Cotton Calculator

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Pamphlet with printed tables used to calculate prices of cotton. According to the title page, "Showing the results of any multiplications of all quantities from 300 to 600, at rates beginning with 1-20c or 5 points, and advancing in five points, one-sixteenth, one-eighth and one-quarter of a cent, and by cents from one to thirty." The title page also includes examples to show how to use the tables for calculations.

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[32] p. ; 23 x 11 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1917.

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Pamphlet with printed tables used to calculate prices of cotton. According to the title page, "Showing the results of any multiplications of all quantities from 300 to 600, at rates beginning with 1-20c or 5 points, and advancing in five points, one-sixteenth, one-eighth and one-quarter of a cent, and by cents from one to thirty." The title page also includes examples to show how to use the tables for calculations.

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[32] p. ; 23 x 11 cm.

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On cover: "Compliments of First National Bank, McKinney, Texas."

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  • 1917

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Cotton Calculator, book, 1917; Atlanta, Georgia. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46831/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .

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