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" To Divide One Number by Another, Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and obtain the antilogarithm of the difference. "
A Course of Mathematics ...: Designed for the Use of the Officers and Cadets ... - Page 165
by Isaac Dalby - 1807
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Cocker's Decimal arithmetick. Whereunto is added, his Artificial arithmetick ...

Edward Cocker - 1729 - 514 pages
...Charaaerifticks of the Dividend and of the Divifor are both Negative, fubtraS the Logarithm of the Divifor from the Logarithm of the Dividend, and the Remainder is the Logarithm of the Quotient; and if you borrow 10, it muft be paid to the Index of the Divifor, Affirmatively. Examples. Examfles....
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The shipwright's vade-mecum [by D. Steel].

David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...of 9 =.95 424 253 40312 1.35736 35736 is the logarithm of 2277, the Answer. DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. SUBTRACT the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend ; the difference is the logarithm of the quotient. Divide 477 by 3. Logarithm of 477 .67852 3 47712...
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The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 4

William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...Example. Multiplicand.. 8.5 0.9Î94189 Multiplier 10 1.0000000 Product 85 1. 9294189 And in division, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, the remainder is the logarithm of the quotient. num. Injiarillirm. Example. Dividend.. 971S.8 3.9073144...
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An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Plane and Spherical ...

Thomas Keith - Navigation - 1810 - 478 pages
...426 x '5 X '004 X '275 X 336. Answer 29-128. PROPOSITION VIII. (M) To divide one number by another. * Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. If any of the indices be negative, or if the divisor be greater...
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The Columbian Arithmetician: Or New System of Theoretical and Practical ...

Arithmetic - 1811 - 230 pages
...,3465, (to /. — 1,5397¿) 3465000, (to ./. 6,5397 ) Subtract the logarithm of the DIVISOR from that of the DIVIDEND, and the remainder is the logarithm of the QUOTIENT. To fubtraci logarithms ; proceed as in limpie fubtrao tion, when their figns are fimilar, and the fubtrahend...
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A Complete System of Theoretical and Mercantile Arithmetic: Comprehending a ...

George G. Carey - Arithmetic - 1818 - 602 pages
...—3.812913 7.812913 Product 0.04628 log. —2.665393 8.665393 TO PERFORM DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, the remainder is the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLE I. Divide 25768 by 364. Dividend 25768 log....
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British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 7

William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 408 pages
...logarithms. Example. Multiplicand 8.5 0.9294189 Multiplier 10 l.OUOOOOO Product 85 1.9294189 And in division, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, the remainder is the logarithm of the quotient. num. Example. Dividend...9712.8 Divisor .456 logarithms....
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American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of ..., Volume 7

William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 406 pages
...logarithms. Example. Multiplicand 8.5 0.9294189 Multiplier 10 lO^OOOOO Product 85 1.9294189 And in division, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, the remainder is the logarithm of the quotient. num. logarithms. Example. Dividend...9712.8 3.9873444...
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A New and Concise System of Arithmetick: Containing Vulgar, Decimal, and ...

Beriah Stevens - Arithmetic - 1822 - 436 pages
...256225 L,og. 5,4086215 • DIVISION OF LOGARITHMS. To divide one number by another is nothing but to subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, the remainder is the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLE. Divide 1728 Log. 3,2375437 >., By 13 - Log....
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 12

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 856 pages
...to carry cancels tbe — 2, and there remains the — i to set down. DIVISION BT LOGARITHMS. RULE. SUBTRACT the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the number answering to the remainder will be tbe logarithm of the quotient required. Observing to change...
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