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Ch. 2: Diamonds

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makes ten carats ; then multiply ten by ten, that squares the weight, and makes one hundred carats; and, lastly, the one hun­dred must be multiplied by two pounds, the price of one carat; that produces two hun­dred pounds, and is the value of a wrought stone of five carats, and the price of the dia­mond when rough.
Second Instance.
To find the value of one of five carats 3/8, the weight must be doubled, that makes ten 1/4; next multiply that weight by four, to bring it into fourths, or grains, which makes forty-one; then multiply forty-one by
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