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ing how many times the next greater denominationis continued in that least ; and for every time carryone unit to the next place, as before you did thetens, taking care to let down the remains if any be -then add the next denomination together, takingcare how often the next greater denomination iscontained in that, and so proceed be they ever somany, from parts to inches, inches to feet, feet toyards, yards to squares, rods, poles, or perches.

As all the parts of addition are built upon thefame reason, so the method of pointing may serveas a general rule, when any denomination is to beadded, and this may be done without defacing thefigures.

EXAMPLES.

Let the several denominations to be added be setdown as in the margin, suppose the work of dif-ferent rooms done be as follows :

Yds. Ft. In.

To dado on the ground floor 127 7 6

To ditto one pair of stairs 162 5 3

2 9 ° 3 9

I Proceed and begin at the inches, faying, 3 andfix is 9, which I write under the incites, and as9 inches is less than a foot, you have nothing tocarry to the next depomination, but fay 5 and7 is twelve ; now, as 9 square feet are a yard, youmust set the remainder three under the denomi-nation of feet, and carry one to the next column,saying, 1 and 6 is seven, and 2 is nine, which setdown and fay 1 and 1 is 2, which makes 290 yards3 feet 9 inches.

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