Excerpt from Every Man His Own Teacher: Being an Introduction to Arithmetic, Whereby Persons Who Are Ignorant of That Science, May of Themselves, Without a Teacher, Obtain a Sufficient Degree of Knowledge in Figures, for Common Business Sir - The first edition of this work was, by per mission, inscribed to the patriotic De Witt Clinton, deceased, then Governor of this State, in words fol lowing: Having a knowledge of your efl'orts and zeal in promoting the useful arts and sciences - and at a time when they are needful for the continuance and prosperity of free governments when pretension: to political good, are too Often substituted for real patriotism; I venture to inscribe to you this work, introductory to the different systems of arithmetic, for perusal and approbation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.