 | Thomas Hodson - Education - 1802 - 556 pages
...logarithms. But in the common logarithms, r it equal to 10 ; fo that the common logarithm of any number is the index of that power of 10, which is equal to the faid number: thus the common logarithm of N=io"t is n the 3 index Log. - .0 i. . or «°. i. . °r... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...= 10, then the index n becomes the common or Briggs's log. of the number N: so that the common log. of any number 10" or N, is n the index of that power of lO which is equal te the said number. Thus 100, being the second power of 10, will have 2 for its logarithm... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 574 pages
...table: so that n is the hyperbo- . is = 10; so that the common logarithm of any number (10) is (и) the index of that power of 10 which is equal to the said number. So 1000, being the 3d power of, 10, has 3 for its logarithm ; 1*69897 i and if 50 be = 10 , then is... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...=10, then the index n becomes the common or Briggs's log. of the number N : so that the common log. of any number 10" or N, is n the index of that power...will have 2 for its logarithm ; and 1000, being the thifd power of 10, will have 3 for its logarithm: hence also, if 50 be = 101-69'", then is 1 -69897... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Bridges - 1812 - 514 pages
...that is, the logarithm VOL. I. BB of any number in this scale, where 1 is the logarithm of 10 r is the index of that power of 10 which is equal to the given number. But the index of any integral power of 10, is one less than the number of places iu that... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...Loga¡¿•7ltf Sec) . Hut in the common rithms, r is — 10; so that the с Logarithm of any number, is the index of that power of 10 which is equal to the said number; so the common Logarithm of N=10 , is n the index of the power of 10: for example, 1(100, being the... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Mathematics - 1834 - 484 pages
...28'"), called common or liriggean logarithms. T = 10 ; so that the common logarithm sof any number is the index of that power of 10 which is equal to the said number. -69897 3-955351 Thus, if 50 = 10 , and 9023 = 10 .; then is 1-69897 the common logarithm of 50, and... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1853 - 370 pages
...the common or Briggs' logarithm of the number N; so that the common logarithm of any number 10" or IV is n, the index of that power of 10 which is equal...for its logarithm ; and 1000, being the third power of'10, will have 3 for its logarithm. Hence, also, if 50 = lO 1 - 6083T , then is 1.69897 the common... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1854 - 374 pages
...When the radix r = 10, then the index n becomes the common or Briggs' logarithm of the number N ; so that the common logarithm of any number 10" or N is...will have 3 for its logarithm. Hence, also, if 50 = 101-00*7, then is 1.69897 the common logarithm of 50. That is, 10 has been raised to the 169897th... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1854 - 374 pages
...the common or Briggs' logarithm of the number N; so that the common logarithm of any number 10" or IV is n, the index of that power of 10 which is equal...will have 3 for its logarithm. Hence, also, if 50 = 10UBW, then is 1.69897 the common logarithm of 50. That is, 10 has been raised to the 169897th power,... | |
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Briggs' logarithm of the number N ; so that the common logarithm of any number 10" or N is n, the index of that power of 10 which is equal to the said number. Thus, 100, being the second power of 10, will have 2 for its logarithm ; and 1000, being the... 
