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Musical Multiplication Table
Poster with score for singing and playing multiplication song, followed by times table.
Rotary Multiplication Table
Rotary dial used to solve simple multiplication problems. In each tiny circular window that appear as a spiraled series, the product of the two aligned numbers around the outside of dial appear.
Multiplication: An Arithmetical Game
A game played to learn multiplication tables
Multiplication Table flash card for 9 x 7
Illustrated flash card used to practice multiplication tables; this one has image of dancing slave and rhyme "The British slaves/ are now all free;/nine times seven are/..... ....."
Jelleff's Patent Revolving Interest Table
Rotating device used to calculate interest.
Newham's Rotary Principal Interest Demonstrator
Rotating device to use to calculate interest.
The Young Lady's Arithmetic; containing an epitome of definitions, rules, and examples, which explain in a familiar, concise, and easy manner, the first principal and common use of numbers.
A mathematical textbook targeted specifically to women
Practical Arithmetic; comprising all the rules for transacting business. Executed at Mrs. Rowson's Academy
A manuscript copybook created by a student at Susanna Rowson's academy for girls in Boston. The manuscript seems to be at once an exercise in penmanship and in learning math and other commercial practices and genres, perhaps following the principal…
The Wonderful Advantages of Adventuring in the Lottery
Story about the dangers of participating in the lottery, includes hand painted illustrations.
The Wonderful Advantages of Adventuring in the Lottery
Story about the dangers of participating in the lottery, includes hand painted illustrations.