The instructor, or, American young man's best companion : containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetick, in an easier way than any yet published, and how to qualify any person for business, without the help of a master : instructions to write variety of hands, with copies both in prose and verse, how to write letters on business or friendship, forms of deeds, bonds, bills of sale, powers of attorney, indentures, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. : also merchants accounts and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping, with a description of the product, counties and market-towns in England and Wales, &c. : together with the method of measuring carpenters, joyners, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons, glaziers, and painters work, how to undertake each work : with the description of Gunter's line and Coggeshall's sliding-rule : likewise the practical gauger made easy, the art of dialing, and how to erect and fix dials, with instructions for dying, colouring, and making colours, and some general observations for gardening every month in the year : to which is added the family best compainon : with instructions for marking on linen, how to pickle and preserve, to make divers sorts of wine, and many excellent plasters and medicines necessary in all families : and a compendium of geography and astronomy, containing a brief description of the different parts of the earth and the survey of the celestial bodies : also several very useful tables / by George Fisher, accomptant.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Fisher, George, accomptant
Other Authors:	Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831 (Printer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : by Isaiah Thomas, and sold at his book-store, near the court-house, MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
Edition:	The second Worcester edition, enlarged and improved.
Subjects:	Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc. > Early works to 1800. Business mathematics > Early works to 1800. Penmanship > Early works to 1800. Home economics > Early works to 1800. Formulas, recipes, etc. > Early works to 1800.