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" To find then the logarithm of a vulgar fraction, subtract the logarithm of the denominator from that of the numerator. The difference will be the logarithm of the fraciion. "
A Course of Mathematics: Containing the Principles of Plane Trigonometry ... - Page 14
by Jeremiah Day - 1853 - 5 pages
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The shipwright's vade-mecum [by D. Steel].

David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...logarithm of 259.7, is 41447, to 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...
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The Second [-fifth and Sixth] Part of A Course of Mathematics: Adapted to ...

Jeremiah Day - Geometry - 1824 - 440 pages
...difference of the logarithms of iwo numbers, is the logarithm of the quotient of those numbers. (Art. I.) To find then the logarithm of a vulgar fraction, subtract...reducing the vulgar fraction to a decimal. If the numeratoris less than the denominator, the index of the logarithm must be negative, because the value...
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A Treatise on Gunter's Scale, and the Sliding Rule: Together with a ...

George Curtis - Lumber - 1824 - 132 pages
...because 1 is the Index of the Logarithm of every number greater theu 10, and less than 100. Tojind tKe Logarithm of a Vulgar Fraction. Subtract the Logarithm of the denominator from that of the numerator, and the difference will be the Logarithm of the fraction. What is the Logarithm of fj ? Logarithm of...
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The Principles of Plane Trigonometry, Mensuration, Navigation and Surveying

Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1831 - 520 pages
...than 100. (Art. 7.) PT 3 The log. of 2.36 is 0.37291, The log. of 364.2 is 2.56134, of 27.8 1.44404, of 69.42 1.84148. 31. To find the logarithm of a VULGAR...numerator. The difference will be the logarithm of the fraciion. Or the logarithm may be found, by first reducing the vulgar fraction to a decimal. If the...
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The Principles of Plane Trigonometry, Mensuration, Navigation and Surveying ...

Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1836 - 418 pages
...27.8 1.44.404, , of 69.42 1.84148. 31. To find the logarithm of a VULGAR FRACTION. From the nature oi a vulgar fraction, the numerator may be considered...numerator. The difference will be the logarithm of the fraciion. Or the logarithm may be found, by first reducing the vulgar fraction to a decimal. If the...
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A Treatise of Plane Trigonometry, and the Mensuration of Heights and ...

Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1855 - 344 pages
...value of the fraction is equal to the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator (Alg. 110.) But in logarithms, division is performed by subtraction...value of the fraction is less than a unit. (Art. 9.) Bequired the logarithm of -ftThe log. of the numerator is 1.53148 of the denominator 1.93952 of the...
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Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: With Their Applications to ...

Elias Loomis - Trigonometry - 1855 - 192 pages
...is equal to the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator, we may, according to Art. 3, subtract the logarithm of the denominator from that...difference will be the logarithm of the fraction. Ex. 1. Find the logarithm of T \, or 0.1875. From the logarithm of 3, 0.477121, ' Take the logarithm...
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Tables of Logarithms of Numbers and of Sines and Tangents for Every Ten ...

Elias Loomis - Logarithms - 1859 - 372 pages
...the value of a fraction is equal to the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator, we may subtract the logarithm of the denominator from that...numerator : the difference will be the logarithm of the quotient. Required the logarithm of T3g-, or 0.1875. From the logarithm of 3, 0.477121, Subtract the...
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Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

Elias Loomis - Logarithms - 1865 - 400 pages
...the value of a fraction is equal to the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator, we may subtract the logarithm of the denominator from that...numerator ; the difference will be" the logarithm of the quotient. Required the logarithm of T3F, or 0.1875. From the logarithm of 3, 0.477121, Subtract the...
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Elements of Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical

Lefébure de Fourcy (M., Louis Etienne) - Trigonometry - 1868 - 350 pages
...quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator, we may subtract the logarithm of the lenominator from that of the numerator ; the difference will be the logarithm of the quotient Required the logarithm of T3?, or 0.1875. From the logarithm of 3, 0.477121, Subtract the...
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