| Charles Davies - Surveying - 1830 - 318 pages
...characteristic, the decimal part being positive (16). If the decimal were .006, its logarithm would be the same, excepting the characteristic, which would be —3....between the decimal point and the first significant place of figures ; therefore, the logarithm of a decimal fraction is found, by considering it as a... | |
| John Brown (mathematician.) - 1830 - 358 pages
...numerator of the fraction in its decimal form, and prefix a negative index whose numerical value is a unit greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. It is sometimes convenient in adding and subtracting logarithms to avoid negative indices, by using... | |
| Robert Gibson - Surveying - 1833 - 436 pages
...characteristic, the decimal part being positive (16). If the decimal were .006, its logarithm would be the same, excepting the characteristic, which would be — 3....between the decimal point and the first significant place of figures ; therefore, the logarithm of a decimal fraction is found, by considering it as a... | |
| Logarithms - 1836 - 192 pages
...the decimal part being positive (16). If the decimal were • .006, its logarithm would be the same* excepting the charac'teristic, which would be —...between the decimal point and the first significant place of figures ; therefore, the logarithm of a decimal fraction is found, by considering it as a... | |
| Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1836 - 394 pages
...and then prefixing to the decimal part of its logarithm a negative characteristic, greater by unity than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant place of figures. Thus, the logarithm of .0412, is 2^614897. PROBLEM. To find from the table,a number... | |
| Charles Davies - Algebra - 1845 - 382 pages
...logarithm of its numerator, regarded as a whole number, a negative characteristic greater by unity than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. To demonstrate this in a general manner, let a denote the numerator of a decimal fraction, and b its... | |
| Charles Davies - Algebra - 1851 - 378 pages
...logarithm of its numerator, regarded as a whole number, a negative characteristic greater by unity than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. To demonstrate this in a general manner, let a denote the numerator of a decimal fraction, and b its... | |
| Daniel Harvey Hill - Algebra - 1857 - 524 pages
...decimal is obtained by regarding the decimal as a whole number, and prefixing a negative characteristic, one greater than the number of ciphers, between the decimal point and the first significant figure. The foregoing reasoning can be extended to any decimal whatever^ because, change the decimal into an... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 532 pages
...Ttte characteristic of the logarithm о/1 ANY DECIMAL FRACTION is a negative number, and it one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. For it has been shown (Art 4) that the logarithm of 0.1 is — 1, of 0.01 is — 2, of 0.001 is —... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 518 pages
...characteristic of the logarithm O/'ANY DECIMAL FRACTION is a negative number, and is one more tftan the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. For it has been shown (Art. 4) that the logarithm of 0.1 is — 1, of 0.01 is — 2, of 0.001 is —... | |
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