillingflorin and a peop
florin . a When he ; a gets change for penny a half-shilling he will get a far-
Decimal Coinage. 261
_DECIMAL COINAGE . 261
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 261, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/45/
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