 | Richard Farley - 1840 - 170 pages
...characteristic may be positive or negative, and must be supplied according to the following rules : — 1 . The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is positive, and equal to one less than the number of integer places. 2. The characteristic of the logarithm... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - Geometry - 1845 - 506 pages
...be readily understood, viz. The index of the logarithm of any number greater than unity is equal to one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. Thus, in searching for the logarithm of such a number as 2970, we find in the tables opposite to 2970 the... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - Conic sections - 1845 - 542 pages
...be readily understood, viz. The index of the logarithm of any number greater than unity is equal to one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. Thus, in searching for the logarithm of such a number as 2970, we find in the tables opposite to 2970 the... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - 1845 - 894 pages
...be readily understood, viz. The index of the logarithm of any number greater than unity is equal to one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. Thus, in searching for the logarithm of such a number as 2970, we find in the tables opposite to 2970 the... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1846 - 376 pages
...characteristic or index, and may always be known from the following RULE. The index of the logarithm of any number greater than unity, is one less than the number...the given number. Thus, the logarithm of 297 is 2 + a fraction ; that is, the index of the logarithm of 297 is 2, which is one less than the number of... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1846 - 380 pages
...characteristic or index, and may always be known from the following KULE. The index of the logarithm of any number greater than unity, is one less than the number...the given number. Thus, the logarithm of 297 is 2 + a fraction ; that is, the index of the logarithm of 297 is 2, which is one less than the number of... | |
 | Charles William Hackley - Algebra - 1846 - 542 pages
...readily understood, viz. : The index of Oie logarithm of any number greater titan unity is equal to one less than the number of integral figures in the given number ; for if the number be between 10 and 100, it will contain two integral figures ; if between 100 and... | |
 | Joseph Allen Galbraith - 1852 - 84 pages
...which is called the characteristic, is not entered in the tables, but is found by the following rule : The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of the digits of its integer part. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm of 849 is 2 ; for as this... | |
 | Janet Taylor - 1853 - 124 pages
...supplied. These observations being understood the following Rule must be borne in mind. Rule. The index of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of digits in the integral part, and when the number is less than unity, the index is properly negative,... | |
 | Joseph Allen Galbraith - 1854 - 146 pages
...mantissa ; the integer part, which ie called the characteristic, is not entered, but may be found by The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than tf,e number of the digits of its integer part. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm of 849 is... | |
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The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. 
