François Barrême, given in full as François-Bertrand Barrême, was a French mathematician born on 7 July in 1638 or 1640 and dying in 1703, and is considered one of the pioneers of modern accounting. He is remembered for his books of ready calculation for merchants and accountants, among them Les Comptes faits, or the general tariff of all coinages, of 1669, Le Livre facile pour apprendre l'arithmétique de soy-même et sans maître of 1672, La géométrie servant au mesurage et à l'arpentage of 1673, which shows how to measure land, wood and buildings by simple addition, Le Grand Banquier, a book of foreign coinages reduced to French coinage, of 1685, and a handbook of necessary tables for accountants, lawyers, notaries and merchants of 1694.
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François of François-Bertrand Barrême (July 7, 1638 or 1640 - 1703) was a French mathematician and considered as one of the pioneers of modern accounting.
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François of François-Bertrand Barrême (July 7, 1638 or 1640 - 1703) was a French mathematician and considered as one of the pioneers of modern accounting.
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François of François-Bertrand Barrême (July 7, 1638 or 1640 - 1703) was a French mathematician and considered as one of the pioneers of modern accounting.
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François of François-Bertrand Barrême (July 7, 1638 or 1640 - 1703) was a French mathematician and considered as one of the pioneers of modern accounting.
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Les Comptes faits : ou Le Tarif général de toutes les monnoyes (1669) Le Livre facile pour apprendre l’arithmétique de soy-même & sans maître (1672) La géométrie servant au mesurage et à l'arpentage : ,ouvrage si facile & si commode, que par la seule
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de toutes les monnoyes (1669) Le Livre facile pour apprendre l’arithmétique de soy-même & sans maître (1672) La géométrie servant au mesurage et à l'arpentage : ,ouvrage si facile & si commode, que par la seule addition on peut mesurer toutes sortes de
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