| Webster Wells - Logarithms - 1878 - 124 pages
...parts of Articles 5 and 6. 8. RULE I. If the number is greater than 1, the characteristic is one less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. For example, characteristic of log 354.89 = 2, characteristic of log 906328.3 = 5, etc. RULE II. If... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1879 - 346 pages
...its decimal part. 356. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1, is 1 lest than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. For, the logarithm of 1 is 0, of 10 is 1, of 100 is 2, of 1000 is 3, etc. 357. The characteristic of... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1879 - 350 pages
...its decimal part. * 350. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1, is 1 less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. For, the logarithm of 1 is 0, of 10 is 1, of 100 is 2, of 1000 is 3, etc. 357. The characteristic of... | |
| Webster Wells - Algebra - 1880 - 498 pages
...last parts of Arts. 448 and 449. 451. I. If the number is greater than 1, the characteristic is 1 less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. For example, characteristic of log 354.89 = 2, characteristic of log 906328.3 = 5, etc. II. If the... | |
| Webster Wells - 1883 - 298 pages
...portions of Arts. 89 and 90 : I. If the number is greater than unity, the characteristic is 1 less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. II. If the number is less than unity, the characteristic is found by subtracting the number of zeros... | |
| John Casey - Geometry - 1888 - 300 pages
...1°. In the common system, the characteristic of the log of any number greater than unity is one less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. DEM. — If there be n + 1 figures to the left of the decimal point, the number lies between 10" and... | |
| William Kent - Engineering - 1895 - 1234 pages
...as if there were no decimal point, then prefix the index according to rule ; the index ia cue less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. Required log of 3.141Ü93. log of 3.141 =0.49706Я. Diff. = 138 From proportional parts 5 — 690 -•... | |
| Fletcher Durell, Edward Rutledge Robbins - Algebra - 1897 - 482 pages
...has 0 for a characteristic. Hence, The characteristic of every integral or mixed number is one less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. 363. Characteristics of Decimal Numbers. Since 1 = 10°, . Л1 - _ -~the logarithm of every number... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1898 - 424 pages
...: RULE 1. If the. given number is greater than 1, make the characteristic of its logarithm one less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point in the number. RULE 2. If the given number is less than 1, make the characteristic of its logarithm... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - 1898 - 424 pages
...: RULE 1. If the given number is greater than 1, make the characteristic of its logarithm one less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point in the number. RULE 2. If the given number is less than 1, make the characteristic of its logarithm... | |
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