Arithmetic exercise book of Thomas Tindall of Rillington, aged 13

This material is held atHull University Archives, Hull History Centre

  • Reference
    • GB 50 U DX27/2
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1802-1804]
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume

Scope and Content

Begins with a multiplication table. Appears to have been used by a John Tindall and a Thomas Tindall both in 1804. Two pages contain lines of writing that may have been written as part of another task, for example a handwriting test or perhaps as lines given as a punishment. Includes exercises involving money, weights, apothecaries weights, cloth measures, length measures, land measures, wine measures, ale and beer measures, dry measures and time (worked out in the Julian calendar format).

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