 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 564 pages
...is 1; and since 10*= 1, the logarithm of 1 is 0. PRIN. 3.—The characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal is negative, and is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. For, if we raise the base, 10,... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1881 - 360 pages
...number of figures in the given number. 2. The characteristic of a decimal fraction is negative, and numerically one greater than the number of zeros immediately following the decimal point. Thus, the characteristic of 42 is 1; of 423 is 2; of 4234 is 3; of .01 is —2; of .42 is —1; of... | |
 | David Martin Sensenig - Algebra - 1890 - 556 pages
...the characteristic of its logarithm will be — 3, — 4, — 5, — 6, etc. Therefore, Prin. 6. — The characteristic of the logarithm of a pure decimal...and is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. 472. To designate that the characteristic... | |
 | William Joseph Hussey - Logarithms - 1891 - 172 pages
...wholly integral, is zero or positive, and one less than the number of figures in the integral portion ; The characteristic of the logarithm of a pure decimal is negative, and one more than the number of ciphers preceding theflrst siynificant figure. Examples: The mantissae... | |
 | Louis Parker Jocelyn - Algebra - 1902 - 460 pages
...LOGARITHMS 475. Сов. 2. The characteristic of a logarithm of a pure decimal fraction is negative and numerically one greater than the number of zeros immediately following the decimal point. ILLUSTRATIONS. The characteristic of 0.9719 is — 1, or 1, a negative number numerically one greater... | |
 | Elmer Adelbert Lyman - Arithmetic - 1905 - 268 pages
...wholly integral, is zero or positive and one less than the number of figures in the integral part. 337. The characteristic of the logarithm of a pure decimal is negative and one more than the- number of zeros preceding the first significant figure. EXERCISE 77 1. Determine... | |
 | Edward Rutledge Robbins - Logarithms - 1909 - 184 pages
...00000 -10, etc. It is obvious, then, that the characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal fraction is negative, and is (numerically) one greater than...number of zeros immediately following the decimal point In practice, the logarithm of a decimal fraction is written as a binomial, the second term being —... | |
 | Harold Jacoby - Navigation - 1917 - 360 pages
...the whole number part of its logarithm should be "negative," or minus, ie less than 0; and it will be one greater than the number of zeros immediately following the decimal point in the number. According to this, the whole number part of log 0.2678 should be — 1, because this... | |
 | Edward Ira Edgerton, Perry Amherst Carpenter - Algebra - 1924 - 490 pages
...logarithm is desired is less than one, write it in decimal form. The characteristic is then negative and numerically one greater than the number of zeros immediately following the decimal point. When the characteristic is negative the — sign should not be written in front of the logarithm, since... | |
 | Lewis Parker Siceloff, David Eugene Smith - Algebra - 1924 - 274 pages
...characteristic of the logarithm of a number between 0 and 1 is negative, and is numerically one more than the number of zeros immediately following the decimal point. For example, log 4.31 = 0 + some mantissa, log 217.84 = 2 + some mantissa, log 0.27 = — 1 + some mantissa, and... | |
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For a number wholly decimal the characteristic is negative, and is numerically one greater than the number of zeros immediately following the decimal point. 
