 We therefore have : (i.) The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is positive, and is one less than the number of digits in its integral part.  Complete Secondary Algebra - Page 418by George Egbert Fisher - 1901Full view - About this book
 | John Bascombe Lock - Trigonometry - 1885 - 368 pages
...of a logarithm can be always obtained by the following rule, which is evident from page 167. RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of integral figures in that number. O The characteristic of a number less... | |
 | Daniel Evan Jones - Mathematical physics - 1888 - 332 pages
...and the logarithm of any number between 100 and 1000 lies between 2 and 3. Hence the rule : — (1.) The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of integral figures in that number. Thus log 3-14 = 0-4969 log 3 1-4 =1-4969... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight - Algebra - 1891 - 606 pages
...f)!""1) + a fraction. .'. }ogN =(n— 1 ) + a fraction. ^ Hence the characteristic is n— 1 ; that is, the characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is less by one t/um the number of digits in its integral part, and is positive. 211. To determine the... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - Trigonometry - 1892 - 392 pages
...examples that the characteristic of a logarithm can always be obtained by the following rule : BULK. — The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of digits in the whole number. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight - Plane trigonometry - 1893 - 434 pages
...lQ(>ll)-hl lection . . ' . log N— (n - 1 ) + a fraction. Hence the characteristic is n — 1 ; that is, the characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is less by one than the number of digits in its integral part, and i& positive. 163. To determine the... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - Logarithms - 1908 - 128 pages
...evident from the above table that the characteristic can always be obtained by the following rule : The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is positive, and one less than the number of digits preceding the decimal point. The characteristic of the logarithm... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - Logarithms - 1895 - 124 pages
...evident from the above table that the characteristic can always be obtained by the following rule : The characteristic of the logarithm, of a number greater than unity is positive, and one less than the number of digits preceding the decimal point. The characteristic of the logarithm... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight - Algebra - 1895 - 508 pages
...и digits; then . •. log N=(n— 1 ) + a fraction. Hence the characteristic is n — 1; that is, the characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is less by one than the number of digits in us integral part, and is positive. 409. To determine the characteristic... | |
 | John Bascombe Lock - Logarithms - 1896 - 244 pages
...characteristic, and the decimal part, when it is so written that it is positive, is called the mantissa. RULE I. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is ¡ess 6y one than the number of digits in its integral part, and is positice. Thus, the characteristic... | |
 | John Bascombe Lock - Logarithms - 1896 - 242 pages
...Arts. 120-125, that the characteristic of a logarithm can be obtained by the following rule : RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of figures in the integral part of the number. The characteristic of a number... | |
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