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Stokes's Pictorial Multiplication Table
Illustrated mechanism for learning multiplication table using pictures associated with numbers, along with rhymes set to music.
Schoolmaster’s Assistant; being a compendium of arithmetic, both practical and theoretical, 17th edition
Mathematics textbook, 17th edition, published in Philadelphia, 1773
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.
Rhode Island State Lottery ticket
Lottery ticket, 6th class, for Rhode Island state lottery
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…
Practical Arithmetic, comprising all the rules for transacting business, executed at Mrs. Rowson's academy
Bound manuscript of arithmetic textbook created by student in Susanna Rowson's academy for girls in Boston. Handwritten book is simultaneously an exercise in learning math, penmanship, and business genres.
Numeration Table from Fisher
A table explaining and visualizing the numeration system for schoolchildren and others learning the fundamentals of math and calculation.
Numeration Table from Fisher
Table illustrating how to read and identify numbers