 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Navigation - 1810 - 478 pages
...a vulgar fraction. RULE. Reduce compound fractions, mixed fractions, &c. to simple fractions. Then subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator ; if you carry 1, add it to the index of the logarithm of the denominator; then take the difference... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 574 pages
...a decimal, 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.... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1811 - 230 pages
...to the 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 - 1812 - 620 pages
...prefixed to it the 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... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1815 - 388 pages
...logarithms of two num-bers, is the logarithm of the quotient of those numbers. (Art. 1 .) 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 fraction. Or the logarithm may be... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1815 - 172 pages
...logarithms of two numbers, is the logarithm of the quotient of those numbers. (Art. I.) To find then the logarithm of a vulgar fraction, subtract the logarithm of the denominator from that of the numerator. T?he difference will be the logarithm of the fraction. Or the logarithm may... | |
 | 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... | |
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To find then the logarithm of a vulgar fraction, subtract the logarithm of the denominator from that of the numerator. 
