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This magnificent book of tables was sent to me a correspondent who said "It was one of the text books all new boys received when I went to school in 1951 (along with Kennedy's Latin Primer and Carter's History in 4 volumes). It measures 5" x 3.5" and has 48 pages of tables etc. It is as much a comment on its time as a source of obscure tables."
It is interesting trying to work out how old it is. The list of planets does not mention Pluto, which was discovered in 1930 (and has recently been down-graded to a dwarf planet). It talks about sovereigns, which disappeared when Britain came off the Gold Standard in 1931. In the index, the currency conversation is called "Foreign Monies and their value (1884)" but the page says "Owing to the present international situation these values are not being published". One wonders what the "present international situation" was, coming off the Gold Standard, inflation in Germany, the Second World War. The latest date mentioned is 1952 on the last page - Sovereigns of England (this page is poorer quality than the rest as it is printed on a blue background).
A correspondent writes about their version of the bok: "The corner of the title page has been trimmed, and a new(?) name inserted with date. The 'new' date is 1904, and this may not have been the first owner!" Of course, there may have been different editions of this book.
The book is below, scanned in as pictures rather than text. I have made a contents with links, so you can get to the right page quickly. There is an alphabetical index as part of the booklet.
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