| John Radford Young - 1851 - 266 pages
...Hence, by help of a table of logarithms, division of n' numbers may be dispensed with : we have only to subtract the log of the divisor from the log of the dividend to get the log of the quotient: the number answering to this latter logarithm in the table is the quotient... | |
| Noble Heath - 1855 - 468 pages
...the same, we have 10*-2— >^oo, or 1(X= 10. Hence, we Bee that to divide one number by another, we subtract the log. of the divisor from the log. of the dividend, and the remainder is the log. of the quotient. Then, by inspection, opposite to this remainder we find... | |
| William Somerville Orr - Science - 1856 - 622 pages
...of the factors ; and against this log in tho tables will be found the product sought. 2. -Difwon.— Subtract the log of the divisor from the log of the dividend : tho remainder is the log of the quotient. 3. Рои-ers, ntiil Hoots. — Multiply il"." log of the... | |
| Noble Heath - Arithmetic - 1856 - 472 pages
...same, we have 10*-2= l°°-<>. or 10'= 10. Hence, wa t 100 see tha* to divide one number by another, we subtract the log. of the divisor from the log. of the dividend, and the remainder is the log. of the quotient. Then, by inspection, opposite to this remainder we find... | |
| William Cuulley Bergen - 1881 - 186 pages
...Divide 2868 by 45 by common logarithms. 2868 log 3-457579 45 log 1-653213 63-73 log 1-804366 Table XXIV. Subtract the log of the divisor from the log of the dividend ; the remainder is the log of the quotient. See Bergen's Navigation, page 18, article 18. 10 wN SUPPLEMENT TO NAVIGATION.... | |
| William Culley Bergen - 1881 - 242 pages
...Divide 2868 by 45 by common logarithms. 2868 log 3-457579 log 1-653213 45 63-73 log 1-804366 Table XXIV. Subtract the log of the divisor from the log of the dividend ; the remainder is the log of the quotient. See Bergen's Navigation, page 18, article 18. 10 \v — SUPPLEMENT TO NAVIGATION.... | |
| John Newton - Nautical astronomy - 1884 - 198 pages
...I47-3108 „ 27000 by 1200 DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. — Find the Logs of the two numbers, then subtract the Log of the divisor from the Log of the dividend. The number corresponding to the difference of these logs is the required quotient. EXAMPLE. Divide 2178000... | |
| Frank Castle - Mathematics - 1899 - 424 pages
...Add together the logs of the numbers, and find the number whose antilog is their sum. Division. — Subtract the log of the divisor from the log of the dividend and find the number whose antilog is the difference. Involution. — To raise a number to a given power,... | |
| William Kent - Engineering - 1907 - 1206 pages
...together the logs of the two numbers, and lind the number whose log is the sum. To divide two numbers.— Subtract the log of the divisor from the log of the dividend, and lind the number whose log is the difference. To raise a number to any given power.— Multiply... | |
| William Kent - Engineering - 1902 - 1224 pages
...together the logs of the two numbers, and find the number whose log is the sum. To divide two numbers,— Subtract the log of the divisor from the log of the dividend, ami liiul the number whose log is the difference. To raise a number to any given power.— Multiply... | |
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