Inhaltsangabe1.Cyphering Books and the Cyphering Tradition in North America and Great Britain, 1630-18.- 2.Primitive Beginnings, Circa 1667.- 3."Thomas Prust His Booke Amen 1702".- 4.Daughters of the Revolution: Martha and Elisabeth Ryan's Cyphering Book, Circa 1780.- 5.With a Tinge of Green: Mary Watkins, 1820.- 6.He would be Good: Abraham Lincoln's Early Mathematics, 1819-1826 (This chapter was authored by Nerida Ellerton, Valeria Aguirre Holguin, and M. A. (Ken Clements).- 7.Sacrobosco's Heritage: Thomas Dixson's Cyphering Book, 1630-1632.- 8.Writing as if Arithmeticke: George Bickham's Cyphering Book, Circa 1740.- 9.Bound for Botany Bay? Circa 1791.- 10.From the Royal Mathematical School: Charles Page, 1825.- 11.Fit for a King? William Beattie, Circa 1810 and 1835-1836.- 12.Lessons from Extraordinary Cyphering Books.- References.- Index.