Five-place Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables

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Ginn, 1895 - Logarithms - 75 pages

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Page iii - If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number.
Page i - The logarithm of a power of a number is found by multiplying the logarithm of the number by the exponent of the power. For, AŤ = (10°)
Page i - A" = an = n log A. 5. The logarithm of the root of a number is found by dividing the logarithm of the number by the index of the root.
Page xi - ... the number of degrees is printed at the top of the page and the number of minutes in the column under ' (to the left of the column L.

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