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In Carrying on their Bargaining Operations, the Russian dealers make use of wooden beads strung upon parallel wires, and fastened into a square frame. With these originally constructed tables, a Russian shopkeeper performs the most elaborate calculations with great rapidity; and though rather perplexing at first, are very useful and convenient indicators of sums which by any other means it would be hopeless to attempt expressing.
The Daily Dispatch: February 20, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. February 20, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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