| Richard Farley - 1840 - 170 pages
...characteristic may be positive or negative, and must be supplied according to the following rules : — 1 . The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is positive, and equal to one less than the number of integer places. 2. The characteristic of the logarithm... | |
| Joseph Allen Galbraith - 1852 - 84 pages
...which is called the characteristic, is not entered in the tables, but is found by the following rule : The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of the digits of its integer part. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm... | |
| Elias Loomis - Logarithms - 1859 - 372 pages
...fraction. The integral part is called the characteristic, and may be known from the following RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity, is one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. Thus the logarithm of 297 is 2 plus... | |
| Joseph Allen Galbraith, Samuel Haughton - Logarithms - 1860 - 310 pages
...Mantissa ; the integer part, which is called the Characteristic, is not entered, but may be found by The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of the digits of its integer part. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm... | |
| Joseph Allen Galbraith - 1860 - 290 pages
...Mantissa ; the integer part, which id called the Characteristic, is not entered, but may be found by The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of the digits of its integer part, Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm... | |
| Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1864 - 360 pages
...IDO is all that is registered in the tables, the characteristic being found as follows : — BULK I. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity, is one less than the number of the digits of its integer part. Thus : the characteristic of the logarithm... | |
| John Walmsley - Logarithms - 1865 - 232 pages
...between n — 1 and n. Therefore the characteristic of its logarithm is n — 1. Hence the rule, — The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater...unity is less by one than the number of digits in the integral part of the number. (ii.) Let the number be a decimal fraction. Since log 1 = 0, the logarithms... | |
| Daniel O'Sullivan - 1872 - 366 pages
...36500, and 365000 have all the same mantissa — namely, -5622929 — as the logarithm of 365. 284. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is the number indicating how many places the most left-hand digit is from the units' place.* Thus, the... | |
| John Bascombe Lock - 1882 - 378 pages
...of a logarithm can be always obtained by the following rule, which is evident from page 167. RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of integral figures in that number. The characteristic of a number less than... | |
| John Bascombe Lock - Trigonometry - 1885 - 368 pages
...of a logarithm can be always obtained by the following rule, which is evident from page 167. RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of integral figures in that number. O The characteristic of a number less... | |
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