 | Andrew Mackay - Latitude - 1809 - 414 pages
...7.86:5323 8.777931 PROBLEM IV. To perform Division Inj Logarithms, RULE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. If any of the quantities is a decimal, or a mixed number, either the negative index of that quantity,... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1810 - 662 pages
...together, the sum will be the logarithm of the product ; and if from the logarithm of the dividend you subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. Again, if the logarithm of any. number be divided by 2, the quotient «ill be the logarithm of the... | |
 | John Gummere - Surveying - 1814 - 398 pages
...the dividend and divisor are both whole or mixed numbers. HUl.E. From the logarithm of the dividend, subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. Note. — When the divisor exceeds the dividend, the question must be wrought by the rule given in... | |
 | Nautical astronomy - 1821 - 708 pages
...of a fraction less than unity. Dlt'ISIOff BY LOGARITHMS. Us i,:-. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. Uiviilr 875 by 25. EXAMPLE I. U75 log. 2.91201 25 log 1.39794 Quotient 35 lug. 1.54407 EXAMPLE 111.... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 764 pages
...logarithm of a fraction less than unity. DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RCLE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLE Drride 875 by 25. 875 log. 2.94201 25 log. 1.39794 Quotient 35 log. 1.54407 EXAMPLE III. Diride... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 732 pages
...logarithm of a fraction less than unity.DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLE I. Divide 875 by 25. 875 log. 2.94201 25 log. 1.39794 EXAMPLE II. Divide 40,32 by 22,4. 40,32... | |
 | E. S. Norman Campbell - English language - 1830 - 304 pages
...together, the sum will be the logarithm of their product ; and if from the logarithm of the dividend you subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. Accurate tables have been published, containing the logarithms of every number, from 1 to 100,000,... | |
 | Thomas Holliday - Surveying - 1838 - 404 pages
...together, the sum will be the logarithm of the product; and if from the logarithm of the dividend you subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. Again, if the logarithm of any number be divided by 2, the quotient will be the logarithm of the square... | |
 | Charles Davies - Surveying - 1839 - 376 pages
...recollect, that the subtraction of logarithms corresponds to the division of their numbers (Art. 3). Hence, if we find the logarithm of the dividend, and...logarithms, as here used, means the algebraic difference ; eo that, if the logarithm of the divisor have a negative characteristic its sign must be changed... | |
 | Charles Davies - Navigation - 1841 - 414 pages
...recollect, that the subtraction of logarithms corresponds to the division of their numbers (Art. 3). Hence, if we find the logarithm of the dividend, and...characteristic its sign must be changed to positive, afler diminishing it by the unit, if any, carried in the subtraction from the decimal part of the logarithm.... | |
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The difference of the logarithms, as here used, means the algebraic difference ; so that, if the logarithm of the divisor have a negative characteristic, its sign must be changed to positive, after diminishing it by the unit, if any, carried in the subtraction... 
