 If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number.  A School Algebra - Page 344by George Albert Wentworth - 1891 - 362 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Henry Johnstone - 1859 - 80 pages
...number. If the natural number have no integer places, then the characteristic is a negative quantity one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. 31. Hence, referring to the table given above we shall find: log 295-24 = 2-4701752 log 29-547 = 1-4705134... | |
 | Eli Todd Tappan - Geometry - 1868 - 432 pages
...The characteristic of the logarithm of a fraction is numerically one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given fraction written decimally. The characteristic of the logarithm denotes how many place* the first significant... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Trigonometry - 1882 - 232 pages
...number one more than the number of units in the characteristic. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. Thus, the characteristic... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Logarithms - 1883 - 186 pages
...number one more than the number of units in the characteristic. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. Thus, the characteristic... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Plane trigonometry - 1885 - 96 pages
...number one more than the number of units in the characteristic. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. Thus, the characteristic... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Logarithms - 1886 - 88 pages
...characteristic of the logarithm one unit less than the number of figures on the left of the decimal point. lf the number is less than 1, make the characteristic...the first significant figure of the given number. 1NTRODUCT1ON. lf the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the number of figures in... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1886 - 168 pages
...number one more than the number of units in the characteristic. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. Thus, the characteristic... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1887 - 206 pages
...number one more than the number of units in the characteristic. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. Thus, the characteristic... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1891 - 550 pages
...more than the number of units in the characteristic. RULE 4. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. is 4, the corresponding... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Logarithms - 1895 - 104 pages
...characteristic of the logarithm one unit less than the number of figures on the left of the decimal point. If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic...the first significant figure of the given number. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the number of figures in the integral... | |
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