Comic Arithmetic

About this eBook

Author

Leigh, Percival, 1813-1889

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, mirjam and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Arithmetic -- Humor

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46120

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46120

Release Date

June 28, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.COMIC ARITHMETIC.
2. 2.[1] PREFACE. TO THE READER, OR RATHER TO THOSE WHO HESITATE IN BUYING THIS WORK.
3. 3.[3] FIGURES FOR THE MILLION. Of Arithmetic and its Importance. — INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.[5] EXPLANATION OF ARITHMETICAL SIGNS AND CHARACTERS. — SIGNS OF PROPORTION.
5. 5.RULE I. NUMERATION. — TABLE I.—"LEGISLATION BEHIND THE PEOPLE." [11] — TABLE II.—LEGISLATION IN ADVANCE OF THE PEOPLE.
6. 6.[12] RULE II. ADDITION. — "ADDITION FOR COMMON NAMES." — [17] ADDING TO A STORY. — SONG. "Argent comptant." — PARENTAL ADVICE.—RULE I. — [20] RULE II.—TAKE CARE OF NO. I.
7. 7.[23] RULE III. SUBTRACTION. — SUBTRACTION OF CHARACTER, OR DE -TRACTION.
8. 8.[34] RULE IV. MULTIPLICATION.
9. 9.RULE V. DIVISION. — LONG DIVISION.
10. 10.[45] RULE VI. REDUCTION. — POLITICAL REDUCTION.
11. 11.[50] RULE VII. PROPORTION. — GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE RULE. — [53] THE WORKING OF THE RULE.
12. 12.RULE VIII. FRACTIONS. — [62] BREAKING UP NO HOLIDAY, OR A SALE BY AUCTION, IN BLANK VERSE. By Doubledust Puffitoff, Esq. — [65] LOT I. — LOT II. — [68] LOT III.
13. 13.RULE IX. INTEREST, &c. — QUESTION AND ANSWER.
14. 14.RULE X. BILLS. — I AM INTERESTED.
15. 15.RULE XI. DECIMALS. — TO REDUCE MONEY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES TO DECIMALS. — [93] TO BRING DECIMALS TO THEIR PROPER VALUE IN WHOLE NUMBERS.
16. 16.[94] RULE XII. PRACTICE. — GRAND CHORUS.
17. 17.[105] RULE XIII. BARTER—BUYING AND SELLING—PROFIT AND LOSS.
18. 18.[111] RULE XIV. DISCOUNT.
19. 19.[114] RULE XV. INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION. — [115] LAW EVOLUTION—GETTING INTO A LAW-SUIT. — GETTING INVOLVED, OR IN DEBT. — LOVE EVOLUTION, OR GETTING IN LOVE. — PARLIAMENTARY EVOLUTION. — HOW TO GET INTO PARLIAMENT.
20. 20.RULE XVI. DUODECIMALS; OR, THE MEASURING OF PAINTING, PLASTERING, JOINING, GLAZING, GLOZING, AND OTHER FLAT WORK.
21. 21.[125] RULE XVII. BOOK-KEEPING AND ACCOUNTS. — [128/129] WASTE-BOOK. — STATEMENT OF MY PERSONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURE, VERIFIED BY OATH.
22. 22.RULE XVIII. SOLID MEASURE. — [144] A BUMPOLOGICAL LOVE-LETTER.
23. 23.RULE XIX. ASSURANCE—INSURANCE. — EXAMPLES OF "ASSURANCE." — [151] ASSURANCE COMPANIES. — LIVE STOCK AND CAPITAL. — Female Stock. — [154] Male Stock. — RULES.
24. 24.[157] RULE XX. STOCKS, FUNDS, &c. — THE PUFF NATIONAL—A ROYAL SPEECH. — [165] THE PUFF SCHOLASTIC. — THE PUFF NOVEL. — [171] THE PUFF THEATRICAL. — THE PUFF MERCANTILE. — THE PUFF CLERICAL. — VOLUNTARY CHURCH-GOING COMPANY. — THE PUFF LITERARY. — OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

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