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" If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. "
An elementary Treatise on Logarithms - Page 17
by William Henry Johnstone - 1859
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Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

George Albert Wentworth - Trigonometry - 1882 - 232 pages
...point. If the number is less than 1 , make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. INTRODUCTION. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the...
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Five-place Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables

George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Logarithms - 1883 - 186 pages
...point. If the number is less than 1 , make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. IV INTRODUCT1ON. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make...
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Plane Trigonometry and Tables

George Albert Wentworth - Plane trigonometry - 1885 - 96 pages
...point. If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. 1V INTKODUCTION. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make...
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Elements of Algebra

George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1886 - 168 pages
...point. If the number is less than 1 , make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. INTRODUCTION. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the...
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Plane Trigonometry

George Albert Wentworth - 1887 - 206 pages
...point. If the number is less than 1 , make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. iv LOGARITHMS. For, 10° = 1, hence log 1 = 0; 10-»= 0.1, hence Iog0.1 = -l;...
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A Higher Algebra

George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1891 - 544 pages
...RULE 2. If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. RULE 3. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the number...
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A School Algebra

George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1891 - 380 pages
...RULE 2. If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. RULE 3. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the number...
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A Higher Algebra

George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1891 - 550 pages
...more than the number of units in the characteristic. RULE 4. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. is 4, the corresponding...
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Five-place Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables

George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Logarithms - 1895 - 104 pages
...point. If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the number of figures...
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Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Surveying and Tables

George Albert Wentworth - Surveying - 1895 - 422 pages
...point. If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. INTRODUCTION. V If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the...
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