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- Collection: Early American Numbers
Musical Multiplication TablePoster with score for singing and playing multiplication song, followed by times table.
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
Schoolmaster’s Assistant; being a compendium of arithmetic, both practical and theoretical, 17th editionMathematics textbook, 17th edition, published in Philadelphia, 1773
Practical Arithmetic; comprising all the rules for transacting business. Executed at Mrs. Rowson's AcademyA 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…
The American Instructor; or, Young Man's Best CompanionTitle page from George Fisher's An American Instructor, instruction manual for schoolchildren and prospective merchants, 15th edition, published in…
Addition of Money, from FisherExample of double entry bookkeeping, showing parallel lists of money owed and money spent
Numeration Table from FisherA table explaining and visualizing the numeration system for schoolchildren and others learning the fundamentals of math and calculation.
Multiplication Table from Fisher
Table of Square RootsTable of square roots from Fisher
Nobleman word problem from FisherMath word problem about calculating a nobleman's income