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" The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, in order to produce the first number. "
Numerical Problems in Plane Geometry: With Metric and Logarithmic Tables - Page 101
by Joe Garner Estill - 1896 - 161 pages
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Elements of Algebra: Tr. from the French of M. Bourdon, for the ..., Volume 1

Bourdon (M., Louis Pierre Marie) - Algebra - 1831 - 446 pages
...raise an'tnvariable number, to form all these numbers, an idea will be had cf a table of logarithms. The logarithm of a number, is the exponent of the power, to which it is necessary to raisj a certain invariable number, in order to produce the first number. The invariable...
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Elements of Algebra: Tr. from the French of M. Bourdon. Revised and Adapted ...

Charles Davies - Algebra - 1835 - 378 pages
...invariable number, to form all these numbers, an idea will be had of a table of logarithms. Hence, The logarithm of a number, is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a certain invariable number, in order to produce thefirst number. Any number,...
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Elements of Algebra

Algebra - 1838 - 372 pages
...invariable number, to form all these numbers, an idea will be had of a table of logarithms, Hence, The logarithm of a number, is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a certain invariable number, in order to produce thefrst number. Any number,...
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Elements of Algebra

Charles Davies - Algebra - 1842 - 368 pages
...invariable number, to form all these numbers, an idea will be had of a table of logarithms. Hence, The logarithm of a number, is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a certain invariable number, in order to produce thefirst number. Any number,...
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Elementary Algebra: Embracing the First Principles of the Science

Charles Davies - Algebra - 1842 - 284 pages
...by Jlf, a"=M Thus, if we make m=0, M will be equal to 1; if wi=l, M will be equal to 10, &.C. Hence, The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise the base of the system in order to produce the number. 1 76. Letting, as before,...
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra: For the Use of Students in High Schools ...

Thomas Sherwin - Algebra - 1842 - 326 pages
...Tables of logarithms in common use, are constructed upon the number 10 as a base. Hence, The common logarithm of a number, is the exponent of the power to which 10 must be raised, in order to produce that number. Thus, 3 is the logarithm of 1000, because 103 =...
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Elements of Algebra: Including Sturms' Theorem

Charles Davies - Algebra - 1845 - 382 pages
...of that number ; and the invariable number a is called the bose of that system of logarithms. Hence, The logarithm of a number, is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise an invariable number, called the base of the system, in order to produce the...
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Elementary Algebra: Embracing the First Principles of the Science

Charles Davies - Algebra - 1850 - 292 pages
...by M, am=Jlf Thus, if we make m=0, M will be equal to 1; if w=l, M will be equal to 10, &,c. Hence, The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise the base of the system in order to produce the number. 1 TO. Letting, as before,...
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Elementary Algebra: For the Use of Schools

William Smyth - Algebra - 1851 - 272 pages
...determined for all possible values of N. In this equation, x is the logarithm of N. And in general, the logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise an invariable number talcen as a base, in order to produce the number. Supposing...
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Elements of Surveying and Navigation: With Descriptions of the Instruments ...

Charles Davies - Navigation - 1852 - 412 pages
...Chart, 221 Line of Meridional Parts on Gunter's Scale, 222 ELEMENTS 0F SUEYEYIIG. BOOK I. SECTION I. OF LOGARITHMS. 1. The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, in order to produce the first number. This fixed number is...
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