 | Henry Sherwin - Logarithms - 1742 - 438 pages
...fame as by the Table. 542375» 6-7343°O3 VI. A proper Fr&Rion being given, io find it's Logarithm. Subtract the Logarithm of the denominator from the Logarithm of the numerator, the remainder is the Ixig. fought, and is always the Logarithm of a Decimal Fraction. Note, The Index... | |
 | 1742 - 468 pages
...fame as by the Table. 542375» 6.7343003 VI. A proper Frafiion being given, to find it's Logarithm. Subtract the Logarithm of the denominator from the Logarithm of the numerator, the remainder is the Log. fought, andisalways the Logarithm of a Decimal' Fraction. Note, The Index... | |
 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...characteristic being prefixed, will give the logarithm required. And if the given number be a proper fraction, subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always... | |
 | David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...which, if the index be prefixed, the logarithm is 2.41447. TO FIND THE LOGARITHM OF A VULGAR FRACTION. SUBTRACT the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, borrowing 10 in the index, when the denominator is the greatest, the remainder is the logarithm required.... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1811 - 230 pages
...proper characteristic, will give the logarithm required. And if the given number is a proper fraction, subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...proper index, will give the logarithm required. 5. And if the given number be a proper vulgar fraction ; subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 574 pages
...and find its logarithm as above. Or else (having reduced the mixt number to an improper fraction), subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the fraction sought. JEr. 1.Tofindthelog.of.,^orO-1875.... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...proper index, will give the logarithm required. 5. And if the given number be a proper vulgar fraction : subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always... | |
 | Peter Fleming - Surveying - 1815 - 250 pages
...vulgar fraction to a decimal, and find its Logarithm by the preceding examples for whole numbers ; or subtract the Logarithm of the denominator from the Logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the Logarithm wanted; as, ^=3.125 Logarithm of is 0.4948500, which was required... | |
 | George G. Carey - Arithmetic - 1818 - 602 pages
...498797 is fouud to be 5.697923 and of 5678979 6.754270 TO FIND THE LOGARITHM OF A PROPER FRACTION. RULE. Subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, the remainder is the logarithm of the fraction. EXAMPLE. Q _ Required the logarithm of — • Logarithm... | |
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And if the given number be a proper vulgar fraction ; subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always have a negative... 
