Dilworth, Thomas, ?-1780
Dilworth, Thomas, d. 1780
Dilworth, Thomas, 17..-1780
Dilworth, Thomas
Thomas Dilworth British priest and grammarian
Dilworth, Thomas, m. 1780
VIAF ID: 203218300 (Personal)
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Works
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An advocate for the ladies, concerning the sacred state of matrimony: in answer to a late, but scandalous pamphlet, intitled, The folly, sin, and danger, of marrying widows and old women in general, demonstrated; and earnestly addressed to the Batchelors of Great Britain, by a true penitent. By one Dilworth of Wapping, widower | |
A new and complete description of the terrestrial and celestial globes, with their several uses : In eight parts. Containing I. Definitions of the several Parts of the Celestial and Terrestrial Globes, both real and imaginary, with their several Uses. II. A short but comprehensive System of the Geography of the Terrestrial Globe. III. The Use of the Terrestrial Globe, exemplified or illustrated in Sixty-Eight Problems, with very easy Directions for working them. IV. The Construction of the Analemma, with its Use on the Terrestrial Globe, in Seven Problems. V. A further Use of the Terrestrial Globe, exemplified in Forty-Five Theorems, with their Explications. VI. A Continuation of the Use of the Terrestrial Globe, exemplified in Fifty-Six Paradoxes, with their Solutions; distinguished into Geographical, Philosophical, and Astronomical. Vii. The Use of the Celestial Globe, exemplified in Twenty-Six Problems, with very easy Directions to obtain their Solutions, to which is prefixed a short Account of the Copernican System, and a short Explanation of the latter Part of Parker's Ephemeris. Viii. A Continuation of the Use of the Celestial Globe, exemplified in Twelve Nautical Problems, for finding the Latitude at Sea; with the like easy Solutions. To which is annexed, an appendix, concerning the nature and use of the orrery, Or Planetarium. The Whole, interspersed with useful and instructive Notes, is designed and adapted for the Use of Schools, in Great-Britain and Ireland; and in the British Colonies and Plantations abroad | |
New guide to the english tongue | |
The schoolmaster's assistant, 1808: | |
The schoolmaster's assistant : being a compendium of arithmetic, both practical and theoretical. In five parts. Containing. I. Arithmetic in whole numbers, wherein all the common Rules. having each of them a sufficient Number of Questions, with their answers, are methodically and briefly handled. II. Vulgar Fractions, wherein several Things not commonly met with, are there distinctly treated of, and laid down in the most plain and easy manner. III. Decimals, in which, among other Things, are considered the Extraction of Roots, Interest, both Simple and Compound: Annuities; Rebate, and equation of Payments. IV. A large collection of Questions with their Answers, serving to exercise the foregoing Rules, together with a few others, both pleasant and diverting. V. Duodecimals, commonly called cross multiplication; wherein that Sort of Arithmetic is thoroughly considered, and rendered very plain and easy; together with the method of proving all the foregoing operations at once by Division of several Denominations, without reducing them into the lowest Terms mentioned. The whole being delivered in the most familiar way of Question and Answer, is recommended by several eminent Mathematicians, Accomptants and Schoolmasters, as necessary to be used in Schools by all teachers, who would have their Scholars thoroughly understand, and make a quick progress in Arithmetic. To which is prefixed, An essay on the education of youth; humbly offered to the consideration of Parents. A new edition | |
The young book-keeper's assistant |