Nelson's Common-School Arithmetic

Excerpt from Nelson's Common-School Arithmetic
The author acknowledges numerous acts of kindness and courtesy received, in the preparation of this work, from officers of the Government, gentlemen of the legal and mercantile professions, teachers in different parts of the country, especially from the Principals of the Public Schools of Cincinnati, most of whom generously and unreservedly tendered advice regarding topics of interest to their schools. To the distinguished educators, A. J. Rickoff and John Hancock - the latter the friend and associate of the author - he is under peculiar obligations. The former gentleman, having been the first to adopt his Mercantile Arithmetic, was the most competent to suggest further improvements and hints for the adaptation of arithmetic to common school purposes; while the latter, from his long experience as Principal of the First Intermediate School in this city, and his immediate knowledge of the wants of teachers, proved a valuable companion during the progress of the work, aiding constantly in the revision of the proof-sheets and tendering professional advice.
Though little reliance has been placed on written authority, many works have been called into requisition, principally of a legal, scientific and educational character. Of these, free use has been made, especially in the department of the tables, which, it is hoped, will be found to subserve the present wants of every-day life.
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