Chapter I: Front Matter

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Yours truly,

Wm. K. David.]

SECRETS
OF
WISE MEN, CHEMISTS
AND
GREAT PHYSICIANS.

COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY

WM. K. DAVID,

AUTHOR OF
THE SHORT-RULE ARITHMETIC
AND ACCOUNTANT’S REFEREE, PERPETUAL
DISK CALENDARS, ETC.

Thirty-Eight Illustrations.

1889.

WM. K. DAVID
PUBLISHER,
LOCK BOX 507,
CHICAGO.

Copyright, 1889,
--By--
WM. K. DAVID.

The following sent to any part of the world on receipt of price:

SECRETS OF WISE MEN, CHEMISTS,
AND
GREAT PHYSICIANS,
By Wm. K. David.

Bound in cloth, price =$1.25.=

DAVID’S SHORT-RULE ARITHMETIC
AND
ACCOUNTANT’S REFEREE.

A practical work containing the shortest and most simple rules and
labor saving tables ever devised. The most original arithmetical
work published for centuries.

Elegantly bound in cloth and gilt, price =$1.50.=

DAVID’S DOUBLE-WHEEL PERPETUAL CALENDAR

Giving all dates forever.

Elegant, heavy cardboard, price =$0.50.=

DAVID’S CHARM CALENDAR

An elegant little metal pendant for vest chain,
giving all dates for one hundred years.

Including double-wheel card calendar with explanation, price =$1.00.=

AGENTS WANTED!

ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO
WM. K. DAVID
Lock Box 507, CHICAGO, ILL.