James Gifford 1803-4 British School Math Notebook, Green and Cream Marbled Cover american folk art doll then the curve

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James Gifford 1803-4 British School Math Notebook, Green and Cream Marbled Cover american folk art doll then the curveThis is one of new batch of several antique math and geometry notebooks just in from a bookseller in England whose late husband collected them, and happily so. This is one of two by James Gifford, 1804. It includes lots of word problems requiring multiplication and long division, with specific sections dedicated to Liquid Measure, Cloth Measure, Time, Long Measure, The Rule of Three (and the Double Rule of Three, and the Inverse Rule of Three!), and a