{"product_id":"the-universal-calculator-john-thomson-first-edition-1784","title":"The Universal Calculator | John Thomson | First Edition 1784","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA scarce first edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Universal Calculator; or The Merchant's, Tradesman's, Family's and Infant's Tables\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Thomson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published in Edinburgh in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1784\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesigned as a practical working reference, this compact volume contains extensive printed tables for merchants, shopkeepers and tradesmen, enabling rapid calculations of prices, commissions, exchange, weights and measures in the days before mechanical calculators. 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