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" If the number is greater than 1, the characteristic is 1 less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. "
University Algebra: Designed for the Use of Schools and Colleges - Page 342
by Webster Wells - 1880 - 475 pages
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An Elementary Treatise on Logarithms: With Tables of the Logarithms of ...

Webster Wells - Logarithms - 1878 - 124 pages
...last parts of Articles 5 and 6. 8. RULE I. If the number is greater than 1, the characteristic is one less than the number of figures to the left of the...354.89 = 2, characteristic of log 906328.3 = 5, etc. RULE II. If the number is less than 1, the characteristic is found by adding one to the number of zeros...
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New Elementary Algebra: Designed for the Use of High Schools and ..., Book 1

Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1879 - 350 pages
...Mantissa is its decimal part. 35(i. Tie characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1, is 1 less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. For, the logarithm of 1 is 0, of 10 is 1, of 100 is 2, of 1000 is 3, etc. 357. The characteristic of the...
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New Elementary Algebra: Designed for the Use of High Schools and Academies

Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1879 - 376 pages
...its decimal part. 350. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1, is 1 lest than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. For, the logarithm of 1 is 0, of 10 is 1, of 100 is 2, of 1000 is 3, etc. 357. The characteristic of the...
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New Elementary Algebra

Benjamin Greenleaf - 1879 - 346 pages
...its decimal part. 356. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1, is 1 lest than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. For, the logarithm of 1 is 0, of 10 is 1, of 100 is 2, of 1000 is 3, etc. 357. The characteristic of the...
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A Practical Text-book on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

Webster Wells - 1883 - 298 pages
...characteristic are based on the last portions of Arts. 89 and 90 : I. If the number is greater than unity, the characteristic is 1 less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. II. If the number is less than unity, the characteristic is found by subtracting the number of zeros...
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A Practical Text-book on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

Webster Wells - Trigonometry - 1883 - 234 pages
...characteristic are based on the last portions of Arts. 89 and 90 : I. If the number is greater than unity, the characteristic is 1 less than the number of figures to the lefl of the decimal point. II. If the number is less than unity, the characteristic is found by subtracting...
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The Essentials of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

Webster Wells - Trigonometry - 1887 - 200 pages
...characteristic must be supplied by the reader. The rules for characteristic are based on Arts. 84 and 85 : * I. If the number is greater than 1 , the characteristic is 1 less than the number of places to the left of the decimal point. i/ II. If the number is between 0 and 1 , subtract the number...
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A Treatise on Plane Trigonometry, Containing an Account of Hyperbolic ...

John Casey - Geometry - 1888 - 300 pages
...-2375439. 1°. In the common system, the characteristic of the log of any number greater than unity is one less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. DEM. — If there be n + 1 figures to the left of the decimal point, the number lies between 10" and...
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A Short Course in Higher Algebra: For Academies, High Schools, and Colleges

Webster Wells - Algebra - 1889 - 584 pages
...characteristic must be supplied by the reader. The rules for characteristic are based on Arts. 400 and 401 : I. If the number is greater than 1 , the characteristic is 1 less than the number of places to the left of the decimal point. II. If the number is less than 1, subtract the number of ciphers...
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The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables ...

William Kent - Engineering - 1895 - 1234 pages
...quantity as if there were no decimal point, then prefix the index according to rule ; the index ia cue less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. Required log of 3.141Ü93. log of 3.141 =0.49706Я. Diff. = 138 From proportional parts 5 — 690 -•...
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