The vvell spryng of sciences whiche teacheth the perfecte woorke and practise of arithmeticke, bothe in whole nombers and fractions, with suche easie and compendious instruction into the said arte, as hath not heretofore been by any sette out nor laboured. Beautified with moste necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doeth partlie appere: set forthe by Humfrey Baker citezeine of Lo[n]don.

Title

The vvell spryng of sciences whiche teacheth the perfecte woorke and practise of arithmeticke, bothe in whole nombers and fractions, with suche easie and compendious instruction into the said arte, as hath not heretofore been by any sette out nor laboured. Beautified with moste necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doeth partlie appere: set forthe by Humfrey Baker citezeine of Lo[n]don.

Author

Baker, Humfrey, fl. 1557-1587.

Publication

Imprinted at London :: By Ihon Kyngston, for Iames Rowbothum,

M.D.LXVIII. [1568]

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Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900.

Weights and measures -- Early works to 1800.

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"The vvell spryng of sciences whiche teacheth the perfecte woorke and practise of arithmeticke, bothe in whole nombers and fractions, with suche easie and compendious instruction into the said arte, as hath not heretofore been by any sette out nor laboured. Beautified with moste necessary rules and questions, not onely profitable for marchauntes, but also for all artificers, as in the table doeth partlie appere: set forthe by Humfrey Baker citezeine of Lo[n]don." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01957.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• ¶ TO THE RIGHTE worshipfull Maister Ihon Fitz▪ williams Gouernour of the most fa∣mous societie of Marchauntes Aduenturers into Flaunders. And to the righte VVorshipfull the Consult, Assistens, and comminaltie of the same societie, Humfrey Baker wisheth health with continuall increase of commo∣ditie by their worthie trauaile.
• THE DIFFINITION of Nomber.
  • Numeration. Cap .i.
  • Addition in whole nomber Chap. 2.
  • ¶ Of substraction in whole nom∣ber. chap. 3.
    • ¶ Another Example.
  • ¶ Of multiplication. Chapiter. 4.
    • ¶Another Example.
  • Of diuition the 5. chapiter.
    • The practise.
    • ¶ The somme of deuision.
    • ¶ Here foloweth the proofes of addition, substraction, mul∣tiplication, and diuision.
      • ¶ The proofe of addition.
      • ¶ The proofe of substraction.
      • ¶ The proofe of multiplication.
      • ¶ The proofe of diuision.
  • ¶ Of progression, the vi. Chapiter.
  • ¶ The .vij. Chapiter treateth of the Rule of. 3. called the golden Rule.
    • ¶ Example.
    • A Rule.
    • ¶ Example.
• ¶ The seconde parte of Arithme∣ticke, whiche treateth of Fractions or bro∣ken nombers.
  • ¶ The firste Chapiter treateth of Fractions, or broken nom∣bers, and the diffe∣rence thereof.
  • ¶ The seconde Chapiter treateth of the reducyng or bringyng together of twoo nombers, or many bro∣ken dissemblyng, vnto one broken semblyng.
    • ¶ Reduction in common denomination.
    • ¶ The example.
    • ¶ Reduction of broken nombers of broken.
    • ¶ An other example of the same reduction, and of the se∣conde reduction.
    • ¶ Reduction of broken nombers, and the partes of bro∣ken together.
    • ¶ Reduction of whole nombers and broken together into a Fraction.
    • ¶ Example.
  • ¶ The thirde Chapter treateth of ab∣breuiation of one greate broken number into a lesser broken.
    • ¶ An other stile of abbreuiation.
  • ¶ The 4. Chapter treateth of the as∣sembling of two or many broken numbers togither, as by example.
    • ¶ Addition in broken. numbers.
    • ¶ Addition of broken num∣bers of broken.
    • ¶ Addition of broken number the partes of broken together.
    • ¶ Addition of whole nomber and broken together.
  • ¶ The .v. Chapiter treateth of Sub∣straction in broken nombers.
    • ¶ Substraction of broken nombers of broken.
  • ¶ The sixt Chapiter is of multi∣plication in broken nombers.
    • ¶ Example.
  • ¶ The .vii. Chapiter treateth of di∣uision in broken nombers.
  • ¶ The eyght Chapter treateth of du∣plation, triplation, and quadrupla∣tion of all broken numbers.
    • Example of duplation.
    • Example of Triplation.
    • Example of quadruplacion.
  • ¶The 9. Chapter treateth of the proofes of broken numbers. And first of Reduction.
    • The proofe of Abbreuiation.
    • The proofe of Addition.
    • The proofe of Substraction.
    • The proofe of multiplication.
    • The proofe of Diuision.
  • ¶ The tenth Chapter treateth of cer∣taine questions done by broken numbers. And first by Reduction.
    • ¶ Here ensueth other necessarie que∣stions, whiche are wrought by multiplication in bro∣ken nombers.
    • ¶ Question doen by diuisi∣on in broken nomber.
    • ¶ Other necessarie questions dooen by diuision in broken nomber.
• ¶The thirde parte treateth of certaine brief rules, called rules of practise, with di∣uerse necessarie questi∣ons, profitable for Marchauntes.
  • ¶The first Chapiter.
  • ¶The second Chapter treateth of the rule of three compounde, which are foure in nomber.
  • The thirde Chapter treateth of questions of the trade of Marchaundise.
  • ¶The fowerth Chapiter treateth of losses and gaines, in the trade of marchaundise.
  • ¶The fifte Chapiter treateth of leng∣thes & breadthes of tapistrie, and other clothes.
  • ¶ The sixt Chapter treateth of the reducing of the paumes of Ge∣nes into englishe yardes, wherof foure Paumes maketh one english yarde.
  • ¶ The vii. Chapter treateth of mar∣chaundise solde by waight.
    • Brief rules of waight.
    • ¶ Example.
    • Briefe Rules for measure.
    • ¶ Example.
    • ¶ Briefe Rules for ure hundreth waight here at London, whiche is after 112 .li. for the C.
    • Example.
  • ¶ The .viij. Chapter treateth of tares and allowances of mar∣chaundise solde by waight:
  • ¶ The ninth Chapter treateth of cer∣tain questions, doen by the dou∣ble rule, and also by the rule of three compounde.
  • ¶ The tenth Chapiter treateth of the rule of fellowship, with out any time limited.
    • ¶ Example.
    • ¶ The rule of Felowship with time.
    • ¶ Example.
    • ¶ The rule of company, betwene Marchauntes and their Factours.
  • ¶ The 11 Chapiter treatteth of the Rules of barter.
    • Other Rules of Barter, wherein is giuen some parte in readie money.
  • ¶ The 12 Chapter treateth exchaun∣ging of money from one place to another.
  • ¶ The 13 Chapter treateth of the Rule of Alli∣gation.
    • Example.
  • ¶ The 14 chapter treateth of the rule of falshode, or false positions.
    • ¶ Of the rule of two false positions.
  • ¶ The fiueth Chapiter treateth of sportes, and pastime, done by number.
• ¶ Here beginneth the table of this Booke.