Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 31st December 1885, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1644

i » . 0 i ^' L" - « ; ^ : r- ¦ ™ ^ p . ^^ ^^ — — p The Most Comprehensive Calculator ever Published . t ' y " - Adapted to every Trade 9 Occupation , or Industry . ^ ' ¦ ' /¦ In One handsome Volume , small folio , price 3 OS . strongly bound . [ Ready January SOth m CHAD WICK'S COMBINED NUMBER AND WEIGHT CALCULATOR . CONTAINING UPWARDS OF Ctoo J ^ unbr efc an & jptftp ^ ftouaanti separate Calculation ^* SHOWING AT A GLANCE THE VALUE AT 421 DIFFERENT RATES , RANGING FROM ¥ ! ? TH OF A PENNY TO 20 s . EACH OR PER Cwt ., and i ? 20 per Ton , of any number of Articles Consecutively , from 1 to 470 . —Any number of cwts ., qrs ., and lbs ., from 1 cwt . to 470 cwts . —Any number of tons , cwts ., qrs ., and lbs ., from 1 to 23 ^ tons . For the use of Railway Companies , Canal Companies , Shippers , Shipping Agents , General Carriers , do . Iron founders , Brassfounders , Metal Merchants , Iron Manufacturers , Ironmongers , Engineers , Machinists , Boiler Makers , Millwrights , Roofing , Bridge and Girder Makers , Colliery Proprietors , & c . Timber Merchants , Builders , Contractors , Architects , Surveyors , Auctioneers , Valuers , Brokers , Mill Owners and Manufacturers , Mill Furnishers , Merchants , and General Wholesale Tradesmen . By WILLIAM CHAD WICK , Public Accountant , Hydb , Manchester . * * * Among the special features or advantages claimed for this work are : — The fact of its being , as its title implies , both a ' NUMBER and a WEIGHT ' ¦ . to Calculator fractional ; rates ' since ) the on calculations every page ( are with g the iven exception for Numbers of the , whether first nine of , which hundre are dwei devoted ghts or yards , feet , gallons , barrels , or any other description of article that may be required at so . much each ; or Weights , whether so many Hundredweights , Quarters , or Founds , at so , 1 much per Hundredweight ; or , so many Tons , Hundredweights , Quarters , or Pounds , at so much per Ton ( the Tons being shown in large type , with the odd Hundredweights , from 1 to 19 , placed between each Ton ) ; the whole being so arranged that only one money column ' : is required . C That it contains many thousands of calculations more than any other work , viz ., in all , ; over 250 , 000 , which will produce , by making only one single addition to each—without > . i having to put down any separate figures—a combination of no less than 25 , 000 , 000 J' : ( twenty-five millions ) of calculations ! T . ; ! ¦¦ IMIHHMHB ^ The HiMHtfHHHMMItfBIMMMHBMMHMHBflMHHaMinaBNMiHMQIVH Tables commence as HMaBMMMaHH low ^ VMHBHP as ^ th of a penny , and fourteen pages of the most useful (' ¦ ¦ / \ fractional advance b rates \ d . onl are given , up to thus Jth of l \ d a . penny l £ d . , lfdL then , beg 2 d . inning 2 % d . at 2 % d one . & penny ceach , the or rates J Jvwndredwei y ht until y per the rate page , of 2 s . , is reached , , and from , 2 , 0 £ d . each , , advances , per b ; g , page y !& \ \& . only , until the rate of 5 s . is arrived at . - % J ' :: From the rate of 5 * . up to 20 s . there are no ^ less ^^ than 16 rates for each shilling . For | ; .: jj i instance . MMMHH , from aMMMiaaaMandaVi 14 s . to 15 $ . there MHMHMMaWa are the following VnM rates aniMMMMMnMMMMM : —14 s ., 14 s . Id ., 14 s . IMMMMj l $ d ., 1 4 s . 2 d ., I | 1 14 s . 3 c ? ., 14 s . 4 d ., 14 s . 4 £ < £ , 14 s . 5 c ? ., 14 s . 6 d ., 14 s . 7 d ., 14 s . 7 Jc 3 ., 14 s . 8 c ? ., 14 s . 9 d . 14 s . 10 c ? ., |;|; r 14 s . 10 £ d ., 14 s . lie ? . II Londxm ; CROSBY L 0 CKW 00 B & CO ,, 7 Stationers ^ ' Hall Court , E . G .

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