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Nicolas Pike A New System of Arithmetic 1788

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Title: A New and Complete System of Arithmetic, Composed for the Use of the Citizens of the United States
Author: Pike, Nicolas
Description: 512 pp. (8vo) 8x5, period full sheep, morocco title label. First EditionPike was the first American arithmetician to attain wide popularity in the field of school textbooks. In his arithmetics the orderly presentation of the subject to children is stressed, the Federal money (then new) is given adequate treatment, and the applications of arithmetic to business are well indicated.
Heading: zzk(Mathematics)Place Published: Newbury-Port
Publisher: John Mycall
Date Published: 1788

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