 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1863 - 502 pages
...negative number, and is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the Jirst significant figure. For it has been shown (Art. 4) that the logarithm of 0.1 is —1, of 0.01 is —2, of 0.001 is —3, and so on. NOTE. — In general, whether the given number be integral, fractional,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1863 - 504 pages
...characteristic of the logarithm of ANY DECIMAL FRACTION is a negative number, and is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant Jigure. For it has been shown (Art. 4) that the logarithm of 0.1 is — 1, of 0.01 is — 2, of 0.001... | |
 | Woolwich roy. military acad - 1864 - 588 pages
...train lose 2 hours by stoppages. 4. Given Iog10 3 = '477121, find the number of digits in 315, and the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first [significant digit of the decimal equal to r^Find by the aid of the logarithmic tables : (1) (19)*+(19)»+(l9)i... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1867 - 188 pages
...first significant figure. For it has been shown (Art. 4) that the logarithm of 0.1 is — 1, of 0.01 is —2, of 0.001 is —3, and so on. NOTE. — In general, whether the given number he integral, fractional, or mixed, the characteristic of the logarithm of any number expressed decimally... | |
 | Samuel H. Winter - 1867 - 468 pages
...train lose 2 hrs. by stoppages ? 4. (1) Given log 3 = -477121; find the number of digits in 315, and the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant digit of the decimal equal to — . 8 (2) Find, by the aid of the tables, the sum of the series 19^,... | |
 | Eli Todd Tappan - Geometry - 1868 - 432 pages
...is — 2, and so on. The characteristic of the logarithm of a fraction is numerically one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given fraction written decimally. The characteristic of the logarithm denotes how many place*... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1869 - 516 pages
...number, and is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first signifdcant figure. For it has been shown (Art. 4) that the logarithm of 0.1 is —1, of 0.01 is — 2, of 0.001 is — 3, and so on. NOTE. — In general, whether the given number be integral, fractional,... | |
 | Henry Raper - 1870 - 968 pages
...in the whole number, and one less than i is o. (2.) When the number consists of decimals only, count the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant* figure after it, and subtract this number from 9; the remainder is the index. Ex. 1. Find the log. of -005814.... | |
 | William Nathaniel Griffin - Algebra - 1871 - 330 pages
...1-7956004, whence ( ) = .62458. V.1-04/ Ex. 8. To find by logarithms the number of digits in 3'*, and the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant digit of the decimal which is equal t° -»• 315 This question will be resolved by ascertaining what... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Trigonometry - 1876 - 204 pages
...FRACTION is a negative number, and is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal po1nt and the first significant figure. For it has been...4) that the logarithm of 0.1 is — 1, of 0.01 is — 2, of 0.001 is — 3, and so on. NOTE. — In general, whether the given number be integral, fractional,... | |
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FRACTION is a negative number, and is one more tftan the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. 
