 | John Bonnycastle - 1782 - 272 pages
...find the logarithm of a mixed number, reduce the given number into an improper fraftion ; then fubtrad the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm fought. In finding the number anfwering to any given logarithm, the index, if... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Logarithms - 1785 - 560 pages
...its logarithm as above. Or elfe (having reduced the mixt number to an improper fraction), fubtraft the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the fraction fought. Ex. i. To6ndthelog.of13eoro-i875. Ex. 2. To find the... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Logarithms - 1785 - 534 pages
...its logarithm as above. Or elfe (having reduced the mixt number to an improper fraction), fubtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the fraction fought. Ex. i. Tofindthelog.of-,36oro'i875. Ex. 2. To find the... | |
 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...prefixed, will give the logarithm required. And if the given number be a proper fraction, subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always have a negative... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...find its logarithm as above, or elfe (having reduced the mixt number to an improper fraction) fubtraft the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the fraction fought. Ex. I. To find the logarithm of T'5. From the log. of... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...will give the logarithm required. 5. And if the given number be a proper vulgar fraction ; subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always have a negative... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...will give the logarithm required. 5. And if the given number be a proper vulgar fraction : subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always have a negative... | |
 | Peter Fleming - Surveying - 1815 - 250 pages
...fraction to a decimal, and find its Logarithm by the preceding examples for whole numbers ; or subtract the Logarithm of the denominator from the Logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the Logarithm wanted; as, ^=3.125 Logarithm of is 0.4948500, which was required : or, From... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...will give, the logarithm required. 5. And if the given number be a proper vulgar fraction : subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always have a negative... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 856 pages
...its logarithm as above, or else (having reduced the niixt number to an improper fraction) gubstract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the fraction sought. Ex. i. To find the logarithm of TV From the log. of 3... | |
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But if it be a mixed number ; reduce it to an improper fraction, and find the difference of the logarithms of the numerator and denominator, in the same manner as before. 
